The chess games of Adrian Hollis

Adrian Hollis
Number of games in database: 153
Years covered: 1959 to 2000
Overall record: +49 -49 =55 (50.0%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS

With the White pieces:

King's Indian (18)
    E69 E60 E62 E63 E66
Nimzo Indian (15)
    E39 E25 E24 E33 E32
Modern Benoni (5)
    A67 A56
Queen's Pawn Game (5)
    A50 D02 E00
Reti System (5)
    A05 A04
Semi-Slav (4)
    D44 D43

With the Black pieces:

Sicilian (26)
    B81 B20 B84 B40 B79
Grunfeld (19)
    D86 D93 D85 D98 D76
Sicilian Scheveningen (9)
    B81 B84 B85 B82
French Defense (9)
    C17 C18 C05 C02 C15
English (8)
    A16 A15 A11 A13
French Winawer (6)
    C17 C18 C15

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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   A Hollis vs F Baumbach, 1973 1-0
   A Hollis vs N Littlewood, 1967 1-0
   A Hollis vs B Hammar, 1977 1-0

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ADRIAN HOLLIS (born Aug-02-1940) United Kingdom	[what is this?]
Adrian Swayne Hollis was born on the 2nd of August 1940 in Bristol, England. Awarded the IMC title in 1970 and the GMC title in 1976 he was British Correspondence Champion in 1966 (jointly), 1967 and 1971.

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Game	Result	Moves	Year	Event/Locale	Opening
1. A Hollis vs P A Sunnucks	1-0	46	1959	Stevenson mem	E39 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Pirc Variation
2. W Evans vs A Hollis	0-1	47	1959	Stevenson mem	A45 Queen's Pawn Game
3. J Durao vs A Hollis	1-0	27	1959	Stevenson mem	C17 French, Winawer, Advance
4. E Pritchard vs A Hollis	1-0	22	1959	Stevenson mem	C01 French, Exchange
5. A Hollis vs D E Lloyd	½-½	39	1959	Stevenson mem	A93 Dutch, Stonewall, Botvinnik Variation
6. A Hollis vs H Courtney	1-0	34	1959	Stevenson mem	D19 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch
7. O M Hindle vs A Hollis	½-½	10	1959	Stevenson mem	C17 French, Winawer, Advance
8. A Hollis vs E Gereben	0-1	45	1959	Stevenson mem	E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto
9. T Perman vs A Hollis	0-1	62	1960	WchT U26 07th	B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3
10. A Hollis vs Szabo	1-0	64	1960	WchT U26 07th	E33 Nimzo-Indian, Classical
11. A Hollis vs H Liebert	½-½	28	1960	WchT U26 07th	A82 Dutch, Staunton Gambit
12. M Knezevic vs A Hollis	1-0	41	1960	WchT U26 07th	B40 Sicilian
13. J Trmal vs A Hollis	½-½	68	1960	WchT U26 07th	D90 Grunfeld
14. A Hollis vs J Klovans	0-1	25	1960	WchT U26 07th	D28 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical
15. J Van Oosterom vs A Hollis	1-0	40	1960	WchT U26 07th	A16 English
16. C Orbaan vs A Hollis	0-1	35	1961	ENG-NED m	B24 Sicilian, Closed
17. J Westman vs A Hollis	0-1	21	1961	WchT U26 08th	C17 French, Winawer, Advance
18. A Hollis vs Lombardy	0-1	42	1961	WchT U26 08th	E69 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Main line
19. P Dozsa vs A Hollis	0-1	39	1961	WchT U26 08th	A00 Uncommon Opening
20. A Hollis vs C Orbaan	1-0	41	1961	ENG-NED m	A53 Old Indian
21. A Hollis vs Popov	½-½	48	1961	WchT U26 08th	E69 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Main line
22. O Jakobsen vs A Hollis	1-0	52	1961	WchT U26 08th	E67 King's Indian, Fianchetto
23. H Djait vs A Hollis	1-0	62	1961	WchT U26 08th	C17 French, Winawer, Advance
24. L Zinn vs A Hollis	1-0	49	1961	WchT U26 08th	C05 French, Tarrasch
25. A Hollis vs T Tsagan	1-0	41	1961	WchT U26 08th	E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical


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Jan-03-05		Benzol: Adrian Swayne Hollis Born 2nd August 1940 in Bristol Awarded the CIM title in 1970 and CGM title in 1976. He was also British Correspondence champion in 1966 (joint), 1967 and 1971.

Jun-08-05		Mac3: Son of Sir Roger Hollis, former Director of MI5, who was allegedly a spy according to Peter Wright former Assistant Director of MI5 in his autobiography "Spy Catcher".

Aug-02-06		WannaBe: Yo! Adrian!!! =)

Aug-02-06		mahmoudkubba: <Mac3>: ur talk remindsme of Agatha Cresty story,'I was a spy' or something,been written in the 20th century.

Aug-02-07		whiteshark: Player of the Day: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrian... and his father: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_...

Aug-02-07		whiteshark: argh... i missed the <Adrian Hollis Retirement Dinner> on Saturday 28 July 2007 at 7:15 pm ;)

Aug-02-07		whiteshark: From the Potter Memorial tournament book, written by K Messere <Adrian Hollis is 36, was educated at Etom and Oxford, has written two books on the poet Ovid and is a Fellow and Tutor in Classics at Keble College, Oxford. He is a British Master at over the board chess and has been Champion of British Universities, West of England and East Scotland. In 1964, he went to teach at St. Andrews University where his wife, Margret, taught German. They were married and moved to Keble College in 1967 and now have two daughters. Jennifer is nearly five and Veronica is two. Adrian began to concentrate on correspondence chess in 1964 and won the British Correspondence Chess Championship jointly in 1966 and outright in 1967 and 1971. He won the I.M. title in 1970 and his fine score of 6/9 on top board for Great Britain in the I.C.C.F. VIIth Correspondence Chess Olypiad Final contributed to the team's winning the bronze medal in this event.>

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