Michael Wilder
Number of games in database: 115
Years covered: 1979 to 1989
Current FIDE rating: 2540
Overall record: +27 -29 =59 (49.1%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

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With the White pieces:  Queen's Indian (8)      E12 E15  Sicilian (6)      B31 B39 B51 B72 B70  Bogo Indian (5)      E11  Modern Benoni (4)      A61 A57 A70	With the Black pieces:  Sicilian (11)      B62 B52 B50 B58 B47  King's Indian (9)      E81 E74 E76 E75 E63  Queen's Indian (7)      E15 E12 E16  Sicilian Richter-Rauser (4)      B62 B63  Modern Benoni (4)      A57  Benko Gambit (4)      A57

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MICHAEL WILDER (born Aug-17-1962) United States of America [what is this?] Michael Joseph Wilder was born in 1962 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He became an IM in 1980 and was awarded the GM title in 1988. He won the US Championship in 1988 (winning at Cambridge Springs, Pennsylvania). In other tournaments he was 3rd= in the 1987 US Championship and 1st= at the 1987 London Open.

page 1 of 5; games 1-25 of 115  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. B Rind vs M Wilder   1-0 30 1979 Lone Pine op E63 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation 2. M Wilder vs D Rajkovic 0-1 45 1979 Lone Pine op B41 Sicilian, Kan 3. M Wilder vs C Blocker   1-0 41 1979 Lone Pine op C04 French, Tarrasch, Guimard Main line 4. M Wilder vs Fedorowicz   0-1 24 1979 Marshall Int B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack 5. Van der Wiel vs M Wilder   ½-½ 29 1979 Lone Pine B09 Pirc, Austrian Attack 6. Petursson vs M Wilder 1-0 42 1979 9th Lone Pine Round-8 25th March-4th April E91 King's Indian 7. Silman vs M Wilder ½-½ 22 1979 9th Lone Pine Round-2 25th March-4th April B09 Pirc, Austrian Attack 8. N Weinstein vs M Wilder   1-0 38 1979 Lone Pine op A16 English 9. E Schiller vs M Wilder   0-1 29 1979 New York City Championship E74 King's Indian, Averbakh, 6...c5 10. M Wilder vs R C Balinas   1-0 39 1979 Lone Pine op C60 Ruy Lopez 11. F La Rota vs M Wilder   1-0 31 1979 Marshall op B07 Pirc 12. M Wilder vs J Rigo   0-1 47 1979 Lone Pine op B70 Sicilian, Dragon Variation 13. Ermenkov vs M Wilder   0-1 37 1980 Lone Pine B50 Sicilian 14. M Wilder vs Balashov   ½-½ 14 1980 Lone Pine A04 Reti Opening 15. Miles vs M Wilder   1-0 33 1980 Lone Pine (USA) E76 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack 16. M Wilder vs Panno   ½-½ 39 1980 Lone Pine A07 King's Indian Attack 17. Browne vs M Wilder   0-1 38 1980 Lone Pine A48 King's Indian 18. M Wilder vs Christiansen   ½-½ 53 1980 Lone Pine (USA) A04 Reti Opening 19. M Wilder vs E Torre   ½-½ 13 1980 Lone Pine (USA) B06 Robatsch 20. M Wilder vs Alburt 1-0 47 1980 Lone Pine (USA) A07 King's Indian Attack 21. J Whitehead vs M Wilder   1-0 39 1980 Lone Pine B50 Sicilian 22. Lombardy vs M Wilder 1-0 44 1981 Lone Pine (USA) A57 Benko Gambit 23. M Wilder vs P Youngworth   ½-½ 35 1981 Lone Pine E12 Queen's Indian 24. Ivkov vs M Wilder   ½-½ 31 1981 Lone Pine A57 Benko Gambit 25. M Wilder vs A Lein 1-0 27 1981 Lone Pine A46 Queen's Pawn Game  page 1 of 5; games 1-25 of 115

Sep-16-06    BIDMONFA: Michael Wilder WILDER, Michael http://www.bidmonfa.com/wilder_mich... _ Aug-18-07    chancho: The guy wins the US championship in 88 and quits the following year. I wonder why? Aug-18-07    chancho: You guys might find some humor here: http://www.cs.rpi.edu/~wilsonm/ches... Aug-18-07    Strongest Force: Chancho, maybe Wilder thought it would easier being a tax lawyer with the IRS than it is playing chess? For many years, Wilder, Benjamin and Fedorowitz were 3 young GM friends willing to share the joys and sorrows of chess that good friends share: traveling to many different tournaments together. Many years ago when Benjamin and Wider were room-mates at Yale, i noticed them a few rows in front of me at a Times Square movie theater. I was tempted to sneak-up on them and act like i was a mugger and demand their money! I always wonder how they would reacted if i had done that. I decided to let them watch the movie: The Mystery Of Chess Boxing. Aug-20-07    Maynard5: Michael Wilder retired from chess, and went into law. Today he is a practicing attorney. There are many other instances of young players who either left the game or became inactive, and then went on to successful professional careers. Examples are Ken Rogoff, today an economics professor, and Ken Regan, a professor of computer science. Aug-02-08    Caissanist: When Wilder won the US Championship he said publicly that he was quitting and would probably not be defending his title (he didn't). He mentioned the difficulty of making a living but also said that he thought the game was played out, there wasn't a lot left for him or anyone else to do in chess. Aug-17-08    ravel5184: Hipy papy bthuthdth thuthda bthuthdy!

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