Igor Platonov

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Igor Platonov and Ulf Andersson, Wijk aan Zee 1970

Igor Platonov (January 18, 1934 – November 13, 1994) was a Soviet Ukrainian

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Biography

Platonov was born in 1934 in

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] The identities of the killers remain unknown.

Chess results

Platonov first made a significant mark in competitive chess in 1958, when at age 24 he posted an even score of 6½/13 in the

Kiev Championship to tie 8th-9th places; the winner was Yuri Nikolaevsky. Later that same year, he scored 6.5/16 in the Ukrainian Championship at Kiev for 11th place; the winner was Efim Geller
.

In the Spartak Club Championship, Minsk 1962, Platonov scored 8/17 for a tied 11th-13th place; the winner was Anatoly Bannik. He finished equal first at the 1963 Kiev Championship with Efrim Lazarev, on 9.5/14. In the Ukrainian Championship, Kiev 1963, he scored 8/17 for a tied 13th-14th place, as Nikolaevsky won again. At the 1964 Trade Union Championship in Moscow, there were nine players who eventually became grandmasters in the field, and Platonov scored 9/15 for a share of 3rd-4th place, as the winner was World Champion Tigran Petrosian.

Platonov qualified for his first

Alexander Zaitsev
won.

Platonov made his career best score in a Soviet final in the 1969 Zonal at Moscow (URS-ch37), where he finished with 12.5/22, to tie for 7th-9th places; the winners were Petrosian and Polugaevsky. He missed qualifying for the

Interzonal
by one point.

He got his first international tournament opportunity at

Leningrad 1971 (URS-ch39), where he finished with 10/21 for equal 12th-13th place, as Vladimir Savon
won.

Platonov's next international chance was the José Raúl Capablanca Memorial at Cienfuegos 1972, where he had one of his best career results, placing second with 13/19, behind only Anatoly Lein. This finish, together with his 1969 Soviet Championship result, earned him the Soviet Union Grandmaster title.[3]

After that, he appeared less frequently in top events, his results declined, and he did not manage to make another Soviet final, despite several attempts. His last high-class competitive games on file are from 1984.

Platonov broadened his opening repertoire in the late 1960s, and this led to greater success. He favoured the

Reti Opening as he matured, with success. Platonov scored wins over top Soviet players[4] such as Mikhail Tal, Vasily Smyslov, Efim Geller, Leonid Stein, Vladimir Savon, Ratmir Kholmov, and Evgeni Vasiukov
.

There is a selection of 230 of his games at chessgames.com; chessbase.com has 325 of his games, while mychess.com has 373 Platonov games.

See also

  • List of unsolved murders

Notable chess games

References

  1. ^ "The chess games of Igor V Platonov". Chessgames.com. Retrieved 2019-11-10.
  2. ^ Smith, Bryan. "Brilliant Sustained Defense". Chess.com. Retrieved 2019-11-10.
  3. ISBN 9780786423538
    .
  4. ISBN 9780786497584
    .

External links
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