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David Norwood
Number of games in database: 349
Years covered: 1984 to 2002
Current FIDE rating: 2503
Highest rating achieved in database: 2508
Overall record: +156 -97 =96 (58.5%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Uncommon Opening (52) 
    A00
 Reti System (30) 
    A04 A05 A06
 Queen's Pawn Game (21) 
    A46 A45 D02 A40 A41
 King's Indian Attack (21) 
    A07
 Pirc (12) 
    B07
 English, 1 c4 c5 (9) 
    A36 A34 A37 A30
With the Black pieces:
 Robatsch (49) 
    B06
 Pirc (33) 
    B08 B07 B09
 Queen's Pawn Game (25) 
    A40 A41 A46 E10
 Modern Benoni (14) 
    A67 A62 A57 A60 A77
 English, 1 c4 c5 (10) 
    A37 A36 A30
 Reti System (10) 
    A04
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   D Norwood vs S Marsh, 1992 1-0
   P Littlewood vs D Norwood, 1985 0-1
   S Saeed vs D Norwood, 1985 0-1
   J M Hodgson vs D Norwood, 1989 0-1

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   Pirc-Caro hybrid by Mislav

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DAVID NORWOOD
(born Oct-03-1968) United Kingdom

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David Robert Norwood was born on the 3rd of October 1968 in Farnworth, England. Awarded the IM title in 1985 and later a GM he was a member of the England team and writes as a chess columnist for the Daily Telegraph newspaper.

 page 1 of 14; games 1-25 of 349  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves Year Event/LocaleOpening
1. D Norwood vs H Korhonen  1-049 1984 Ch Europe (juniors)E15 Queen's Indian
2. R Kuijf vs D Norwood  ½-½38 1984 London (England)B06 Robatsch
3. D Norwood vs B Belotti  0-175 1984 Ch Europe (juniors)A00 Uncommon Opening
4. J Hickl vs D Norwood  0-134 1984 Ch Europe (juniors)E91 King's Indian
5. N Dobrev vs D Norwood  1-028 1984 Ch Europe (juniors)A19 English, Mikenas-Carls, Sicilian Variation
6. D Norwood vs A Savva  1-019 1984 Ch Europe (juniors)A13 English
7. D Norwood vs J M Hodgson 0-120 1985 London (England)D02 Queen's Pawn Game
8. D Norwood vs C Hertan  1-031 1985 Pugi memA22 English
9. D Norwood vs L Day  ½-½54 1985 ?A46 Queen's Pawn Game
10. Hebert vs D Norwood  1-050 1985 It (open)A04 Reti Opening
11. K Spraggett vs D Norwood  1-035 1985 Toronto (Canada)A60 Benoni Defense
12. D Norwood vs J Benjamin  0-135 1985 Toronto (Canada)B26 Sicilian, Closed, 6.Be3
13. P Littlewood vs D Norwood 0-143 1985 London (England)A67 Benoni, Taimanov Variation
14. S Saeed vs D Norwood 0-125 1985 London (England)A64 Benoni, Fianchetto, 11...Re8
15. D Norwood vs E Schiller  ½-½14 1985 Eileen Tranmer MemorialA00 Uncommon Opening
16. A Shneider vs D Norwood  1-035 1986 Lvov (Ukraine)E09 Catalan, Closed
17. D Norwood vs Przewoznik  0-146 1986 Lvov (Ukraine)A05 Reti Opening
18. V Malaniuk vs D Norwood  1-031 1986 Lvov (Ukraine)E10 Queen's Pawn Game
19. D Norwood vs Kupreichik  0-137 1986 LvovA04 Reti Opening
20. Mikhalchishin vs D Norwood  ½-½72 1986 Lvov (Ukraine)A04 Reti Opening
21. T Giorgadze vs D Norwood  ½-½23 1986 Lvov (Ukraine)B08 Pirc, Classical
22. Lputian vs D Norwood 1-027 1986 Lvov (Ukraine)A66 Benoni
23. E Schiller vs D Norwood 0-135 1986 It (young masters)B06 Robatsch
24. D Norwood vs J Grigorov  0-141 1986 Lvov (Ukraine)A00 Uncommon Opening
25. D Norwood vs I Novikov  0-132 1986 Lvov (Ukraine)A07 King's Indian Attack
 page 1 of 14; games 1-25 of 349  PGN Download
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Kibitzer's Corner
Aug-05-04   Jesuitic Calvinist: British GM who made a lot of money in the IT sector.

