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John Collett
Number of games in database: 13
Years covered: 1937 to 1978
Overall record: +4 -4 =5 (50.0%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games.

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Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System (2 games)

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JOHN COLLETT (born Nov-08-1909, died Nov-17-2008, 99 years old) Sweden [what is this?]

page 1 of 1; 13 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. J Collett vs Fine 0-1 47 1937 Stockholm D30 Queen's Gambit Declined 2. S Davey vs J Collett   ½-½ 41 1965 5.corr ol A07 King's Indian Attack 3. J Collett vs W Pietzsch   ½-½ 69 1965 5.corr ol E53 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 4. G Flum vs J Collett   ½-½ 37 1965 5.corr ol A06 Reti Opening 5. S Bilyap vs J Collett   0-1 46 1965 5.corr ol D25 Queen's Gambit Accepted 6. J Collett vs M Yudovich Jr.   ½-½ 19 1965 5.corr ol E44 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation, 5.Ne2 7. J Collett vs S Tears   ½-½ 32 1965 5.corr ol E54 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System 8. J Collett vs M Weiner   0-1 53 1965 5.corr ol E54 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System 9. G Kepper vs J Collett 0-1 42 1965 5.corr ol E94 King's Indian, Orthodox 10. H Prokopp vs J Collett   1-0 29 1973 corr 1.EU tt B15 Caro-Kann 11. P Wikstrom vs J Collett   0-1 51 1975 corr A02 Bird's Opening 12. Rosen vs J Collett   1-0 43 1978 corr 1.EU tt C07 French, Tarrasch 13. J Collett vs Petrzelka   1-0 27 1978 corr 1.EU tt A58 Benko Gambit

Jan-05-14    Tabanus: This mysterious guy functioned a "secretary" (and possibly kind of arbiter) during the Saltsjöbaden Interzonal in 1948. He played chess in the 1930's and corr. chess still in 2007. Said to be the oldest corr. chess player in the world!

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