Yasser Seirawan was born in Damascus, Syria. His father was Syrian and his mother was English from Nottingham. His family emigrated to US. Yasser Seirawan started to play chess at the age of 12. And at the age of 13 he was Washington’s Champion. and at the age of 19 he won World Junior Chess Champion.

Facts about Yasser Seirawan

Here we will list some facts about his life so you can remember easily. Lets start!

He is married to Woman FIDE Master Yvette Nagel.

He became Grandmaster at the age of 20 (1980).

When Yasser Seirwan defeated Viktor Korchnoi, then Korchnoi invited Sirewan in Switzerland for training against Anatoly Karpov for world title match in 1981.

He was the Chief editor of chess magazine called Inside Chess for Twelve years.

(2001) Yasser Seirwan released a plan to reunite chess world, the plan was named ” Fresh Start “.

He won the 2011 and 2012 Dutch Open Blitz championship.

Yasser Seirwan is known for his commentary and live broadcast.

Worked in Movie ” Closing Gambit “.

Trailer of ” Closing Gambit “

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Yasser Seirawan’s Books

He wrote several books which is mentioned below. His ” Winning Chess ” series become popular which is written with (co-author) IM Jeremy Silman.

Play Winning Chess (Basic of winning chess)

Winning Chess Tactics (About tactics and motifs)

Winning Chess Strategies (How to convert advantage into win)

Winning Chess Openings ( What you need to know about openings)

Winning Chess Endings (About how to play an endgame)

Winning Chess Brilliancies (About best games)

Winning Chess Combinations (About recognizing tactics and patterns )

Other Books:

Five Crowns: Kasparov-Karpov World Chess Championship 1990 New York – Lyon (with Johathan Tisdall).

Take My Rooks (with Nikolay Minev).

No Regrets • Fischer–Spassky 1992 (with George Stefanovic).

Chess on the Edge (with Bruce Harper) – collected games of Grandmaster Duncan Suttles.

Chess Duels: My Games with the World Champions.

Yasser Seirawan’s Best Games

Yasser Seirawan played with many strong players in the world. here we will watch some of his best games. Lets watch!

Game Seirawan vs Mamedyarov

[Event "WchT 8th"] [Site "Ningbo"] [Date "2011.07.24"] [Round "7.4"] [White "Seirawan, Yasser"] [Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A43"] [WhiteElo "2635"] [BlackElo "2765"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "2011.07.17"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "CHN"] 1. d4 c5 2. d5 f5 3. e4 fxe4 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. g4 h6 6. h3 d6 7. Nge2 e5 8. Ng3 Be7 9. Bg2 Na6 10. Ncxe4 Bd7 11. O-O Nxe4 12. Bxe4 O-O 13. f4 exf4 14. Bxf4 Bg5 15. Qd2 c4 16. Bxg5 Qxg5 17. Qxg5 hxg5 18. Bf5 Bxf5 19. Nxf5 Nb4 20. Ne3 Rxf1+ 21. Rxf1 c3 22. bxc3 Nxa2 23. c4 a5 24. Nf5 a4 25. Nxd6 a3 26. Nxb7 Nb4 27. c3 Nd3 28. c5 Nf4 29. d6 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

Game Seirawan vs Ivanchuk ( Both King remained in the center and game finished)

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."] [Site "Groningen"] [Date "1997.12.11"] [Round "2.1"] [White "Seirawan, Yasser"] [Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E70"] [WhiteElo "2630"] [BlackElo "2725"] [PlyCount "43"] [EventDate "1997.12.09"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "NED"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bd3 e5 6. d5 a5 7. Nge2 Na6 8. f3 Nd7 9. Be3 Bh6 10. Qd2 Bxe3 11. Qxe3 c6 12. Qh6 Ndc5 13. Rd1 Qb6 14. Bb1 Ke7 15. f4 exf4 16. Rf1 Rf8 17. Qxf4 f6 18. dxc6 Qxc6 19. Nd4 Qe8 20. Nd5+ Kd8 21. Qxd6+ Bd7 22. Nb5 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

Short games of Yasser Seirawan

[Event "Zuerich sim"] [Site "Zuerich"] [Date "1988.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Seirawan, Yasser"] [Black "Pelikan, Sandor"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B06"] [WhiteElo "2595"] [PlyCount "29"] [EventDate "1988.??.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "SUI"] 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 a6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. O-O Ne7 8. a4 b6 9. f5 Nf6 10. e5 dxe5 11. dxe5 Nh5 12. Qe2 Bb7 13. Kh1 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 O-O 15. g4 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

Game Seirawan vs Dzindzichashvili

[Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Berkeley"] [Date "1984.??.??"] [Round "8"] [White "Seirawan, Yasser"] [Black "Dzindzichashvili, Roman"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E12"] [WhiteElo "2525"] [BlackElo "2485"] [PlyCount "41"] [EventDate "1984.07.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "17"] [EventCountry "USA"] [EventCategory "11"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. Bf4 Bb4 6. Qb3 Ba5 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bd3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 d6 10. Qc2 f5 11. d5 exd5 12. cxd5 Bxd5 13. Nd4 g6 14. f3 Nc5 15. e4 fxe4 16. fxe4 Bb7 17. O-O O-O 18. Bc4+ d5 19. exd5 Bxd5 20. Qe2 Qd7 21. Bh6 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.