Michael J Haygarth
Number of games in database: 100
Years covered: 1955 to 1979
Last FIDE rating: 2375
Overall record: +25 -19 =56 (53.0%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  King's Indian (8)      E83 E82 E87 E98 E88  Ruy Lopez (6)      C75 C64 C90 C73	With the Black pieces:  Ruy Lopez (11)      C97 C99 C76 C90 C91  French Defense (10)      C16 C07 C17 C19 C15  Ruy Lopez, Closed (8)      C97 C99 C90 C91  Nimzo Indian (7)      E24 E39 E33 E43 E30  French Winawer (6)      C16 C17 C19 C15

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MICHAEL J HAYGARTH (born Oct-11-1934) United Kingdom [what is this?] Michael John Haygarth was born in Leeds, England. He was British champion in 1964.

page 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 100  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Wade vs M Haygarth   1-0 38 1955 BCF-ch C34 King's Gambit Accepted 2. J Neals vs M Haygarth   0-1 24 1955 BCF-ch E52 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with ...b6 3. M Haygarth vs J S Purdy   0-1 51 1955 BCF-ch C64 Ruy Lopez, Classical 4. M Haygarth vs Aitken   1-0 58 1959 BCF-ch C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 5. B Cafferty vs M Haygarth   ½-½ 20 1959 BCF-ch A18 English, Mikenas-Carls 6. M Haygarth vs P N Wallis   1-0 51 1959 BCF-ch C05 French, Tarrasch 7. M Haygarth vs J Penrose 0-1 29 1959 BCF-ch play-off E88 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox, 7.d5 c6 8. M Haygarth vs C Hilton   1-0 69 1959 BCF-ch C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 9. F Clough vs M Haygarth   0-1 47 1959 BCF-ch C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin 10. J Penrose vs M Haygarth   ½-½ 41 1959 BCF-ch C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 11. M Haygarth vs P Clarke   ½-½ 44 1959 BCF-ch B40 Sicilian 12. M Haygarth vs A M Hallmark   ½-½ 19 1959 BCF-ch C42 Petrov Defense 13. Golombek vs M Haygarth   ½-½ 46 1959 BCF-ch play-off E00 Queen's Pawn Game 14. Milner-Barry vs M Haygarth   0-1 21 1959 GBR-ch York C34 King's Gambit Accepted 15. Golombek vs M Haygarth   ½-½ 17 1959 BCF-ch A21 English 16. M Haygarth vs J Littlewood   ½-½ 33 1959 BCF-ch E43 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation 17. Freeman vs M Haygarth   1-0 24 1960 corr C34 King's Gambit Accepted 18. M Haygarth vs G Kluger   ½-½ 15 1960 Leipzig ol (Men) qual-C E45 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Bronstein (Byrne) Variation 19. G Barcza vs M Haygarth   1-0 56 1960 Leipzig ol (Men) A07 King's Indian Attack 20. J Kozma vs M Haygarth   0-1 43 1960 Leipzig ol (Men) qual-C E12 Queen's Indian 21. A Prameshuber vs M Haygarth   1-0 59 1961 Clare Benedict Cup 08th C47 Four Knights 22. P B Cook vs M Haygarth   0-1 45 1962 Whitby British ch C76 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, Fianchetto Variation 23. M Haygarth vs M J Franklin   0-1 51 1962 Whitby British ch B28 Sicilian, O'Kelly Variation 24. M Haygarth vs J E T Eldridge   1-0 26 1962 Whitby British ch D06 Queen's Gambit Declined 25. P Clarke vs M Haygarth   ½-½ 32 1962 Whitby British ch E30 Nimzo-Indian, Leningrad  page 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 100

Jan-02-05    Benzol: Michael John Haygarth Born 11th October 1934 in Leeds He was British champion in 1964 and also finished 1st= in 1959 and 1974 but lost the playoffs.

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