Douglas Gibson Hamilton
Number of games in database: 24
Years covered: 1961 to 2001
Current FIDE rating: 2196
Highest rating achieved in database: 2237
Overall record: +2 -17 =5 (18.8%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

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B12		Caro-Kann Defense (2 games)
B33		Sicilian (2 games)

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DOUGLAS GIBSON HAMILTON (born Aug-15-1941) Australia [what is this?] Douglas Gibson Hamilton was born on the 15th of August 1941 in Melbourne, Australia. He was Australian Champion in 1964-65 (after a play-off), 1967 and 1981-82.

page 1 of 1; 24 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. D Hamilton vs Keene   0-1 28 1961 Olympia Exhibition C17 French, Winawer, Advance 2. O Sarapu vs D Hamilton   ½-½ 15 1967 74th New Zealand Championship A56 Benoni Defense 3. D Hamilton vs A M Giustolisi   0-1 36 1968 Lugano B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 4. D Hamilton vs Reshevsky   0-1 40 1968 Lugano(ol) B33 Sicilian 5. M F Littleton vs D Hamilton   0-1 37 1968 Lugano Olympiad E99 King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov 6. D Hamilton vs Ujtumen   0-1 52 1968 Lugano olm prelim2 C82 Ruy Lopez, Open 7. D Hamilton vs Larsen   0-1 35 1968 Lugano ol (Men) C00 French Defense 8. D Hamilton vs Rusli   1-0 33 1970 Siegen B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 9. D Hamilton vs Korchnoi   ½-½ 41 1970 Siegen ol B83 Sicilian 10. W Schmidt vs D Hamilton   1-0 39 1970 Siegen ol (Men) qual-A E61 King's Indian 11. D Hamilton vs Timman   0-1 39 1972 Olympiad B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 12. Tal vs D Hamilton   1-0 37 1974 cr AUS tele-sim B07 Pirc 13. D Hamilton vs Beacon   0-1 22 1980 corres SCO C35 King's Gambit Accepted, Cunningham 14. W Mescheder vs D Hamilton   1-0 31 1997 ICCF - corr D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 15. D Hamilton vs J Mercadal Benejam   ½-½ 33 1997 ICCF - corr B12 Caro-Kann Defense 16. D Hamilton vs J Klugel   0-1 46 1997 ICCF - corr B12 Caro-Kann Defense 17. J Edwards vs D Hamilton   1-0 36 1997 ICCF - corr B65 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...Be7 Defense, 9...Nxd4 18. D Hamilton vs M Samraoui   0-1 36 2001 ICCF Email - corr B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 19. D Hamilton vs A Lanc   0-1 34 2001 ICCF Email - corr B33 Sicilian 20. D Hamilton vs K Kraft   ½-½ 50 2001 ICCF Email - corr C16 French, Winawer 21. J Mercadal Benejam vs D Hamilton 1-0 42 2001 ICCF Email - corr A68 Benoni, Four Pawns Attack 22. D Hamilton vs Osvaldo Buraschi   ½-½ 40 2001 ICCF Email - corr B79 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 12.h4 23. D Hamilton vs Miklos Traeger   0-1 29 2001 ICCF Email - corr B97 Sicilian, Najdorf 24. A Gozman vs D Hamilton   1-0 30 2001 ICCF Email - corr B47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation  page 1 of 1; 24 games

Jan-02-05    Benzol: Douglas Gibson Hamilton Born 15th August 1941 in Melbourne He was Australian champion 1964-65 (after playoff), 1967 and 1981-82.

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