Roman Dzindzichashvili

Roman Yakovlevich Dzindzichashvili (b. May 5 1944) is a chess grandmaster.

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May 5 - 1944 - Chess - Grandmaster

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Born in Tbilisi, Georgia, he earned the International Master title in 1970.

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Tbilisi - Georgia - International Master - 1970

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He left the U.S.S.R. in 1976 for Israel and earned the GM title in 1977.

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U.S.S.R. - 1976 - Israel - 1977

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In 1979 Dzindzichashvili settled in the United States, and he won the Lone Pine Open tournament the next year.

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1979 - United States

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He won the U.S. Chess Championship twice, in 1983 and again in 1989, a title he shared with two other players each time.

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U.S. Chess Championship - 1983 - 1989

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Dzindzichashvili played a series of rapid games against the computer program Fritz in 1991 and 1993. In the following game, played in 1991, he checkmates the program in only 28 moves. The game is given in algebraic chess notation:

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Fritz - 1991 - 1993 - Algebraic chess notation

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1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Bd3 cxd4 6.O-O Bc5 7.Re1 Nge7 8.Nbd2 O-O 9.Bxh7+ Kxh7 10.Ng5+ Kg6 11.Qg4 Nxe5 12.Rxe5 f5

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13.Qg3 Rf7 14.Ndf3 Qh8 15.Nh4+ Qxh4 16.Qxh4 Rf8 17.Qh7+ Kf6 18.Nf3 Ng6 19.Bg5+ Kf7 20.Qh5 Rh8 21.Rxf5+ Kg8 22.Qxg6 exf5 23.Bf6 Rh7 24.Re1 d3 25.Re8+ Bf8 26.Ng5 Rh6 27.Rxf8+ Kxf8 28.Qf7#

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