Nicholas J Patterson
Number of games in database: 47
Years covered: 1962 to 1979
Last FIDE rating: 2345
Overall record: +15 -16 =16 (48.9%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

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With the White pieces:  Ruy Lopez (5)      C98 C71 C61 C91 C73  Sicilian (5)      B31 B42 B93 B57 B96	With the Black pieces:  Sicilian (8)      B56 B97 B23 B22 B32

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NICHOLAS J PATTERSON (born Jun-09-1947) Ireland [what is this?] Nicholas James Patterson recieved a PhD in mathematics from Cambridge in 1973. His dissertation was On Conway’s Group .0 and Some Other Groups (Group Theory). He specialized in cryptography and large data sets and is now a biomathematician. He was a child chess prodigy. He was Irish Champion in 1969. Patterson played top board for Ireland in the Olympiad of Siegen 1970, where he drew with Bent Larsen. He was a member of the Cambridge University team which won the UK club and county championships on numerous occasions.

page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 47  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. N J Patterson vs R Moss   1-0 39 1962 Whitby British u15 ch B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 2. Keene vs N J Patterson   1-0 27 1963 5 game match, game 3 E11 Bogo-Indian Defense 3. N J Patterson vs Keene 0-1 28 1963 Match B16 Caro-Kann, Bronstein-Larsen Variation 4. N J Patterson vs Keene   1-0 40 1963 5 game match, game 2 C61 Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense 5. N J Patterson vs Keene 1-0 38 1963 London Junior Championship C18 French, Winawer 6. Keene vs N J Patterson   1-0 27 1963 5 game match, game 1 D98 Grunfeld, Russian 7. Keene vs N J Patterson   0-1 48 1963 5 game match, game 5 D97 Grunfeld, Russian 8. N J Patterson vs Keene   ½-½ 28 1963 5 game match, game 4 C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 9. Keene vs N J Patterson   1-0 27 1963 Match D91 Grunfeld, 5.Bg5 10. Keene vs N J Patterson 1-0 26 1965 Training game A07 King's Indian Attack 11. N J Patterson vs E N Mulcahy   ½-½ 53 1967 IRL-ch C71 Ruy Lopez 12. N J Patterson vs V Maher   1-0 37 1967 IRL-ch C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 13. J J Spencer vs N J Patterson   ½-½ 30 1967 BCF-ch U21 B32 Sicilian 14. L S Tate vs N J Patterson   0-1 43 1967 BCF-ch U21 C82 Ruy Lopez, Open 15. P Kendall vs N J Patterson   0-1 30 1967 BCF-ch U21 A07 King's Indian Attack 16. W Heidenfeld vs N J Patterson   1-0 91 1967 IRL-ch C02 French, Advance 17. Keene vs N J Patterson ½-½ 30 1967 College league match E09 Catalan, Closed 18. N J Patterson vs A Jensen   0-1 30 1968 WchT U26 15th qual-D D97 Grunfeld, Russian 19. John F Gibson vs N J Patterson   0-1 60 1968 WchT U26 15th fin-B B06 Robatsch 20. G Botterill vs N J Patterson   ½-½ 38 1968 Oxford-Cambridge m A56 Benoni Defense 21. N J Patterson vs H Broman   ½-½ 40 1968 WchT U26 15th fin-B B42 Sicilian, Kan 22. N J Patterson vs Keene   0-1 36 1968 Cambridge University Knockout Championship C08 French, Tarrasch, Open, 4.ed ed 23. E Hatlebakk vs N J Patterson   ½-½ 47 1968 WchT U26 C82 Ruy Lopez, Open 24. K Paulakos vs N J Patterson   0-1 28 1968 WchT U26 15th fin-B C82 Ruy Lopez, Open 25. N J Patterson vs Keene ½-½ 45 1968 Match E41 Nimzo-Indian  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 47

Jun-03-08    Ziggurat: This cryptologist and biomathematician was profiled in the New York Times a couple of years ago: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/12/s... Jun-03-08    Tabanus: http://www.icu.ie/articles/display.... DeFirmian-Patterson, London 1978, white to play and win: http://www.wtharvey.com/defiba.png

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