Selected Yasser Seirawan Games (Analyzed)
Yasser Seirawan's FIDE Profile can be viewed here.
Yasser Seirawan has been in the world Chess circuit since the early 1980s. He gained substantial recognition after qualifying for the 1985 and 1988-1990 Candidates Tournaments. In the 1985 tournament in Montpellier he scored 7/15 placing joint 10th, and in the 1988-1990 tournament in St John, a knockout tournament, he was knocked out by Jon Speelman in the preliminary round.
Yasser Seirawan is widely known for his expert commentary in live broadcasts on the Internet during important events. He has been named by the chess historian Edward Winter as one of the top five Internet broadcasters.
GM Yasser Seirawan on his birthday in 2018. Pic courtesy: St. Louis Chess Club.
Here are a few remarkable games (analyzed) of GM Yasser Seirawan. Enjoy!
P.S. GM Yasser Seirawan is a reputed chess author and a witty commentator. He is married to WFM Yvette Nagel, daughter of Dutch politician Jan Nagel.
I possess quite a few number of books by Yasser Seirawan; pretty brilliant, I must say.
- Play Winning Chess - Introduction to chess and some basic strategies
- Winning Chess Tactics - Introduction to tactics with puzzles
- Winning Chess Strategies - How to use small advantages and use strategies to gain them
- Winning Chess Openings - Brief descriptions of the most popular openings, and opening strategies
- Winning Chess Endings - Introduction to the endgame
- Winning Chess Brilliancies - Notable games analyzed by the author
- Winning Chess Combinations - How to recognize the main combination patterns.
Here are most of the games between Seirawan and Vishy Anand. Enjoy!
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Bd7 20. Bxd7+ Qxd7 21. Qe3 Qc6 22. Ne2 b6 (22... Qxg2 23. d7+ (23. Rg1 Qc6 24.
d7+ Ke7 $19) 23... Ke7 (23... Kd8 {Ernst} 24. Rg1 Qxh2 $13 (24... Qc6 {
Kortschnoj} 25. Rg4 $146) 25. Qf3 Ke7 26. Qxb7 Bxc3+ 27. Kf1 Qh3+ $1 $132) 24.
Qc5+ Kd8 25. Rg1 Qxh2 {/Qc7}) 23. O-O O-O-O 24. c4 Kb7 (24... Kb8 $142) (24...
Rxd6 {Ernst} 25. Rxd6 Qxd6 26. Qf3 Qc7 $1 27. Qa8+ Qb8 28. Qc6+ Qc7 29. Qa8+
$10) 25. Nd4 {/26.Qf3 /^h1-a8->} Bxd4 (25... Qxd6 $2 {Ernst} 26. Qf3+ $16 (26.
Qf3+ {Kortschnoj} Ka6 27. Nc6 $18)) 26. Rxd4 Rd7 (26... h5 $142) 27. Qxh6 e5 (
27... Rxd6 28. Qf4 (28. Qh7 {Ernst} Rf8 $10) 28... Rd7 $10) 28. Rd5 Re8 29. Qd2
Re6 30. c5 (30. Rd1 $2 {Kortschnoj} Qxc4 31. Rc1 Rexd6 32. Rxd6 Rxd6 $17) 30...
bxc5 31. Rb1+ Ka8 32. Qb2 Re8 33. Rxe5 Red8 34. Qc3 Rxd6 35. Rf1 c4 (35... Rd5
{+/=/=}) 36. Re7 f6 $2 (36... R6d7 $142 $10) 37. Qe3 R6d7 38. Rxd7 Qxd7 (38...
Rxd7 39. Qe8+ Kb7 40. Qxg6 $16) 39. Qf3+ Qd5 $4 $138 (39... Qd5 40. Rd1 $18) (
39... Qb7 $8 40. Qxf6 {+/-/+-}) 1-0
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[Event "Amsterdam Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1992.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 030"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. d4 {Schussler} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. a3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7.
Qc2 Nxc3 (7... c5 {Schussler} 8. Bg5 {8.e4!} Be7 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nxd5 exd5 11.
e3 O-O 12. Bd3 g6 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. O-O Nd7 $10 {Seirawan,Y-Timman,J,
Amsterdam 1992. CBM 30 game 6.}) 8. Qxc3 Be7 (8... h6) (8... Nd7 9. Bg5 Be7 10.
