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David Brine Pritchard
Number of games in database: 54
Years covered: 1959 to 1978
Overall record: +19 -23 =12 (46.3%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

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With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (4) 
    B31 B26 B23
With the Black pieces:
 Modern Benoni (6) 
    A56 A77 A69 A65 A62
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 page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 54  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves Year Event/LocaleOpening
1. E G Sergeant vs D B Pritchard  1-037 1959 BCF-chB06 Robatsch
2. D B Pritchard vs J Littlewood  ½-½50 1959 BCF-chA05 Reti Opening
3. D B Pritchard vs K W Lloyd  1-050 1959 BCF-chA15 English
4. D B Pritchard vs Cafferty  ½-½43 1959 BCF-chA05 Reti Opening
5. F Parr vs D B Pritchard  0-128 1959 BCF-chA56 Benoni Defense
6. Aitken vs D B Pritchard  1-033 1959 BCF-chC43 Petrov, Modern Attack
7. C H Alexander vs D B Pritchard  1-036 1959 BCF-chC75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense
8. D B Pritchard vs N L Freeman  1-043 1959 BCF-chB26 Sicilian, Closed, 6.Be3
9. D B Pritchard vs J W Naylor  1-040 1959 BCF-chC26 Vienna
10. Beaty JH vs D B Pritchard  0-156 1959 BCF-chA05 Reti Opening
11. Golombek vs D B Pritchard  1-036 1959 BCF-chA17 English
12. D B Pritchard vs S Webb  1-027 1967 BCF-chB31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation
13. M Macdonald Ross vs D B Pritchard  1-041 1967 BCF-chA77 Benoni, Classical, 9...Re8, 10.Nd2
14. J Penrose vs D B Pritchard 1-033 1967 BCF-chC08 French, Tarrasch, Open, 4.ed ed
15. Hawson JB vs D B Pritchard  0-132 1967 BCF-chA69 Benoni, Four Pawns Attack, Main line
16. D B Pritchard vs P Clarke  ½-½57 1967 BCF-chC69 Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 6.d4
17. D B Pritchard vs A Davie  0-149 1967 BCF-chA08 King's Indian Attack
18. D B Pritchard vs M H Horton  1-027 1967 BCF-chB23 Sicilian, Closed
19. R Thomas vs D B Pritchard  ½-½37 1967 BCF-chB08 Pirc, Classical
20. G Bonner vs D B Pritchard  ½-½37 1967 BCF-chA45 Queen's Pawn Game
21. D B Pritchard vs O M Hindle  0-136 1967 BCF-chE82 King's Indian, Samisch, double Fianchetto Variation
22. D B Pritchard vs J L Seppings  1-031 1967 BCF-chA05 Reti Opening
23. D B Pritchard vs Wade  ½-½32 1969 CastlebarC25 Vienna
24. D B Pritchard vs Aitken  0-146 1969 CastlebarC26 Vienna
25. N J Patterson vs D B Pritchard  0-140 1969 CastlebarC47 Four Knights
 page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 54  PGN Download
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Kibitzer's Corner
Aug-14-04
Premium Chessgames Member
  mack: I simply have to post the following "Aide Memoir" which appears in the earlier versions of Pritchard's Right Way to Play Chess. It is intended to help one remember the moves of the various men, but in actual fact confuses things to the nth degree:

The KING may move a single square in any free direction;

Should he succumb the game is lost, so play with circumspection!

To crossword clues a ROOK may take - it moves across and down;

If lines are clear he changes gear and really goes to town.

The BISHOP travels cornerwise if ways are unrestricted,

His diocese but half the board - the rest is interdicted.

The QUEEN may radiate at will if she is not obstructed;

Like rook or bishop, as required, her journeys are conducted.

The KNIGHT, a problem child, extends (according to decree)

To the diametric corner of a figure two by three.

The PAWN moves only forward, and but a single square;

Is promoted on the eighth rank (assume it reaches there).

Initially, however, its functions to enhance,

The pawn retains the option of a double-square advance. ----

There, much clearer.

Oct-18-04   uzeromay: He needs to devote yet another couple of lines to describing the "en passant" rule and at least four lines to describe castling kingside or queenside. Maybe a clever rhymester can do this.
Oct-18-04
Premium Chessgames Member
  tpstar: If your mighty PAWN bravely gains the fifth rank strongly/Yet an opposing PAWN passes by, doubly advancing wrongly/Your next move may remove that Pawn, acting nonchalant/By capturing diagonally, as is termed en passant
Oct-20-04
Premium Chessgames Member
  mack: YES! Finally this fine "aide memoir" gets the attention it deserves. Very nice addition then <tpstar>. My favourite one must by the knight I think...
Aug-02-05   Anatooly Homedepotov: David Brine Pritchard, former editor of Games and Puzzles magazine for 10 years and former games director of the Mind Sports Olympiad and president of the British Chess Variants Society. He lives in England with his wife Elaine, an "international chessmaster." Not sure of her exact title.
May-03-06
Premium Chessgames Member
  nasmichael: Pritchard recently passed on from this world (early 2006) and he will be missed. He was president of the British Chess Variants Society and the magazine continues.... There was some intent to do a second Encyclopedia of Chess Variants; I hope it is still released to the public.
Jul-19-06
Premium Chessgames Member
  biglo: According to the FIDE list Elaine Pritchard is a WIM
Mar-20-07
Premium Chessgames Member
  wolfmaster: Pretty creative,tpstar.

A special move with the king and rook is commonplace now, This rhyme will show you how.
The king moves two, the rook three, on the shorter side, the other option is a step longer ride.
Also no piece may intervene,
the rook and king, their path between.
Neither piece may have moved forward,
also moving the king would not have him gored.
If all these conditions have been met,
castle your king into a safety net.

Stretching it a bit, but it was the best I could come up with.

Mar-20-07
Premium Chessgames Member
  wolfmaster: Tell me what you think of this rhyme. I'd like to hear feedback.
Mar-20-07
Premium Chessgames Member
  tpstar: You should learn how to CASTLE else you might remain a dunce

It's the only time in CHESS when two pieces move at once

But castling your King means your Kingdom is in clover

Just shuffle Him two squares, then you move that Rook 'round over

There are some CASTLING rules for which to learn it would behoove

For one may castle neither side if either piece has moved

Don't castle across CHECK lest your King be torn asunder

And trying to castle out of CHECK would be a social blunder

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