GM Igor Zaitsev

Soviet UnionSoviet Union
Born 1938
Elo2520
FIDE Profile Wikipedia

Igor Zaitsev is a Russian Grandmaster born in 1938 in the Soviet Union. Rated 2520, he is known for his expertise in the King's Indian Saemisch Variation and has contributed to Soviet chess tradition as both a player and theorist.

Associated Openings

As Black

E83King's Indian Defence, Sämisch Variation: 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4...... Nc621 games

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