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Lawrence Day
Number of games in database: 1,106
Years covered: 1962 to 2011
Last FIDE rating: 2228
Highest rating achieved in database: 2435
Overall record: +610 -228 =257 (67.4%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      11 exhibition games, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (174) 
    B21 B23 B20 B24 B25
 French Defense (53) 
    C00 C02 C12 C11 C10
 French (44) 
    C00 C12 C11 C10
 King's Indian Attack (36) 
    A07 A08
 Uncommon Opening (31) 
    A00 B00
 Robatsch (28) 
    B06
With the Black pieces:
 Sicilian (80) 
    B27 B43 B33 B45 B40
 Robatsch (73) 
    B06
 Old Indian (55) 
    A53 A55
 Ruy Lopez (43) 
    C92 C60 C72 C67 C91
 Queen's Pawn Game (41) 
    A46 A40 A41 A45 D02
 Uncommon Opening (24) 
    B00 A00
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Prins vs L Day, 1968 0-1
   L Day vs Timman, 1980 1/2-1/2
   L Day vs Benko, 1980 1-0
   L Day vs T Koliada, 1994 1-0
   L Day vs B Harper, 1975 1-0
   L Day vs J Berry, 1975 1-0
   L Day vs Suttles, 1969 1-0
   P Murray vs L Day, 1975 0-1
   L Day vs J Yoos, 1996 1-0
   L Day vs G Sigurjonsson, 1967 1-0

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   The Big Clamp by kenilworthian
   Caught My Fancy by tldr3
   The Big Clamp after 1.e4 e5 by kenilworthian
   The Living Day-Lights by chocobonbon

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LAWRENCE DAY
(born Feb-01-1949) Canada

[what is this?]
Lawrence Alexander Day was born in Kitchener Ontario, Canada. An IM in 1972, he was Canadian champion in 1991. Day represented Canada at the 1967 World Junior Championship, and as high as 2nd board and captain at the Olympiads - a Canadian record attendance 13 times. User: IMlday accumulated 70.5 points in 131 team games during the Olympiads.

IM Lawrence Day registered a perfect 5/5 to top IM Jevgenyij Boguszlavszkij (visiting from Hungary) and the rest of the 16 player field Nov. 13 at the Bayview Games Club in Toronto to win the 2004 Canadian Senior Championship. He won the Ottawa RA club championships between 1966-8. He won the 1977, 1980 & 1983 Toronto Championships with 9/11, 8/11 & 10.5/11 respectively, and the year following, tied with Jozef Polacek and Robert Morrison for share of 1st-3rd.

Since 1976, he currently continues to maintain the 2 (weekly) merged columns in the Toronto Star newspaper (previously, Toronto Chess Club president and Canadian Chess Federation President (1936) Charles Crompton edited a weekly studies column during 1940-75 and Walter Dobrich had been a previous columnist in the earlier 1970s for annotations of a game segment). Occasionally, his column writing also appeared in the Winnipeg Tribune and Ottawa Citizen.

He is a member of the Canadian Chess Hall of Fame and currently lives near Toronto.

References: Winnipeg Tribune, http://www.thestar.com/ (Toronto Star), http://www.ottawacitizen.com/ (Ottawa Citizen), http://www.olimpbase.org (team chess archives), http://torontochess.org/drupal/ (Greater Toronto Chess League (GTCL) site), http://www.chessontario.com/ (Ontario Chess Association (OCA) site), http://chess.ca/players?check_ratin... (Canadian Chess Federation zone).

Wikipedia article: Lawrence Day


 page 1 of 45; games 1-25 of 1,106  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves Year Event/LocaleOpening
1. L Day vs H O Payne 1-014 1962 CAN-opB29 Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein
2. I Theodorovich vs L Day 1-030 1962 CAN-opA07 King's Indian Attack
3. G Danilov vs L Day  1-057 1962 Canadian OpenE43 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation
4. L Day vs Ron Rodgers  0-127 1962 Canadian OpenD51 Queen's Gambit Declined
5. L Day vs P Haley  ½-½18 1962 CAN-opA06 Reti Opening
6. L Day vs D Grimshaw  ½-½42 1963 Ontario OpenE80 King's Indian, Samisch Variation
7. Z Sarosy vs L Day  1-048 1964 Canadian OpenE71 King's Indian, Makagonov System (5.h3)
8. L Day vs Suttles 0-139 1964 CAN-OpB06 Robatsch
9. Ron Rodgers vs L Day  0-126 1965 RA Club ChampionshipB06 Robatsch
10. L Day vs V Pedersen  1-024 1965 RA CC-chD51 Queen's Gambit Declined
11. I Theodorovich vs L Day  1-031 1965 ON-opA49 King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4
12. L Day vs A Kalotay 0-137 1965 Ontario OpenE82 King's Indian, Samisch, double Fianchetto Variation
13. L Day vs D Grimshaw 1-015 1965 OntarioB10 Caro-Kann
14. G Fuster vs L Day  ½-½55 1965 Ontario OpenA44 Old Benoni Defense
15. L Day vs R Draxl  0-146 1965 Ontario ChampionshipA07 King's Indian Attack
16. L Day vs I Zalys  ½-½52 1965 Montreal-Ontario matchB28 Sicilian, O'Kelly Variation
17. L Day vs R C Simpson  1-036 1966 League Ottawa-CornwallC29 Vienna Gambit
18. Van Riel vs L Day  ½-½48 1966 Canadian OpenA44 Old Benoni Defense
19. L Day vs K Winterton  1-020 1966 Ottawa ChampionshipD15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
20. I Zalys vs L Day  ½-½58 1966 Ottawa OpenA04 Reti Opening
21. L Day vs C Coudari  1-042 1966 Canadian OpenB12 Caro-Kann Defense
22. L Day vs A Portigal  1-032 1966 Ottawa ChampionshipB25 Sicilian, Closed
23. J Matynia vs L Day 0-137 1966 OttawaA01 Nimzovich-Larsen Attack
24. A Hill vs L Day  0-140 1966 Canadian OpenA44 Old Benoni Defense
25. Ivkov vs L Day  1-034 1966 Canadian OpenC60 Ruy Lopez
 page 1 of 45; games 1-25 of 1,106  PGN Download
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Jun-20-09  timhortons: <Riverbeast, you will get caught one day. And I'll be there when it happens.>

