The chess games of Ian Duncan Wells

Ian Duncan Wells
Number of games in database: 63
Years covered: 1975 to 1981
Highest rating achieved in database: 2355
Overall record: +20 -32 =11 (40.5%)*
   * 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 (9)
    B40 B32 B51 B31 B52
French Tarrasch (4)
    C05 C09 C04
French Defense (4)
    C05 C09 C04

With the Black pieces:

Sicilian (8)
    B83 B21 B23 B22 B81
Queen's Indian (5)
    E17 E12 E14 E16
Sicilian Scheveningen (5)
    B83 B81
Caro-Kann (5)
    B17 B10 B14 B13
Nimzo Indian (4)
    E43 E45 E32 E40

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IAN DUNCAN WELLS
(born Jun-22-1964, died Jan-25-1982) United Kingdom

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Ian Duncan Wells was born in Scarborough, England. He was awarded the FM title in 1982. At the Islington Open in December 1981 he finished 1st= with John Nunn and Tony Miles. Following a 5th= placing in the Golden Pawn of Brazil Junior tournament held in Rio de Janeiro he and other players went swimming outside their hotel. He got into difficulties and although he was brought ashore by lifesavers he died after six days in a coma.

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Game	Result	Moves	Year	Event/Locale	Opening
1. Short vs I D Wells	1-0	32	1975	Morecambe jr	D78 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O c6
2. D W Anderton vs I D Wells	0-1	44	1979	BCF Ch	E45 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Bronstein (Byrne) Variation
3. D Cummings vs I D Wells	1-0	35	1979	Brighton	A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto
4. J Sanz vs I D Wells	0-1	26	1979	Aaronson Masters	B22 Sicilian, Alapin
5. Prins vs I D Wells	1-0	43	1979	Brighton m	B17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation
6. P Large vs I D Wells	1-0	44	1979	BCF Ch	B83 Sicilian
7. I D Wells vs Fedorowicz	½-½	73	1979	Brighton (England)	B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack
8. I D Wells vs D Goodman	0-1	41	1979	Brighton	B06 Robatsch
9. I D Wells vs C W Baker	½-½	53	1979	BCF Ch	B32 Sicilian
10. M Yeo vs I D Wells	0-1	32	1979	Lloyds Bank Open	B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange
11. I D Wells vs Kotov	1-0	33	1979	Match	B18 Caro-Kann, Classical
12. I D Wells vs Prins	1-0	40	1979	Brighton m	A10 English
13. John Hall vs I D Wells	0-1	28	1979	BCF Ch	B83 Sicilian
14. I D Wells vs L Blackstock	1-0	30	1979	Brighton	B40 Sicilian
15. I D Wells vs I McAllan	1-0	48	1979	BCF Ch	B40 Sicilian
16. I D Wells vs G Fuster	1-0	56	1979	Lloyds Bank Open	D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
17. Speelman vs I D Wells	1-0	23	1979	Brighton	E40 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3
18. I D Wells vs Kotov	0-1	28	1979	It Open	B17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation
19. Prins vs I D Wells	1-0	26	1979	Brighton m	A00 Uncommon Opening
20. I D Wells vs K Lloyd	1-0	34	1979	BCF Ch	B29 Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein
21. M McDonald-Ross vs I D Wells	0-1	31	1979	Brighton	E14 Queen's Indian
22. S Quigley vs I D Wells	½-½	45	1979	BCF Ch	A45 Queen's Pawn Game
23. Carlos Cuartas vs I D Wells	1-0	37	1979	Lloyds Bank Open	A07 King's Indian Attack
24. I D Wells vs Chandler	1-0	60	1979	Brighton (England)	C09 French, Tarrasch, Open Variation, Main line
25. K Burger vs I D Wells	1-0	26	1979	Aaronson Masters	A22 English


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Jul-04-08		whiteshark: What happened to this British 'prodigy'? If I am not mistaken he beat Kotov in a match at the age of 15.

Jul-04-08		Prugno: Surely some of CG.com's English members can be more helpful, but I seem to remember he went out for a swim on the rest day of a junior chess tournament and drowned. Or, at any rate, something similarly tragic. Must have been in the early '80s.

Jul-05-08		whiteshark: <MichAdams: A picture of Ian playing GM Kotov> Yes, that's the picture I've seen, too, only mirror-inverted. What a tragedy.

Jul-05-08		whiteshark: <MichAdams: Agreed, I hate when they do that.> No, it have been two separate thoughts.

Jul-06-08		GBKnight: Ian Wells early death was indeed tragic, for all his friends, and family of course. I had the pleasure of playing him in one of the London congresses around 1980, and as I recall he had a very mature style for his age. I have no doubt that had he lived he would have become a very strong GM.

Dec-12-08		Karpova: Some information: <A 10 year old Ian Wells played in the 1973-74 Cumbrian Minor Individual Championship,. Within a few years he was playing for the Cumbrian first team, and in 1979 played in the British Championship. tragically he died in 1982, and was awarded the posthumoust title of FIDE master by the International Chess Federation.> Source: http://www.nccu.org.uk/nccu/history... More might be found in CHESS Volume 56 "Lost Promise", June 16-17 Brian Jones: <[...] young Ian Wells from Morecambe. He was 14yo and represented England in the World Junior in South America many years ago. He drowned on Cocacabana Beach.> Source: http://www.chesschat.org/showthread... ------ Some games have been added, among them this nice save I D Wells vs Keene, 1980 and a game from his match against Kotov. Who knows more about that match? I D Wells vs Kotov, 1979

Jun-22-09		WhiteRook48: I think he beat Korchnoi

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