The chess games of Edward W Formanek

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Edward W Formanek

E Formanek

Photo courtesy of Eric Schiller.

Number of games in database: 239
Years covered: 1962 to 2015
Last FIDE rating: 2090
Highest rating achieved in database: 2410

Overall record: +83 -95 =60 (47.5%)*
* Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 1 exhibition game, blitz/rapid, odds game, etc. is excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS

With the White pieces:

Sicilian (45)
    B40 B93 B43 B33 B81
French Defense (14)
    C02 C18 C11 C07 C13
Sicilian Najdorf (9)
    B93 B92 B94 B97
Ruy Lopez (9)
    C60 C62 C67 C68 C73
Sicilian Richter-Rauser (6)
    B67 B62 B69 B63
Caro-Kann (6)
    B18 B10 B11 B15 B17

With the Black pieces:

French Defense (23)
    C16 C04 C18 C00 C03
Slav (16)
    D10 D12 D15 D11 D17
French Winawer (14)
    C16 C18 C15 C19
Sicilian (13)
    B32 B21 B83 B69 B59
Dutch Defense (9)
    A89 A87
Queen's Pawn Game (5)
    D00 A40 A46 A45 E10

Repertoire Explorer

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Kudrin vs E Formanek, 1994 0-1
   E Formanek vs W Heidenfeld, 1973 1-0
   E Formanek vs M Foisor, 2012 1-0
   E Formanek vs Gheorghiu, 1978 1-0
   Dake vs E Formanek, 1976 0-1
   H MacGrillen vs E Formanek, 1973 1/2-1/2
   E Formanek vs Browne, 1970 1-0
   E Formanek vs G Stark, 2001 1-0

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Lone Pine (1978)
   Lone Pine (1977)
   Foxwoods Open (2007)
   32nd World Open (2004)
   Lone Pine (1976)
   Lone Pine (1979)
   Hastings 2007/08 (2008)
   National Open (2012)
   Politiken Cup (2015)

RECENT GAMES:
   🏆 Politiken Cup
   C F Ekeberg vs E Formanek (Aug-02-15) 1/2-1/2
   E Formanek vs S Rosell (Aug-01-15) 1-0
   T Rydstrom vs E Formanek (Jul-31-15) 1-0
   E Formanek vs M Percivaldi (Jul-30-15) 1/2-1/2
   M Helin vs E Formanek (Jul-29-15) 0-1

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EDWARD W FORMANEK
(born May-06-1942, 76 years old) United States of America

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Edward William Formanek was born in 1942 in Chicago Illinois, USA. He won the Massachusetts championship in 1968. He won the Pennsylvania championship in 1984, 1993, 1998, and 2004.

Formanek received a PhD in mathematics from Rice University in 1970. His dissertation was on Matrix Techniques in Polycyclic Groups. He is a professor of mathematics at Pennsylvania State University.

He was awarded the IM title in 1977.

Wikipedia article: Edward W. Formanek

Last updated: 2017-01-15 07:29:03

page 1 of 10; games 1-25 of 239

Game	Result	Moves	Year	Event/Locale	Opening
1. Lombardy vs E Formanek	1-0	46	1962	63rd US Open	C83 Ruy Lopez, Open
2. E Formanek vs N Leopoldi	0-1	44	1963	Illinois op	D09 Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 5.g3
3. Lombardy vs E Formanek	1-0	25	1964	65th US Open	D78 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O c6
4. D Strenzwilk vs E Formanek	0-1	64	1964	65th US Open	C13 French
5. E Formanek vs K R Smith	0-1	17	1965	66th US Open	D52 Queen's Gambit Declined
6. E Zemgalis vs E Formanek	½-½	19	1966	67th US Open	A02 Bird's Opening
7. E Formanek vs A Spiller	1-0	24	1966	67th US Open	B77 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack
8. D Fritzinger vs E Formanek	0-1	27	1966	67th US Open	E65 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav, 7.O-O
9. Robert E Byrne vs E Formanek	1-0	54	1966	67th US Open	D25 Queen's Gambit Accepted
10. E Formanek vs S Matera	1-0	35	1966	67th US Open	D82 Grunfeld, 4.Bf4
11. L Jackson vs E Formanek	1-0	26	1966	67th US Open	C14 French, Classical
12. W Goichberg vs E Formanek	½-½	35	1966	67th US Open	B32 Sicilian
13. E Formanek vs I Zalys	1-0	21	1966	67th US Open	B28 Sicilian, O'Kelly Variation
14. A J Ross vs E Formanek	0-1	26	1967	68th US Open	C16 French, Winawer
15. E Formanek vs W Slater	1-0	39	1967	68th US Open	C13 French
16. L Tapper vs E Formanek	0-1	15	1967	68th US Open	A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3
17. E Formanek vs Rossolimo	0-1	39	1967	68th US Open	B09 Pirc, Austrian Attack
18. E Formanek vs F Metz	1-0	10	1967	68th US Open	C41 Philidor Defense
19. E Formanek vs Saidy	0-1	41	1967	68th US Open	B62 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer
20. G Simms vs E Formanek	0-1	18	1967	68th US Open	B59 Sicilian, Boleslavsky Variation, 7.Nb3
21. E Formanek vs Browne	1-0	37	1967	68th US Open	B62 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer
22. E Formanek vs Robert E Byrne	1-0	34	1967	68th US Open	C02 French, Advance
23. Benko vs E Formanek	1-0	37	1967	68th US Open	A00 Uncommon Opening
24. J W Collins vs E Formanek	½-½	67	1967	68th US Open	A61 Benoni
25. E Formanek vs Joe Steffen	1-0	35	1968	69th US Open	C04 French, Tarrasch, Guimard Main line


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Dec-03-05		WMD: A peach shirt with black leather jacket. Interesting.

Nov-14-06		PhilFeeley: Ed's a former Canadian who moved to the States. I don't know whether it was to play chess or work at something else. The big gaps in his games dates suggest he's working at something else.

Aug-14-07		Maynard5: Ed Formanek is a professor of mathematics at Pennsylvania State University. The university website: www.psu.edu. He has published several papers on mathematics.

Mar-19-08		WarrenHam: Edward Formanek is a mathematician, if it is the same person. I visited once a research center near Barcelona, and he was a guest there.

Nov-20-13		offramp: <WMD: A peach shirt with black leather jacket. Interesting.> YEAH. He normally wears a black shirt with a peach leather jacket.

Nov-20-13		TheFocus: Yeah. He wears the black leather when playing White, and the peach leather when playing Black. That's real style.

Nov-28-13		thegoodanarchist: He bares a vague resemblance to Fischer

Nov-28-13		perfidious: Let us hope Formanek bares nothing else!

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