Nathan Joseph Divinsky
Number of games in database: 17
Years covered: 1945 to 1966
Overall record: +9 -2 =6 (70.6%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
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NATHAN JOSEPH DIVINSKY (born Oct-29-1925) Canada [what is this?] Nathan Joseph Harry Divinsky born 1925 is a Canadian master and mathematician. He played an important role in chess organization in Canada during the 1950's and 1960's. He was 3rd= in the Canadian Championship of 1945 and represented Canada as Captain in the Olympiads of Amsterdam 1954 and Havana 1966. From 1959 to 1974 he was editor of Canadian Chess Chat and in 1987 became Canada's FIDE representative. He is also an author of note.

page 1 of 1; 17 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. N Divinsky vs Taylor   1-0 41 1945 CAN-ch C42 Petrov Defense 2. N Divinsky vs Yanofsky   ½-½ 30 1945 CAN-ch D05 Queen's Pawn Game 3. N Divinsky vs H Hegler 1-0 37 1945 CAN-ch C55 Two Knights Defense 4. N Divinsky vs W Holowach   1-0 41 1945 CAN-ch D04 Queen's Pawn Game 5. N Divinsky vs A Helman 1-0 37 1945 CAN-ch C19 French, Winawer, Advance 6. N Divinsky vs L Duval   ½-½ 32 1945 CAN-ch B54 Sicilian 7. N Divinsky vs Taylor   1-0 36 1951 CAN-ch C61 Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense 8. N Divinsky vs Yanofsky   0-1 40 1951 CAN-ch D19 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch 9. F Bohatirchuk vs N Divinsky 0-1 42 1951 Vancouver C81 Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack 10. N Divinsky vs F R Anderson 0-1 63 1951 CAN-ch E46 Nimzo-Indian 11. N Divinsky vs D Fox   1-0 65 1951 CAN-ch E80 King's Indian, Samisch Variation 12. N Divinsky vs W Jursevskis   ½-½ 41 1951 CAN-ch B62 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer 13. N Divinsky vs Ugo Cala   ½-½ 41 1954 Amsterdam ol (Men) pre-II A46 Queen's Pawn Game 14. N Divinsky vs Yanofsky   ½-½ 15 1959 Manitoba op B06 Robatsch 15. N Divinsky vs J Chiaramonti   1-0 39 1966 La Habana ol (Men) fin-B C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed 16. N Divinsky vs S Smiltiner   1-0 61 1966 La Habana ol (Men) fin-B C77 Ruy Lopez 17. N Divinsky vs A Lahti   ½-½ 69 1966 La Habana ol (Men) fin-B B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation  page 1 of 1; 17 games

Oct-29-08    whiteshark: Bio: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan... Oct-29-08    BIDMONFA: Nathan Joseph Divinsky DIVINSKY, Nathan J. H. http://www.bidmonfa.com/divinsky_na... _ Oct-29-08    whiteshark: Just 2 posting robots :D Oct-29-08    johnlspouge: I received my BSc in mathematics from the same Math department, at University of British Columbia, and his daughter Mimi (truly a wonderful person) was in the same medical class (UBC '79). It's a small world. ...a 3rd posting robot :) Oct-29-08    Ron: http://www.genealogy.ams.org/id.php... 4th posting robot Feb-18-09    Tabanus: http://www.chessbc.ca/nd.html Oct-29-09    Birthday Boy: Happy Birthday!!!Nathan Joseph Divinsky!!! Oct-29-09    Moonstone: Almost the same lifetime percentage record as Bobby Fischer! Happy Birthday! Oct-29-09    WhiteRook48: was Fischer's 75%?

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