Monica Vann
Number of games in database: 73
Years covered: 1985 to 1992
Overall record: +42 -20 =11 (65.1%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

Most played openings

C30		King's Gambit Declined (27 games)
C34		King's Gambit Accepted (20 games)
C36		King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defense (7 games)
C32		King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit (6 games)
C26		Vienna (3 games)
C35		King's Gambit Accepted, Cunningham (3 games)
C38		King's Gambit Accepted (2 games)

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MONICA VANN (born Oct-19-1954) United Kingdom [what is this?]

page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 73  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. M Vann vs Lebb   1-0 35 1985 ENG C25 Vienna 2. M Vann vs G Coxhead 0-1 29 1987 Amersham C30 King's Gambit Declined 3. M Vann vs B Brady   0-1 34 1987 Slough-cc C30 King's Gambit Declined 4. M Vann vs S Ogborn   1-0 28 1987 London 5 C34 King's Gambit Accepted 5. M Vann vs R Morgan 1-0 27 1987 Luton C30 King's Gambit Declined 6. M Vann vs I Hussain   1-0 11 1987 London 5 C34 King's Gambit Accepted 7. M Vann vs A Sturmanis 1-0 49 1987 London 5 C35 King's Gambit Accepted, Cunningham 8. M Vann vs E Killick   1-0 29 1987 Leighton Buzzard C30 King's Gambit Declined 9. M Vann vs S Housley   0-1 28 1987 Slough-cc C30 King's Gambit Declined 10. M Vann vs B Ramshaw   1-0 20 1987 London 5 C30 King's Gambit Declined 11. R Bott vs M Vann   ½-½ 73 1987 London (m/7) C26 Vienna 12. M Vann vs A Smith   1-0 37 1987 ENG C34 King's Gambit Accepted 13. M Vann vs G Ives   1-0 24 1987 Slough-cc C36 King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defense 14. M Vann vs V Sabatine 1-0 14 1987 London 5 C30 King's Gambit Declined 15. J Pidgeon vs M Vann 1-0 33 1987 Gerrards C26 Vienna 16. M Vann vs N James   1-0 29 1988 Leighton Buzzard C34 King's Gambit Accepted 17. M Vann vs E Lindley   ½-½ 26 1988 Leeds C35 King's Gambit Accepted, Cunningham 18. D Brothers vs M Vann   0-1 32 1988 Unknown C36 King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defense 19. S Turvey vs M Vann   1-0 41 1988 Amersham C34 King's Gambit Accepted 20. M Vann vs R Hull 1-0 27 1988 Slough-cc C34 King's Gambit Accepted 21. M Vann vs J Pidgeon   ½-½ 53 1988 Slough-cc C28 Vienna Game 22. J Levy vs M Vann   ½-½ 45 1989 St Albans C32 King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit 23. M Vann vs G Reyatt   1-0 30 1989 Earley C30 King's Gambit Declined 24. R Pearson vs M Vann   1-0 16 1989 Plymouth C36 King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defense 25. D Forbes vs M Vann 1-0 34 1989 ? A00 Uncommon Opening  page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 73

Jul-03-04    arifattar: Who is Monica Vann? She is credited as a practioner of the King's Gambit Accepted by chessgames.com. I think the King's gambit is very un-woman like. Women players should rather be playing the Queen's gambit. ( Just joking) Jul-26-04    mack: Don't know who she is - what's more, she seems to have played some games in Suffolk, and there aren't many of those in the database. Probably because Suffolk's rubbish. Jul-30-04    Cecil Brown: A little bit of detective work reveals she is registered with the Poisoned Pawns team in the 4NCL and has a rating of 1528. http://www.4ncl.co.uk/0304_reg_ppa.... Jul-30-04    refutor: question if she's rated 1528 why does she have 74 games in the database? i'm rated about 1528 and i'm not in here ;) Jul-30-04    Dick Brain: How come she gets White so often? If she in prison like Claude Bloodgood? Apr-05-05    mack: No, everybody knows women don't commit crime. Apr-05-05    Jamespawn: Thats right mack , and no woman would ever try to manipulate or mislead a man either. My ex never tried to manipulate or mislead me. She couldn`t play chess either...not even at a 1528 level. Nov-06-08    beenthere240: Some of the games are very strange as well with decisions in very alive positions and the winner having less material and an inferior position. Jul-22-09    Dredge Rivers: In high school, I used to drive a Monica van! :) Aug-30-09    muwatalli: 1528 is her rating?? why is she one of the 3 for the white side in kings gambit declined :/ this is wierd Jun-13-11    GrahamClayton: <Cecil Brown>A little bit of detective work reveals she is registered with the Poisoned Pawns team in the 4NCL and has a rating of 1528. <Cecil Brown>, A little further detective work reveals that back in the mid 1990's Miss Vann was a sales agent for the Chess Assistant software program: http://www.independent.co.uk/opinio...

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