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Cecil John Seddon Purdy
Number of games in database: 51
Years covered: 1928 to 1979
Overall record: +31 -10 =10 (70.6%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 English, 1 c4 e5 (5) 
    A28 A27 A25
 Ruy Lopez (5) 
    C97 C75 C99
 Ruy Lopez, Closed (4) 
    C97 C99
With the Black pieces:
 Ruy Lopez (5) 
    C91 C99 C77
 Nimzo Indian (4) 
    E49 E47 E24 E32
 Ruy Lopez, Closed (4) 
    C91 C99
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Vaughan vs Purdy, 1945 0-1
   F Crowl vs Purdy, 1936 0-1
   Purdy vs L Baijot, 1947 1-0
   Nielsen vs Purdy, 1947 0-1

GAMES ANNOTATED BY PURDY: [what is this?]
   Keene vs Purdy, 1979

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CECIL JOHN SEDDON PURDY
(born Mar-27-1906, died Nov-06-1979) Egypt (citizen of Australia)

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Cecil John Seddon Purdy was born on the 27th of March 1906 in Port Said, Egypt. Awarded the IM title in 1951 and the GMC title in 1953 he was the first World Correspondence Chess Champion in 1953. He won the New Zealand Championship twice, 1924-25 and 1935-36 and was Australian Champion on four occasions, 1934-35, 1936-37 (after a play-off), 1948-49 and 1951. He was also Australian Correspondence Champion in 1940 and 1948.

He was the founder, editor, and publisher of a splendid chess magazine from 1929 to 1967 which went through three incarnations, 'Australasian Chess Review' (1929 - 1944), 'Check' (1944 - 1945) and 'Chess World' (1946 - 1967) and his writings are considered first class.

His father-in-law Spencer Crakanthorp and his son John Spencer Purdy have both been Australian Champions.

Playing at a tournament in Sydney in 1979 he suffered a fatal heart attack. His last words to his son (who was also competing in the same tournament) were allegedly "I have a win, but it will take time".


 page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 51  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves Year Event/LocaleOpening
1. Purdy vs J Kinman  1-036 1928 AUS-ch+D30 Queen's Gambit Declined
2. F Crowl vs Purdy  0-168 1932 corrA00 Uncommon Opening
3. M E Goldstein vs Purdy  0-126 1934 AUS-chD39 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin, Vienna Variation
4. F Crowl vs Purdy 0-111 1936 corrC33 King's Gambit Accepted
5. Vaughan vs Purdy 0-17 1945 corr AUD82 Grunfeld, 4.Bf4
6. A L Miller vs Purdy  0-129 1946 Australian ChC52 Evans Gambit
7. L Steiner vs Purdy  1-032 1946 Australian ChC14 French, Classical
8. F Crowl vs Purdy 0-143 1946 corr AUSC33 King's Gambit Accepted
9. F Crowl vs Purdy  0-136 1946 Australian ChE24 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch
10. Purdy vs Tartakower  ½-½32 1946 Australia versus France Radio MatchE43 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation
11. Purdy vs G Koshnitsky  1-027 1946 Interclub MatchE49 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Botvinnik System
12. B Y Mills vs Purdy  0-148 1946 Australian ChE47 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3
13. Purdy vs M Green  ½-½45 1947 New South Wales vs VictoriaE60 King's Indian Defense
14. Purdy vs L Baijot 1-032 1947 World Correspondence Chess Championship Preliminary SectionC58 Two Knights
15. Purdy vs M Fox  ½-½25 1947 Australia vs Canada Radio MatchA28 English
16. Purdy vs Golombek ½-½42 1947 Australia versus England Radio MatchB18 Caro-Kann, Classical
17. L Bigot vs Purdy 0-166 1947 World Correspondence Chess Championship Preliminary TournameC91 Ruy Lopez, Closed
18. Purdy vs H Klass  1-029 1947 New South Wales ChA27 English, Three Knights System
19. Nielsen vs Purdy 0-111 1947 1st World Correspondence Chess Championship Preliminary TourE32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical
20. Purdy vs L S Fell  0-148 1947 New South Wales ChC51 Evans Gambit
21. Purdy vs A L Miller  1-047 1947 C. C. L. A.C12 French, McCutcheon
22. O Krausz vs Purdy  ½-½38 1947 1st World Correspondence Chess Championship Preliminary TourE10 Queen's Pawn Game
23. Purdy vs A Frantzen  1-039 1947 1st World Correspondence Chess Championship Preliminary TourC51 Evans Gambit
24. Purdy vs Wade  ½-½38 1948 Australia versus New Zealand Cable MatchC05 French, Tarrasch
25. T Van Scheltinga vs Purdy  ½-½28 1950 1st World Correspondence Chess ChampionshipD15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
 page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 51  PGN Download
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Kibitzer's Corner
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Dec-12-05   pawn52: <if the text were in all capitals with letters a foot high , i still would not be shouting, because i have mastered the art of reading without moving my lips!!!>

Boy...you had to catch me in a bad mood didn't ya?

I'll repeat myself one more time.

If you type in all caps, you are giving the impression that you are yelling in your post. I guarantee ya if what you typed out was translated into words, tone, and other stuff that goes along with speech, you would be yelling at me as you are saying it.

Like I said before, I'm not in a good move right now, so it would not be wise to piss me off right now. So please refrain from doing so.