really?

Jun-20-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  parisattack: <IMlday: <parisattack> Re: Prins vs L Day, 1968>

Thank You, IM Day. I see against 5. Bd3, that 5. ...g6 has been tried to scamble the eggs a bit...

Jun-20-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  IMlday: I agree 5..g6 is way more fun. Liam Henry-Day Hart House 2008 went 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.Nb3 Qc7 8.Bd2 Ne7 9.0-0 0-0 10.f4 f5 11.e5 b6 (11..d6! sez silicon but the diagonal strategy targetting g2 very sharp.) 12.Qe2 Bb7 13.Rae1 Nbc6 14.a3 Kh8 15.Be3 Nd8 16.Qf2 Nc8 17.Na4 b5 18.Nb6 Rb8 19.Nxc8 Qxc8 20.Bc5 Rg8 21.Qh4 Nf7 22.Be7 Qe8 23.Re3 g5 (thematic chaosification)
24.Bxg5 Nxg5 25.fxg5 Bf8 26.Qf4 Qh5 27.h4 Be7 28.Be2 Qg6 29.Rg3 h6 30.Kf2 Bd5 31.Nd4 Bc5 32.c3 Qg7 33.b4 (Time pressure) Bb6 34.Re3 Rbc8 35.g4 fxg4 36.gxh6 Qe7 37.Kg3 Bd8 38.Qf6+ Qxf6 39.exf6 Bc7+ 40.Kf2 g3+ 41.Kg1 g2 42.Rd1 Bf4 43.Rh3 Rcf8 44.Bf3 Be3+ 0-1
Jun-20-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  Shams: <Riverbeast, you will get caught one day. And I'll be there when it happens.>

Go get 'em, Javert.

Jun-21-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  parisattack: <IMlday: I agree 5..g6 is way more fun. Liam Henry-Day Hart House 2008>

Very nice and fun game; thanks for sharing!

You are a 'chess thinker' in the cast of Nimzo, Breyer, Suttles, Miles - An annotated tome of your games would be a great read/study.

Jun-27-09  Ed Trice: Anyone going to be at World Open this year?
Jun-27-09  timhortons: <IM Day> Kovalyov is obviously the strongest player Quebec has now, i heard the reson his name is still attach with argentina is that he cant afford to pay the chess federation transfer fee, i dont know how much this cost, maybe more than a thousand.

Is it his personal responsibility to pay it if he want to transfer or canadian chess federation or quebec chess federation can help him in these? I hope he can play in canadian team in the next olympic.

looks like he dont care to transfer to canadian chess federation and nobody is also welling to help him shoulder the cost.

Mine is just a kibitz, a personal opinion and observation on how things go here.

I am actively following the montreal chess scene, observing its tourneys and getting familiar now with the faces of our chess masters.

Jun-27-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  IMlday: <parisattack> Thanks. You certainly have me in illustrious company! <EdT> I played July 1-4 in NY '67, '68, '69 and Philly '77, '79, '80, '85. Sharing first in '68 and '80 meant I about broke even on total overall expenses. Nowadays the grueling pace is a bit intimidating. <timhortons> As I recall FIDE charges about $3000 or so to change a national representation for a GM, way too much in my opinion but they don't want countries "buying" Olympic teams. GMs Kovalyov and Sambuev still have old nationalities listed even though they've lived in Canada for quite a while. Our chess federations are pretty shoe-string operations. IMs Gerzhoy and Samsonkin also had this nationality problem. On the positive side it let's an event like the Quebec Invitational be considered "International" for norms without much transportation costs for the "foreigners". I think IM Castellanos lives in Montreal but officially counts as Spanish.
Jun-27-09  timhortons: <IM Castellanos lives in Montreal but officially counts as Spanish.>

Right.

Well now its clear, CIQ has an international flavor but actually all those masters are living now in Canada:)

Thanks for answering.

