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Steve Spencer

Number of games in database: 5
Years covered: 1966 to 1975
Overall record: +1 -4 =0 (20.0%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games.


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STEVE SPENCER
(born Oct-02-1948, died Dec-14-2008, 60 years old) United States of America

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Spencer was a San Diego master.

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Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. S Spencer vs A Soltis  0-1361966Brooklyn OpenB32 Sicilian
2. K Rogoff vs S Spencer 1-0201969USA Junior Invitational ChampionshipB15 Caro-Kann
3. S McDonald vs S Spencer  1-0251974American OpenB06 Robatsch
4. S Spencer vs E Winslow  0-1501975East St Louis opB07 Pirc
5. S Spencer vs B Wall 1-0371975LPO OpenA45 Queen's Pawn Game
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Kibitzer's Corner
Sep-28-12
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  GrahamClayton: Steve Spencer (1950-December 15, 2008).
Spencer was a San Diego resident who reached Master level in the 1980's. His cause of death was lung cancer.
Sep-28-12
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  perfidious: <Graham> Spencer made master long before that-he was the first master I ever played in a tournament game, in summer 1975, at Burlington, Vermont.
Sep-29-12
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  GrahamClayton: <perfidious>He was the first master I ever played in a tournament game, in summer 1975, at Burlington, Vermont.

<perfidious>,
The obituary notice said that Spencer was a very good attacking player - were you on the receiving end in your game?

Sep-29-12
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  perfidious: <Graham> Don't remember that, actually; it was a typical first-round pairing where I was White, opened 1.e4 and he played a Modern. Think he won easily in ~30 moves, though that was no surprise, as I was roughly 1600 USCF then.
Dec-02-13  MarkFinan: I just can't believe this guy was a master if his game against Rogoff is anything to go by! This site is turning me anti American, because most of the men (not you Perf) who have achieved master on this site seem to be complete idiots, or/and unworthy of the title!
Jan-11-22  jerseybob: I first read of Spencer in Horowitz' Times column in connection with NYC junior chess in the early to mid 60s. He was a contemporary of Soltis, and Browne and one of the better NYC juniors. Sadly I'm just now learning of his death.

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