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Jonathan Levitt
Number of games in database: 155
Years covered: 1981 to 2006
Last FIDE rating: 2420
Highest rating achieved in database: 2485
Overall record: +31 -53 =71 (42.9%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  Nimzo Indian (13)      E49 E45 E44 E42 E40  King's Indian (13)      E81 E87 E92 E62 E94  Queen's Pawn Game (12)      A40 A41 E00 D02 E10  Modern Benoni (7)      A57 A70 A61 A56 A71  Queen's Indian (5)      E12 E13  Grunfeld (5)      D84 D82 D85 D70	With the Black pieces:  French Defense (32)      C07 C02 C01 C19 C18  French Tarrasch (12)      C07  Queen's Pawn Game (7)      A45 A46 D04 E00  Nimzo Indian (7)      E32 E45 E54 E30  French Winawer (7)      C19 C18 C17  English (6)      A10 A11 A15 A14

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   D Howell vs J Levitt, 2005 0-1
   J Levitt vs J D Tisdall, 1990 1-0
   J Levitt vs Anand, 1987 1/2-1/2

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JONATHAN LEVITT (born Jun-03-1963) United Kingdom [what is this?] Jonathan Paul Levitt was born on the 3rd of June 1963 in Southwark (London), England. Awarded the IM title in 1984 he is now a GM and a composer of problems. Winner of the Staunton Memorial in 2005. His notable works as an author include "Secrets of Spectacular Chess" and "Genius in Chess". http://www.jlevitt.dircon.co.uk/lev...

page 1 of 7; games 1-25 of 155  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. J Levitt vs E Schiller ½-½ 28 1981 London D34 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 2. J Levitt vs DeFirmian   ½-½ 46 1982 London (England) A71 Benoni, Classical, 8.Bg5 3. A Dunnington vs J Levitt   0-1 45 1982 Lloyds Bank op 06th A07 King's Indian Attack 4. J Levitt vs G Miralles   0-1 20 1982 ? E00 Queen's Pawn Game 5. J Levitt vs I R Watson 1-0 41 1982 BCF-ch A40 Queen's Pawn Game 6. J Levitt vs Speelman 0-1 31 1982 Torquay (England) D09 Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 5.g3 7. Nunn vs J Levitt   1-0 30 1983 London C07 French, Tarrasch 8. J Levitt vs Miles   ½-½ 48 1984 London LB E12 Queen's Indian 9. Adams vs J Levitt ½-½ 28 1984 London B99 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line 10. J Levitt vs J Gallagher   1-0 75 1984 BCF-ch A61 Benoni 11. V Tukmakov vs J Levitt   1-0 30 1986 Lugano op E00 Queen's Pawn Game 12. A Kuligowski vs J Levitt   0-1 35 1987 Bundesliga 8788 A64 Benoni, Fianchetto, 11...Re8 13. J Levitt vs Anand ½-½ 19 1987 London E12 Queen's Indian 14. J Levitt vs Adorjan 1-0 42 1987 Geneva (Switzerland) E12 Queen's Indian 15. Velimirovic vs J Levitt 0-1 41 1987 Pinerolo op C18 French, Winawer 16. J Levitt vs P Wells   0-1 37 1987 BCF-ch E45 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Bronstein (Byrne) Variation 17. Anand vs J Levitt   ½-½ 50 1987 Swansea C19 French, Winawer, Advance 18. J Levitt vs Wojtkiewicz   ½-½ 15 1988 C09,VIII E92 King's Indian 19. J Levitt vs Hertneck   ½-½ 20 1988 Augsburg A57 Benko Gambit 20. J Levitt vs J Borges Mateos   0-1 62 1988 Rubinstein mem D63 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense 21. J Levitt vs Psakhis   0-1 27 1988 Moscow-A E42 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein) 22. J Levitt vs J Lechtynsky   1-0 67 1988 Augsburg D84 Grunfeld, Grunfeld Gambit Accepted 23. Kupreichik vs J Levitt   1-0 53 1988 Copenhagen op C02 French, Advance 24. Bronstein vs J Levitt   1-0 58 1988 Polanica Zdroj A46 Queen's Pawn Game 25. Marjanovic vs J Levitt   ½-½ 17 1988 Bundesliga /89 C17 French, Winawer, Advance  page 1 of 7; games 1-25 of 155    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2) | Levitt wins | Levitt loses

Sep-09-04    mack: I had the good fortune of meeting Mr. Levitt a few nights ago. We did play one game of blitz, which I lost, of course, very thoroughly. What a very nice chap he was too. Apr-28-05    WorldChampeen: I would assume this would be some of Mr. Levitt's games as well at http://www.howardstaunton.com/hsmt2... participating in this Staunton Memorial Tournament of 2004. Jul-15-05    mack: You would assume correct. Aug-30-05    aw1988: Levitt has won the Staunton Memorial. Jun-03-06    BIDMONFA: Jonathan Levitt LEVITT, Jonathan http://www.bidmonfa.com/levitt_jona... _ Aug-12-07    whiteshark: His nice homepage: http://www.jlevitt.dircon.co.uk/ :D Feb-06-08    whiteshark: Quote of the Day " If it were just a question of winning or losing, if it were not possible to play a brilliant game, to make an incredible queen sacrifice, to play the occasional shocking or outrageous move, then I suspect many people would not play chess. It simply would not be worth it; such a difficult game and with so few rewards. " -- Jonathan Levitt Feb-06-08    MichAdams: "Chess can be compared with no other board game, because of a basic distinction which stamps it as an art; not that this implies any disparagement of other board games, each of which has its rightful place. This distinction lies in the fact that chess alone, in contrast to all these other games, has an aim other than mere capture or gain of territory, namely the conception of mate. Admittedly one must strive for gain of material or space to begin with. But as soon as mate, the idea of encircling the principal enemy piece, enters the scene, no sacrifice of time, space or material is too great to achieve it. This is why chess is necessary, this is why it is so attractive; because it calls forth in us - often only subconsciously, maybe - humanity's striving after an ideal; the joy of dedicating one's self for an idea. And this is why chess awakes in us aesthetic feeling, this is why conception of the beautiful is awakened in chess too; because its inner spirit corresponds in every way to the virtue of self-sacrifice in us." -- Alexander Alekhine (attributed) May-29-08    whiteshark: Today a.m. quote is again <Quote of the Day>. Jun-03-08    whiteshark: Happy birthday, GM Levitt! Jun-03-08    whiteshark: New link to his notable homepage: http://www.jlevitt.dircon.co.uk/ind... Jun-03-09    WhiteRook48: Happy birthday! Jun-03-12    Llawdogg: Wow! That is a fine quote from Alekhine. Jul-01-12    RMKvdS: <Llawdogg> Indeed, worth bumping in my opinion.

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