Great players of all time: What Jordi Magem your opinion?
International Grandmaster Jordi Magem Badals was interviewed live by Pepo Vineyards and Richard Guerrero on Thursday 27/01/1911 in the radio program 'Som Chess' (We Chess ) som.cat station.
can download and listen to the audio of the interview: http://www.som.cat/categories/253/a-la-carta (in Catalan).
Some biographical data discussed with Jordan in the interview:
Born in Manresa, Barcelona (Spain), August 24, 1967.
Children Champion of Catalonia in 1981.
Junior Champion of Catalonia and Spain in 1983.
Absolute Champion of Spain in 1990 and runner-up in 1986, 1993 and 1997.
Absolute Champion of Catalonia in 2008 and 2010 and runner-up in 2009.
chess champion Spain active in 1987 and 1999 and runner-up in 1989.
In 1998, the Zonal Tournament of Andorra Escaldes managed to qualify for the finals of the World Chess Championship in Las Vegas 1999.
In July 2009 he won the strongest tournament 'Kutxa' of San Sebastián, (a closed tournament with 10 participants) being above GM Loek Van Wely (2655).
Jordi Magem and Dutch GM Loek van Wely
Kutxa San Sebastian Tournament 2009
Van Wely vs
Item. Magem, San Sebastian 2009:
http://www.365chess.com/view_game.php?g=3707240
Van Wely vs
Item. Magem, San Sebastian 2009:
http://www.365chess.com/view_game.php?g=3707240
Magem is International Grandmaster since 1994.
Excellent teacher and chess coach in 2010 FIDE awarded him the title of "FIDE Senior Trainer ', the maximum international trainer title. Magem has trained, among others, the English GM Alexei Shirov of Latvian origin.
also currently being trained English GM Daniel Alsina: http://richardguerrero.blogspot.com/2011/01/encuesta-de-la-semana-25.html
Between 1990 and 2010 participated, representing Spain in 3 European Team Championships and 7 Chess Olympiad, being his last appearance to date, the Olympics Khanti-Mansiysk in Siberia, a particular outcome in the fourth panel +4 = 4-1 66.6%.
Olympics Magem in Khanti-Mansiysk in Siberia, 2010
Here are two of his brilliant games in the last Olympics:
. Vocaturo 2010:
vs Pantsulaia. Magem 2010 (item discussed by the MF Leontxo Garcia):
Http://www.elpais.com/misc/ajedrez/3octubre10.htm
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Pantsulaia. Magem 2010. Position after 26 ... Txh4 +!
Other items recommended:
- . Zion 1990:
- http://www.terra.es/personal3/r3198r/MagemvsSion1990.htm Magem vs
- . This 1992:
- http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1141198 Magem vs
- . Vaisse 1998:
- http://www.365chess.com/view_game.php?g=1067487 Gozzoli vs
- . Magem 2008:
- http://www.365chess.com/view_game.php?g=3653657
- vs Narciso. Magem 2008:
- http://www.terra.es/personal3/r3198r/NarcisovsMagem2008.htm Magem vs
- . Negi 2009:
- http://www.365chess.com/view_game.php?g=3713882 Magem vs
- . Alonso 2010:
- http://www.terra.es/personal3/r3198r/MagemvsAlonso2010.htm
Magem and GM Julio Granda Peru. Andorra International Open 2008
Magem and Cuban GM Lazaro Bruzon. Magistral Casino de Barcelona 2010