The chess games of Craig William Pritchett

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Craig William Pritchett
Number of games in database: 172
Years covered: 1966 to 2014
Last FIDE rating: 2323 (2366 rapid, 2294 blitz)
Highest rating achieved in database: 2410
Overall record: +55 -56 =61 (49.7%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS

With the White pieces:

Sicilian (22)
    B42 B83 B77 B32 B92
Ruy Lopez (12)
    C78 C84 C61 C72 C97
French Defense (10)
    C19 C18 C10 C16 C14
French Winawer (7)
    C19 C18 C16
Reti System (6)
    A04 A05
Sicilian Scheveningen (5)
    B83 B84

With the Black pieces:

Sicilian (34)
    B40 B42 B22 B23 B81
Sicilian Kan (9)
    B42 B43 B41
Nimzo Indian (7)
    E32 E21 E31 E45 E56
Bogo Indian (7)
    E11
Queen's Pawn Game (6)
    A46 D01
Sicilian Scheveningen (6)
    B81 B84 B80 B82 B83

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NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   21st World Seniors Championship (2011)
   London (1975)
   British Championship (1975)
   13th European Individual Senior Championship (2013)
   European Union Individual Championships (2006)
   E.U. Championship and Cork Chess Congress (2005)

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CRAIG WILLIAM PRITCHETT (born Jan-15-1949, 66 years old) United Kingdom	[what is this?]
Craig William Pritchett was born in Glasgow, Scotland. Awarded the IM title in 1976, he was Scottish champion in 1977 and 2005. Wikipedia article: Craig Pritchett

page 1 of 7; games 1-25 of 172

Game	Result	Moves	Year	Event/Locale	Opening
1. F Stoppel vs C W Pritchett	1-0	63	1966	La Habana ol (Men) fin-B	C18 French, Winawer
2. Gligoric vs C W Pritchett	1-0	17	1967	Dundee	E55 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System, Bronstein Variation
3. K B Richardson vs C W Pritchett	0-1	29	1968	BCF-ch	E17 Queen's Indian
4. R H Watson vs C W Pritchett	0-1	47	1968	BCF-ch	A03 Bird's Opening
5. C W Pritchett vs M Haygarth	½-½	32	1968	BCF-ch	C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin
6. C W Pritchett vs A H Williams	½-½	28	1968	BCF-ch	B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation
7. C W Pritchett vs A Thomas	1-0	32	1968	BCF-ch	C78 Ruy Lopez
8. A J Whiteley vs C W Pritchett	1-0	40	1968	BCF-ch	E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical
9. Keene vs C W Pritchett	½-½	18	1968	BCF-ch	A14 English
10. C W Pritchett vs J Penrose	0-1	29	1968	BCF-ch	B07 Pirc
11. V W Knox vs C W Pritchett	1-0	42	1968	BCF-ch	C47 Four Knights
12. C W Pritchett vs L S Tate	1-0	36	1968	BCF-ch	B05 Alekhine's Defense, Modern
13. C W Pritchett vs G Speed	1-0	43	1968	BCF-ch	C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed
14. C W Pritchett vs Keene	½-½	37	1969	National Club match	B07 Pirc
15. C W Pritchett vs A Balshan	½-½	27	1969	16th World Student Team Chess Championship	A03 Bird's Opening
16. H MacGrillen vs C W Pritchett	½-½	41	1969	WchT U26 fin-C 16th	E56 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with 7...Nc6
17. Tarjan vs C W Pritchett	½-½	28	1969	WchT U26 qual-C	C33 King's Gambit Accepted
18. C W Pritchett vs R Emerson	1-0	43	1970	Hammersmith Open	C61 Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense
19. C W Pritchett vs Adorjan	1-0	44	1970	Groningen, EUR jr ch	C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed
20. Filip vs C W Pritchett	½-½	80	1970	Siegen ol (Men) qual-E	A04 Reti Opening
21. Keene vs C W Pritchett	1-0	28	1970	Siegen ol (Men) fin-C	A04 Reti Opening
22. S J Hutchings vs C W Pritchett	0-1	79	1972	Skopje	A04 Reti Opening
23. J Kaplan vs C W Pritchett	1-0	31	1972	Olympiad (Men) fin-C	A04 Reti Opening
24. A H Perkins vs C W Pritchett	½-½	41	1972	Brighton	A88 Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with c6
25. Keene vs C W Pritchett	1-0	35	1972	BCF-ch	A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3


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Jan-15-06		BIDMONFA: Craig William Pritchett PRITCHETT, Craig William http://www.bidmonfa.com/pritchett_c... _

Aug-07-08		myschkin: . . . "The Three Journalists" http://www.chessedinburgh.co.uk/cha... - enjoy -

Jan-15-09		Abdooss: happy 60th birthday, mr pritchett!

