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Walter Holowach

Number of games in database: 40
Years covered: 1938 to 1951
Overall record: +13 -14 =13 (48.8%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games.

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D60 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense (2 games)
D52 Queen's Gambit Declined (2 games)
D61 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack (2 games)
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WALTER HOLOWACH
(born Nov-03-1909, died Apr-09-2008, 98 years old) Canada

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Holowach was Alberta open champion in 1950. He represented Canada on fourth board in the 1939 Olympiad and scored 8 points in 15 team games.

reference: http://www.olimpbase.org/

Wikipedia article: Walter Holowach

Last updated: 2020-10-11 13:28:15

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 page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 40  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. W Holowach vs Yanofsky  1-0401938Canadian ChampionshipA20 English
2. W Holowach vs B H Wood  0-1541939Buenos Aires Olympiad qual-1A22 English
3. T Regedzinski vs W Holowach  ½-½691939Buenos Aires Olympiad qual-1D61 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack
4. L Boettner vs W Holowach  ½-½461939Buenos Aires Olympiad qual-1B72 Sicilian, Dragon
5. W Holowach vs O Cruz Filho  0-1361939Buenos Aires Olympiad qual-1D52 Queen's Gambit Declined
6. W Holowach vs D Soto  ½-½301939Buenos Aires Olympiad qual-1A15 English
7. W Holowach vs A Olivera  1-0431939Buenos Aires Olympiad Final-BE21 Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights
8. A Aponte vs W Holowach  1-0371939Buenos Aires Olympiad Final-BD60 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense
9. D Cruz Bulnes vs W Holowach  0-1751939Buenos Aires Olympiad Final-BE19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3
10. L Zavala vs W Holowach  ½-½331939Buenos Aires Olympiad Final-BB50 Sicilian
11. W Holowach vs C Ayala  1-0401939Buenos Aires Olympiad Final-BE32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical
12. J Austbo vs W Holowach  0-1471939Buenos Aires Olympiad Final-BD63 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense
13. W Holowach vs E Karastoichev  ½-½321939Buenos Aires Olympiad Final-BE62 King's Indian, Fianchetto
14. W Nash vs W Holowach  0-1391939Buenos Aires Olympiad Final-BB73 Sicilian, Dragon, Classical
15. W Holowach vs J A Cayo Murillo  ½-½821939Buenos Aires Olympiad Final-BD61 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack
16. E Thorvaldsson vs W Holowach  1-0411939Buenos Aires Olympiad Final-BD60 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense
17. W Holowach vs L Hall  1-0461945Canadian ChampionshipD82 Grunfeld, 4.Bf4
18. W Holowach vs J Rauch  ½-½381945Canadian ChampionshipD09 Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 5.g3
19. L H Neatby vs W Holowach  0-1251945Canadian ChampionshipB21 Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4
20. J M Taylor vs W Holowach  0-1261945Canadian ChampionshipB74 Sicilian, Dragon, Classical
21. W Holowach vs L M Duval  ½-½341945Canadian ChampionshipD95 Grunfeld
22. Yanofsky vs W Holowach  1-0571945Canadian ChampionshipB74 Sicilian, Dragon, Classical
23. H S Hegler vs W Holowach 0-1611945Canadian ChampionshipB20 Sicilian
24. N Divinsky vs W Holowach  1-0411945Canadian ChampionshipD04 Queen's Pawn Game
25. J Belson vs W Holowach  1-0361945Canadian ChampionshipB72 Sicilian, Dragon
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Kibitzer's Corner
Sep-19-10
Premium Chessgames Member
  GrahamClayton: Holowach was the 1950 Alberta province champion, and finished 11th in the 1951 Canadian Championship at Vancouver.

Brief biography:

http://terry-chaisson.blogspot.com/...

Obituary notice:

http://www.albertachess.org/ACRJune...

Oct-07-20  login:

Happy 100th birthday


https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmo...

Sam Holowach and the Vienna chestnut
https://www.edmontonmapsheritage.ca...


The brothers Ambrose and Walter
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambro...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walte...


Photograph Walter (p.134)
http://uscf1-nyc1.aodhosting.com/CL...

Photograph Ambrose
https://hermis.alberta.ca/PAA/Photo...

Presentiment
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/333...

Violin and piano
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/333...

Ambrose's speeches
https://www.lipad.ca/members/record...

Nov-24-21  Alan McGowan: The Edmonton Journal of 23 October 1939, reporting on the experience of Holowach at the Buenos Aires Olympiad, said that 'While studying music in Vienna for six years in the early 1930s he was also a pupil of Anatol Gerschenkron.

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