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Ian Rogers
Number of games in database: 1,100
Years covered: 1976 to 2007
Current FIDE rating: 2545
Highest rating achieved in database: 2564
Overall record: +473 -217 =399 (61.8%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      11 exhibition games, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (124) 
    B40 B33 B82 B90 B32
 Queen's Pawn Game (59) 
    A45 D02 E00 A46 A40
 French Defense (59) 
    C18 C11 C19 C10 C00
 King's Indian (40) 
    E76 E92 E94 E98 E73
 French Winawer (26) 
    C18 C19 C16 C15
 French (25) 
    C11 C10 C00 C12
With the Black pieces:
 Sicilian (67) 
    B30 B32 B39 B33 B23
 Queen's Pawn Game (54) 
    A46 A40 A41 E10 A45
 Caro-Kann (53) 
    B12 B14 B17 B18 B11
 French Defense (48) 
    C16 C07 C00 C04 C02
 Scandinavian (43) 
    B01
 King's Indian (39) 
    E90 E62 E92 E94 E60
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   I Rogers vs G Milos, 1992 1-0
   Kiril Georgiev vs I Rogers, 1993 0-1
   M Lanzani vs I Rogers, 1984 0-1
   I Rogers vs Acs, 2003 1-0
   Rohde vs I Rogers, 1982 0-1
   I Rogers vs Huebner, 1988 1-0
   I Rogers vs Korchnoi, 1986 1-0
   I Rogers vs J Brenninkmeijer, 1990 1-0
   I Rogers vs R Berzinsh, 2007 1-0
   I Rogers vs V Arapovic, 1985 1-0

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   Australia Beats The World by Runemaster
   Pan-Pacific GM Tournament, San Francisco 1991 by wanabe2000
   Plaza International Chess Tt 1988 by Benzol
   Netway Masters Tt 1992 by Benzol
   GMs I've Played by Dozy

GAMES ANNOTATED BY ROGERS: [what is this?]
   I Rogers vs V Arapovic, 1985
   Keene vs I Rogers, 1979

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IAN ROGERS
(born Jun-24-1960) Australia

[what is this?]
Ian Rogers was born on the 24th of June 1960 in Hobart, Tasmania. Awarded the IM title in 1980 and the GM title in 1985 he was Australian Champion in 1979-80, 1985-86, 1997-98 and 2005-06. He was also joint Commonwealth Champion in 1983. In tournaments he was 1st= at Nuroro 1984, 1st= at Wijk aan Zee 1985, 1st at Kragujevac 1985, 3rd= at Szirak 1986 and 1st at Calcutta 1988. He is the husband of Cathy Rogers

In July 2007, just after winning the Lidums Checkmate Open in Adelaide, Rogers announced his retirement from tournament chess due to health reasons.