Bxe7 Kxe7) 9. Bf4 O-O $5 {N} (9... c6) (9... Bd6 10. Bg5) 10. Qxc7 (10. Bxc7
Qd5 11. Bg3 Rc8 12. Qd2 (12. Qd3 $5 Ba6 13. Qd1 Nc6 $44) 12... Nc6 13. e3 Na5
$44) (10. e3 $5) 10... Qxc7 11. Bxc7 Rc8 12. Bxb8 (12. Bg3 Rc2 13. Rb1 Be4 14.
e3 Nc6 15. Ba6 $13) (12. Bg3 Rc2 13. Rb1 Bd5 $1 $44 {/Ba2}) (12. Bf4 $1 {
Schussler +/-/+/=} Rc2 13. Rc1 $1 Rxb2 14. Rc7 Bxa3 15. Rxb7 Na6 16. e4 Nb4 17.
Rc7 $18 {(Seirawan)}) 12... Raxb8 13. e3 (13. Kd2 $2 Be4 $36) 13... Rc2 14. Rb1
{/Bd3} Be4 15. Bb5 (15. Ba6 $2 b5 $1 $17) 15... Rbc8 16. O-O Bxf3 17. gxf3 Bh4
$10 {>>,Plachetka,
J-Huenerkopf,H/Gausdal International/1986/}) 8. O-O Be6 9. Bh4 Nc6 10. c3 a6
11. Re1 Re8 12. Qc2 Bd7 13. Rad1 Rc8 14. Qb1 b5 15. a3 Qb6 16. Qa2 e6 17. Bxf6
Bxf6 18. Ne4 Be7 19. Ng3 d5 20. h4 h5 21. Qb1 Kg7 22. Ne2 Bd6 23. Bc2 a5 24. b4
axb4 $10 {Backwinkel,P-Heissler,J/BL 9495/1994/}) 7. c3 Nc6 8. Bd3 O-O $146 (
8... h6 9. Bh4 Nh5 10. O-O Qb6 11. Qb3 Qxb3 $6 12. axb3 g5 13. Bg3 g4 14. Ne1
Nxg3 15. hxg3 O-O 16. b4 e5 17. b5 Nb8 18. dxe5 Nd7 19. Nb3 Nxe5 20. Nd4 Nxd3
21. Nxd3 Bxd4 22. cxd4 Bd7 23. Ne5 Bxb5 24. Rfc1 h5 25. Rc7 $44 {|^,
Plachetka-Uhlmann/STL 9192/1992/}) 9. h3 (9. O-O Bf5 $10) 9... Qc7 10. O-O (10.
Qc2 e5 $5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 (12. O-O Nxd3 13. Qxd3 Bf5 $10) 12... Qxe5+
13. Be3 Bh6 14. Nf3 Qe7 $10) 10... Bf5 $1 11. Qc2 (11. Bxf5 gxf5 12. Nh4 e6 13.
g4 $6 Ne4 $1 14. Nxe4 (14. gxf5 $2 Nxg5 15. Qg4 h6 $1 16. f4 Nh7 17. fxe6 Nf6
$19) 14... fxe4 {[%cal Rf7f5] /f5|^}) 11... Bxd3 12. Qxd3 e6 13. Rfe1 Rfe8 $10
{After a rather unambitious opening by White a sterile position arose. White's
attacking chances on the K-side are unrealistic, Black has enough counterplay.}
14. Bxf6 (14. Ne5 $6 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Nd7 16. f4 Qb6+) (14. Re2 b5 $5 $132) 14...
Bxf6 15. h4 Ne7 (15... b5 16. a3 a5 17. b4 $1 $10 {[%cal Rd2b3,Rb3c5] /Nb3-c5}
) 16. g3 (16. h5 $6 gxh5 $1 {[%cal Ye7g6,Yh5h4] /Ng6,h4}) 16... Nf5 17. Kg2 h6
18. a4 Bg7 19. Ne5 Nd6 20. f4 (20. g4 $5 Rac8 21. f4 $13 {was stronger, now
Black blockades the K-side.}) 20... h5 $1 21. Nf1 Kh7 22. Ne3 f5 23. Nf1 Ne4
24. Nd2 Bxe5 25. fxe5 Qb6 26. Nxe4 fxe4 (26... dxe4 27. Qb5 $10) 27. Qb5 Rf8
28. Rf1 Qc7 (28... Qxb5 $6 29. axb5 Rxf1 30. Kxf1 (30. Rxf1 Kg7 31. Rf6 Re8 32.
Kf2 Rf8 $10) 30... Kg7 31. Ke2 {[%csl Ra7][%cal Rb2b3,Rc3c4] >
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GM Viswanathan Anand at the Chess Classic Mainz 2009.