As Norwood's most-played openings show, he is also an avid hypermodernist.

Aug-05-04   Everett: Wrote a book on 1...g6. Some interesting ideas, like the Advanced Gurgendize. Tricky stuff.
Aug-05-04
Premium Chessgames Member
  IMlday: D Norwood vs L Day, 1989

A crazy game. I think I castled too soon and he got away. :-|

Aug-05-04   Jesuitic Calvinist: Yes, castling on move 43 was way too committal; better to wait and see what happens in the endgame first.

It certainly was a crazy game.

Sep-08-04
Premium Chessgames Member
  Joshka: <NorwoodGM> If you are David? welcome to Chessgames!! Hey folks this guy has a couple of Shirov and Anand scalps!!:-)....really like this wild game with <IMlday>..David?<chessgames.com> has only a few games of yours in the past 6 or 7 years, have you been inactive?...thanks , and again welcome to the site:-)
Sep-09-04
Premium Chessgames Member
  whiskeyrebel: I've read Norwood's book on the modern..it's got some fine ideas..and is fun to read. I read his weekly column regularly on line. His irreverant writing style is a breath of fresh air...the chess world needs more creative writers like him.
Sep-09-04   WMD: <British GM who made a lot of money in the IT sector.>

Any hopes that Messrs. Norwood and Hennigan would become the sugar daddies of British chess didn't last long.

Sep-13-04
Premium Chessgames Member
  Joshka: <whiskeyrebel> yes, just found out he has been writing with Short on the "Telegraph"...great writing style indeed!
Sep-05-05   aragorn69: Whatever happened to his column in the Telegraph? Cancelled right after Short's??
Sep-05-05
Premium Chessgames Member
  ray keene: norwoods column was there last saturday-tho somewhat hard to follow. malcolm pein has replaced short on the sunday telegraph-chess is back -according to the paper irself-by popular demand-so for once chessplayers did use thier muscle to complain. they shd do the same with chess on tv!!
Sep-06-05   aragorn69: Thx for the prompt answer, Ray. I was however refering to the absence of any new Norwood article on the internet site http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/mai... . His last text there dates back form August 14th... However, I am glad his witty chess journalism is back at least in its printed form. Even though, I for one won't profit from it anymore since I don't live in Europe... ))-;
Sep-11-05   aragorn69: David Norwood's witty prose is back on the internet, with a few games from Ray Keene's "romantic" Staunton Memorial tournament: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/mai...
Jun-18-06
Premium Chessgames Member
  mack: There's a rumour on the English chess scene that David's planning a proper comeback any time soon.
Jun-18-06   WMD: Talking of which, Big Ron Atkinson is back doing football commentary, on UKTV G2.
Jun-18-06
Premium Chessgames Member
  mack: A long way away from Marcel Desailly in the BBC1 studio, it has to be said.
Jun-18-06   WMD: Yes, I think UKTV are broadcasting from a warehouse in London.
Jun-18-06   WMD: What is Ian Wright wearing?
Jun-18-06
Premium Chessgames Member
  mack: 'Wrighty' should really go back to presenting dull gameshows, he's wasted on the BBC.
Jun-18-06   WMD: Well, he helps make up the BBC quota of black faces.
Sep-25-06   haggai: Hi,

I hope I'm not intruding. In 1993 David Norwood and Jane Seymore published an article where they'd shown a position where Deep Thought could have play and draw, but unbelievably took the rook and lost. I'm looking for that position and was wondering if anybody can send me by mail the position of the aforementioned game. Thanks!

Sep-25-06   mojo93033: <Haggai> You can find that position by clicking here: http://www.fortunecity.com/emachine... Scroll down to the bottom and it's in the left red box.
Sep-26-06   haggai: Dear mojo93033, thank you very much!
Oct-03-06   BIDMONFA: David Norwood

NORWOOD, David
http://www.bidmonfa.com/norwood_dav...
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