The chess games of Elmer W Gruer

Elmer W Gruer
Number of games in database: 16
Years covered: 1910 to 1929
Overall record: +7 -3 =6 (62.5%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

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ELMER W GRUER (born Nov-08-1890, died Jul-16-1931) United States of America	[what is this?]
Elmer Gruer was born in Napa, California in 1890. In 1921-22, he won the 1st California State Championship, held in San Francisco. He won the California State Championship in 1922, 1926, and 1927. He died in Oakland in 1931.

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Game	Result	Moves	Year	Event/Locale	Opening
1. E W Gruer vs Davidson	½-½	41	1910	Cal Berkley-Stanford Match	C17 French, Winawer, Advance
2. S Mlotkowski vs E W Gruer	½-½	36	1916	San Fran-Southern Cal telegraph match	C51 Evans Gambit
3. W R Pratt vs E W Gruer	0-1	27	1917	corr	C53 Giuoco Piano
4. E W Gruer vs R C Stephenson	1-0	50	1917	Blindfold Match	D30 Queen's Gambit Declined
5. E W Gruer vs S Mlotkowski	½-½	27	1917	Off-hand Game	D32 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch
6. S Mlotkowski vs E W Gruer	1-0	58	1917	Off-hand Game	B35 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Modern Variation with Bc4
7. E W Gruer vs S Mlotkowski	1-0	38	1917	Off-hand Game	A43 Old Benoni
8. S Mlotkowski vs E W Gruer	½-½	37	1918	Off-hand Game	B32 Sicilian
9. S Mlotkowski vs E W Gruer	½-½	37	1918	Off-hand Game	B74 Sicilian, Dragon, Classical
10. E W Gruer vs S Mlotkowski	½-½	17	1918	Off-hand Game	A47 Queen's Indian
11. E W Gruer vs W Lovegrove	1-0	45	1922	California State Championship	D00 Queen's Pawn Game
12. H Borochow vs E W Gruer	0-1	51	1922	California State Championship	C25 Vienna
13. E W Gruer vs S Swanson	1-0	31	1922	California State Championship	D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
14. Branch vs E W Gruer	1-0	12	1923	Cardiff Blindfold Si	C30 King's Gambit Declined
15. E W Gruer vs S Mlotkowski	0-1	45	1925	California State Championship	A40 Queen's Pawn Game
16. Alekhine vs E W Gruer	0-1	28	1929	San Francisco	D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav


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Nov-08-08		brankat: A very nice win against Alekhine, although it may have been a simul game. Somewhere there would have to be many more games played by Mr.Gruer.

Nov-09-08		Calli: I'll try to dig up a game or two. "A chemist by profession, who ran a X-Ray laboratory in Oakland, Gruer was educated at UC Berkeley. The Times column notes 'He was a most popular member of the Athens Athletic Club in Oakland equally adept at bridge.' He died July 16, 1931, at the age of 40." - M.I. Newsletter #361, 08/29/2007 (Donaldson)

Nov-09-08		brankat: <Calli> Thank You for the info. I knew I could count on You :-)

Nov-12-08		brankat: Thanks to <Calli> and his world wide network of chess researchers we now have 12 more E.W.Gruer games in this database! Thank You.

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