Jonathan D Tisdall
Number of games in database: 235
Years covered: 1975 to 2011
Last FIDE rating: 2430
Highest rating achieved in database: 2492
Overall record: +61 -82 =92 (45.5%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  King's Indian (18)      E92 E91 E97 E94 E90  Sicilian (18)      B81 B57 B22 B52 B44  English (8)      A14 A15 A10 A13 A12  Reti System (8)      A04  Queen's Indian (6)      E14 E16 E15 E17  Queen's Pawn Game (6)      E00 A40 A41 E10	With the Black pieces:  Sicilian (17)      B21 B22 B90 B33 B91  English (10)      A13 A16 A10 A15 A17  Ruy Lopez (9)      C61 C86 C68 C97 C73  Queen's Pawn Game (8)      A45 E10 D02 D00 A46  Dutch Defense (7)      A87 A89 A84 A85 A90  Two Knights (6)      C55 C57

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   J D Tisdall vs G Lee, 1981 1-0
   L Ogaard vs J D Tisdall, 1987 0-1
   Short vs J D Tisdall, 1985 1/2-1/2
   Larsen vs J D Tisdall, 1992 0-1

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JONATHAN D TISDALL (born Aug-26-1958) United States of America (citizen of Norway) [what is this?] Jonathan D. Tisdall (born August 26, 1958 in Buffalo, New York) is a grandmaster (title awarded in 1995) and works as a freelance journalist. An American citizen by origin, he became Irish and later Norwegian. He was Norwegian champion in 1987, 1991, and 1995. Wikipedia article: Jonathan Tisdall

page 1 of 10; games 1-25 of 235  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Pilnik vs J D Tisdall   1-0 58 1975 Lone Pine B06 Robatsch 2. J D Tisdall vs L Day 0-1 46 1975 Lone Pine C48 Four Knights 3. Z Vranesic vs J D Tisdall   0-1 45 1975 Lone Pine A10 English 4. C Barnes vs J D Tisdall   0-1 37 1975 Lone Pine A00 Uncommon Opening 5. W Martz vs J D Tisdall   ½-½ 23 1975 Lone Pine B08 Pirc, Classical 6. I Bilek vs J D Tisdall   1-0 37 1975 Lone Pine A15 English 7. J D Tisdall vs D Parr   1-0 29 1975 Lone Pine B89 Sicilian 8. J D Tisdall vs M Damjanovic   0-1 31 1975 Lone Pine B44 Sicilian 9. J D Tisdall vs R Ervin ½-½ 13 1975 Lone Pine C48 Four Knights 10. J D Tisdall vs J Grefe   1-0 55 1975 Lone Pine B81 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack 11. J D Tisdall vs G Forintos   ½-½ 41 1976 Lone Pine B06 Robatsch 12. J D Tisdall vs Browne   0-1 39 1976 Ch USA A57 Benko Gambit 13. J D Tisdall vs R Blumenfeld   1-0 35 1976 Lone Pine B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 14. J D Tisdall vs Browne   0-1 64 1976 Lone Pine B87 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin with ...a6 and ...b5 15. J Loftsson vs J D Tisdall   1-0 48 1976 Lone Pine D74 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.cd Nxd5, 7.O-O 16. J D Tisdall vs DeFirmian   1-0 30 1976 USA E97 King's Indian 17. D J Strauss vs J D Tisdall 1-0 18 1976 Lone Pine B06 Robatsch 18. Seirawan vs J D Tisdall 1-0 33 1976 USA-ch U18 A13 English 19. T Weinberger vs J D Tisdall   0-1 40 1976 Lone Pine A16 English 20. Miles vs J D Tisdall   1-0 33 1976 Lone Pine A16 English 21. J D Tisdall vs Nickoloff   1-0 36 1977 Lone Pine A57 Benko Gambit 22. Keene vs J D Tisdall   1-0 30 1977 Orense (Spain) A28 English 23. J D Tisdall vs P Cleghorn 1-0 28 1977 Lone Pine C06 French, Tarrasch 24. Dzindzichashvili vs J D Tisdall   1-0 29 1977 Hastings 1977/78 A07 King's Indian Attack 25. H Olafsson vs J D Tisdall   1-0 38 1977 Lone Pine A17 English  page 1 of 10; games 1-25 of 235

Mar-01-04    MoonlitKnight: American-born Tisdall is the 7th highest rated Norwegian player as of today, although he is partly retired. Apr-12-04    Phoenix: For anyone who seriously wants to get better, GM Jonathan Tisdall's book "Improve Your Chess Now" is a must. He suggests good ways to train yourself. Apr-12-04    Bitzovich: Yep, i have that book, its really good, although the guy is a bit of eccentric.. Apr-13-04    TrueFiendish: All the better... Jan-20-05    JamesKnight: Aren`t all chessplayers a bit ecentric? Jun-12-05    aw1988: <JamesKnight> Yes. Tisdall is a wonderful author in my opinion. Sep-16-05    grasser: Anyone know how I can E-Mail or message Tisdall? Thank's George Feb-24-06    fred lennox: Improve your chess now is an excellent book. I highly recommend it. As a guinea pig, it worked for me. not only did i become stronger as a player, i feel my rate of improvement is steadier. It is, in a way, a complement to Think like a grandmaster by Kotov. In my opinion, it is not a substitute for the book for the serious student but has the advantage of hindsight and latter games. The book is to Kotov's book what Keene's Reappraisal is to My System. Aug-26-06    BIDMONFA: Jonathan D Tisdall TISDALL, Jonathan D. http://www.bidmonfa.com/tisdall_jon... _ Oct-03-06    Chessbum1: I first met Tisdall back in '73 in Syracuse NY. He was just a teen, and I was truly impressed by his quick sight of the board, and blitz chess. Aug-26-07    cheski: Happy Birthday! What a checkered past! American, then Irish, then Norwegian. With Japanese ancestry mixed in. Today's puzzle shows his amazing insight: L Ogaard vs J D Tisdall, 1987 where finding move 32...Nxd5 was inspirational. Aug-30-11    wordfunph: "I heard Kasparov say something to the effect that an attack begins when you get a pawn near the (enemy) king. He should know..." - GM Jonathan Tisdall (from his book Improve Your Chess Now) Jan-02-12    acmilan03c1: Full name: Jonathan David Tisdall http://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonath... (see the info box on the right side of the page) Aug-26-12    talisman: happy birthday Jonathan.

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