David Garcia Ilundain defeating his rival and the machine

David Garcia Ilundain was a very popular and charismatic Spanish chess grandmaster who left us great chess games like the one I present today. David García IlundainHe had a classical style of play, an infinite knowledge of chess strategies and a person who above all else, loved chess.

He was a chess grandmaster who studied hundreds of games of classical chess, as well as himselfBobby Fischer He studied all the games ofWilhelm Steinitz, David Garcia Ilundain was a chess grandmaster who studied hundreds of games of classical chess.

David Garcia Ilundain

"A big hug David wherever you are, thank you for having analyzed chess games with me, Capablanca was not so lucky"

Fermín González

In this VIDEO I analyze in detail an impressive game of David, played in 1992 against the GM Zurab Azmaiparashviliwhere we can see a clear example of his famous style of play

Alexei Shirov He says that during an edition of the International Tournament of León, in a cafeteria there was a boy who defeated all his rivals playing blitz, he joined and after waiting his turn he played with him, whom he did not know, losing the game. Taking advantage of his prestige, Shirov asked for revenge without waiting for his turn again, but lost again. That's how they met and Shirov discovered David's enormous talent.

David Garcia Ilundain loved chess so much that when he played his games he became tremendously nervous, because he said he had a horrible fear of not playing a perfect game, this gives us a clear image of his character and is the explanation of why his sports results were not according to his tremendous knowledge of the essence of Chess.

Legend has it that during his famous match against Karpov in 1993, David Garcia Ilundain had a good glass of Rioja wine. In that tournament Leko also played being very very young against Karpov and David said: "Well, if Leko gave himself the pleasure of gorging on jelly beans I don't see why I can't ask for a riojita"........

"A big hug David wherever you are, thank you for analyzing chess games with me, Alekhine was not so lucky"

Fermín González

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