Jonathan D Tisdall
Number of games in database: 192
Years covered: 1975 to 2006
Current FIDE rating: 2419
Highest rating achieved in database: 2492
Overall record: +50 -71 =71 (44.5%)*
   * 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 (17)      B81 B57 B22 B52 B44  King's Indian (11)      E92 E94 E91 E97 E70  Queen's Pawn Game (7)      E00 A40 A41 A46 E10  English (6)      A15 A14 A10  Grunfeld (6)      D86 D90 D85 D97  Sicilian Scheveningen (6)      B81 B80 B82	With the Black pieces:  Sicilian (15)      B22 B90 B33 B21 B91  English (9)      A16 A10 A13 A15 A17  Queen's Pawn Game (8)      A45 E10 D02 D00 A46  Two Knights (6)      C55 C57  Orthodox Defense (6)      D63 D58 D60 D50  Dutch Defense (6)      A87 A89 A84 A85

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   J D Tisdall vs G Lee, 1981 1-0
   L Ogaard vs J D Tisdall, 1987 0-1
   Short vs J D Tisdall, 1985 1/2-1/2
   J D Tisdall vs E Berg, 1995 1-0

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page 1 of 8; games 1-25 of 192  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. J D Tisdall vs L Day 0-1 46 1975 Lone Pine C48 Four Knights 2. C Barnes vs J D Tisdall   0-1 37 1975 Lone Pine B07 Pirc 3. W Martz vs J D Tisdall   ½-½ 23 1975 Lone Pine B08 Pirc, Classical 4. J D Tisdall vs D Parr   1-0 29 1975 Lone Pine B89 Sicilian 5. I Bilek vs J D Tisdall   1-0 37 1975 Lone Pine (USA) A15 English 6. J D Tisdall vs M Damjanovic   0-1 31 1975 Lone Pine B44 Sicilian 7. J D Tisdall vs R Ervin   ½-½ 13 1975 Lone Pine C48 Four Knights 8. J D Tisdall vs J Grefe   1-0 55 1975 Lone Pine B81 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack 9. Pilnik vs J D Tisdall   1-0 58 1975 Lone Pine B06 Robatsch 10. Z Vranesic vs J D Tisdall   0-1 45 1975 Lone Pine A10 English 11. Miles vs J D Tisdall   1-0 33 1976 Lone Pine op A16 English 12. J D Tisdall vs Browne   0-1 64 1976 It (open) B87 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin with ...a6 and ...b5 13. D J Strauss vs J D Tisdall 1-0 18 1976 Lone Pine B06 Robatsch 14. J D Tisdall vs DeFirmian   1-0 30 1976 USA E97 King's Indian 15. T Weinberger vs J D Tisdall   0-1 40 1976 Lone Pine A16 English 16. J D Tisdall vs G Forintos   ½-½ 41 1976 Lone Pine B06 Robatsch 17. J D Tisdall vs R Blumenfeld   1-0 35 1976 Lone Pine B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 18. J D Tisdall vs Browne   0-1 39 1976 Ch USA A57 Benko Gambit 19. J Loftsson vs J D Tisdall   1-0 48 1976 Lone Pine D74 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.cd Nxd5, 7.O-O 20. J D Tisdall vs Martinovsky   1-0 41 1977 open B82 Sicilian, Scheveningen 21. Tarjan vs J D Tisdall   ½-½ 20 1977 Hastings D33 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 22. K Frey vs J D Tisdall 1-0 17 1977 open E14 Queen's Indian 23. G Botterill vs J D Tisdall   0-1 37 1977 Hastings D60 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense 24. Keene vs J D Tisdall   1-0 30 1977 Orense (Spain) A28 English 25. J D Tisdall vs E Formanek   0-1 46 1977 open C49 Four Knights  page 1 of 8; games 1-25 of 192

Mar-01-04    MoonlitKnight: American-born Tisdall is the 7th highest rated Norwegian player as of today, although he is partly retired. Apr-12-04    Phoenix: For anyone who seriously wants to get better, GM Jonathan Tisdall's book "Improve Your Chess Now" is a must. He suggests good ways to train yourself. Apr-12-04    Bitzovich: Yep, i have that book, its really good, although the guy is a bit of eccentric.. Apr-13-04    TrueFiendish: All the better... Jan-20-05    JamesKnight: Aren`t all chessplayers a bit ecentric? Jun-12-05    aw1988: <JamesKnight> Yes. Tisdall is a wonderful author in my opinion. Sep-16-05    grasser: Anyone know how I can E-Mail or message Tisdall? Thank's George Feb-24-06    fred lennox: Improve your chess now is an excellent book. I highly recommend it. As a guinea pig, it worked for me. not only did i become stronger as a player, i feel my rate of improvement is steadier. It is, in a way, a complement to Think like a grandmaster by Kotov. In my opinion, it is not a substitute for the book for the serious student but has the advantage of hindsight and latter games. The book is to Kotov's book what Keene's Reappraisal is to My System. Aug-26-06    BIDMONFA: Jonathan D Tisdall TISDALL, Jonathan D. http://www.bidmonfa.com/tisdall_jon... _ Oct-03-06    Chessbum1: I first met Tisdall back in '73 in Syracuse NY. He was just a teen, and I was truly impressed by his quick sight of the board, and blitz chess. Aug-26-07    cheski: Happy Birthday! What a checkered past! American, then Irish, then Norwegian. With Japanese ancestry mixed in. Today's puzzle shows his amazing insight: L Ogaard vs J D Tisdall, 1987 where finding move 32...Nxd5 was inspirational.

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