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Frank J Yerhoff
Number of games in database: 23
Years covered: 1946 to 1962
Overall record: +8 -10 =5 (45.7%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

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FRANK J YERHOFF
(born May-08-1918, died Apr-27-1999) Canada
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Frank J Yerhoff was born on the 8th of May 1918 in Regina, Canada. He was joint Canadian Champion with Daniel Abraham Yanofsky in 1945 (tied for 1st-2nd with 10.5/12), Canadian Correspondence Champion in 1939, 1940, 1941, 1943 & 1945, & Canadian Correspondence Chess Association champion in 1938.

References: Regina Leader-Post (newspaper), http://scc.saskchess.com (Saskatchewan chess association), http://www.chess.ca/ (Canadian chess Federation).


 page 1 of 1; 23 games  PGN Download 
Game  ResultMoves Year Event/LocaleOpening
1. F Yerhoff vs O Ulvestad  ½-½42 1946 US Open prelimC22 Center Game
2. H Fajans vs F Yerhoff  ½-½38 1946 US Open Championship FinalC24 Bishop's Opening
3. D Byrne vs F Yerhoff  1-034 1946 US Open Championship FinalE11 Bogo-Indian Defense
4. O Shapiro vs F Yerhoff  ½-½40 1946 US Open prelimD41 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch
5. F Yerhoff vs H Steiner  0-152 1946 US Open Championship FinalC22 Center Game
6. Santasiere vs F Yerhoff  0-121 1946 US Open prelimC32 King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit
7. F Yerhoff vs O Ulvestad  1-040 1946 US Open Championship FinalC41 Philidor Defense
8. F Yerhoff vs D Byrne  ½-½21 1946 US Open prelimB07 Pirc
9. G Katz vs F Yerhoff  ½-½27 1946 US Open Championship FinalE22 Nimzo-Indian, Spielmann Variation
10. F Yerhoff vs G Hartleb  1-035 1946 US Open prelimC22 Center Game
11. Seidman vs F Yerhoff 1-026 1946 US Open Championship FinalC78 Ruy Lopez
12. F Yerhoff vs D Hatch  1-044 1946 US Open prelimB73 Sicilian, Dragon, Classical
13. F Yerhoff vs Kupchik  0-141 1946 US Open Championship FinalB92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation
14. W Adams vs F Yerhoff  1-041 1946 US Open prelimC26 Vienna
15. F Yerhoff vs Bisguier  0-126 1946 US Open Championship FinalC86 Ruy Lopez, Worrall Attack
16. M Finkelstein vs F Yerhoff 0-124 1946 US Open prelimC31 King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit
17. W Shipman vs F Yerhoff  0-173 1946 US Open Championship FinalC78 Ruy Lopez
18. M Gellis vs F Yerhoff  1-044 1947 Australia vs Canada Radio MatchE10 Queen's Pawn Game
19. C F Millar vs F Yerhoff  0-145 1951 CAN-chD02 Queen's Pawn Game
20. F Bohatirchuk vs F Yerhoff  1-045 1951 VancouverC77 Ruy Lopez
21. J Sullivan vs F Yerhoff  0-152 1952 USA m/2C32 King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit
22. F Yerhoff vs R K Hart  0-121 1957 corrC78 Ruy Lopez
23. H Crater vs F Yerhoff 1-018 1962 corres USAC28 Vienna Game
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Kibitzer's Corner
May-08-05  aw1988: Here I am again, accompanied with another amusing anecdote.

This was played at a Vancouver Open. The game went 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 f5?.

I shook my head and said 'Let's see if you can really use those three pawns to your advantage'.

I lost in 13 moves.

Aug-19-05  Hidden Skillz: have u won any games?
May-08-08
Premium Chessgames Member		  brankat: Happy birthday Mr.Yerhoff!
Feb-14-09
Premium Chessgames Member		  Benzol: From a correspondence match in 1964

F J Yerhoff - O Sarapu :

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Nxd4 7.Qxd4 d6 8.e5 dxe5 9.Qxe5 Bg7 10.Nd5 O-O 11.Nxe7+ Kh8 12.Bg5 Ng8 13.Qe2 f6 14.Nxg6+ hxg6 15.Be3 Re8 16.Rd1 Qa5+ 17.Qd2 Qxd2+ 18.Kxd2 Bg4 and Black won the ending.

Sarapu's comment - "Attack is not necessarily the best defence."
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