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Daniel John King
Number of games in database: 210
Years covered: 1978 to 2008
Current FIDE rating: 2518
Highest rating achieved in database: 2543
Overall record: +49 -58 =97 (47.8%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      6 exhibition games, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (22) 
    B30 B23 B27 B53 B33
 Ruy Lopez (16) 
    C91 C88 C73 C62 C65
 Ruy Lopez, Closed (10) 
    C91 C88 C84
 Uncommon Opening (8) 
    A00 B00
 French Defense (7) 
    C18 C02 C12 C19 C16
 King's Indian (6) 
    E97 E62 E64 E69
With the Black pieces:
 Sicilian (27) 
    B90 B33 B93 B23 B22
 Sicilian Najdorf (14) 
    B90 B93 B92
 English (12) 
    A13 A10 A17 A14
 Queen's Pawn Game (10) 
    A40 E00 A46 D01 E10
 French Defense (10) 
    C11 C01 C12 C03 C07
 Queen's Gambit Declined (9) 
    D37 D36 D31
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   D King vs D Howell, 2003 1-0
   D Mayers vs D King, 1978 0-1
   D King vs Larsen, 1990 1-0
   D King vs K Mueller, 2001 1/2-1/2

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DANIEL JOHN KING
(born Aug-28-1963) United Kingdom

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Daniel John King was born on the 28th of August 1963 in Beckenham, UK. He was awarded the IM title in 1982 and the GM title in 1989. In tournaments he was 4th= at Bern 1987, 4th= in the British Championship 1987, 5th= at London 1988, 2nd= at Dortmund 1988 and 2nd after Bent Larsen at London 1989.

 page 1 of 9; games 1-25 of 210  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves Year Event/LocaleOpening
1. D Mayers vs D King 0-140 1978 Lloyds BankA22 English
2. N Davies vs D King  ½-½37 1982 Hamar (Norway)D91 Grunfeld, 5.Bg5
3. D King vs Keene 0-136 1982 LondonA04 Reti Opening
4. D King vs Ehlvest  ½-½25 1982 EU-ch U20D90 Grunfeld
5. Stohl vs D King  ½-½24 1982 GroningenA36 English
6. Nunn vs D King  ½-½44 1982 ENGB33 Sicilian
7. D King vs M Pein  0-142 1982 Manchester Benedictine opB08 Pirc, Classical
8. D King vs Van der Wiel  ½-½27 1982 AmsterdamB30 Sicilian
9. Miles vs D King 1-036 1982 Amsterdam OHRAD01 Richter-Veresov Attack
10. D King vs M Ginsburg ½-½41 1983 ECI InternationalE69 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Main line
11. R Hardarson vs D King  0-124 1984 ReykjavikB93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4
12. Hebden vs D King  1-049 1984 BCF-ch BrightonB21 Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4
13. R Byrne vs D King  ½-½21 1984 Reykjavik opB92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation
14. D King vs Geller  ½-½14 1984 ReykjavikD55 Queen's Gambit Declined
15. M Basman vs D King  ½-½61 1984 Brighton ch-GBA00 Uncommon Opening
16. D King vs Chandler  0-129 1984 It (open)D34 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch
17. Bagirov vs D King  ½-½41 1985 YurmalaE06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3
18. Smejkal vs D King  1-037 1985 Bundesliga 8586A07 King's Indian Attack
19. D King vs Tal  0-144 1985 YurmalaB90 Sicilian, Najdorf
20. D King vs Nunn  1-030 1985 LondonB70 Sicilian, Dragon Variation
21. Flear vs D King  1-020 1985 British ChampionshipA61 Benoni
22. Shabalov vs D King  1-037 1985 YurmalaE39 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Pirc Variation
23. Balashov vs D King  ½-½16 1985 YurmalaB23 Sicilian, Closed
24. Chandler vs D King  1-048 1985 Bundesliga /86B80 Sicilian, Scheveningen
25. D King vs V Tukmakov  0-135 1985 JurmalaB51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack
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Kibitzer's Corner
Jul-09-04   CrackerSmack: Check this guys chess games, WICKED!
Jul-19-04   CrackerSmack: King does rock & roll
Sep-20-05   chess man: I know he has least several books (probaly a lot more) and has some videos available.
Nov-11-05   Changley: I dreamt about King last night!

