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Deen Hergott
D Hergott 
Photo credit: matoutaouais.org 

Number of games in database: 412
Years covered: 1980 to 1999
Last FIDE rating: 2391
Highest rating achieved in database: 2485
Overall record: +140 -117 =154 (52.8%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 1 exhibition game, blitz/rapid, odds game, etc. is excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 King's Indian (21) 
    E92 E91 E97 E93 E94
 English (19) 
    A15 A14 A13 A17
 Queen's Pawn Game (19) 
    D02 A45 E10 A46 A40
 Reti System (18) 
    A04 A06
 Queen's Indian (12) 
    E12 E17 E18 E16 E15
 English, 1 c4 c5 (11) 
    A34 A33 A30 A37 A35
With the Black pieces:
 French Defense (43) 
    C05 C11 C02 C00 C12
 Queen's Pawn Game (21) 
    A40 E00 E10 A41
 Sicilian (20) 
    B33 B32 B21 B40 B20
 French (20) 
    C11 C12 C00 C10
 French Tarrasch (16) 
    C05 C03 C04 C07
 English (14) 
    A10 A13
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   G Huber vs D Hergott, 1997 0-1
   D Hergott vs I Ivanov, 1987 1/2-1/2
   G Welling vs D Hergott, 1990 0-1
   S Buecker vs D Hergott, 1999 1/2-1/2

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Canadian Championship (1994)
   Canadian Championship (1987)
   Canadian Open (1995)
   Canadian Championship (1992)
   USA Masters (1990)
   Canadian Championship (1996)
   Canadian Championship (1989)
   Canadian Open (1997)
   North Bay Open (1996)
   British Championship (1987)
   World Junior Championship (1982)
   Dubai Olympiad (1986)
   Novi Sad Olympiad (1990)
   Manila Olympiad (1992)
   Moscow Olympiad (1994)

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DEEN HERGOTT
(born Oct-23-1962, 62 years old) Canada

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Deen is an IM and chess columnist for the Ottawa Citizen and Kitchener Record newspapers (1, 2). He was born in Kitchener, Ontario, later studied computational sciences, and represented Canada as high as 2nd board on 7 Olympiads between 1984-94 and 1998, including once as captain. He accumulated 36.5 points in 63 team games at the Olympiads (3). He finished with 4.5/7 out of nine total games played on Canada's 2nd board at the World team (50+) Championship (7) at Dresden in June, 2016.

He tied 1st-2nd in the 1982 Canadian Junior Championship. He won the Ottawa RA club championship in 1997 and 1999, tied 1st-3rd in 1988 and tied 1st-2nd for the championship in 1989 (4).

Hergott's name had also been listed on some of the leaderboards of the SCRABBLE and bridge leagues (5, 6).

References: (1) Kitchener Record (1983-90), (2) Ottawa Citizen (1992-2009), (3) http://www.olimpbase.org/, (4) http://www.chess.ca/, (5) http://www.acbl.org/, (6) http://www.hasbro.com/scrabble/en_U..., (7) http://www.schachfestival.de/world-... , (8) Wikipedia article: Deen Hergott


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 page 1 of 17; games 1-25 of 412  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. D Hergott vs L Day  0-1351980Quebec OpenA21 English
2. D Hergott vs B Bogle  1-0411980CAN-ch U20 1980/81C47 Four Knights
3. D Hergott vs A Kuznecov  1-0261981Toronto ClosedE92 King's Indian
4. D Hergott vs D Lavin  0-1401981Toronto ClosedB20 Sicilian
5. D Stoll vs D Hergott  0-1301981Toronto ClosedD25 Queen's Gambit Accepted
6. D Hergott vs R Stone  1-0181981Toronto ClosedA67 Benoni, Taimanov Variation
7. D Hergott vs A Greenfeld  0-1291981World Youth U26 Team ChampionshipB17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation
8. D Hergott vs A Kochyev  ½-½211981World Youth U26 Team ChampionshipB42 Sicilian, Kan
9. C Panzeri vs D Hergott  1-0401981World Youth U26 Team ChampionshipA10 English
10. J Fischer vs D Hergott  1-0361981World Youth U26 Team ChampionshipA78 Benoni, Classical with ...Re8 and ...Na6
11. D Hergott vs A S Kural  1-0221981World Youth U26 Team ChampionshipB44 Sicilian
12. M Henttinen vs D Hergott  1-0351981World Youth U26 Team ChampionshipE15 Queen's Indian
13. C Thomson vs D Hergott  0-1741981World Youth U26 Team ChampionshipA04 Reti Opening
14. D Hergott vs D Paulsen  0-1551981World Youth U26 Team ChampionshipB05 Alekhine's Defense, Modern
15. D Hergott vs L Day  1-0491981Labour Day OpenD52 Queen's Gambit Declined
16. D Hergott vs R Graham  1-0241981CAN-ch U20E12 Queen's Indian
17. D Hergott vs M Lee  1-0281981CAN-ch U20B52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack
18. D Hergott vs D Bailey  1-0461981CAN-ch U20D85 Grunfeld
19. D Hergott vs S Bolduc  0-1581981CAN-ch U20C29 Vienna Gambit
20. D Hergott vs I Liitoja  0-1541981CAN-ch U20A27 English, Three Knights System
21. T O'Donnell vs D Hergott  0-1531981CAN-ch U20A07 King's Indian Attack
22. L Day vs D Hergott  ½-½491982Toronto ClosedA07 King's Indian Attack
23. D Lavin vs D Hergott  1-0281982Toronto ClosedA10 English
24. L Day vs D Hergott  1-0281982OpenC11 French
25. D Hergott vs I Findlay  1-0331982Toronto ClosedA34 English, Symmetrical
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Kibitzer's Corner
May-26-07  Eastfrisian: Deen Hergott is an IM from Canada. He is born in October 1962 in Kitchener, Ontario. Hergott played seven times for Canada in chess olympiades. Because of health problems in the early 2000s he retired from active serious chess. Since then he playes on a lower level.

By profession, he is a mathematician (bachelor degree in 1986), computer programmer, and chess journalist.

Feb-12-10  gauer: It's nice to see an occasional Ottawa Citizen article, even if no longer edited by the above past chess columnist. A recent Alexey Shirov simul story appears here: http://www.ottawacitizen.com/life/G...
Mar-09-11
Premium Chessgames Member
  GrahamClayton: In 1997 Hergott played a match against the HIARCS 6.0 computer in Ottawa. Games and commentary can be found here:

http://www.gtryfon.demon.co.uk/bcc/...

Oct-23-15  Twocolors: Wow, he was born studying. Must have been a child prodigy.
Oct-23-15
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: If not at chess, though a strong player early on.

We first met in the last round of the 1984 Toronto international, a game which ended in a win for Hergott.

We had quite a number of common opponents, besides having met at the board.

Oct-24-15  TheFocus: He was the head of our college.
Mar-28-16  Yopo: D Hergott vs Kudrin, 1988 was beauty and surreal
Feb-08-18  Poisonpawns: "Hawksmoor" on ICC

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