[chessmind] Dennis Monokroussos: Bukhuti Gurgenidze, 1933-2008

[Email subscription to blog articles]

Posted by Dennis Monokroussos:
Bukhuti Gurgenidze, 1933-2008
http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1211771056.shtml


   From [1]Chess Today:

     Russian websites Gazeta.ru and Novaya Gazeta informed, with
     references to ITAR-TASS and Georgian chess federation, that
     Georgian grandmaster Bukhuti Gurgenidze passed away on 24 May 2008.
     He was Georgian champion no less than eleven times. Nine times he
     participated in the USSR championship finals. In different years,
     Gurgenidze coached Georgian top female players: Gaprindashvili,
     Chiburdanidze, Alexandria and Ioseliani.

   Many of you probably haven't heard of Gurgenidze, so in addition to
   the above let me add that he's credited with the Black system 1.e4 c6
   2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 g6 (Black often continues at some moment with ...h5 and
   ...Nh6), and [2]a Wikipedia author gives him credit the gambit idea in
   the Rossolimo 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.Re1 e5 6.b4,
   though I don't see any games of his in this line in my database. He's
   probably best known for [3]a loss to Tal where he gets butchered, so
   to let him be remembered for positive games (as well), have a look
   [4]here.

References

   1. http://www.chesstoday.net/
   2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bukhuti_Gurgenidze
   3. http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1139837
   4. http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=32195