Gordon Taylor
Number of games in database: 30
Years covered: 1975 to 2005
Current FIDE rating: 2309
Highest rating achieved in database: 2357
Overall record: +5 -18 =7 (28.3%)*
   * 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:	With the Black pieces:  Sicilian (7)      B21 B31 B32 B80 B20  Nimzo Indian (4)      E47 E29 E37

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GORDON TAYLOR (born 1952) (citizen of Canada) [what is this?] He is an FM. reference: http://www.fide.com/

page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 30  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. G Taylor vs K Spraggett   0-1 46 1975 Can. Open, Calgary A39 English, Symmetrical, Main line with d4 2. L Day vs G Taylor   1-0 38 1980 Canadian Open B21 Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4 3. G Taylor vs Suttles 1-0 43 1981 Vancouver 15-minute A42 Modern Defense, Averbakh System 4. K Spraggett vs G Taylor 1-0 17 1981 Montreal zt E47 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 5. K Spraggett vs G Taylor   1-0 17 1981 Ch. Canada, Montreal E47 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 6. G Taylor vs L Day   0-1 48 1981 07, Montreal A75 Benoni, Classical with ...a6 and 10...Bg4 7. L Day vs G Taylor   ½-½ 34 1981 Vancouver International A47 Queen's Indian 8. Igor Ivanov vs G Taylor   1-0 44 1981 Montreal zt ,MCL 03 E17 Queen's Indian 9. K Spraggett vs G Taylor   1-0 26 1984 Ch. Canada, Ottawa D40 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch 10. P Petursson vs G Taylor   1-0 30 1984 It op B80 Sicilian, Scheveningen 11. G Taylor vs D Kopec   ½-½ 87 1984 Canadian Closed & Zonal Tournament A64 Benoni, Fianchetto, 11...Re8 12. Chandler vs G Taylor   ½-½ 104 1984 It (open) B32 Sicilian 13. L Day vs G Taylor   ½-½ 39 1984 4, Ottawa CAN ch B21 Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4 14. G Taylor vs Igor Ivanov   0-1 25 1985 Edmonton (Canada) A40 Queen's Pawn Game 15. Shamkovich vs G Taylor   1-0 42 1988 St. John, New Brunswick, Canada B20 Sicilian 16. L Day vs G Taylor   ½-½ 59 1988 8, Oakham House B11 Caro-Kann, Two Knights, 3...Bg4 17. G Taylor vs K Spraggett   0-1 81 1989 Ch. Canada, Windsor A53 Old Indian 18. G Taylor vs L Day   ½-½ 41 1993 Toronto A40 Queen's Pawn Game 19. G Taylor vs L Day 0-1 66 1996 Canadian Championships Toronto CAN A42 Modern Defense, Averbakh System 20. L Day vs G Taylor   1-0 78 1996 Ontario Open B23 Sicilian, Closed 21. G Taylor vs K Spraggett   0-1 61 1996 Montreal, CAN A92 Dutch 22. G Taylor vs K Spraggett   0-1 102 1996 Canadian National Championships, Toronto CAN (1 E00 Queen's Pawn Game 23. G Taylor vs Smirin   0-1 31 1997 Canada op E73 King's Indian 24. G Taylor vs B Knapper 1-0 34 1997 Canadian Open D07 Queen's Gambit Declined, Chigorin Defense 25. Y Kurlyandchik vs G Taylor   0-1 48 1997 Canadian Open B31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 30

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