Leo Williams
Number of games in database: 21
Years covered: 1969 to 1986
Last FIDE rating: 2240
Overall record: +5 -13 =3 (31.0%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

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B81

Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack (2 games)

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LEO WILLIAMS (born Jan-26-1950) Canada [what is this?] Also excelling at blindfold simultaneous exhibition games of chess (27 in Baie-Comeau, Quebec, 1986 - a Canadian record), he was a chess columnist for the Montreal Star in the 1970s, Le Devoir, & author, Cine Chess Magazine. References: http://www.chess.ca/, http://web.ncf.ca/bw998/canchess.html, Le Devoir, Montreal Star, Cine Chess Magazine

page 1 of 1; 21 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. L Day vs L Williams 1-0 58 1969 Tournoi de L'est A36 English 2. L Day vs L Williams   1-0 33 1969 Eastern Canada Open A01 Nimzovich-Larsen Attack 3. L Day vs L Williams   1-0 40 1971 Ontario Open A07 King's Indian Attack 4. L Williams vs K Spraggett   1-0 35 1973 Ch. Invitation B40 Sicilian 5. L Williams vs Kaplan   1-0 23 1974 World Open B85 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Classical 6. L Day vs L Williams   1-0 38 1974 Labour Day Open B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack 7. L Williams vs K Spraggett   ½-½ 31 1975 Shawinigan A81 Dutch 8. L Williams vs Suttles   1-0 37 1975 International Open A04 Reti Opening 9. K Spraggett vs L Williams   1-0 42 1975 Can. Open, Calgary B81 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack 10. L Williams vs L Day   0-1 56 1975 Mr. Gameways (2) A15 English 11. J Labelle vs L Williams   ½-½ 18 1978 Quebec Invitational B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 12. L Day vs L Williams   1-0 30 1979 Quebec op B02 Alekhine's Defense 13. L Williams vs Robert Finta   1-0 30 1979 Montreal Closed Championship B99 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line 14. L Williams vs K Spraggett   0-1 67 1979 Ete Rive-Sud B42 Sicilian, Kan 15. Igor Ivanov vs L Williams   ½-½ 50 1981 Ch. Invitation B26 Sicilian, Closed, 6.Be3 16. K Spraggett vs L Williams   1-0 33 1981 Ch. Invitation A18 English, Mikenas-Carls 17. K Spraggett vs L Williams   1-0 31 1982 Ch. Invitation B62 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer 18. L Williams vs K Spraggett   0-1 26 1986 Quebec International B81 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack 19. L Williams vs Hudson   1-0 29 1986 blindfold simul B07 Pirc 20. L Williams vs K Spraggett   0-1 48 1986 Ch. Invitation B60 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer 21. Igor Ivanov vs L Williams 1-0 27 1986 Quebec International D83 Grunfeld, Grunfeld Gambit  page 1 of 1; 21 games

Dec-01-06    Phony Benoni: News item from Michigan Chess, Feb. 1983, p. 10: <"Leo Williams of Montreal set a new Canadian record for blindfold chess by playng 25 opponents July 15 [1982], winning 21, drawing 3 and losing 1. "But even more unusual were the playing conditions. The event shared space with a football team celebration. They brought a band, cheerleaders and a P.A. system. Somehow Williams managed to make it through the ordeal without losing track of a single piece, reports Chess Canada Echecs, the publication of the Chess Federation of Canada.">

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