Vladimir Savon
Vladimir Savon | |
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Country | Ukraine |
Born | Chernihiv, Soviet Union | 26 September 1940
Died | 1 June 2005 Kharkiv, Ukraine | (aged 64)
Title | Grandmaster (1973) |
Peak rating | 2590 (July 1972) |
Vladimir Andreyevich Savon (Ukrainian: Володи́мир Андрійович Саво́н; 26 September 1940 – 1 June 2005) was a Ukrainian chess player. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 1973.
Savon shared the Ukrainian Chess Championship in 1969 and won the USSR Championship in 1971. He competed in the 1972 Chess Olympiad.
Biography
Born in Chernihiv, he learned how to play at the age of 13.
Savon competed in the
One possible factor was the distraction of
Savon's next-best result in the Soviet championship came the following year, when he tied for 3rd–5th and qualified for the
He did, however, achieve other good results in international competition; at Debrecen in 1970 (1st= with Bilek), at Sukhumi 1972 (2nd after Tal), at Vilnius 1975 (1st=), at Portorož 1977 (2nd= with Hort, after Larsen) and at Kyiv 1978 (2nd=).
He died in Kharkiv at the age of 65.[5]
Notable games
From the 39th USSR Championship 1971, rd. 13, Savon-Roman Dzindzichashvili 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.g4 h6 7. Rg1 Nc6 8. Be3 a6 9.h3 Bd7 10.f4 Qc7 11.Qd2 b5 12.Bd3 Nxd4 13.Bxd4 Bc6 14.Qe2 e5 15.Nd5 Nxd5 16.exd5 Bxd5 17.fxe5 0-0-0 18.0-0-0 Qc6 19.Rgf1 dxe5 20.Bxe5 f6 21.Bf5+ Kb7 22.Rxd5 Rxd5 23.Be4 Bc5 24.Rd1 Ka7 25.Bxd5 Qe8 26.Be6 fxe5 27. Qxe5 1-0
From Leningrad 1971, Yuri Balashov-Savon 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nf3 g6 7.e4 Bg7 8.Be2 0-0 9.0-0 Bg4 10.Bf4 Re8 11.Qc2 Na6 12.h3 Bxf3 13.Bxf3 Qb6 14.b3 Nd7 15.a3 Bd4 16.Rad1 Ne5 17.Be2 Rac8 18.Na4 Qd8 19.Bb5 Rf8 20.Bh6 Nc7 21.Bxf8 Nxb5 22.Bh6 Nxa3 23.Qc1 Nb5 24.Be3 Nd7 25.Rde1 Qe7 26.Bxd4 Nxd4 27.Re3 b5 28.Nc3 Nxb3 29.Qa3 Nd4 30.Qxa7 b4 31.Qa6 Rb8 32.Na4 Nc2 33.Re2 b3 34.Rb1 Kg7 35.Nc3 Nd4 36.Re3 Nc2 37.Re2 Nd4 38.Re3 Rb6 39.Qf1 Nc2 40.Rg3 Nf6 41.Qd3 Rb4 42.f4 Rd4 43.Qe2 c4 44.e5 dxe5 45.fxe5 Ne4 46.Nxe4 Qxe5 47.Rf1 Rxe4 48.Qf3 f5 0-1
Notes
- ISBN 1-85744-201-6.
- ^ a b Cafferty and Taimanov, p. 154.
- ^ Cafferty and Taimanov, pp. 157–58.
- ^ "Vladimir Savon (1940-2005)". 17 March 2018.
- ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2019-10-16.
References
- Cafferty, Bernard and ISBN 1-85744-201-6.
- ISBN 0-19-280049-3.
- ISBN 978-0-14-046452-8.
External links
- Vladimir A. Savon chess games at 365Chess.com
- Vladimir Savon player profile and games at Chessgames.com
- Vladimir Savon Chess Olympiad record at OlimpBase.org
- Vladimir A. Savon FIDE rating history at OlimpBase.org