Michael Joseph Valvo
Number of games in database: 43
Years covered: 1963 to 2001
Highest rating achieved in database: 2380
Overall record: +14 -16 =13 (47.7%)*
   * 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 (7)      B42 B87 B43 B40 B46	With the Black pieces:  Sicilian (6)      B51 B74 B77 B78 B57  King's Gambit Declined (4)      C31

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   M Valvo vs Burkett, 1963 1-0

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page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 43  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. M Valvo vs Burkett 1-0 12 1963 Indiana B40 Sicilian 2. Velimirovic vs M Valvo 1-0 39 1964 WchT U26 11th fin-A B57 Sicilian 3. M Valvo vs L Day   0-1 59 1968 Atlantic op B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 4. Plaskett vs M Valvo   0-1 76 1979 Marshall op B04 Alekhine's Defense, Modern 5. M Valvo vs Shamkovich   0-1 40 1979 USA B42 Sicilian, Kan 6. M Valvo vs J Benjamin   0-1 40 1980 04, Manhattan CC E91 King's Indian 7. M Valvo vs Dzindzichashvili   ½-½ 16 1980 06, Manhattan CC B42 Sicilian, Kan 8. Alburt vs M Valvo   1-0 31 1980 09, Manhattan CC A57 Benko Gambit 9. M Valvo vs J Peters   1-0 58 1980 New York, NY USA C81 Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack 10. Shamkovich vs M Valvo   ½-½ 27 1985 It (open) B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack 11. M Valvo vs Kudrin   ½-½ 25 1987 It (open) B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 12. M Valvo vs Ivkov   ½-½ 28 1987 New York op A89 Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with Nc6 13. M Valvo vs Silman   1-0 25 1987 It New York (USA) B14 Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack 14. Deep Thought vs M Valvo 0-1 48 1988 corr one move/every 3 days C31 King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit 15. M Valvo vs Alburt   1-0 24 1988 World Open B03 Alekhine's Defense 16. M Valvo vs Deep Thought   1-0 48 1988 corr one move/every 3 days B03 Alekhine's Defense 17. M Valvo vs Browne   0-1 12 1989 San Mateo (USA) B87 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin with ...a6 and ...b5 18. Deep Thought vs M Valvo 0-1 48 1989 cr C31 King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit 19. Popovych vs M Valvo   1-0 33 1990 New York op 8 C31 King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit 20. K Burger vs M Valvo   ½-½ 50 1990 It (open) D34 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 21. M Valvo vs J Benjamin   0-1 35 1990 06, Philadelphia op C45 Scotch Game 22. M Valvo vs V A Ivanov   1-0 11 1991 WT/M/GT/297 C33 King's Gambit Accepted 23. D Tobor vs M Valvo   0-1 24 1991 WT/M/GT/297 C02 French, Advance 24. M Valvo vs G Windhausen   ½-½ 21 1991 WT/M/GT/297 B09 Pirc, Austrian Attack 25. V M Pedersen vs M Valvo   ½-½ 43 1991 WT/M/GT/297 B78 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 10.castle long  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 43

Oct-05-04    monopole2313: IM Michael J. Valvo has passed away: http://www.uschess.org/news/press/u... Apr-14-07    bauernfresser: Valvo was an American chess player who reached Top 100 in the 1970s. Jun-27-07    monopole2313: The following game was played 40 years ago at the Greater New York Open: (Stillman, Ron - Valvo, Michael) 1.e4 d6 2.Nf3 c5 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.Be2 00 9.Qd2 Be6 10.000 a5 11.Kb1 a4 12.Nc1 a3 13.b3 Nb4 14.Bg5 Rc8 15.Bxf6 gxf6 16.Nd3 d5 17.exd5 Bf5 18.Ne1 Nxc2 19.Bd3 Bxd3 20.Qxd3 Nd4 21.Nf3 Qa5 22.Rc1 Nxf3 23.Qxf3 Rfd8 24.Rhd1 Rc5 25.Rd3 Qb4 26.Qh5 Rdc8 27.Rg3+ Kf8 28.Qh6+ Ke8 29.Rg8+ Kd7 30.Qh3+ f5 31.Qxf5+ Kd6 32.Rxd8+ 1-0. White was just 13 at the time and was later at the top of the Under-16 list. Black was a Senior Master then. In his column, Robert Byrne wrote "As White in a Sicilian Defense, young Stillman did a sterling job, cooly working out his moves under fire." It seems that 11.Kb1 is better than the alternatives in the database, which were wins for Black.

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