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Chandler 
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Murray Chandler
Number of games in database: 1,277
Years covered: 1973 to 2008
Current FIDE rating: 2518
Highest rating achieved in database: 2605
Overall record: +531 -267 =476 (60.4%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      3 exhibition games, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (232) 
    B90 B22 B44 B33 B32
 Ruy Lopez (99) 
    C84 C78 C80 C92 C64
 French Defense (93) 
    C11 C19 C18 C10 C16
 Ruy Lopez, Closed (44) 
    C84 C92 C91 C86 C89
 Caro-Kann (43) 
    B17 B19 B12 B10 B15
 Sicilian Najdorf (38) 
    B90 B92 B94 B96 B97
With the Black pieces:
 Sicilian (164) 
    B33 B40 B90 B22 B52
 Queen's Indian (49) 
    E15 E12 E14 E17
 Queen's Pawn Game (46) 
    A46 E00 A45 A41 E10
 Caro-Kann (42) 
    B10 B19 B12 B14 B17
 Nimzo Indian (41) 
    E32 E52 E46 E49 E25
 Tarrasch Defense (34) 
    D34 D32 D33
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   A Kosten vs Chandler, 1991 0-1
   Chandler vs I Rogers, 1984 1-0
   Chandler vs A Fernandes, 2001 1-0
   Chandler vs Zsuzsa Polgar, 1987 1/2-1/2
   Spassky vs Chandler, 1988 1/2-1/2
   NN vs Chandler, 1977 0-1
   Chandler vs M Steadman, 2008 1-0
   Chandler vs O Barken, 1975 1-0
   Chandler vs R Henley, 1982 1-0
   Chandler vs G Jacoby, 1980 1-0

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   1984 Phillips & Drew GLC Kings Tt by Benzol
   Linares 1988 by suenteus po 147
   Plaza International Chess Tt 1988 by Benzol

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MURRAY CHANDLER
(born Apr-04-1960) New Zealand

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Murray Graham Chandler was born on the 4th of April 1960 in Wellington, New Zealand. He was awarded the IM title in 1977 and the GM title in 1982. He was joint New Zealand Champion in 1975-76 (shared with Lev Isaakovich Aptekar and Ortvin Sarapu) and joint Commonwealth Champion in 1984. His best tournament results were 2nds at London 1984, London 1986 and Amsterdam 1987 and he has played both for New Zealand (1976-1980) and England (1982-86) in the Olympiads. He edited Tournament Chess for a time from 1981 onwards and as well as writing he became the managing director of Gambit Publications.

He was the organizer and winner of a large tournament, the Queenstown Classic in New Zealand in January 2006 and this tournament also incorporated the 113th New Zealand Championship making Chandler the New Zealand Champion for the second time. He won his third New Zealand title at the 115th New Zealand Championship (2008) which was held in Auckland where he currently resides.


 page 1 of 52; games 1-25 of 1,277  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves Year Event/LocaleOpening
1. I Van Der Werff vs Chandler  0-129 1973 Wellington Schoolpupils ChB01 Scandinavian
2. Chandler vs P Kelly 1-067 1974 Queens Birthday TtC02 French, Advance
3. Chandler vs S Quah  ½-½18 1974 Asian Teams TtB90 Sicilian, Najdorf
4. N Seki vs Chandler  0-124 1974 Asian Teams TtB96 Sicilian, Najdorf
5. M Goldschmidt vs Chandler  0-120 1975 Australian Junior ChD51 Queen's Gambit Declined
6. Chandler vs P Paris 1-028 1975 New Zealand ChampionshipC04 French, Tarrasch, Guimard Main line
7. Chandler vs O Sarapu  0-138 1975 New Zealand ChampionshipC50 Giuoco Piano
8. J Stirling vs Chandler  0-130 1975 Australian Junior ChampionshipB96 Sicilian, Najdorf
9. Chandler vs O Barken 1-025 1975 World JuniorC73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense
10. E M Green vs Chandler  1-041 1975 New Zealand ChampionshipA96 Dutch, Classical Variation
11. Chandler vs E M Green  1-055 1976 New Zealand ChampionshipC00 French Defense
12. Veber vs Chandler  0-145 1976 Ch World (cadets)E11 Bogo-Indian Defense
13. W Fairhurst vs Chandler 1-044 1976 New Zealand ChampionshipD64 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack
14. R Wansink vs Chandler  ½-½33 1976 New Zealand Junior ChampionshipB48 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation
15. Chandler vs R Greenberg  0-150 1976 Ch World (cadets)B22 Sicilian, Alapin
16. Chandler vs O Sarapu  1-063 1976 83rd New Zealand ChampionshipC77 Ruy Lopez
17. R Wansink vs Chandler  ½-½44 1976 Wansink - Chandler MatchB40 Sicilian
18. I Rogers vs Chandler  0-135 1976 Manila (Philippines)B22 Sicilian, Alapin
19. Chandler vs P G Killick  1-045 1976 Buckley, WalesC05 French, Tarrasch
20. Chandler vs Kasparov 1-040 1976 WattigniesB22 Sicilian, Alapin
21. D E Rumens vs Chandler  0-159 1976 H. E. Atkins Memorial TournamentA02 Bird's Opening
22. Miles vs Chandler  1-029 1976 HaifaE12 Queen's Indian
23. Chandler vs G Botterill  1-024 1976 National Bank of Dubai OpenB07 Pirc
24. R Bellin vs Chandler  0-145 1976 Ilford OpenB33 Sicilian
25. Chandler vs R Mascarinas  ½-½66 1977 2nd AsiaTCh finalB82 Sicilian, Scheveningen
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Jul-08-07
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  Open Defence: <John Thornton> I make sure I'm in a lavatory and not on the Chandler page ;-p
Jul-08-07   John Thornton: I read somewhere recently that Sweden is the most feminized country in the world. So it wouldn't suprise me if this <acirce> has his own identity issues.
Jul-08-07
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  Open Defence: he is stating a point agreed to by many psychologists and he is a very well respected kibitzer here...
Jul-08-07
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  acirce: Thanks, <Open Defence>. Some people...
Jul-08-07
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  Open Defence: what interests me about gender reassignment and chess players though is that do the "male and "female" so called "brain differences" in say spatial ability etc on account of which some say "male brains" seem better tuned for chess, manifest in the games of strong players who have opted for a gender reassignment.. I'm sure it may be a topic of study for psychologists who are interested in this subject, but of course this doesn't belong on the Chandler page...
Jul-08-07   John Thornton: Borg won 5 Wimbledons straight; <acirce> is a very well-respected kibitzer on a chess website; you see the progression?

