Zandor Nilsson
Number of games in database: 72
Years covered: 1944 to 1970
Overall record: +23 -31 =18 (44.4%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  Sicilian (13)      B32 B91 B36 B90 B29  Ruy Lopez (6)      C97 C84 C64 C95  Ruy Lopez, Closed (5)      C97 C84 C95  Sicilian Najdorf (4)      B91 B90 B94 B95	With the Black pieces:  Sicilian (10)      B50 B83 B30 B71 B67  Dutch Defense (6)      A88 A85  Old Benoni (5)      A44 A43

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   I Johannsson vs Z Nilsson, 1954 0-1

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ZANDOR NILSSON (born Jul-02-1913, died Jul-01-1973) Sweden [what is this?] Zandor Nilsson was born in Stockholm. Awarded the IMC title in 1961, he was Swedish champion in 1957 and 1965. He passed away in Stockholm in 1973.

page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 72  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Z Nilsson vs Keres   0-1 46 1944 Lidkoping E10 Queen's Pawn Game 2. Z Nilsson vs Book 0-1 28 1946 Stockholm 4647 D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 3. Z Nilsson vs M Rantanen   ½-½ 57 1948 Saltsjobaden tt D52 Queen's Gambit Declined 4. Z Nilsson vs B Rabar   ½-½ 63 1954 Amsterdam ol (Men) B95 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6...e6 5. Z Nilsson vs Geller 0-1 23 1954 Stockholm izt B62 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer 6. I Johannsson vs Z Nilsson 0-1 23 1954 Amsterdam ol (Men) D47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 7. Z Nilsson vs Keres ½-½ 41 1954 Amsterdam ol final C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin 8. Z Nilsson vs Pilnik   0-1 61 1954 Amsterdam ol (Men) B91 Sicilian, Najdorf, Zagreb (Fianchetto) Variation 9. Z Nilsson vs G Noradounghian   1-0 42 1954 Amsterdam ol (Men) C43 Petrov, Modern Attack 10. E Gereben vs Z Nilsson   0-1 56 1954 Amsterdam ol (Men) A15 English 11. M Bobotsov vs Z Nilsson   1-0 41 1954 Amsterdam ol (Men) fin-A D30 Queen's Gambit Declined 12. Z Nilsson vs I Aloni   0-1 45 1954 Amsterdam ol (Men) C02 French, Advance 13. Z Nilsson vs O Kastel   1-0 40 1954 Amsterdam ol (Men) B32 Sicilian 14. J Fichtl vs Z Nilsson   1-0 34 1954 Amsterdam ol (Men) C70 Ruy Lopez 15. I Aloni vs Z Nilsson   1-0 48 1954 Amsterdam ol (Men) D31 Queen's Gambit Declined 16. G Pfeiffer vs Z Nilsson   1-0 30 1954 Amsterdam ol (Men) B30 Sicilian 17. Geller vs Z Nilsson 1-0 30 1954 Stockholm SWE-URS D21 Queen's Gambit Accepted 18. H Enevoldsen vs Z Nilsson   0-1 46 1954 Amsterdam ol (Men) D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 19. R Cherubim vs Z Nilsson   ½-½ 36 1956 Hastings B E00 Queen's Pawn Game 20. Z Nilsson vs Filip   1-0 40 1958 Munich ol (Men) prel B80 Sicilian, Scheveningen 21. Z Nilsson vs C B Van den Berg   1-0 30 1958 13th olm final B A26 English 22. J M Ribeiro vs Z Nilsson   0-1 34 1958 13th olm qual. group 4 A45 Queen's Pawn Game 23. Z Nilsson vs A Tarnowski   0-1 33 1958 13th olm final B A22 English 24. V Bergraser vs Z Nilsson   1-0 40 1958 13th olm final B A43 Old Benoni 25. Z Nilsson vs T Sakellaropoulos   1-0 48 1958 13th olm qual. group 4 C02 French, Advance  page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 72

Dec-18-07    sushijunkie: Wasn't this guy a Herculoid? Dec-18-07    DukeAlba: I think so:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ayw... I guess he needed a career change... He had an argument with Tara and decided he needed to see other people and try new things like playing chess... Dec-18-07    porgue: aww he died the day before his birthday that would suck Dec-18-07    DukeAlba: Yeah that does suck... Jul-02-08    whiteshark: He didn't care a straw.

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