Jan-15-09		WhiteRook48: why hasn't this guy played from 2006-2009?

Jan-15-12		Penguincw: Happy 63rd birthday!

Jan-15-12		parisattack: Perhaps working on the books he's published the past couple years? Excellent author.

Apr-01-12		wordfunph: co-authored with Danny Kopec the Chess World Title Contenders and Their Styles, a must-read book! I rate it 9/10. http://www.amazon.com/Chess-World-T...

Nov-26-12		Gottschalk: [Event "22nd WSCC Open"] [Site "Kamena Vourla"] [Date "2012.11.23"] [Round "10"] [Board "8"] [White "Pritchett, Craig W"] [Black "Okhotnik, Vladimir"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C41"] [WhiteElo "2348"] [BlackElo "2433"] [PlyCount "123"] [EventDate "2012.11.13"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "GRE"] 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 c6 8. a4 a5 9. h3 Nb6 10. Bf1 Nfd7 11. Be3 Bf6 12. b3 exd4 13. Nxd4 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 cxd5 16. Qd2 Nc5 17. Rad1 b6 18. Nc6 Qc7 19. Bb5 Be6 20. Bf4 Qb7 21. Be5 Bxe5 22. Nxe5 Rac8 23. Qd4 Ne4 24. c4 Nf6 25. Re3 Rfd8 26. Rf3 Ne4 27. Rfd3 Nc5 28. Rg3 f6 29. Ng4 Kf8 30. Nxf6 dxc4 31. Nxh7+ Kg8 32. Nf6+ Kf7 33. Nd7 Rxd7 34. Qxg7+ Ke8 35. Qh8+ Ke7 36. Qh4+ Kf8 37. Qh8+ Ke7 38. Rg7+ Bf7 39. Rxf7+ Kxf7 40. Qh7+ Ke8 41. Qg8+ Ke7 42. Qg7+ Kd8 43. Qf8+ Kc7 44. Qf4+ Kd8 45. Qf8+ Kc7 46. Qxc5+ Kb8 47. Rxd7 bxc5 48. Rxb7+ Kxb7 49. Bxc4 Kc6 50. g4 Rf8 51. Kg2 Kd6 52. Kg3 Ke5 53. h4 Rd8 54. h5 Rd1 55. h6 Rh1 56. f4+ Ke4 57. g5 Rg1+ 58. Kf2 Rg4 59. h7 Rh4 60. g6 Kxf4 61. g7 Rh2+ 62. Kg1 1-0 Of course, As a native English language is no doubt that the game is a composition. Ah, the Brits! What do these gentlemen took in childhood? The truth serum?

Nov-22-13		Yopo: Pritchett's spacial devastation: [Event "Wch Seniors 23rd 2013"] [Site "Rijeka"] [Date "2013.11.21"] [Round "9.13"] [White "Pritchett, Craig W"] [Black "Jorgensen, Jorgen"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A88"] [WhiteElo "2359"] [BlackElo "2257"] [PlyCount "111"] [EventDate "2013.11.12"] 1. Nf3 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 d6 7. Nc3 c6 8. b3 Na6 9. Bb2 Bd7 10. Rc1 Qe8 11. e3 h6 12. d5 Ne4 13. Nd4 Nxc3 14. Bxc3 Nc5 15. Qc2 e5 16. dxe6 Bxe6 17. b4 Nd7 18. Nxe6 Qxe6 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Rfd1 Ne5 21. Rd4 a6 22. Rcd1 Rad8 23. h3 Rd7 24. f4 Nf7 25. e4 fxe4 26. Rxe4 Qf6 27. Rde1 Nd8 28. Kh2 d5 29. Re5 dxc4 30. Qxc4 Rd2 31. R1e2 Rxe2 32. Qxe2 Rf7 33. h4 Qd6 34. h5 gxh5 35. Qxh5 Rf6 36. Be4 Nf7 37. Re8 Qd7 38. Rb8 Nd6 39. Bg2 Nf7 40. Qc5 Rd6 41. Qc3+ Rf6 42. a4 Nd8 43. Bh3 Qd6 44. Rc8 Kf7 45. b5 axb5 46. axb5 cxb5 47. Rc7+ Kf8 48. Rd7 Qb6 49. Qb4+ Kg8 50. Qe7 Nf7 51. Rxb7 Qf2+ 52. Bg2 Rf5 53. Rb8+ Kh7 54. Qe4 Qc5 55. g4 Nd6 56. Qd3 1-0

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