Michael Steadman
Number of games in database: 193
Years covered: 1977 to 2013
Last FIDE rating: 2211
Highest rating achieved in database: 2285
Overall record: +84 -74 =35 (52.6%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

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B06		Robatsch (8 games)
C18		French, Winawer (7 games)
C11		French (7 games)
A40		Queen's Pawn Game (6 games)
D31		Queen's Gambit Declined (5 games)
E20		Nimzo-Indian (5 games)
C00		French Defense (5 games)
A50		Queen's Pawn Game (4 games)
C10		French (4 games)
A04		Reti Opening (4 games)

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MICHAEL STEADMAN (born Oct-13-1962) New Zealand [what is this?] Michael Victor Robert Steadman is a FIDE master. New Zealand champion in 2012.

page 1 of 8; games 1-25 of 193  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. L Cornford vs M Steadman   1-0 19 1977 North Island Ch C00 French Defense 2. M Steadman vs P R Green   1-0 36 1977 North Island Ch C50 Giuoco Piano 3. J Cater vs M Steadman   1-0 42 1978 North Island Ch C05 French, Tarrasch 4. K Jensen vs M Steadman   ½-½ 41 1978 Labour Weekend Tt A88 Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with c6 5. R J Sutton vs M Steadman   0-1 38 1978 Labour Weekend Tt C05 French, Tarrasch 6. M Steadman vs R Davies   0-1 48 1978 North Island Ch B21 Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4 7. L Aptekar vs M Steadman   1-0 42 1978 Auckland Open Ch A15 English 8. M Steadman vs R J Sutton   0-1 26 1978 Auckland Open Ch C39 King's Gambit Accepted 9. Y Terada vs M Steadman 0-1 24 1979 World Junior Ch C89 Ruy Lopez, Marshall 10. J Mounier vs M Steadman   0-1 25 1979 Howick - Pakuranga Open Tt C18 French, Winawer 11. M Steadman vs H Bennett   1-0 27 1979 2nd Waitemata Tt B01 Scandinavian 12. P Mataga vs M Steadman   ½-½ 31 1979 NZ Junior Ch C18 French, Winawer 13. D Beach vs M Steadman   1-0 38 1979 2nd Waitemata Tt A02 Bird's Opening 14. M Evans vs M Steadman   0-1 31 1979 North Island Ch C16 French, Winawer 15. M Steadman vs M Karp   ½-½ 21 1979 World Junior Ch C05 French, Tarrasch 16. M Steadman vs K Jensen   0-1 29 1979 North Island Ch A48 King's Indian 17. M Steadman vs P L Cordue   0-1 53 1980 87th NZ Ch Premier Reserve B08 Pirc, Classical 18. J Sarfati vs M Steadman   ½-½ 42 1980 NZL-chB C05 French, Tarrasch 19. M Steadman vs M Basman 0-1 26 1985 North Shields A40 Queen's Pawn Game 20. M Steadman vs D Notley   1-0 35 1989 12th Waitakere Trust Open C02 French, Advance 21. M Steadman vs L McLaren   1-0 54 1995 North Shore Open B23 Sicilian, Closed 22. M Steadman vs B Thompson 1-0 25 1995 North Shore Open C78 Ruy Lopez 23. N Cummings vs M Steadman 1-0 24 1996 NZL-ch63 corr A89 Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with Nc6 24. B Barnard vs M Steadman 1-0 24 1997 64th NZCCA Ch C24 Bishop's Opening 25. I Snape vs M Steadman   1-0 21 2001 Smith & Williamson ch-GBR A13 English  page 1 of 8; games 1-25 of 193

Jul-10-10    Benzol: Congratulations to Mike who has just gained an IM norm by finishing second in the 5th George Trundle NZ Masters. Aug-21-10    Benzol: Mike Steadman is playing in the BDO tournament in the Netherlands at the moment. Live games can be accessed at http://www.hwphaarlem.nl/bdo-live Oct-13-10    Benzol: Happy Birthday Mike. :) Jan-07-11    HeMateMe: famous Oprah connecton? <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQMQ...; Jan-23-12    Benzol: Congratulations to Mike as the New Zealand Champion for 2012.

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