Craig Laird
Number of games in database: 43
Years covered: 1977 to 1999
Current FIDE rating: 2297
Overall record: +13 -22 =8 (39.5%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

Most played openings

B00		Uncommon King's Pawn Opening (6 games)
A46		Queen's Pawn Game (3 games)
A47		Queen's Indian (2 games)
A45		Queen's Pawn Game (2 games)
A49		King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4 (2 games)
A50		Queen's Pawn Game (2 games)
A53		Old Indian (2 games)

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CRAIG LAIRD (born Mar-15-1953) New Zealand [what is this?] Craig Laird born 1953 in Wellington, New Zealand was awarded the FM title in 1982. He was New Zealand Champion in 1977-78.

page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 43  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. L Aptekar vs C Laird   1-0 23 1977 Labour Weekend Tt B00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening 2. C Laird vs A Carpinter   ½-½ 36 1977 4th Winstones Tt A49 King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4 3. Chandler vs C Laird   0-1 58 1978 Jakarta C67 Ruy Lopez 4. C Hon vs C Laird   ½-½ 34 1978 Jakarta B10 Caro-Kann 5. Quinteros vs C Laird   1-0 40 1978 Jakarta C60 Ruy Lopez 6. V Small vs C Laird   1-0 58 1978 85th NZ Ch C26 Vienna 7. C Laird vs K Shirazi 0-1 26 1978 Jakarta E10 Queen's Pawn Game 8. Chandler vs C Laird   1-0 30 1978 Asian Grandmasters Circuit B05 Alekhine's Defense, Modern 9. O'Kelly vs C Laird   1-0 72 1978 Jakarta A53 Old Indian 10. C Laird vs L Chiong   1-0 89 1978 Jakarta A45 Queen's Pawn Game 11. C Laird vs P Garbett   ½-½ 80 1978 85th NZ Ch A45 Queen's Pawn Game 12. A Bachtiar vs C Laird   ½-½ 48 1978 Jakarta A53 Old Indian 13. C Laird vs M Sharif   ½-½ 50 1978 Jakarta C30 King's Gambit Declined 14. R Mascarinas vs C Laird   1-0 56 1978 Jakarta A16 English 15. R Maninang vs C Laird   ½-½ 56 1978 Zone 10 Ch B00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening 16. C Laird vs H Suradiradja   1-0 58 1978 Jakarta B30 Sicilian 17. H Ardiansyah vs C Laird   0-1 31 1978 Jakarta B00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening 18. C Laird vs E Torre   0-1 40 1978 Jakarta B45 Sicilian, Taimanov 19. C Laird vs E Torre   ½-½ 18 1978 Zone 10 Ch B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 20. C Laird vs J Sampouw   ½-½ 94 1978 Jakarta E07 Catalan, Closed 21. C Laird vs O Sarapu   0-1 42 1979 86th NZ Ch A47 Queen's Indian 22. C Laird vs P Garbett   1-0 49 1979 Howick - Pakuranga Open Tt B50 Sicilian 23. C Laird vs B R Anderson   1-0 30 1979 86th NZ Ch C64 Ruy Lopez, Classical 24. E M Green vs C Laird   1-0 34 1979 Howick - Pakuranga Open Tt D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 25. C Laird vs Keene   0-1 38 1979 Sydney IM A04 Reti Opening  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 43

Jul-09-08    whiteshark: I'm a bit confused: New Zealand champion in 1977/78, but playing for Australia 1986: http://www.olimpbase.org/players/aa... Mar-15-09    Benzol: Don't know what happened to Craig Laird. He moved from New Zealand to Australia sometime around the end of the 1970's but he seems to have dropped off the face the Earth after the 1990's. Mar-15-09    Eric Schiller: I lived at his place in London for a while in the 80s. May-19-09    Richard Taylor: <Benzol> we don't keep track of chess players as we should! I never met him -I started chess again the year after he was NZ Champ - I saw his photo in the NZ Chess mag but that is all. Some people just like to 'disappear' though... May-19-09    mack: <Some people just like to 'disappear' though...> If anyone can, Lord Lucan.

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