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Cyrus Lakdawala
Number of games in database: 52
Years covered: 1987 to 2006
Current FIDE rating: 2415
Highest rating achieved in database: 2440
Overall record: +13 -17 =20 (46.0%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      2 exhibition games, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  King's Indian (6)      E91 E92 E98 E94 E60  Queen's Pawn Game (4)      A45 A40	With the Black pieces:  Slav (8)      D10 D19 D17 D12  Sicilian (4)      B33 B24 B40

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page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 52  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. J Benjamin vs C Lakdawala   1-0 45 1987 04, Los Angeles E73 King's Indian 2. C Lakdawala vs Christiansen   ½-½ 35 1988 It (open) A13 English 3. J Benjamin vs C Lakdawala   1-0 44 1989 San Mateo (USA) A42 Modern Defense, Averbakh System 4. C Lakdawala vs Christiansen 0-1 30 1989 USA A45 Queen's Pawn Game 5. Silman vs C Lakdawala 1-0 42 1989 Southern A42 Modern Defense, Averbakh System 6. C Lakdawala vs Dzindzichashvili   ½-½ 43 1989 San Mateo (USA) E94 King's Indian, Orthodox 7. Kaidanov vs C Lakdawala   1-0 9 1990 National D30 Queen's Gambit Declined 8. V Saulespurens vs C Lakdawala   0-1 35 1995 Southern California-ch B02 Alekhine's Defense 9. DeFirmian vs C Lakdawala   1-0 64 1996 American Open B17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation 10. Wojtkiewicz vs C Lakdawala   0-1 37 1996 Unrated Blitz match 5 5 chess.net A09 Reti Opening 11. C Lakdawala vs Wojtkiewicz 0-1 21 1996 Rated Blitz match 5 5 chess.net B23 Sicilian, Closed 12. V Saulespurens vs C Lakdawala 0-1 67 1997 Southern California-ch C49 Four Knights 13. V Saulespurens vs C Lakdawala   0-1 36 1998 mem Day Classic B40 Sicilian 14. Ehlvest vs C Lakdawala   1-0 31 2000 Koltanowski Memorial D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 15. Y Shulman vs C Lakdawala   ½-½ 49 2000 Koltanowski Memorial D17 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 16. Baburin vs C Lakdawala   1-0 39 2001 Linklater Mem D30 Queen's Gambit Declined 17. A Matikozian vs C Lakdawala   ½-½ 38 2001 SCCF State Ch A00 Uncommon Opening 18. G Shahade vs C Lakdawala   1-0 29 2001 Linklater Mem C41 Philidor Defense 19. C Lakdawala vs R Hermansen   ½-½ 19 2001 SCCF State Ch A26 English 20. C Lakdawala vs Y Shulman   ½-½ 16 2001 Linklater Mem E92 King's Indian 21. C Lakdawala vs K Yee   1-0 43 2001 SCCF State Ch C01 French, Exchange 22. C Lakdawala vs C Baginskaite   ½-½ 66 2001 Linklater Mem D38 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation 23. L Altounian vs C Lakdawala   ½-½ 7 2001 Linklater Mem B24 Sicilian, Closed 24. J Peters vs C Lakdawala   ½-½ 57 2001 SCCF State Ch C07 French, Tarrasch 25. Mulyar vs C Lakdawala   ½-½ 5 2001 Linklater Mem D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav  page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 52    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2) | Lakdawala wins | Lakdawala loses

Feb-11-03    judokausa1: Would you believe that Cyrus just earned his IM title this year!? (proof professional chess and family don't mix) He has been one of top 50 players in the US since the 80's. Dec-03-04    Eatman: Aye, Cyrus has been well above IM strength for some time. One of the nicest guys to get crushed by in a chess game with. :) Actually, he has managed to combine his career in teaching chess with family quite well, just that IM/GM norm tournaments in US have been rather sparse. Apr-18-05    pazzed paun: IF you take a look at his opening rep. many players below master level could adopt it and benifit from it. Jun-03-06    Joshka: He's on the air now with Dr. Kopec, chess.fm, for today's broadcast. Jun-03-06    arifattar: The name sounds very Zorastrian and very Indian. Jun-03-06    Open Defence: very Parsee in fact .... Jun-03-06    arifattar: well technically Zorastrian because all Zorastrians are Parsees but not all Parsees are Zorastrians. Jun-03-06    Open Defence: <well technically Zorastrian because all Zorastrians are Parsees but not all Parsees are Zorastrians> well technically Parsee actually.. a Parsee who may or may not be a Zorastria.. :-D Jun-03-06    arifattar: alright. granted. Oct-18-06    calidoggg: I'm Zoroastrian, and I'm not Parsi. The Parsis were the Zoroastrians who fled Iran to India because the Arabs were persecuting them. Now you can never mention your false statement again. Oct-18-06    calidoggg: So therefore, all Parsis are Zoroastrians Apr-12-08    zoren: a powerful player who apparently is semi-retired, anyone know anything about this guy Apr-12-08    WannaBe: Apparently by this link: http://main.uschess.org/component/o... he plays in San Diego... Still playing! Apr-12-08    zoren: thanks wannabe, didnt think to look there, just poking around for anecdotes / stories of people whove played with him :)

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