Wilhelm Schwan
Number of games in database: 49
Years covered: 1899 to 1913
Overall record: +10 -25 =14 (34.7%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

Most played openings

A03		Bird's Opening (9 games)
A02		Bird's Opening (9 games)
C80		Ruy Lopez, Open (6 games)
D00		Queen's Pawn Game (3 games)
C42		Petrov Defense (2 games)
C82		Ruy Lopez, Open (2 games)
A84		Dutch (2 games)
B01		Scandinavian (2 games)
D31		Queen's Gambit Declined (2 games)

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WILHELM SCHWAN (, died 1918) Germany [what is this?] He was from Kleve*. *Wikipedia article: Kleve

page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 49  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. F W Pelzer vs W Schwan   1-0 54 1899 Amsterdam B45 Sicilian, Taimanov 2. W Schwan vs A Van Foreest   0-1 27 1899 Amsterdam A03 Bird's Opening 3. W Schwan vs N Mannheimer   0-1 38 1899 Amsterdam C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense 4. J Partaj vs W Schwan   ½-½ 29 1899 Amsterdam C82 Ruy Lopez, Open 5. W Schwan vs C Trimborn   1-0 35 1899 Amsterdam C67 Ruy Lopez 6. W Schwan vs J Dimer   0-1 47 1899 Amsterdam A02 Bird's Opening 7. W Schwan vs J F Heemskerk   1-0 50 1899 Amsterdam D00 Queen's Pawn Game 8. J W Te Kolste vs W Schwan   ½-½ 65 1899 Amsterdam C80 Ruy Lopez, Open 9. D Bleijkmans vs W Schwan   1-0 42 1899 Amsterdam C32 King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit 10. H E Atkins vs W Schwan 1-0 24 1899 Amsterdam A84 Dutch 11. W Schwan vs J Moquette   1-0 39 1899 Amsterdam C02 French, Advance 12. W Meiners vs W Schwan   1-0 61 1899 Amsterdam C82 Ruy Lopez, Open 13. W Schwan vs J D Tresling   1-0 55 1899 Amsterdam A03 Bird's Opening 14. Olland vs W Schwan   1-0 34 1899 Amsterdam C80 Ruy Lopez, Open 15. Swiderski vs W Schwan 1-0 11 1899 Amsterdam C80 Ruy Lopez, Open 16. W Schwan vs M Lange 1-0 47 1903 Hilversum A03 Bird's Opening 17. Loman vs W Schwan   ½-½ 36 1903 Hilversum C80 Ruy Lopez, Open 18. W Schwan vs C Trimborn   0-1 50 1903 Hilversum A02 Bird's Opening 19. J Esser vs W Schwan 1-0 36 1903 Hilversum C77 Ruy Lopez 20. W Schwan vs J Vijzelaar 1-0 31 1903 Hilversum A03 Bird's Opening 21. W Schwan vs A Speijer   0-1 39 1903 Hilversum A03 Bird's Opening 22. W Schwan vs J F Heemskerk 1-0 20 1903 Hilversum A03 Bird's Opening 23. Duras vs W Schwan   1-0 25 1903 Hilversum C66 Ruy Lopez 24. Leonhardt vs W Schwan 1-0 25 1903 Hilversum C54 Giuoco Piano 25. W Meiners vs W Schwan   0-1 32 1903 Hilversum C80 Ruy Lopez, Open  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 49

Apr-12-09    YoungEd: Schwan sure was faithful to Bird's Opening, even though he didn't fare well especially with it against strong competition. Maybe 1. f4 was his Schwan song.

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