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Player:
(Eg:
Carlsen,Magnus
)
Kataev, Simcho
FIDE
:
FIDE Card
Title
:
FM
Years
:
1977-2010
Number of games
:
123
Number of wins
:
25
Number of draws
:
37
Number of losses
:
61
White score
:
24½/64 (38.28% - Average Elo: 2403.56)
Black score
:
19/59 (32.2% - Average Elo: 2379.96)
Rating progression
Games
White wins
White draws
White losses
Black wins
Black draws
Black losses
Top wins
Kataev, Simcho (2315) - Mikhalevski, Victor (2602), ISR-ch 34th, Haifa (A45) - 2008
Kataev, Simcho (2286) - Zoler, Dan (2518), ISR-ch, Ramat Aviv (A47) - 2004
Kataev, Simcho - Gavrikov, Viktor (2485), URS-ch52 Semifinal, Lvov (E61) - 1984
Krayz, Alexander (2440) - Kataev, Simcho (2355), Tel Aviv Cup rapid, Tel Aviv (D42) - 1996
Krayz, Alexander (2424) - Kataev, Simcho (2286), ISR-ch, Ramat Aviv (B01) - 2004
Krayz, Alexander (2385) - Kataev, Simcho (2385), Czerniak Memorial 10th, Tel Aviv (D42) - 1994
Kataev, Simcho - ? (55)
Grinshpun, Eduard (1/3)
Krayz, Alexander (½/3)
Berkovich, Mark A (0/2)
Godes, Dmitry R (1/2)
Karpman, Vadim (½/2)
Lukin, Andrei M (½/2)
Mikhalevski, Victor (1/2)
Bagirov, Vladimir (0/1)
Belenky, David (1/1)
Boim, Inon (0/1)
Chandler, Murray G (0/1)
Dolmatov, Sergey (0/1)
Galburd, Yan (0/1)
Gavrikov, Viktor (1/1)
Givon, Asaf (0/1)
Gurgenidze, Bukhuti (½/1)
Gutman, Lev (0/1)
Kalantaryan, Norayr (1/1)
Kaminik, Aleksandar (1/1)
Kantarji, Pinchas (0/1)
Karner, Hillar (0/1)
Kaspi, Alexander (0/1)
Kengis, Edvins (½/1)
Khmelniker, Ilya (½/1)
Kochyev, Alexander (0/1)
Kraidman, Yair (1/1)
Kudischewitsch, David (1/1)
Kundin, Alexander (½/1)
Lapienis, Donatas P (½/1)
Malaniuk, Vladimir P (0/1)
Mamatov, Dair (½/1)
Mamut, Igor (0/1)
Martynov, Pavel (½/1)
Miller, Evgeny (½/1)
Nunn, John DM (½/1)
Odeev, Ahmed (½/1)
Rinberg, Alexander (1/1)
Rogozenco, Dorian (0/1)
Roiz, Michael (0/1)
Rotman, Daniel (0/1)
Seredenko, Vladimir Semenovich (½/1)
Shachar, Ehud (0/1)
Sher, Miron Naumovich (0/1)
Shrentzel, Mordechai (1/1)
Shvidler, Eliahu (1/1)
Stepak, Yedael (½/1)
Tavadian, Ragik (0/1)
Trifunovic, Aleksandar (1/1)
Tseitlin, Mark D (0/1)
Veingold, Aleksandr (0/1)
Weisbuch, Udi (1/1)
Yudasin, Leonid (½/1)
Zaslavsky, Michael (1/1)
Ziatdinov, Raset (½/1)
Zoler, Dan (1/1)
? - Kataev, Simcho (50)
Krayz, Alexander (3½/6)
Gofshtein, Leonid D (0/2)
Petrosian, Arshak B (½/2)
Shabtai, Ran (0/2)
Zilberman, Yaacov (½/2)
Alienkin, Aleksander (½/1)
Baikov, Vladimir A (0/1)
Balashov, Yuri S (½/1)
Carmel, Ephraim (1/1)
Dydyshko, Viacheslav (0/1)
Fleish, Felix (0/1)
Geldimamedov, Hodja (1/1)
Gurevich, Mikhail (0/1)
Henderson, John B (1/1)
Ilfeld, Etan (½/1)
Karp, Michael (0/1)
Khenkin, Igor (0/1)
Kogan, Artur (0/1)
Kotsur, Pavel (0/1)
Kruppa, Yuri (0/1)
Kupreichik, Viktor D (0/1)
Legky, Nikolay A (½/1)
Magai, Vladimir (0/1)
Magerramov, Elmar S (0/1)
Malachi, Avraham (½/1)
Malinarski, Yehuda (1/1)
Moskalenko, Viktor (0/1)
Nabaty, Tamir (0/1)
Olesen, Martin (½/1)
Osnos, Viatcheslav (½/1)
Pickersgill, Adrian (1/1)
Ragozin, Evgeni (0/1)
Raznikov, Danny (½/1)
Ribshtein, Nati (0/1)
Rinberg, Alexander (1/1)
Rozentalis, Eduardas (0/1)
Rublevsky, Sergei (0/1)
Shachar, Ehud (0/1)
Shevelev, Arkady (½/1)
Shneider, Aleksandr (0/1)
Shrentzel, Mordechai (½/1)
Slutzky, Leonid (0/1)
Stanton, William (1/1)
Teplitsky, Yan (½/1)
Tseitlin, Mark D (0/1)
Tunik, Gennady (1/1)
Tyomkin, Dimitri (0/1)
Vasiliev, Olga (½/1)
Verdihanov, Vladislav (½/1)
Zaichik, Gennadi (0/1)
Openings played as White (34)
A45 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2416.2
Result:
6/11 = 54.55%
D02 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2412.12
Result:
2/8 = 25%
D03 Torre Attack (Tartakower Variation) (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bg5)
Average Elo:
2429.75
Result:
3/4 = 75%
A48 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6)
Average Elo:
2450
Result:
½/4 = 12.5%
A47 Queen's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 b6)
Average Elo:
2479.33
Result:
1½/3 = 50%
E61 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2310
Result:
3/3 = 100%
A01 Nimzovich-Larsen Attack (1.b3)
Average Elo:
2423
Result:
0/2 = 0%
A30 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5)
Average Elo:
2457.5
Result:
1/2 = 50%
A36 English (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3)
Average Elo:
2217
Result:
½/2 = 25%
E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Nf3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E09 Catalan, Closed (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O Nbd7 7.Qc2 c6 8.Nbd2)
Average Elo:
2365
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B14 Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6)
Average Elo:
2555
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A25 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6)
Average Elo:
2322
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C03 French, Tarrasch (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2)
Average Elo:
2226
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A87 Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2440
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A81 Dutch (1.d4 f5 2.g3)
Average Elo:
2390
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A90 Dutch (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 e6 4.Bg2)
Average Elo:
2355
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E30 Nimzo-Indian, Leningrad (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bg5)
Average Elo:
2505
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E14 Queen's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.e3)
Average Elo:
2385
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A32 English, Symmetrical Variation (1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6)
Average Elo:
2420
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D00 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5)
Average Elo:
2365
