Shaun M Taulbut
Number of games in database: 74
Years covered: 1977 to 1997
Last FIDE rating: 2371
Highest rating achieved in database: 2405
Overall record: +25 -18 =30 (54.8%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      1 exhibition game, odds game, etc. is excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  Sicilian (11)      B51 B30 B52 B80 B47  Caro-Kann (7)      B17 B10 B12	With the Black pieces:  Pirc (7)      B08 B09  English (5)      A16 A15 A10 A12  King's Indian (5)      E76 E77 E92 E68 E73  Robatsch (5)      B06

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Jansa vs S Taulbut, 1981 0-1

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SHAUN M TAULBUT (born Jan-11-1958) United Kingdom [what is this?] Shaun Mark Taulbut was born on the 11th of January 1958 in Portsmouth, England. Awarded the IM title in 1977 he won the European Junior Championship in 1977-78. He has authored books on how to play the French Defence, the Ruy Lopez and the Nimzoindian.

page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 74  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. S Taulbut vs Flear   1-0 57 1977 BCF-ch C78 Ruy Lopez 2. K Mokry vs S Taulbut   1-0 54 1977 EU-ch 7778 U20 B06 Robatsch 3. Plaskett vs S Taulbut   0-1 50 1977 BCF-ch B06 Robatsch 4. Yusupov vs S Taulbut   1-0 37 1978 IBM-B A04 Reti Opening 5. S Taulbut vs W A Linton   ½-½ 48 1978 Ayr British ch B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack 6. S Taulbut vs Janosevic   0-1 34 1978 Lone Pine B47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation 7. Speelman vs S Taulbut   1-0 34 1978 Ayr British ch A10 English 8. S Taulbut vs J Donaldson   ½-½ 24 1978 Lone Pine C06 French, Tarrasch 9. S Taulbut vs P Clarke ½-½ 26 1978 Ayr British ch C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 10. A Lein vs S Taulbut   ½-½ 29 1978 Hastings 7879 B08 Pirc, Classical 11. Christiansen vs S Taulbut 1-0 27 1978 Amsterdam IBM II E73 King's Indian 12. Van der Wiel vs S Taulbut 0-1 21 1978 Groningen B09 Pirc, Austrian Attack 13. S Taulbut vs R C Balinas   1-0 46 1978 Lone Pine B09 Pirc, Austrian Attack 14. Browne vs S Taulbut 1-0 31 1978 Lone Pine B08 Pirc, Classical 15. S Taulbut vs G Lee 1-0 31 1978 Ayr British ch C10 French 16. S Webb vs S Taulbut   ½-½ 15 1978 Ayr British ch B08 Pirc, Classical 17. Vasiukov vs S Taulbut   ½-½ 17 1978 Hastings 7879 B06 Robatsch 18. Tarjan vs S Taulbut 0-1 37 1978 Lone Pine E76 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack 19. A T Arnason vs S Taulbut   0-1 52 1978 Lone Pine E92 King's Indian 20. Bisguier vs S Taulbut   ½-½ 43 1978 Lone Pine B06 Robatsch 21. Plaskett vs S Taulbut 1-0 43 1978 Ayr British ch B08 Pirc, Classical 22. S Taulbut vs G W Lawton   ½-½ 14 1978 Ayr British ch B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack 23. S Taulbut vs Benko   0-1 42 1978 Lone Pine B17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation 24. S Taulbut vs W Watson   1-0 30 1978 Ayr British ch B27 Sicilian 25. Speelman vs S Taulbut ½-½ 32 1978 Hastings A41 Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6)  page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 74

Mar-31-06    GBKnight: Anyone in England know what Shaun is up to now? Last I heard he gave up chess to become an accountant, and that was in the early 1980s. Mar-31-06    ray keene: shaun still plays chess in the london gentlemens clubs league representing the athenaeum-he is also a part owner of the british chess magazine Apr-02-06    GBKnight: Many thanks for that Ray. Amongst other things, this site is useful for finding out what became of people, some of them friends. Shaun could probably have become even stronger but like many I believe chose financial security. Dec-19-09    eternaloptimist: it's kind of odd that he wrote books on the French Defense, the Ruy Lopez and the Nimzo Indian, but none of these openings r listed in his most played openings section...things that make u go hmm :-/

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