 page 1 of 44; games 1-25 of 1,100  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves Year Event/LocaleOpening
1. I Rogers vs E Vladimirov  1-065 1976 W/EU-ch U20 7677C00 French Defense
2. I Rogers vs Van der Wiel 1-052 1976 Wattignies Wch-16A69 Benoni, Four Pawns Attack, Main line
3. Kasparov vs I Rogers 1-033 1976 ManilaB33 Sicilian
4. I Rogers vs Chandler  0-135 1976 Manila (Philippines)B22 Sicilian, Alapin
5. G West vs I Rogers 1-038 1976 Australian Junior ChampionshipC47 Four Knights
6. I Rogers vs Pugatschew  0-134 1978 corr 1.EU ttC94 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer Defense
7. I Rogers vs Tarjan 1-039 1978 Buenos AiresB22 Sicilian, Alapin
8. M Bernat vs I Rogers  1-066 1978 BuenosA04 Reti Opening
9. H Bohm vs I Rogers  ½-½72 1978 EerbeekA45 Queen's Pawn Game
10. J Nikolac vs I Rogers  1-067 1978 EerbeekA01 Nimzovich-Larsen Attack
11. I Rogers vs Altrichter  0-150 1978 corr 1.EU ttB78 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 10.castle long
12. I Rogers vs J Masculo  1-039 1978 BuenosA34 English, Symmetrical
13. I Rogers vs Rosen  0-144 1978 corr 1.EU ttB33 Sicilian
14. Velimirovic vs I Rogers 0-124 1978 Buenos AiresC02 French, Advance
15. Purdy vs I Rogers 0-147 1979 Sydney International TournamentD32 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch
16. B Zueger vs I Rogers  0-144 1979 Ch Yuniors EuropeE63 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation
17. Eu Liao Yuan vs I Rogers  ½-½25 1979 Ch Yuniors Europe ShieneC64 Ruy Lopez, Classical
18. Plaskett vs I Rogers  1-041 1979 Ch Yuniors EuropeB39 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Breyer Variation
19. I Rogers vs Mortvein  1-043 1979 Ch Yuniors Europe ShieneA10 English
20. Keene vs I Rogers 1-044 1979 BrisbaneD42 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 7.Bd3
21. Devries vs I Rogers  ½-½43 1980 MaltaB32 Sicilian
22. G Andersson vs I Rogers 1-040 1980 MaltaB39 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Breyer Variation
23. I Rogers vs C Laird  1-026 1980 Australian ChB00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening
24. D K Johansen vs I Rogers 0-128 1980 Australian Chess ChampionshipD43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
25. Mascarinas vs I Rogers  ½-½54 1982 Hong KongD74 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.cd Nxd5, 7.O-O
 page 1 of 44; games 1-25 of 1,100  PGN Download
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Jan-05-06
Premium Chessgames Member
  Chnebelgrind: Just back from the office I viewed the games. Another convincing victory by David Smerdon.
Jan-05-06   gazzawhite: <twinlark> You get the weirdest stories at chess tournaments!
Jan-08-06
Premium Chessgames Member
  Chnebelgrind: Rogers-Johansen 1-0. Rogers and David Smerdon now leading before the final round. Curious course in Murray-Canfell. Did Canfell overlook 58.f4+, when he played 57...Kg5?
Jan-09-06
Premium Chessgames Member
  whatthefat: <Chnebelgrind>
Yeah, looks like something he'll have nightmares about...
Jan-09-06
Premium Chessgames Member
  Chnebelgrind: After David Smerdon has defeated himself, it seems that Ian Rogers is the new Champion! Congratulation!
Jan-09-06
Premium Chessgames Member
  twinlark: I'd also like to congratulate Ian Rogers. Well done.
Jan-10-06
Premium Chessgames Member
  Where is my mind: Congratulations to Ian Rogers on winning the Australian Championships.An impressive efffort against the strongest field to date.This is the fifth time he has been the Australian champion.

Mar-24-06   BIDMONFA: Ian Rogers

ROGERS, Ian
http://www.bidmonfa.com/rogers_ian....
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Jun-09-06   Runemaster: Ian Rogers features a lot in my new game collection "Australia beats the World": Game Collection: Australia Beats The World

I was surprised myself how many famous scalps there were in this collection. At a quick count, it includes five world champions or world championship challengers.

Jun-12-06   Runemaster: Actually, it's seven champions or challengers - I overlooked Smyslov and Tarrasch.
Jun-26-06   WMD: Sir Donald Bradman, Rod Laver, Michael Hutchence, Cecil Purdy, can you hear me? Your boys took one hell of a beating!
Jul-16-06
Premium Chessgames Member
  whatthefat: <Runemaster>
Not a bad collection there. I'd question the legitimacy of including Lajos Steiner though - especially the games before he emigrated in 1939. Also, since Purdy was a Correspondence World Champion, there must surely be some more games of his that could be included.
Jan-07-07
Premium Chessgames Member
  Albertan: Check out this game by Rogers..it happened at the 1992 Manila Olympiad...three sacrifices by Rogers...yet Kasparov would not vote for this game for the Brilliancy Prize...instead Kasparov submitted three of his own games for the brillancy prize...what an ego!!