Jun-28-09  Ed Trice: <IMlday> I sent my check to Billy G in early June, but my USCF membership lapsed at the end of May, unknown to me at the time. I just rejoined last week, and he still hasn't cashed my check as of yesterday. I might have to be a last minute entrant.

The good news is, I can get there in about 50 minutes commuting.

Jun-28-09  Ed Trice: So <PinnedPiece> is none other than Rafal Furdzik, imagine my surprise.

http://www.gothicchess.com/BigCheck...

The winner of the $5000 Online Gothic Chess tournament from 1999.

Jun-28-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  PinnedPiece: <Ed Trice: So <PinnedPiece> is none other than Rafal Furdzik, imagine my surprise.>

What a wacko.

This is my third post following up your "Imagine my surprise" kibitzes spread around CG.com, Ed. Hope there's not too many more.

Anyway, you are certainly proving that you are willing to engage in a campaign of disinformation. I haven't a clue who or what this check you linked to is all about, nor do I even care.

Yet I bet whatever amount of care is there, it beats by a hundredfold the care anyone else has anywhere.

I can only speculate that you are hunting phantoms in some sort of haunted delusional fog.

Snap out of it, if that's at all possible for you anymore.

.

Jun-28-09  Jim Bartle: Wow, I was way off, PP. I was thinking you were Alexis Skye.
Jun-28-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  PinnedPiece: <JFQ> Maybe I am too, though.
Jun-28-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  jessicafischerqueen: <PP>

Unlikely.

Did you see my post on <Alekhine> page?

The required Email has been sent to <Mr. Freeman>.

Jun-28-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  IMlday: This past month I've been caring about the eight ducklings and twelve goslings growing up down by the river. Hanging out with them feels rejuvenating. I'm sort of learning to use my first digital camera. It has lots of buttons. I distract them with corn so the zooming doesn't freak them. Corn hereabouts is cheap: 59c for a 400 gram bag. Just add ducklings and it's my ticket to a world of wonders.

Compared to the ducks, everything else seems rather bemusing.

Imagine your surprise? Imagine my surprise. I had to grow up with Bobby's cracked icon status. He said this symmetrical King's Indian position is better for Black. White to play has to commit himself first, ergo: Zugzwang! He said he'd bust the King's Gambit. That wasn't true either. But it made 1.e4 e5 2.f4 more surprising when he played it himself later. Imagine Larry Evans' surprise. Then there's supposedly a mate in five that Petrosian doesn't play against Keres in 1962. Check the Sports Illustrated diagram: No mate in five: Not remotely true. If this Fischer guy tells you that these are not the droids you're looking for, then grab those droids fast.

Bobby's actions also surprised.
Win all the games in the U.S. Closed~ no problem. Show up at some weekend Swiss instead of the Piatigorsky Cup. Normal. He'll play Havana but can can't can't can can't go, but plays anyway long distance. Souse 1967 had four surprises: he played! he withdrew! he reappeared! he withdrew again! Surprise, surprise, surprise. When I met him in person, introduced by Benko at the Hotel du Lac in Lugano 1968, I thought he was set as U.S.A. board one. Instead, surprise, he vanished.

After a while being surprised by Bobby became normal; the only predictability was that whatever was expected would be the opposite of what would happen.

Bemusing now it is to hear young confident predictions of what Bobby would or would not have done in such and such situation.

Jun-28-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  chancho: <IMDay> I found this link with some interesting posts that you wrote:

http://foo.gnn.tv/forum/thread.php?...

Jun-28-09  Ed Trice: On the JessicaFischerQueen page today, she had a link "courtesy of PinnedPiece" which pointed to an article <PinnedPiece> wrote on GrandmasterCorner.com which is owned by Rafal Furdzik.

Don't worry, I took a screen shot of it, before you asked her to remove the link.

So, do you also deny that was posted on her forum?

Do you deny having written that on GrandmasterCorner.com?

Jun-29-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  PinnedPiece: <Ed> ask IMlday to delete that post or its going to embarass you forever.

You've made a provable error in judgement.

.

Jun-29-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  talisman: after a successful lawsuit to block the sequel to "the catcher in the rye" Holden Caulfield smiled for the camera.
Jun-29-09  Ed Trice: <talisman> You're just a phony.
Jun-29-09  Ed Trice: P.S. A copy of My 61 Memorable Games was selling for $500 on Craig's List. I emailed the seller who said he sold it in 20 minutes, then Craig's took down his post.
Jun-29-09  AnalyzeThis: Life is too short to major in minor things.
Jun-29-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  PinnedPiece: The person who typed this is not Rafal Furdzik. The person who owns and kibitzes under the account name "PinnedPiece" on Chessgames.com is not Rafal Furdzik. I know what my crime--pinning YOU down---is, what's his crime?

It doesn't even matter, Ed and I don't know why I think I have to correct this huge blunder you have made. On the <JFQ> page she has credited about 150 people with providing her various links. Is it your contention that each of those persons wrote the article or created the movie that they sent her the link for? You cannot be that rock dumb, so whats the real game you are playing here?

No don't even bother to answer.

.

Jun-29-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  Tomlinsky: <PP> I believe it's known as the 'Obfuscation Boogie'.
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