The chess games of John A Peters

John A Peters
Number of games in database: 172
Years covered: 1969 to 2012
Last FIDE rating: 2351
Highest rating achieved in database: 2495
Overall record: +60 -51 =61 (52.6%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS

With the White pieces:

Sicilian (41)
    B51 B56 B90 B52 B82
Ruy Lopez (14)
    C95 C72 C92 C61 C70
Caro-Kann (9)
    B17 B13 B18 B16 B10
Sicilian Najdorf (9)
    B90 B92 B91 B99 B93
Ruy Lopez, Closed (8)
    C95 C92 C96 C84
French Defense (7)
    C11 C16 C09 C19 C05

With the Black pieces:

Sicilian (24)
    B23 B91 B22 B80 B85
Queen's Indian (8)
    E12 E14 E17
Sicilian Scheveningen (8)
    B80 B85 B83 B81 B82
English, 1 c4 c5 (8)
    A34 A30
Nimzo Indian (7)
    E48 E30 E34 E46 E42
Queen's Pawn Game (5)
    E00 A40 A46

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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   K Shirazi vs J Peters, 1984 0-1
   J Peters vs L Day, 1977 1-0
   J Peters vs Lombardy, 1977 1-0
   Petursson vs J Peters, 1980 1/2-1/2

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JOHN A PETERS (born Feb-10-1951) United States of America	[what is this?]
John A Peters (now known as Jack Peters) was born in 1951 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He was awarded the IM title in 1979 and edited a chess column for the Los Angeles Times.

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Game	Result	Moves	Year	Event/Locale	Opening
1. L Day vs J Peters	½-½	20	1969	USA Under20 Open Championship	B06 Robatsch
2. J Curdo vs J Peters	1-0	35	1973	New England Open	B80 Sicilian, Scheveningen
3. J Peters vs Lombardy	1-0	28	1975	Oberlin (USA)	C96 Ruy Lopez, Closed
4. Browne vs J Peters	½-½	21	1975	US Championship	B85 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Classical
5. R Byrne vs J Peters	½-½	41	1975	USA-ch	B81 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack
6. J Peters vs Tarjan	1-0	31	1975	Oberlin (USA)	B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack
7. J Peters vs Seirawan	½-½	47	1975	US Open	B19 Caro-Kann, Classical
8. Reshevsky vs J Peters	1-0	48	1975	U.S. Championship	E42 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein)
9. Vukcevich vs J Peters	1-0	23	1975	USA-ch	B40 Sicilian
10. E Meyer vs J Peters	1-0	33	1975	US Open	A04 Reti Opening
11. Miles vs J Peters	1-0	49	1976	Lone Pine	E30 Nimzo-Indian, Leningrad
12. J Peters vs K Rogoff	½-½	19	1976	Lone Pine	B17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation
13. M Sisniega vs J Peters	0-1	45	1976	Lone Pine	B83 Sicilian
14. R Snyder vs J Peters	0-1	38	1976	Phoenix (USA)	B20 Sicilian
15. Christiansen vs J Peters	0-1	44	1976	Phoenix	A17 English
16. J Peters vs T Taylor	1-0	42	1976	Lone Pine	C70 Ruy Lopez
17. Browne vs J Peters	½-½	28	1976	Lone Pine	E12 Queen's Indian
18. J Peters vs B Baczynskyj	1-0	29	1976	Lone Pine	B06 Robatsch
19. Petrosian vs J Peters	1-0	50	1976	Lone Pine	A34 English, Symmetrical
20. Balashov vs J Peters	½-½	41	1977	Lone Pine	E12 Queen's Indian
21. A Lein vs J Peters	0-1	36	1977	Lone Pine	A34 English, Symmetrical
22. J Peters vs L Day	1-0	40	1977	Lone Pine	B45 Sicilian, Taimanov
23. N Gaprindashvili vs J Peters	1-0	64	1977	Lone Pine	B33 Sicilian
24. Tarjan vs J Peters	½-½	60	1977	Ch USA	E14 Queen's Indian
25. Fedorowicz vs J Peters	½-½	37	1977	Ch USA	B80 Sicilian, Scheveningen


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Feb-10-08		Joshka: Heck, need to get your page going at least with a Happy Birthday!!

Apr-13-09		Tabanus: According to http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twi... from 2001, "The tournament brings up an interesting point about the FIDE rating list. It seems its practically impossible to get a name changed in the list. Two of the players Andranik Matikozyan (his preferred spelling) is called "Matikozian" by FIDE and Jack Peters is still listed as John A. Peters, a name he hasn't used in more than 20 years." Today (2009) there is no John Peters in the FIDE list. The above games should be transferred to Jack Peters. Some of the games by Peters belong to Jack Peters: K Shirazi vs Peters, 1984 is most well known.

Apr-25-09		Tabanus: Peters, John (Jack) A. (1951- ) John Peters was born in Boston, Massachusetts on February 10, 1951. He was champion of New England in 1971, 1974, and 1975. He was a USCF life master at the age of 22. He was Massachusetts State Champion in 1974 and 1975 (tied with John Curdo). He played in the 1975 U.S. Championship (won by Browne), tieing for 10th-13th place.He was the winner of the American Open in 1977. In 1978 he was President of the Professional Chess Association (PCA). He was awarded the International Master title in 1979. He was a games editor for Chess Horizons and is a chess columnist for the Los Angeles Times. His current Elo rating is 2419. His maximum Elo rating was 2476. http://www.geocities.com/siliconval... Four times winner of the American Open (1977, 1982, 1984, 1988), see http://www.americanopen.org/aowin2..... Today a well-known columnist in LA Times.

Apr-25-09		Raisin Death Ray: Everyone just calls him Jack. I don't think even his mother calls him John!

Feb-10-10		rogermorin: Hi Jack,Happy birthday from Roger Morin in Maine

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