Lionel Joyner
Number of games in database: 36
Years covered: 1951 to 1988
Overall record: +16 -10 =10 (58.3%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

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A07		King's Indian Attack (2 games)
A10		English (2 games)
C02		French, Advance (2 games)
A34		English, Symmetrical (2 games)
A21		English (2 games)
E95		King's Indian, Orthodox, 7...Nbd7, 8.Re1 (2 games)

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LIONEL JOYNER (born Mar-28-1932, died 2001) Canada [what is this?] Lionel Berry Joyner was born on the 28th of March 1932 in Montreal, Canada. He was Canada's representative to the first World Junior Championship in 1951. He played on the Canadian team as alternate at the 1958 Chess Olympiad & accumulated 7 points in 13 team games. He was Canadian Closed Champion in 1961. He was Canadian Open Champion in 1955, 1957, 1959, and 1960. He won the Golden Knights Postal Tournament in 1961-62. References: http://www.olimpbase.org/, http://www.correspondencechess.com/..., http://www.chess.ca/

page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 36  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Larsen vs L Joyner 1-0 32 1951 Birmingham-jr C30 King's Gambit Declined 2. Gligoric vs L Joyner 1-0 20 1952 Hollywood E14 Queen's Indian 3. J Cross vs L Joyner   ½-½ 27 1952 Hollywood D28 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical 4. L Joyner vs R Martin   ½-½ 47 1952 Hollywood A12 English with b3 5. L Joyner vs Kashdan   1-0 28 1952 Hollywood E47 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 6. L Joyner vs Dake   1-0 44 1952 Hollywood E42 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein) 7. H Steiner vs L Joyner   1-0 30 1952 Hollywood D20 Queen's Gambit Accepted 8. L Joyner vs Graf-Stevenson   1-0 42 1952 Hollywood A28 English 9. L Joyner vs V Pafnutieff   1-0 51 1952 Hollywood D51 Queen's Gambit Declined 10. A Pomar-Salamanca vs L Joyner   1-0 44 1952 Hollywood C05 French, Tarrasch 11. L Joyner vs H Matthai   1-0 81 1955 Canadian Championship A21 English 12. L Joyner vs J Rejfir   ½-½ 48 1958 Munich ol (Men) prel A34 English, Symmetrical 13. L Joyner vs J M Ribeiro   ½-½ 59 1958 13th olm qual. group 4 A21 English 14. H Catozzi vs L Joyner   0-1 59 1958 13th olm final B A26 English 15. L Joyner vs T Sakellaropoulos   ½-½ 42 1958 13th olm qual. group 4 A10 English 16. I Jonsson vs L Joyner   0-1 40 1958 13th olm final B B25 Sicilian, Closed 17. D Keller vs L Joyner   ½-½ 45 1958 13th olm qual. group 4 E95 King's Indian, Orthodox, 7...Nbd7, 8.Re1 18. B De Greiff vs L Joyner   ½-½ 12 1958 13th olm final B E95 King's Indian, Orthodox, 7...Nbd7, 8.Re1 19. G Forintos vs L Joyner   1-0 39 1958 13th olm final B E65 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav, 7.O-O 20. L Joyner vs K Ennigrou   1-0 39 1958 13th olm qual. group 4 E44 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation, 5.Ne2 21. Z Nilsson vs L Joyner 1-0 62 1958 13th olm final B B94 Sicilian, Najdorf 22. L Joyner vs H Van de Broeck   1-0 35 1958 13th olm final B A34 English, Symmetrical 23. Ivkov vs L Joyner   1-0 47 1958 13th olm qual. group 4 E66 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav Panno 24. L Joyner vs H Enevoldsen   ½-½ 59 1958 13th olm final B A07 King's Indian Attack 25. L Joyner vs Yanofsky 0-1 38 1959 Canadian Championship E80 King's Indian, Samisch Variation  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 36

Mar-28-08    Eastfrisian: It seems, that he had resigned very early. I have never heard about him before. Mar-28-08    IMlday: In the 1964 Canadian Open at Scarborough Joyner shared third with Duncan Suttles and Denis Allan. Pal Benko won despite losing to 2nd-finisher Zvonko Vranesic. I made an even score. Joyner later moved to Alberta and eventually worked on the Vancouver stock market. Mar-28-09    WhiteRook48: happy birthday! Dec-08-10    GrahamClayton: Won the 1956 Montreal Championship with a "picket fence" score of 17-0. The British Columbia Chess Federation holds a memorial tournament in his name each year. Mar-28-11    theodor: dear Lionel, I'll drop some vodka on the floor(balkan custom), in case you're thirsty. cheers! Mar-28-11    Penguincw: Congratulations on being Player of the Day. Mar-28-11    DiscoJew: "Play the French defense!" -Lionel Joyner He loved the French and recommended it to everyone as a weapon vs. 1.e4 Mar-29-11    Everyone: I've never regretted playing it. May-23-11    Domdaniel: Curious how many dedicated French players (Joyner, Vaganian, and, uh, me) play Reti/English/KIA systems with White. May-23-11    perfidious: <Domdaniel> Korchnoi and Petrosian were two others who essayed this approach. In my career at master level, I played mostly 1.d4/c4 and the French was a favourite, along with the Caro-Kann and 1....e5. As I used to average 150 games per year in much of the 1980s, it was boring playing the same old thing all the time. Here's to variety! May-25-11    Domdaniel: I think it was largely Korchnoi's repertoire in his 1974 match with Karpov that influenced me to play the English with White and the French with Black. He drew every game with the French (having lost with a Dragon and a Petrov) - and he always got interesting games with White.

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