| Feb-12-08 | | brankat: From Long Beach, CA! Mr.Root must <WannaBe>'s neighbor :-) |
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| Aug-14-08 | | Prugno: He is apparently a university professor of biology, according to some American websites I looked up, and despite having played no tournament chess at all in the past 10 (!) years, this IM just came in 4th with 7.5\9 in the recent US Open, ahead of players such as Yermolinsky. Congratulations, an impressive feat! |
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| Aug-14-08 | | euripides: As long as you haven't dug up your chess knowledge by the roots you can always come back. sorry
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| Mar-02-09 | | crawfb5: Doug is indeed a professor at the University of North Texas. We were members of the Austin club together for a few years when he was doing postdoctoral work at the University of Texas. I played him in one tournament game and lost (of course). I had better success against his wife, Alexey Root. If memory serves, I lost one and drew one. Btw, when they got paired in tournaments they would usually agree to a quick draw in the interests of domestic tranquility. :-) |
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Mar-30-11
 | | GrahamClayton: Academic achievements:
http://www.biol.unt.edu/Faculty%20C... Here is a quick win not in the database:
[Event "?"]
[Site "Scottsdale, AZ"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Root, Douglas"]
[Black "Adam, Bill"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. e4 c5 2. b3 b6 3. ♗b2 ♗b7 4. ♘c3 ♘c6 5. f4 e6 6. ♘f3 ♘f6 7. e5 ♘d5 8. ♘xd5 exd5 9. d4 d6 10. ♗b5 a6 11. ♗xc6+ ♗xc6 12. O-O f6 13. exf6 gxf6 14. dxc5 dxc5 
click for larger view15. ♘g5 1-0
Source: Bill Wall, "500 Sicilian Miniatures", Chess Enterprises Inc, Coraopolis, Pennsylvania, 1983. |
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Apr-15-11
 | | FSR: Surely we should be able to make a good Root pun. Root of All Evil? Root Beer? Rooted Out? |
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Apr-15-11
 | | Phony Benoni: I will certainly root for you. Root-a-toot-toot.
I must send in the game he won vs. Anatoly Lein at the 1978 US Open. |
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| Mar-29-12 | | cjrubiks: He was actually one of the "West Covina Whiz Kids" in the early to mid 70s, along with Perry Youngworth, and I think, one other, whose name escapes me. The West Covina club was one of the strongest in SoCal at the time, and regularly hosted some very competitive tournaments. |
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| Apr-27-15 | | whiteshark: "Back in the 80's, I [ Cyrus Lakdawala ] asked my friend <IM Doug Root> why he played Classical French rather than the Winawer. He answered: <"I like my dark squares!">" - Cyrus Lakdawala The Classical French - move by move |
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Apr-28-15
 | | offramp: √64 |
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| Apr-22-18 | | wrap99: I remember Doug when he was about 13 or 14, a strong junior. He is now an academic, I think not biology but some engineering field. (Maybe some bio-engineering.) A very bright, quiet kid. Not the only good young chess player who has gone on to accomplish things outside of chess. |
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| Jul-14-23 | | BIDMONFA: Douglas Root ROOT, Douglas
http://www.bidmonfa.com/root_dougla...
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| Jul-14-23 | | Granny O Doul: I recently read an old thread which featured, inter alia, speculation about the identity of "Birchbeer", a mysterious player at the Internet Chess Club years ago. My own candidate had been Doug Root, based, not quite only, but largely on the similarity of birch beer to root beer. I didn't feel it worth digging up the thread just to record my ill-supported opinion but since this thread is here, now seems the time. |
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| Jul-14-23 | | Caissanist: As of 2013, he is a professor of biology at the University of North Texas: https://www.ntdaily.com/owning-the-... . |
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