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Vaganian, Rafael A

Total Games

363

Wins

64

Draws

193

Losses

106

17.6% wins53.2% draws29.2% losses

Most Played Openings

D37 - Queen's Gambit Declined: Harrwitz Attack17D58 - Queen's Gambit Declined: Tartakower Defense17C09 - French Defense: Tarrasch Variation, Open System, Main Line16C17 - French Defense: Winawer Variation, Advance Variation14A07 - King's Indian Attack11A30 - English Opening: Wing Gambit10B04 - Alekhine Defense: Modern Variation9A34 - English Opening: Symmetrical Variation9E15 - Queen's Indian Defense: Buerger Variation8C02 - French Defense: Advance Variation8

Most Faced Opponents

Beliavsky, Alexander G28 gamesTal, Mihail26 gamesPortisch, Lajos22 gamesKarpov, Anatoly20 gamesJussupow, Artur16 gamesGeller, Efim P15 gamesPolugaevsky, Lev15 gamesShort, Nigel D15 gamesTimman, Jan H14 gamesLjubojevic, Ljubomir13 games

Featured Games

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Vaganian, Rafael A vs Tal, Mihail

Wch-blitz

1988

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Vaganian, Rafael A vs Tal, Mihail

Wch-blitz

1988

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1-0

Tal, Mihail vs Vaganian, Rafael A

Wch-blitz

1988

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FCGFCG
1-0

Tal, Mihail vs Vaganian, Rafael A

Wch-blitz

1988

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FCGFCG
1-0

Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Vaganian, Rafael A

Wch Team

1993

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FCGFCG
1-0

Kortschnoj, Viktor vs Vaganian, Rafael A

Reggio Emilia8788

1987

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FCGFCG
0-1

Vaganian,R vs Hou Yifan

50th Biel GM 2017

2017

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FCGFCG
1-0

Adams, Michael vs Vaganian, Rafael A

Manila Interzonal

1990

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FCGFCG
0-1

Vaganian, Rafael A vs Beliavsky, Alexander G

Tilburg rapid20

1993

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FCGFCG
1-0

Beliavsky, Alexander G vs Vaganian, Rafael A

Reggio Emilia9596

1996

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Games (363)

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Adams, Michael vs Vaganian, Rafael A★
1/2-1/2
WchT 4th 1997 C02
Vaganian, Rafael A vs Khalifman, Alexander★
1/2-1/2
WchT 4th 1997 D17
Vaganian, Rafael A vs Shirov, Alexei★
1/2-1/2
Wch Team 1993 A16
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Vaganian, Rafael A★
1-0
Wch Team 1993 A34
Kortschnoj, Viktor vs Vaganian, Rafael A★
1/2-1/2
Wch Team 1993 D54
Kramnik, Vladimir vs Vaganian, Rafael A★
1/2-1/2
Wch Team 1993 D37
Tal, Mihail vs Vaganian, Rafael A★
1-0
Wch-blitz 1988 C16
Tal, Mihail vs Vaganian, Rafael A★
1-0
Wch-blitz 1988 A13
Vaganian, Rafael A vs Tal, Mihail★
0-1
Wch-blitz 1988 D38
Vaganian, Rafael A vs Tal, Mihail★
0-1
Wch-blitz 1988 A35
Vaganian, Rafael A vs Short, Nigel D★
1/2-1/2
WchT 1985 A07
Navara,D vs Vaganian,R
1-0
50th Biel GM 2017 2017 C09
Vaganian,R vs Hou Yifan
0-1
50th Biel GM 2017 2017 A46
Leko,P vs Vaganian,R
1-0
50th Biel GM 2017 2017 C10
Morozevich,A vs Vaganian,R
1-0
50th Biel GM 2017 2017 C16
Vaganian,R vs Ponomariov,R
1/2-1/2
50th Biel GM 2017 2017 D73
Vaganian,R vs Ponomariov,R
1-0
36th Olympiad 2004 B36
Grischuk,A vs Vaganian,R
1/2-1/2
36th Olympiad 2004 C17
Leko,P vs Vaganian,R
1/2-1/2
34th Olympiad 2000 C17
Vaganian,R vs Shirov,A
1-0
34th Olympiad 2000 D15
Korchnoi,V vs Vaganian,R
1/2-1/2
34th Olympiad 2000 D37
Vaganian,R vs Topalov,V
0-1
34th Olympiad 2000 A43
Beliavsky, Alexander G vs Vaganian, Rafael A
1-0
Reggio Emilia9596 1996 D57
Vaganian, Rafael A vs Kramnik, Vladimir
1/2-1/2
Tal mem 1995 A33
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Vaganian, Rafael A
1/2-1/2
Tal mem 1995 C16
Timman, Jan H vs Vaganian, Rafael A
1/2-1/2
Tal mem 1995 D58
Short, Nigel D vs Vaganian, Rafael A
1-0
Tal mem 1995 B04
Vaganian, Rafael A vs Kasparov, Gary
0-1
Tal mem 1995 A24
Vaganian, Rafael A vs Jussupow, Artur
1/2-1/2
Tal mem 1995 A13
Anand, Viswanathan vs Vaganian, Rafael A
1-0
Tal mem 1995 C10
Beliavsky, Alexander G vs Vaganian, Rafael A
1/2-1/2
Tilburg rapid20 1993 E15
Vaganian, Rafael A vs Beliavsky, Alexander G
0-1
Tilburg rapid20 1993 D37
Vaganian, Rafael A vs Bronstein, David I
1-0
Tilburg 1993 A07
Beliavsky, Alexander G vs Vaganian, Rafael A
1-0
Tilburg 1993 C10
Vaganian, Rafael A vs Beliavsky, Alexander G
1-0
Tilburg 1993 E06
Bronstein, David I vs Vaganian, Rafael A
1/2-1/2
Tilburg 1993 C15
Portisch, Lajos vs Vaganian, Rafael A
1/2-1/2
Reggio Emilia9293 1992 D55
Vaganian, Rafael A vs Portisch, Lajos
1-0
Tilburg 1992 D58
Portisch, Lajos vs Vaganian, Rafael A
0-1
Tilburg 1992 D58
Ljubojevic, Ljubomir vs Vaganian, Rafael A
1/2-1/2
Reggio Emilia91 Top15 1991 E15
Vaganian, Rafael A vs Portisch, Lajos
1-0
Reggio Emilia91 Top15 1991 B40
Portisch, Lajos vs Vaganian, Rafael A
1/2-1/2
Reggio Emilia91 Top15 1991 D37
Vaganian, Rafael A vs Ljubojevic, Ljubomir
1/2-1/2
Reggio Emilia91 Top15 1991 D02
Beliavsky, Alexander G vs Vaganian, Rafael A
1/2-1/2
Reggio Emilia91 Top15 1991 D37
Vaganian, Rafael A vs Beliavsky, Alexander G
1/2-1/2
Reggio Emilia91 Top15 1991 D58
Vaganian, Rafael A vs Shirov, Alexei
0-1
Manila Interzonal 1990 E97
Adams, Michael vs Vaganian, Rafael A
1-0
Manila Interzonal 1990 C09
Vaganian, Rafael A vs Beliavsky, Alexander G
0-1
Reggio Emilia8788 1987 D18
Vaganian, Rafael A vs Portisch, Lajos
1/2-1/2
Reggio Emilia8788 1987 E17
Kortschnoj, Viktor vs Vaganian, Rafael A
1-0
Reggio Emilia8788 1987 D82
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