Paul Vaitonis
Number of games in database: 77
Years covered: 1933 to 1965
Overall record: +20 -36 =21 (39.6%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

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B93		Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 (3 games)
E94		King's Indian, Orthodox (3 games)
A34		English, Symmetrical (2 games)
A29		English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto (2 games)
E67		King's Indian, Fianchetto (2 games)
D37		Queen's Gambit Declined (2 games)
A28		English (2 games)
D61		Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack (2 games)
D67		Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Bd3 line (2 games)
B32		Sicilian (2 games)

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PAUL VAITONIS (born Aug-15-1911, died Apr-23-1983) Lithuania (citizen of Canada) [what is this?] Povilas (Paul) Vaitonis was born on the 15th of August 1911 in Uzpaliai, Lithuania. He emigrated to Canada in 1948. Awarded the IM title in 1952, he was Canadian Champion in 1951 and 1957. He represented Canada on 3rd board at the Olympiad in 1954 & 1958. He passed away in Hamilton in 1983. references: http://www.olimpbase.org/, http://www.chess.ca/, http://www.fide.com/

page 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 77  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. P Vaitonis vs M Monticelli   0-1 36 1933 Olympiad A18 English, Mikenas-Carls 2. V Petrov vs P Vaitonis   0-1 26 1933 Olympiad D34 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 3. P Vaitonis vs Eliskases   1-0 17 1933 Folkestone ol (Men) A16 English 4. P Vaitonis vs E Gilfer   0-1 40 1933 Olympiad A34 English, Symmetrical 5. K Treybal vs P Vaitonis   1-0 45 1933 Olympiad B15 Caro-Kann 6. L Steiner vs P Vaitonis   1-0 33 1933 Olympiad C10 French 7. P Vaitonis vs S Erdelyi   ½-½ 39 1935 Olympiad D16 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 8. P Vaitonis vs I Pleci 0-1 36 1935 Warsaw ol (Men) A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 9. F Kibbermann vs P Vaitonis   1-0 37 1935 Olympiad A25 English 10. P Vaitonis vs Najdorf   0-1 57 1935 Olympiad E17 Queen's Indian 11. P Vaitonis vs Szabo   1-0 32 1935 Olympiad A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 12. P Vaitonis vs Fine   0-1 31 1937 Stockholm olm, SWE A09 Reti Opening 13. P Vaitonis vs Szabo   ½-½ 37 1937 7th olm final E38 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5 14. A Asgeirsson vs P Vaitonis   1-0 33 1937 7th olm final E23 Nimzo-Indian, Spielmann 15. P Vaitonis vs Prins   1-0 51 1937 7th olm final A40 Queen's Pawn Game 16. Foltys vs P Vaitonis   1-0 37 1937 7th olm final D62 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack 17. R Grau vs P Vaitonis   1-0 47 1937 7th olm final D68 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Classical 18. Trompowsky vs P Vaitonis 0-1 29 1939 Buenos Aires ol (Men) f-A A45 Queen's Pawn Game 19. Najdorf vs P Vaitonis   1-0 40 1939 Buenos Aires ol f-A ;HCL 37 D61 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack 20. P Vaitonis vs E R Lundin   1-0 40 1939 Buenos Aires ol (Men) D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 21. P Vaitonis vs F Bohatirchuk   0-1 71 1949 CAN-ch D93 Grunfeld, with Bf4 & e3 22. P Vaitonis vs J Therien   1-0 43 1949 CAN-ch B36 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto 23. P Vaitonis vs F Bohatirchuk   1-0 49 1951 CAN-ch A41 Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6) 24. P Vaitonis vs Stoltz   0-1 40 1952 Sweden izt (08) E18 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 7.Nc3 25. P Vaitonis vs A Matanovic   0-1 52 1952 Sweden izt (19) E94 King's Indian, Orthodox  page 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 77

Jan-06-09    Stolberg: Paul Vaitonis came to Sweden in 1944 and left for Canada in Januar 1949.

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