Ignas Zalys
Number of games in database: 42
Years covered: 1949 to 1986
Overall record: +22 -13 =7 (60.7%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

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D39		Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin, Vienna Variation (4 games)
D30		Queen's Gambit Declined (3 games)
B28		Sicilian, O'Kelly Variation (3 games)
A18		English, Mikenas-Carls (2 games)
B22		Sicilian, Alapin (2 games)

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IGNAS ZALYS (born Apr-03-1913, died 1991) Lithuania (citizen of Canada) [what is this?] Ignas Zalys was born in Lithuania on April 3, 1913. He later immigrated to Montreal, Canada. Zalys was one of the leading correspondence chess players in North America, and frequently played in USCF postal tournaments. He tied for first in the 1967 Golden Knights tournament.

page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 42  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. M Fox vs I Zalys   0-1 61 1949 Montreal Closed Championship C07 French, Tarrasch 2. J Stonkus vs I Zalys   ½-½ 53 1952 Golden Knights corr A40 Queen's Pawn Game 3. I Zalys vs A Tanguay   1-0 64 1952 Montreal m2 D30 Queen's Gambit Declined 4. I Zalys vs J O'Reilly   1-0 21 1952 Golden Knights corr D39 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin, Vienna Variation 5. I Zalys vs A Tanguay   1-0 28 1953 Montreal m 5th D30 Queen's Gambit Declined 6. I Zalys vs E Werner   1-0 31 1953 Golden Knights corr D39 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin, Vienna Variation 7. I Zalys vs E Werner   1-0 22 1953 Golden Knights corr D39 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin, Vienna Variation 8. G Drexel vs I Zalys   0-1 49 1955 US Open A18 English, Mikenas-Carls 9. W G Addison vs I Zalys   ½-½ 51 1955 US Open B28 Sicilian, O'Kelly Variation 10. I Zalys vs B Rozsa   1-0 68 1955 US Open E11 Bogo-Indian Defense 11. I Zalys vs G Schain   ½-½ 95 1955 US Open E10 Queen's Pawn Game 12. R Steinmeyer vs I Zalys   1-0 43 1955 US Open E58 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with 8...Bxc3 13. R Day vs I Zalys   0-1 60 1955 US Open B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 14. I Zalys vs Saidy   0-1 33 1955 US Open A65 Benoni, 6.e4 15. I Zalys vs I Rivise   0-1 46 1955 US Open E67 King's Indian, Fianchetto 16. James Wright vs I Zalys   0-1 26 1955 Golden Knights corr E42 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein) 17. I Zalys vs C Wallace   1-0 37 1955 US Open D39 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin, Vienna Variation 18. I Zalys vs J Karalaitis   1-0 18 1955 Golden Knights corr D30 Queen's Gambit Declined 19. R McLellan vs I Zalys   0-1 54 1955 US Open B94 Sicilian, Najdorf 20. John W Blaney vs I Zalys   0-1 28 1955 US Open E30 Nimzo-Indian, Leningrad 21. S Bernstein vs I Zalys   1-0 46 1956 Canadian Open B23 Sicilian, Closed 22. I Zalys vs T Tripodes   1-0 21 1957 Golden Knights corr D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 23. R Drummond vs I Zalys   1-0 31 1957 Quebec Open A18 English, Mikenas-Carls 24. J MacDonald vs I Zalys 0-1 29 1958 Canada op E38 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5 25. I Zalys vs J Smolij   1-0 49 1959 Canadian Championship C70 Ruy Lopez  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 42

Sep-22-10    GrahamClayton: Brief biography: http://www.uschess.org/cc/absolute/... 1949 Montreal City and Quebec province speed chess champion.

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