[Event "Manila ol (Men)"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rogers, Ian"]
[Black "Milos, Gilberto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1992.06.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 Bg4 4.e4 e6
5.h3 Bh5 6.Qe2 c6 7.g4 Bg6 8.Bg5 Be7
9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.h4 h6 11.O-O-O Nd7
12.Kb1 Qc7 13.Rg1 h5 14.g5 Be7 15.d5 e5 16.Bh3 O-O-O 17.Nd2 Kb8 18.Nc4 Nb6 19.Nxb6 Qxb6 20.Rd3 Ka8 21.a3 Rdf8
22.Bf5 Bh7 23.Rgd1 g6 24.dxc6 bxc6
25.Bd7 Qc7 26.Bxc6+ {The first sacrifice (an exchange sacrifice). Qxc6 27.Nd5 Bd8 28.Rc3 Qb7 29.Rb3 Qc6 (29... Qc8 30. Qb5 a6 31. Qa4 f6 32. Nb6+ Bxb6 33.Rxb6 $18) 30. Rdd3 Ba5 31. Rdc3 The second sacrifice. Bxc3 32.Qa6 Qxa6 $4 The third sacrifice. (32... Rc8 $142 33. Nb6+ Qxb6 34. Rxb6 Rc7 35. bxc3 Rhc8 36. Rxd6) 33. Nc7# 1-0

Jul-08-07
Premium Chessgames Member
  Where is my mind: GM Ian Rogers retires a winner http://chessexpress.blogspot.com/20...
Jul-08-07
Premium Chessgames Member
  Benzol: I'm saddened that illness has cut his competitive career short and I wish him all the best in his retirement. He's done a great deal for chess in the whole of Australasia. Good luck Ian.
Jul-08-07
Premium Chessgames Member
  Jonathan Sarfati: <Albertan>, reinvented the wheel a bit? See I Rogers vs G Milos, 1992 As you will see from my comments, I agree with your sentiments though.
Apr-10-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  WannaBe: Can't believe it's taken me this long to realize that GM Rogers no longer competes...

I very much love his articles in the USCF magazine that I get, and I will remember the time he was at the American Open (where the picture was taken) and the pleasure I had meeting him!

(As a side note, the picture was taken after his draw against a much weaker player, and he kept on moving/fidgeting as I try to capture the 'perfect shot' of him, finally, he realized what I was trying to do, and stopped moving, gave me the opportunity for the picture that's displayed here. =)

Apr-10-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  twinlark: <WannaBe>

He's a terrific commentator as well. At the recent tournament in Canberra he was commenting on the top games (usually GM games) on demonstration boards. He is so engaging and insightful, it was impossible to leave his analysis sessions before he finished.

His retirement loses a top player for Australia, but he's mentoring some of our up and coming players, most recently Zhao Zong Yuan who recently gained his GM title after winning 3 GM norms in a few weeks. That's not to mention all the columns he writes, such as in the Canberra Times, and his other unsung work for Australian chess.

Ian's an awesome bloke.

Jun-24-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  brankat: Happy Birthday GM Rogers!
Dec-14-08   GrahamClayton: <twinlark>That's not to mention all the columns he writes, such as in the Canberra Times.

twinlark,
Ian Rogers also writes a column for the Sydney "Sun-Herald" newspaper. I think Rogers is concentrating on coaching these days - he was the coach for Malaysian IM Mas Hafizulhelmi at the 2008 Malaysian Open.

Apr-08-09   Bobsterman3000: Ian Rogers is one of the few GM's that plays the Scandinavian as black on a semi-regular basis...
Apr-08-09   Shams: <Bobsterman3000> even fewer are the GMs that play the Scandinavian as white. ;)
Apr-08-09   Bobsterman3000: <shams> LOL. I guess that was a poor choice of words, but you know what I meant ;-)
Jun-24-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  wordfunph: Happy Birthday Australian GM Ian Rogers! I met GM Rogers during a tourney in Tagaytay City 3 years ago.
Jun-24-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  Stonehenge: Happy Birthday :)
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