Mark Orr
Number of games in database: 107
Years covered: 1976 to 2013
Last FIDE rating: 2247
Highest rating achieved in database: 2315
Overall record: +26 -49 =32 (39.3%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

Most played openings

A45		Queen's Pawn Game (9 games)
E11		Bogo-Indian Defense (4 games)
A46		Queen's Pawn Game (4 games)
C11		French (3 games)
D10		Queen's Gambit Declined Slav (3 games)
D63		Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense (3 games)
C00		French Defense (3 games)
D94		Grunfeld (3 games)
E08		Catalan, Closed (3 games)
D00		Queen's Pawn Game (2 games)

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MARK ORR (born Nov-09-1955) Ireland (citizen of United Kingdom) [what is this?] IM Mark John Legard Orr was born in Ulster (Northern Ireland). He was Irish champion in 1985 (=Eugene Curtin).

page 1 of 5; games 1-25 of 107  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. A Santos vs M Orr   1-0 54 1976 EU-ch U20 fin-C D97 Grunfeld, Russian 2. M Orr vs Speelman   0-1 28 1976 EU-ch U20 qual B57 Sicilian 3. M Orr vs D Kopec   ½-½ 39 1980 SCO-ch A57 Benko Gambit 4. D Bryson vs M Orr   1-0 57 1981 SCO-ch C44 King's Pawn Game 5. M Pein vs M Orr   0-1 42 1984 Lewisham op D41 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch 6. M Orr vs S Knott ½-½ 24 1986 GLC Masters D78 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O c6 7. M Orr vs Igor Ivanov   1-0 27 1988 Olympiad D74 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.cd Nxd5, 7.O-O 8. Portisch vs M Orr 1-0 48 1988 Thessaloniki D35 Queen's Gambit Declined 9. M Orr vs Hebden   0-1 55 1988 Blackpool ch-ENG A48 King's Indian 10. M Orr vs D Michael   1-0 25 1989 EU-chT (Men) D67 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Bd3 line 11. M Orr vs N Davies   ½-½ 41 1989 Ch Europe (team) A41 Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6) 12. T Yilmaz vs M Orr   ½-½ 13 1989 EU-chT (Men) B12 Caro-Kann Defense 13. Winants vs M Orr   1-0 38 1989 EU-chT (Men) D66 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Bd3 line 14. M Orr vs C McNab   ½-½ 45 1989 EU-chT (Men) E69 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Main line 15. A Fernandes vs M Orr   1-0 24 1989 EU-chT (Men) C01 French, Exchange 16. H Mossong vs M Orr   0-1 38 1989 EU-chT (Men) B12 Caro-Kann Defense 17. Gheorghiu vs M Orr   ½-½ 40 1989 EU-chT (Men) D63 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense 18. M Orr vs A Fauland   ½-½ 19 1989 EU-chT (Men) E11 Bogo-Indian Defense 19. M Orr vs P Cramling   1-0 34 1990 Novi Sad ol (Men) E67 King's Indian, Fianchetto 20. M Orr vs Esmenares Hugues   1-0 42 1990 Novi Sad ol (Men) D63 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense 21. S Goundar vs M Orr   0-1 23 1990 Novi Sad ol (Men) D30 Queen's Gambit Declined 22. M Orr vs C Barus   0-1 52 1990 Novi Sad ol (Men) D70 Neo-Grunfeld Defense 23. M Orr vs K Harandi   0-1 55 1990 29th olympiad E11 Bogo-Indian Defense 24. Suba vs M Orr   1-0 37 1991 Dublin Telecom E08 Catalan, Closed 25. Suba vs M Orr   1-0 31 1992 Manila olm D35 Queen's Gambit Declined  page 1 of 5; games 1-25 of 107

Jul-11-03    Ribeiro: Besides having been Irish Champion, Mark Orr has authored important works on Neural Networks. Feb-09-05    Benzol: Mark JL Orr perhaps? Feb-09-05    Benzol: LOL. My player biography was deleted with the other file! :) Feb-09-05    Benzol: Now that he's down to one file this should be it. :) Feb-09-05    chessgames.com: Sorry about that Benzol, we'll try to find a way to avoid that in the future. Nov-09-06    BIDMONFA: Mark Orr ORR, Mark J. L. http://www.bidmonfa.com/orr_mark.htm _ Sep-13-09    IanDavis: Mark Orr was the first Irish Player to achieve the International Master title Sep-13-09    sneaky pete: He was also the first Orrish Player to do so. Jun-11-10    whiteshark: He is just an Orriginal. Jun-11-10    Cibator: That's enough Orrful puns - we should refrain from them from now on as a Mark O'rrespect. Jun-11-10    HeMateMe: Great chess, bad knees. Only for us combo chess/sports fans... Jun-11-10    talisman: <HeMateMe> i like that...1 question...did bobby sign a contract for his last year which he could not fulfill because of his bad knees?...was it w/ the black hawks? Jun-12-10    HeMateMe: Dunno the history. But, he was a great player robbed of a longer career because of knee problems, and inadequate medical care. Jan-01-12    acmilan03c1: Mark John Legard Orr according to Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_... Jan-01-12    acmilan03c1: A search for "mark john legard orr" (with the inverted commas) returns 177 results, so this seems pretty well confirmed.

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