Alexandre Zaitsev



Alexander Nikolaevich Zaitsev (ru:Александр Николаевич Зайцев)(June 15, 1935, Vladivostok - October 31, 1971, near Vladivostok) - Soviet chess player, Grandmaster (1967). He also has several variants to his name. A well-known one is the Zaitsev variant in the Volga Gambit (Benko Gambit). In this variant 2578 games have been played worldwide: the white player wins 958(=37%) games, the black player wins 1149(=45%) games and 471(=18%) games end in a draw.

An array of games
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