Douglas Root
Number of games in database: 40
Years covered: 1979 to 1991
Last FIDE rating: 2465
Highest rating achieved in database: 2470
Overall record: +9 -13 =18 (45.0%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  Queen's Pawn Game (7)      A46 D05 D04  Sicilian (5)      B20 B58 B22	With the Black pieces:  King's Indian (7)      E80 E92 E62 E97 E91  English (4)      A10 A16

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Silman vs D Root, 1979 0-1

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DOUGLAS ROOT (born Feb-12-1963) United States of America [what is this?] Douglas D. Root was born in Long Beach, California, USA. He was awarded the FM title in 1982 and the IM title in 1988. His wife Alexey Root is also a strong player.

page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 40  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. D Root vs Browne   ½-½ 42 1979 Lone Pine A46 Queen's Pawn Game 2. D Root vs G Ligterink   ½-½ 39 1979 Lone Pine E63 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation 3. D Root vs D Rajkovic 0-1 22 1979 Lone Pine B20 Sicilian 4. Christiansen vs D Root   ½-½ 50 1979 Lone Pine E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto 5. D Root vs N Weinstein   ½-½ 38 1979 Lone Pine B20 Sicilian 6. Soltis vs D Root   ½-½ 41 1979 Lone Pine C05 French, Tarrasch 7. Silman vs D Root 0-1 38 1979 Lone Pine B00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening 8. D Root vs H Van Riemsdijk   ½-½ 39 1979 Lone Pine A01 Nimzovich-Larsen Attack 9. Quinteros vs D Root   1-0 27 1979 Lone Pine E91 King's Indian 10. Christiansen vs D Root   ½-½ 76 1980 Lone Pine A16 English 11. D Root vs Browne   0-1 49 1980 Lone Pine E31 Nimzo-Indian, Leningrad, Main line 12. D Root vs Reshevsky   ½-½ 28 1980 Lone Pine A46 Queen's Pawn Game 13. D Root vs Biyiasas   ½-½ 62 1980 Lone Pine C44 King's Pawn Game 14. Gheorghiu vs D Root   1-0 32 1980 Lone Pine E80 King's Indian, Samisch Variation 15. E Michaelides vs D Root   0-1 27 1980 Lone Pine A40 Queen's Pawn Game 16. Dzindzichashvili vs D Root   0-1 46 1980 Lone Pine A05 Reti Opening 17. D Root vs V Frias   1-0 47 1980 Lone Pine D05 Queen's Pawn Game 18. V Liberzon vs D Root   1-0 45 1980 Lone Pine B00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening 19. D Root vs L Gutman   0-1 46 1981 Lone Pine D77 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O 20. H Pfleger vs D Root   1-0 43 1981 Lone Pine A40 Queen's Pawn Game 21. D Root vs J L Watson 0-1 23 1981 Lone Pine B22 Sicilian, Alapin 22. D Root vs Campora   1-0 55 1981 Lone Pine D04 Queen's Pawn Game 23. G Sigurjonsson vs D Root   1-0 39 1981 Lone Pine A05 Reti Opening 24. J Peters vs D Root   ½-½ 45 1981 Lone Pine C05 French, Tarrasch 25. D Root vs D Gurevich   ½-½ 54 1981 Lone Pine B20 Sicilian  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 40

Feb-12-08    brankat: From Long Beach, CA! Mr.Root must <WannaBe>'s neighbor :-) Aug-14-08    Prugno: He is apparently a university professor of biology, according to some American websites I looked up, and despite having played no tournament chess at all in the past 10 (!) years, this IM just came in 4th with 7.5\9 in the recent US Open, ahead of players such as Yermolinsky. Congratulations, an impressive feat! Aug-14-08    euripides: As long as you haven't dug up your chess knowledge by the roots you can always come back. sorry Mar-02-09    crawfb5: Doug is indeed a professor at the University of North Texas. We were members of the Austin club together for a few years when he was doing postdoctoral work at the University of Texas. I played him in one tournament game and lost (of course). I had better success against his wife, Alexey Root. If memory serves, I lost one and drew one. Btw, when they got paired in tournaments they would usually agree to a quick draw in the interests of domestic tranquility. :-) Mar-30-11    GrahamClayton: Academic achievements: http://www.biol.unt.edu/Faculty%20C... Here is a quick win not in the database: [Event "?"] [Site "Scottsdale, AZ"] [Date "1981.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Root, Douglas"] [Black "Adam, Bill"] [Result "1-0"] 1. e4 c5 2. b3 b6 3. b2 b7 4. c3 c6 5. f4 e6 6. f3 f6 7. e5 d5 8. xd5 exd5 9. d4 d6 10. b5 a6 11. xc6+ xc6 12. O-O f6 13. exf6 gxf6 14. dxc5 dxc5 click for larger view 15. g5 1-0 Source: Bill Wall, "500 Sicilian Miniatures", Chess Enterprises Inc, Coraopolis, Pennsylvania, 1983. Apr-15-11    FSR: Surely we should be able to make a good Root pun. Root of All Evil? Root Beer? Rooted Out? Apr-15-11    Phony Benoni: I will certainly root for you. Root-a-toot-toot. I must send in the game he won vs. Anatoly Lein at the 1978 US Open. Mar-29-12    cjrubiks: He was actually one of the "West Covina Whiz Kids" in the early to mid 70s, along with Perry Youngworth, and I think, one other, whose name escapes me. The West Covina club was one of the strongest in SoCal at the time, and regularly hosted some very competitive tournaments.

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