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David Lucky
D Lucky 
Source: prlog.org 

Number of games in database: 45
Years covered: 1980 to 2012
Last FIDE rating: 2286
Highest rating achieved in database: 2335
Overall record: +11 -22 =12 (37.8%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games.

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D02 Queen's Pawn Game (2 games)
E17 Queen's Indian (2 games)

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   🏆 22nd North American Open
   E Santarius vs D Lucky (Dec-29-12) 1/2-1/2
   D Lucky vs A Sharma (Dec-28-12) 1-0
   T Gareyev vs D Lucky (Dec-26-12) 1-0
   D Lucky vs T Brownscombe (Dec-26-12) 1/2-1/2
   E Sevillano vs D Lucky (Nov-03-12) 1-0

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DAVID LUCKY
(born Jul-07-1960, 65 years old) United States of America

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FIDE Master. David's Grandfather was a famous international lawyer, who spelled his last name as Glucksman, and then changed the spelling to Gliksman, when immigrating from Germany. Early games were shown as David Gliksman. (The root word Glück is German for luck.)

https://www.prlog.org/12609286-idah...

Last updated: 2022-07-25 15:17:31

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 page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 45  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. G Sanchez vs D Lucky  ½-½501980Paul Masson MastersD34 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch
2. T Weinberger vs D Lucky  1-0311980Paul Masson MastersE00 Queen's Pawn Game
3. D Lucky vs I A Dahlberg  1-0211980Paul Masson MastersD43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
4. W J Adam vs D Lucky  1-0461981CalChess MastersB14 Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack
5. D Lucky vs I Ivanov  0-1181984AnaheimB88 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack
6. D Kopec vs D Lucky  1-0281984Anaheim LabateC07 French, Tarrasch
7. J Fedorowicz vs D Lucky  ½-½231985New York OpenE12 Queen's Indian
8. V Zaltsman vs D Lucky 0-1371985New York OpenB13 Caro-Kann, Exchange
9. B Zuckerman vs D Lucky  1-0321985New York OpenD46 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
10. D Lucky vs R Byrne  0-1401985New York OpenE62 King's Indian, Fianchetto
11. Benjamin vs D Lucky  1-0261987American opE43 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation
12. D Lucky vs J Silman 0-1461988Software Toolworks opE41 Nimzo-Indian
13. Tal vs D Lucky ½-½611988SimulB40 Sicilian
14. Deep Thought vs D Lucky 1-0301988Long BeachC16 French, Winawer
15. D Lucky vs D Gurevich 1-0331991mem Day op SE10 Queen's Pawn Game
16. D Lucky vs S Rubin  0-144199192nd US OpenA35 English, Symmetrical
17. D Lucky vs M Brooks  0-11011992La Palma Futurity 2C45 Scotch Game
18. W Longren vs D Lucky  1-0261992La Palma Futurity 2C16 French, Winawer
19. D Lucky vs W Boctor  1-0311992La Palma Futurity 2C45 Scotch Game
20. E Chapa vs D Lucky  0-1251992La Palma Futurity 2E10 Queen's Pawn Game
21. D Lucky vs J Thinnsen  ½-½121992La Palma Futurity 2A19 English, Mikenas-Carls, Sicilian Variation
22. J Schroer vs D Lucky  0-1571992La Palma Futurity 2C16 French, Winawer
23. D Lucky vs J Hanley  ½-½491992La Palma Futurity 2E17 Queen's Indian
24. G Strayer vs D Lucky  1-0611992La Palma Futurity 2E10 Queen's Pawn Game
25. W Duckworth vs D Lucky  1-0301992La Palma Futurity 2C00 French Defense
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Dec-31-08  Travis Bickle: Ya know what I always say. Id rather be Lucky Than Good! Travis
Apr-13-09  Dredge Rivers: If this is David Lucky, I have a message for him.

I WANT A REMATCH! :)

Apr-20-09  Dredge Rivers: Yes, he beat me once, but he was just Lucky!
Aug-05-12  e4 resigns: I foresee a trillion bad puns...
Aug-05-12
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: He could always have a go with this player: Marc Dogge.

http://www.365chess.com/players/Mar...

