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Aaron Pixton
A Pixton 
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Number of games in database: 53
Years covered: 1998 to 2003
Last FIDE rating: 2465
Overall record: +19 -18 =14 (51.0%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 2 exhibition games, blitz/rapid, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Queen's Pawn Game (15) 
    A45 A40
With the Black pieces:
 Sicilian (8) 
    B78 B76 B72 B77 B27
 English (6) 
    A10
 Sicilian Dragon (6) 
    B78 B76 B72 B77
 French Defense (5) 
    C03 C05 C11 C12
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   J Kleiman vs A Pixton, 2001 0-1
   A Hahn vs A Pixton, 2003 0-1
   A Ivanov vs A Pixton, 2001 0-1
   V M Alcazar Jimenez vs A Pixton, 2001 0-1
   E Groberman vs A Pixton, 2002 0-1

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Philadelphia NCC (2001)
   United States Championship (2002)
   United States Championship (2003)

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AARON PIXTON
(born Jan-13-1986, 39 years old) United States of America

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Aaron Pixton is a brilliant mathematician and a FIDE Master.

Wikipedia article: Aaron Pixton

Last updated: 2019-01-13 05:41:37

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 page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 53  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. M Plum vs A Pixton  1-04819983rd Bradley OpenA04 Reti Opening
2. A Pixton vs R Burnett  1-0421999New York State-ch 121stB06 Robatsch
3. J Bonin vs A Pixton  ½-½371999Marshall FuturityB27 Sicilian
4. A Pixton vs B Lugo ½-½502000Oz.com qual blitzD48 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, Meran
5. A Pixton vs D Monokroussos  0-1722000Oz.com qual blitzA51 Budapest Gambit
6. A Ivanov vs A Pixton  1-0312000Foxwoods OpenC03 French, Tarrasch
7. J Sarkar vs A Pixton  1-0272000Foxwoods OpenC03 French, Tarrasch
8. E Formanek vs A Pixton  1-060200028th World OpenC11 French
9. A Pixton vs S Shchukin 0-149200028th World OpenA45 Queen's Pawn Game
10. T Beckman vs A Pixton  0-124200028th World OpenA10 English
11. Shabalov vs A Pixton  ½-½512001Foxwoods OpenB77 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack
12. A Pixton vs A Ivanov 1-0312001Foxwoods OpenB06 Robatsch
13. I Ibragimov vs A Pixton  1-0412001Foxwoods OpenA04 Reti Opening
14. D Gurevich vs A Pixton  1-0422001Foxwoods OpenA10 English
15. A Pixton vs A Wojtkiewicz  1-039200129th World OpenB07 Pirc
16. A Ivanov vs A Pixton  0-141200129th World OpenB76 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack
17. A Pixton vs Benjamin  0-151200129th World OpenA45 Queen's Pawn Game
18. I Kukel Jr vs A Pixton  0-1352001WYB16B78 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 10.castle long
19. A Pixton vs O Khamzin  1-0272001WYB16A45 Queen's Pawn Game
20. A Korobov vs A Pixton  ½-½322001WYB16A10 English
21. A Pixton vs B Heberla  0-1252001WYB16A40 Queen's Pawn Game
22. J P Gomez vs A Pixton  ½-½462001WYB16B78 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 10.castle long
23. A Pixton vs F Berkes  ½-½282001WYB16A30 English, Symmetrical
24. V M Alcazar Jimenez vs A Pixton  0-1322001WYB16B76 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack
25. A Pixton vs Z Zhao  ½-½252001WYB16A45 Queen's Pawn Game
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Kibitzer's Corner
Jun-04-08  littlefermat: I met him when I was younger. He clobbered me. Very smart person. Chess is only a hobby to him. Apparently he's at Harvard or Princeton now, doing a PhD in math. Bright guy.
Sep-08-10
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  GrahamClayton: <littlefermat>Apparently he's at Harvard or Princeton now, doing a PhD in math. Bright guy.

<littlefermat>,
You are correct. Pixton received the 2009 AMS-MAA-SIAM Frank and Brennie Morgan Prize for Outstanding Research in Mathematics by an Undergraduate Student.

http://www.ams.org/notices/200904/r...

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