I fear Edberg marked the end of the Swedish tennis school.

Jul-08-07   John Thornton: <I'm sure it may be a topic of study for psychologists who are interested in this subject>

Well, if you can locate a sample group somewhat greater than the presently suggested number of two, it could even eventually result in a paper in an obscure Swedish psychology journal.

Jul-08-07
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  ganstaman: <Open Defence: what interests me about gender reassignment and chess players though is that do the "male and "female" so called "brain differences" in say spatial ability etc on account of which some say "male brains" seem better tuned for chess, manifest in the games of strong players who have opted for a gender reassignment.. I'm sure it may be a topic of study for psychologists who are interested in this subject, but of course this doesn't belong on the Chandler page...>

Eh, Chandler won't mind. I believe that what often drives a person to have gender reassignment surgery is that their brain is actually more like the opposite gender (the one they are changing too). In fact, that's the whole issue really: body is one gender while the mind (which is heavily linked to but not identical to the brain) is the other gender. This conflict can cause issues for life unless one thing changes gender, and changing the body is so much easier (and possible) than changing the mind (which is difficult if even possible).

But I'm not much of a psychologist anyway, so don't believe any of what I just said.

Jul-11-07
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  Karpova: <John Thornton: When I take a pee, I stand up;>

I want to congratulate you on your courage. You already mentioned impotency and now you're talking about your peeing habit. One might argue that a chess site was not the right place for it but I think that we shouldn't nit-pick.

It's much more important that you start to frankly discuss your problems and sorrow. To keep silent helps no one and merely increases the pain. But now you are a role model for those who are still afraid to confide in others.

The longest journey begins with the first step!

Jul-13-07   MariaMagdalena: John Thornton: <I'm sure it may be a topic of study for psychologists who are interested in this subject>

Surely there are.And you are surely a little bit ignorant about the matter

Jul-13-07   MariaMagdalena: <Open Defence: what interests me about gender reassignment and chess players though is that do the "male and "female" so called "brain differences" in say spatial ability etc ....>

What about are you really interested in this argument ? Perhaps I can help you.

Nov-25-07
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  waustad: When I met him in Vienna in '78 he was having trouble with the NZ Chess officials. He wanted to drop out of school to be a professional chess player and they wanted to prevent him from doing so. He played in the World Juniors as the Asian Junior champ, not for NZ.
Jan-24-08
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  Benzol: Congratulations to Murray whose taken out his third New Zealand title. See http://www.aucklandchesscentre.co.n... for cross table and results.

Good performances too from Russell Dive and Mike Steadman who finished second equal.

Apr-04-08
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  Benzol: Happy Birthday Murray.
Apr-04-08   Stanley Yee: Happy birthday Murray. Your games from Congress are very interesting indeed. You almost refute the French against Mike Steadman, ditto with the Caro-Kann against Bob Smith, and ditto with the Centre Counter against Graeme Spain. Then you played the Bogo in the Two Knights against Herman van Riemsdijk who didn't even know it. I seem to remember that when we were schoolboys we played similar openings, the Two Knights being one of those, and I'm in a way glad you haven't let people sway you to play the Ruy Lopez habitually. I also remember you always played, as White, the c3, d4, e4 formation with Bd3 so I was not surprised to see you author the c3 Sicilian. Ditto re the English Attack, as we also used to play the Yugoslav Attack. Some things are worth keeping.
May-16-08   GrahamClayton: It is a little known fact that Murray Chandler wrote his first book back in 1975 at the age of 15. "A White Pawn in Europe" gave his games at the World Junior Championship in Yugoslavia and some English tourneys played from August to November in 1975.
Sep-27-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  just a kid: <He's got a good book called how to beat your dad at chess>Yeah,my dad says he needs how to beat your son at chess.
Jan-19-09   Kasparov Fan01: Wow a 2-0 record against Kasparov!!
Apr-03-09
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  waustad: Happy birthday!
Apr-04-09
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  Benzol: Many happy returns Murray.

:)

Has <chessgames> deleted some previous posts?

Apr-04-09
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  wordfunph: 1992 Manila Chess Olympiad: British GM Murray Chandler loves Filipino women because oftheir kindness and hospitality, and stands out among all women in the world. He loves Filipino dishes especially bulalo and laing - a Filipino dish which is made of coconut milk.

Happy Birthday GM Murray Chandler!

Apr-04-09
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  JaneEyre: Filipino women also accept all major credit cards.
Apr-04-09   WhiteRook48: Happy Birthday GM Chandler!
Apr-05-09
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  Benzol: <JaneEyre> Are you related to Helen Milligan by any chance?
Apr-28-09   Dredge Rivers: Where's Monica, Rachel, Joey, Phoebe, and Ross?
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