Craig Laird
Number of games in database: 39
Years covered: 1978 to 1999
Current FIDE rating: 2297
Overall record: +12 -20 =7 (39.7%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

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B00		Uncommon King's Pawn Opening (5 games)
A46		Queen's Pawn Game (3 games)
A47		Queen's Indian (2 games)
A45		Queen's Pawn Game (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 39  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. C Hon vs C Laird   ½-½ 34 1978 Jakarta B10 Caro-Kann 2. Quinteros vs C Laird   1-0 40 1978 Jakarta C60 Ruy Lopez 3. V Small vs C Laird   1-0 58 1978 85th NZ Ch C26 Vienna 4. C Laird vs K Shirazi 0-1 26 1978 Jakarta E10 Queen's Pawn Game 5. Chandler vs C Laird   1-0 30 1978 Asian Grandmasters Circuit B05 Alekhine's Defense, Modern 6. O'Kelly vs C Laird   1-0 72 1978 Jakarta A53 Old Indian 7. C Laird vs L Chiong   1-0 89 1978 Jakarta A45 Queen's Pawn Game 8. C Laird vs P Garbett   ½-½ 80 1978 85th NZ Ch A45 Queen's Pawn Game 9. A Bachtiar vs C Laird   ½-½ 48 1978 Jakarta A53 Old Indian 10. C Laird vs M Sharif   ½-½ 50 1978 Jakarta C30 King's Gambit Declined 11. R Mascarinas vs C Laird   1-0 56 1978 Jakarta A16 English 12. R Maninang vs C Laird   ½-½ 56 1978 Zone 10 Ch B00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening 13. C Laird vs H Suradiradja   1-0 58 1978 Jakarta B30 Sicilian 14. H Ardiansyah vs C Laird   0-1 31 1978 Jakarta B00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening 15. C Laird vs E Torre   0-1 40 1978 Jakarta B45 Sicilian, Taimanov 16. C Laird vs E Torre   ½-½ 18 1978 Zone 10 Ch B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 17. C Laird vs J Sampouw   ½-½ 94 1978 Jakarta E07 Catalan, Closed 18. Chandler vs C Laird   0-1 58 1978 Jakarta C67 Ruy Lopez 19. C Laird vs B R Anderson   1-0 30 1979 86th NZ Ch C64 Ruy Lopez, Classical 20. C Laird vs Keene   0-1 38 1979 Sydney IM A04 Reti Opening 21. C Laird vs D Beach   0-1 49 1979 86th NZ Ch A47 Queen's Indian 22. C Laird vs R Nokes   1-0 35 1979 NZL-ch E67 King's Indian, Fianchetto 23. C Laird vs P B Weir   1-0 43 1979 86th NZ Ch A07 King's Indian Attack 24. C Laird vs O Sarapu   0-1 42 1979 86th NZ Ch A47 Queen's Indian 25. I Rogers vs C Laird   1-0 26 1980 Australian Ch B00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 39

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...

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