Biography of Valery Salov

Valery Salov (born May 26, 1964) is a Russian chess grandmaster.

He has a plus record against Boris Spassky. He beat Spassky in Frankrig in 1994 (moves given in Algebraic chess notation):

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.d4 Nbd7 7.Qc2 c6 8.b3 b6 9.Rd1 Bb7 10.Nc3 Rc8 11.e4 Nxe4 12.Nxe4 dxe4 13.Qxe4 b5 14.Bf4 bxc4 15.bxc4 Qa5 16.Qc2 Ba8 17.c5 Nf6 18.Ne5 Nd5 19.Nc4 Qd8 20.Bd6 Bxd6 21.Nxd6 Rb8 22.Rab1 Qc7 23.Rxb8 Rxb8 24.Rb1 Rd8 25.Rb3 Nf6 26.Qb2 Ne8 27.Nc4 h6 28.Bf3 Kf8 29.Kg2 Nf6 30.a4 Ne8 31.a5 Qc8 32.h4 Nc7 33.Nd6 Qd7 34.Rb8 Na6 35.Rxd8+ Qxd8 36.Qd2 Kg8 37.Qf4 Qe7 38.Bh5 g6 39.Qxh6 Qf6 40.Bf3 Qxd4 41.Qg5 Nxc5 42.Qe7 Nd3 43.Qxf7+ Kh8 44.Qf8+ Kh7 45.Ne4 1-0