Aug-05-12  andrewjsacks: Capablanca said the good player is always lucky....
Aug-05-12  andrewjsacks: <dzechiel> is correct. Very nice guy and a tough opponent indeed. Perhaps this is that David; should become clear with a little research.
Feb-12-14
Premium Chessgames Member
  GrahamClayton: Why did he change his surname?
Jan-13-15  Ferari: His surname was originally spelled Glücksman by his grandfather in Germany. The German word Glücks is translated in English as Lucky. He just updated the spelling since he lives in an English speaking country.
Mar-27-15  zanzibar: When did he change his name?
Mar-27-15  zanzibar: Is this he?

https://www.facebook.com/1264145340...

Mar-27-15  TheFocus: With his score here, he ain't too lucky.
Mar-27-15
Premium Chessgames Member
  alexmagnus: It's better to be David Lucky than Daniel Good, as Capa allegedly used to say :)
Mar-27-15  zanzibar: It's too bad an <Advanced Search> on <CG> for <Gliksman> doesn't provide a hint that this player might be a match...

Early 1985 mention of him as "chessmaster" from NJ:

http://www.apnewsarchive.com/1985/L...

Mar-27-15  zanzibar: Khachiyan,M (2462) - Lucky,D (2335)
IBAR Inv Santa Monica USA (2), 24.02.2005

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 Qd7 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 b6 7.Qg4 f5 8.Qg3 Ba6 9.Bxa6 Nxa6 10.Ne2 0-0-0 11.a4 Nb8 12.a5 Nc6 13.axb6 cxb6 14.0-0 Na5 15.Rxa5 bxa5 16.Ba3 Kb7 17.Nf4 Nh6 18.c4 dxc4 19.Rb1+ Ka6 20.Nd3 Rc8 21.Nc5+ Rxc5 22.Bxc5 f4 23.Qc3 Qa4 24.Qb2 Qd7 25.Qa2 Qd5 26.Qa4 1-0

From http://www.chessdryad.com/articles/...

Mar-27-15  zanzibar: Chessatwork has a few interesting games that are maybe missing from here:

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gliksman, David N"]
[Black "Byrne, Robert E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2215"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "E66"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.g3 d6 6.Bg2 Nc6 7.O-O Rb8 8.d5 Na5 9.Nd2 c5 10.Qc2 a6 11.b3 b5 12.Bb2 e5 13.e4 Ng4 14.h3 Nh6 15.Ne2 f5 16.f4 Nf7 17.Rae1 bxc4 18.bxc4 Rxb2 19.Qxb2 exf4 20.Qa3 fxg3 21.exf5 Bxf5 22.Nxg3 Nh6 23.Nxf5 Nxf5 24.Nf3 Nxc4 25.Qxa6 Nce3 26.Rf2 c4 27.Rfe2 Bh6 28.Kf2 Nxd5 29.Qc6 Qa5 30.Kg1 Be3+ 31.Kh1 Ng3+ 32.Kh2 Nxe2 33.Rxe2 Qc5 34.Qxc5 Bxc5 35.Ng5 Nf4 36.Rc2 d5 37.Ne6 Nxe6 38.Bxd5 Kf7 39.Rxc4 Ke7 40.Re4 Rf6 0-1

http://www.chessatwork.com/chess/gr...

I'd maybe do a submission, but I just buzzing through on a research sideline.

Mar-27-15  zanzibar: I guess chessatwork swiped the games from <rhp>

http://www.redhotchess.com/chess/gr...

Gliksman shows up as far as 2001, maybe later. He's given credit on a chess teaching video, featuring Dustin Diamond, the chess-playing "Screech(?)" from "Saved by the Bell":

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0279793/

I also wonder if this is another picture of him (from Colorado Chess Assoc):

http://www.colorado-chess.com/Histo...

Mar-27-15  zanzibar: Time to move on to a new topic...

After making the chess video, Dustin then goes on to make a porn video "Screeched – Saved by the Smell".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dustin...

Who could possibly make this stuff up?

Mar-28-15  zanzibar: Oh, one more. Is his middle name "Neal"?

http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-677...

Apr-23-15  Luceana: I see that he beat 6 time US Champion, and Grand master Walter Browne in a nice game. Very impressive for someone who apparently quit chess, and then became successful in business.
Apr-23-15  TheFocus: Well, he seems to be a very lucky player!
May-03-18
Premium Chessgames Member
  Stonehenge: Mikhail Tal simul:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYB...

Nov-10-20  cameosis: <zanzibar> yes, middle name is neal:

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/6...

Dec-09-22  Chesgambit: What a funny game lolo.
Dec-09-22
Premium Chessgames Member
  MissScarlett: Uploaded the Tal simul game: Tal vs D Lucky, 1988
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