Dec-12-05   pazzed paun: <PAWN52> I guess to those who have overly delicate sensibilties i am a barbarian (capitalised). history has shown that without barbarians we would all be living in palaces,wearing fine silk robes and feasting off golden platters. be greatful for being spared such sapping decadance.
Mar-23-06
Premium Chessgames Member
  Benzol: An interesting position from a game between Purdy and Sarapu played in 1962 with Keres giving adjudicating analysis

http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/...

Mar-27-06
Premium Chessgames Member
  cu8sfan: His bio says he was born on MAR-07, however both Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecil_...) and the Chesscafe (http://chesscafe.com/) have today, MAR-27 as his birthday. I will change it accordingly.
Mar-27-06
Premium Chessgames Member
  Benzol: <cu8sfan> Thanks for the correction.

:)

I was interested to learn that Purdy's competitive correspondence career comprised only 46 games. His score was +34 =10 -2 which was fairly impressive.

Mar-27-06
Premium Chessgames Member
  duchamp64: 100TH Birthday today! Happy Birthday C.J.S.!
Oct-19-06
Premium Chessgames Member
  whiskeyrebel: it was my lucky day at the used bookstore; I found 3 Purdy books in new condition for $2 each! What a great teacher.
Mar-27-07   BIDMONFA: Cecil John Seddon Purdy

PURDY, Cecil J. S.
http://www.bidmonfa.com/purdy_cecil...
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May-03-07   Carl Sbad: I once had the great good fortune to meet Purdy on two occasions. The first was a very pleasant morning in Sydney spent with him evaluating a then recently released chess computer.The second was in Perth at the Australian Championships. He was delightful and unassuming company.
Aug-23-07
Premium Chessgames Member
  whiteshark: Always investigate threatening moves and see if they are really serious. For both sides, of course, for it is as bad to miss an opportinity as to give one.

-- C.J.S. Purdy

Sep-08-07
Premium Chessgames Member
  whiteshark: By far the most important thing about waek pawns and weak squares is not to overrate their importance.

-- C.J.S. Purdy

Nov-01-07
Premium Chessgames Member
  whiteshark: Golden Purdy endgame rule no. 31:

" Avoid putting a R in a position of <IMMOBILE DEFENSE>. In the case of an attacked, unmoved a- or h-P, usually prefer to give up the P rather than to tie up a R for its defense - instead, use your R for attack in some way. "

May-16-08   GrahamClayton: Purdy was playing against Ian Parsonage in the 1979 City of Sydney championship when he passed away.
Jul-26-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  whiteshark: Quote of the Day

<In endings with bishops of opposite color, material means NOTHING, position EVERYTHING.>

-- Purdy

Where is SOMETHING ?

Sep-15-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  whiteshark: Olimpbase: http://www.olimpbase.org/players/7l...
Oct-05-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  Karpova: Amatzia Avni's interesting article: "C.J.S. Purdy: An Unconventional Chess Thinker" Link: http://www.chesscafe.com/text/avni....

Some of his unique views (in the article there is elaboration and examples from chessgames):

<1.Combinations, says Purdy, can arise at any time. [...] the possibility of executing a (sacrificial) series of forcing moves is not dependent on the assessment of positional factors.>

<2. Forming a plan is desirable but not absolutely necessary. [...] Purdy puts tactics and avoidance of mistakes before planning>

<3. The well-known device of “double attack” is explained by Purdy in an original way.> In chess you can only make one move at a time so the chessplayer should be <“trying to force his enemy into the often impossible task of doing two things at once.”>

Oct-06-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  whiteshark: Thanks for this nice find, <Karpova>.
Oct-06-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  whiteshark: < Castling is like marriage - not to be embarked on irresponsibly. <<<<>>>>>

-- Purdy

Dec-06-08   GrahamClayton: <benzol>I was interested to learn that Purdy's competitive correspondence career comprised only 46 games. His score was +34 =10 -2 which was fairly impressive.

Benzol,
Those 46 games included 2 Australian correspondence chess championships and the inaugral ICCF World Championship. Has any other player, either OTB or CC, achieved so much success with so few games?

Jan-15-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  KingG: Silman claims that it was to his brother that Purdy said his last words.

<The most stirring story of a chess player dying with his boots on concerned world-class postal player and renowned chess teacher Cecil Purdy. He was playing in an over the board chess event and was up an Exchange in his game. It was clear that he was eventually going to win, but his well-wishers' smiles soon turned to horror when he fell off his chair and collapsed in a heap on the ground. His brother (who was also playing at the event) rushed to his side and Cecil whispered something into his ear. Then he died. His final words? One might imagine something like, "Tell my wife I love her." Or "The gold is hidden under the bedroom floorboard." But no, this is a chess player and so his last thoughts were about chess. His dying message to his brother: "I have a win, but it will take time!">

http://www.jeremysilman.com/chess_r...

Jan-15-09   ughaibu: Did they adjudicate it as a win?
Jan-15-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  kellmano: I like Silman's story so much that I am prepared to believe it.
Jan-23-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  Benzol: <KingG> <kellmano> Did you read the bio?
Mar-27-09   WhiteRook48: happy birthday!
Jul-05-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  whiteshark: Quote of the Day

< In endings with bishops of opposite color, <<material means NOTHING, <position EVERYTHING. >>>>

-- Purdy

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