David J Strauss
Number of games in database: 56
Years covered: 1962 to 1992
Last FIDE rating: 2425
Overall record: +15 -32 =9 (34.8%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

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With the White pieces:  English, 1 c4 e5 (4)      A28 A26 A22  English (4)      A15 A17  Reti System (4)      A04  Sicilian (4)      B31 B29 B25 B26	With the Black pieces:  Sicilian (7)      B21 B32 B34 B33 B60  Grunfeld (4)      D91 D86 D90 D77

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DAVID J STRAUSS (born Aug-07-1946) United Kingdom (citizen of United States of America) [what is this?] David Jonathan Strauss was born in 1946 in London, England. In 1973 he won the California State Championship. He tied for first at the American Open in 1971, 1975, 1978, 1980, 1983, 1985, and 1992. He was awarded the IM title in 1982. http://www.chessnc.com/p_tournament...

page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 56  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. D J Strauss vs Keene 1-0 47 1962 Junior county match E72 King's Indian 2. D J Strauss vs Keene 0-1 27 1964 British Junior Championship E61 King's Indian 3. Keene vs D J Strauss 1-0 16 1964 London Junior Championship A33 English, Symmetrical 4. W Goichberg vs D J Strauss 1-0 23 1974 Lone Pine C11 French 5. D J Strauss vs C Barnes   1-0 33 1974 Lone Pine B29 Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein 6. Gheorghiu vs D J Strauss   1-0 42 1974 Lone Pine A16 English 7. D J Strauss vs J D Tisdall 1-0 18 1976 Lone Pine B06 Robatsch 8. D J Strauss vs DeFirmian 0-1 18 1976 Lone Pine B26 Sicilian, Closed, 6.Be3 9. C Brasket vs D J Strauss   ½-½ 56 1976 Lone Pine A26 English 10. D J Strauss vs K Frey Beckman   0-1 80 1976 Lone Pine B14 Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack 11. Panno vs D J Strauss   1-0 35 1976 Lone Pine A34 English, Symmetrical 12. R Ervin vs D J Strauss   1-0 33 1976 Lone Pine C06 French, Tarrasch 13. D J Strauss vs V Pupols   1-0 57 1976 Lone Pine C69 Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 6.d4 14. D J Strauss vs Dake   1-0 75 1977 Lone Pine C69 Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 6.d4 15. D J Strauss vs Martinovsky   1-0 34 1977 Lone Pine B31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation 16. D Goodman vs D J Strauss   0-1 84 1977 Lone Pine D90 Grunfeld 17. R Henley vs D J Strauss   1-0 85 1977 Lone Pine A00 Uncommon Opening 18. D Verduga vs D J Strauss   1-0 27 1977 Lone Pine B06 Robatsch 19. D J Strauss vs Nickoloff   0-1 38 1977 Lone Pine B25 Sicilian, Closed 20. D J Strauss vs V McCambridge   ½-½ 43 1977 Lone Pine C64 Ruy Lopez, Classical 21. Panno vs D J Strauss   1-0 31 1977 Lone Pine D77 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O 22. P Cleghorn vs D J Strauss   1-0 30 1977 Lone Pine B33 Sicilian 23. Tarjan vs D J Strauss   1-0 26 1978 Ch USA D86 Grunfeld, Exchange 24. D J Strauss vs P Whitehead   1-0 48 1979 Lone Pine A26 English 25. D J Strauss vs Bisguier   0-1 46 1979 Lone Pine (USA) A28 English  page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 56

Mar-12-10    hedgeh0g: Nothing better than listening to a bit of Blue Danube in the morning! Sep-28-10    GrahamClayton: Strauss was one of the first international masters to lose to a computer, losing to an experimental Fidelity machine at the 1986 US Open. Strauss quit competitive chess and is now involved in medical research: http://www.lifeexpectancy.com/djs.s...

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