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E13 Queen's Indian, 4.Nc3, Main line (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 Bb4)
Average Elo:
2440
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A35 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6)
Average Elo:
2470
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A04 Reti Opening (1.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2485
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A41 Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6) (1.d4 d6)
Average Elo:
2265
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D23 Queen's Gambit Accepted (1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2240
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D35 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A96 Dutch, Classical Variation (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 e6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O d6)
Average Elo:
2370
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E60 King's Indian Defense (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E25 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 c5 6.f3 d5 7.cxd5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D05 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 e6)
Average Elo:
2430
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A07 King's Indian Attack (1.Nf3 d5 2.g3)
Average Elo:
2460
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A05 Reti Opening (1.Nf3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2424
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D41 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c5 5.cxd5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
Openings played as Black (37)
B15 Caro-Kann (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2322.8
Result:
2½/5 = 50%
D42 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 7.Bd3 (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e3 Nc6 7.Bd3)
Average Elo:
2393.75
Result:
2/4 = 50%
B01 Scandinavian (1.e4 d5)
Average Elo:
2385.67
Result:
2½/4 = 62.5%
C10 French (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2541.67
Result:
½/3 = 16.67%
B17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7)
Average Elo:
2337.5
Result:
1/3 = 33.33%
D94 Grunfeld (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.e3)
Average Elo:
2395.33
Result:
1/3 = 33.33%
B12 Caro-Kann Defense (1.e4 c6 2.d4)
Average Elo:
2235
Result:
2/3 = 66.67%
A44 Old Benoni Defense (1.d4 c5 2.d5 e5)
Average Elo:
2402.5
Result:
½/2 = 25%
D41 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c5 5.cxd5)
Average Elo:
2360
Result:
0/2 = 0%
A30 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5)
Average Elo:
2435
Result:
½/2 = 25%
B06 Robatsch (1.e4 g6)
Average Elo:
2417.5
Result:
0/2 = 0%
C00 French Defense (1.e4 e6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E54 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Nf3 d5 6.Bd3 c5 7.O-O dxc4 8.Bxc4)
Average Elo:
2415
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A12 English with b3 (1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.b3)
Average Elo:
2430
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A93 Dutch, Stonewall, Botvinnik Variation (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 e6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O d5 7.b3)
Average Elo:
2435
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D35 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B83 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be2)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A57 Benko Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5)
Average Elo:
2330
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E20 Nimzo-Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D36 Queen's Gambit Declined, Exchange, Positional line, 6.Qc2 (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.Qc2)
Average Elo:
2470
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E91 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2)
Average Elo:
2355
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D24 Queen's Gambit Accepted (1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B50 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B40 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6)
Average Elo:
2280
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A34 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2185
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B21 Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4 (1.e4 c5 2.f4)
Average Elo:
2325
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A31 English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation (1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4)
Average Elo:
2275
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A43 Old Benoni (1.d4 c5)
Average Elo:
2340
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A08 King's Indian Attack (1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c5 3.Bg2)
Average Elo:
2250
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D61 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.Qc2)
Average Elo:
2575
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2440
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A04 Reti Opening (1.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2350
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D02 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2430
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D93 Grunfeld, with Bf4 & e3 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3)
Average Elo:
2540
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D46 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3)
Average Elo:
2546
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D13 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.cxd5 cxd5)
Average Elo:
2315
Result:
½/1 = 50%