(& I fell out of bed twice!)

Feb-16-06   Azamantur: <Changley> You're the bee's knees, but so am I!!
Feb-16-06   alicefujimori: Daniel King's "Winning with the Najdorf" is actually a very good book for people who are beginners to the Najdorf. It demonstrates the ideas and themes behind the Najdorf very well.
May-24-06   BIDMONFA: Daniel John King

KING, Daniel J.
http://www.bidmonfa.com/king_daniel...
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May-24-06
Premium Chessgames Member
  Peligroso Patzer: I can highly recommend Mr. King's recent (2004) book "Test Your Chess with Daniel King", published by Batsford. Although I am generally not a fan of books in the format "rate your chess by seeing how many moves from grandmaster games you can correctly predict", I picked this one up (notwithstanding its boring cover) and after several minutes of browsing, I found it to be so exceptionally well-written, both in terms of chess analysis and background narrative, that I decided to purchase it. My more thorough subsequent perusal of the book has left me very pleased with that decision. In addition to its excellent instructional value, I found many parts of the book highly entertaining, for example, the introductory section to Chapter 16.
May-24-06   Whitehat1963: For some reason this guy's name reminds me of the Bible.
Sep-08-06
Premium Chessgames Member
  HolyKnight: I like King as a chess teacher. I have his two DVDs on the French, and though they are a little old by now. They are still very instructive. He also plays the openings he writes about! Like English Defense, French and Najdorf. I hate GMs that will write a book or make a DVD and not play the opening over the board.
Sep-08-06
Premium Chessgames Member
  chancho: I think this is Daniel King's biggest win.

Anand vs D King, 1992

Sep-08-06   apawnandafool: <holyknight - i hate gms that make a dvd and not play the opening otb> what do you think of this interview regards the new alapin cd?

chessbase: What is your general evaluation of the Sicilian with 2.c3? What is your conclusion?

Grandmaster Rogozenko: "I would say that with good play from both sides, the Alapin Sicilian often leads to an "equality slightly better for White."

chessbase: How is your personal score against the Alapin?

Grandmaster Rogozenko: "I have never played Alapin myself with White...[but with] Black I faced Alapin many times and my overall score is positive..."


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source:
http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail...

Sep-09-06
Premium Chessgames Member
  HolyKnight: <apawnandafool> 1.e4 gives you best tactical games for the most part.

Now I hardly know the Alapin. When I look at 1.e4 as white, you are going to get Sicilians coming out your ear. Petrof defense is supper tough to beat I understand. I play the French my self. I love to see 1.e4 players. I love to play my French against it! If you play 1.e4 you got to study openings. It might give you some real nice tactical games. But be prepared, because you know black will be!

Mar-26-07
Premium Chessgames Member
  Richard Taylor: I beat King in quick game on the Internet once!
Mar-26-07
Premium Chessgames Member
  Richard Taylor: <Peligroso Patzer: I can highly recommend Mr. King's recent (2004) book "Test Your Chess with Daniel King", published by Batsford. Although I am generally not a fan of books in the format "rate your chess by seeing how many moves from grandmaster games you can correctly predict", I picked this one up (notwithstanding its boring cover) and after several minutes of browsing, I found it to be so exceptionally well-written, both in terms of chess analysis and background narrative, that I decided to purchase it. My more thorough subsequent perusal of the book has left me very pleased with that decision. In addition to its excellent instructional value, I found many parts of the book highly entertaining, for example, the introductory section to Chapter 16.>

Sounds good: I will keep an eye out for it.

Dec-08-07
Premium Chessgames Member
  Open Defence: Wow this guy plays the Double Bass :)

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