Rory O'Kelly
Number of games in database: 22
Years covered: 1970 to 1975
Overall record: +6 -7 =9 (47.7%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

Most played openings

D32		Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch (2 games)
D71		Neo-Grunfeld (2 games)
C26		Vienna (2 games)

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page 1 of 1; 22 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. R O'Kelly vs J M Ripley   0-1 40 1970 BCF-ch D71 Neo-Grunfeld 2. R O'Kelly vs M Corden   0-1 37 1970 BCF-ch D34 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 3. R O'Kelly vs R Bellin   ½-½ 20 1970 Islington Junior A A96 Dutch, Classical Variation 4. R O'Kelly vs A J Sutton   ½-½ 40 1970 BCF-ch D32 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 5. R O'Kelly vs S Mariotti   0-1 29 1970 Islington Junior A A64 Benoni, Fianchetto, 11...Re8 6. Keene vs R O'Kelly 1-0 36 1970 BCF-ch A01 Nimzovich-Larsen Attack 7. P C Griffiths vs R O'Kelly   ½-½ 23 1970 BCF-ch C26 Vienna 8. R R Smith vs R O'Kelly   ½-½ 29 1970 Islington Junior A B36 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto 9. S Reuben vs R O'Kelly   0-1 40 1970 BCF-ch A34 English, Symmetrical 10. R O'Kelly vs Nunn 1-0 24 1970 Islington Junior A D07 Queen's Gambit Declined, Chigorin Defense 11. R O'Kelly vs B Green   1-0 34 1970 BCF-ch E69 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Main line 12. R O'Kelly vs Miles   ½-½ 40 1970 Islington Junior A D32 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 13. R O'Kelly vs P C Doye   0-1 39 1970 BCF-ch D71 Neo-Grunfeld 14. R Johannes vs R O'Kelly   ½-½ 24 1970 Islington Junior A A09 Reti Opening 15. R O'Kelly vs M Haygarth   ½-½ 20 1970 BCF-ch E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 16. R W Moberly vs R O'Kelly   ½-½ 28 1970 Islington Junior A C26 Vienna 17. Lee RA vs R O'Kelly   ½-½ 26 1970 BCF-ch D28 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical 18. M Stean vs R O'Kelly   1-0 28 1970 Islington Junior A A30 English, Symmetrical 19. F Zahiruddin vs R O'Kelly   0-1 29 1970 BCF-ch C72 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O 20. R O'Kelly vs Speelman   0-1 32 1971 Middlesex E63 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation 21. R O'Kelly vs J Penrose   1-0 31 1973 England A56 Benoni Defense 22. R O'Kelly vs A Ludgate   1-0 36 1975 BCF-ch A57 Benko Gambit  page 1 of 1; 22 games

May-10-09    ray keene: rory o' kelly like alan trangmar was another strong dulwich college and cambridge university player-one might also mention ht jones, ronald johannes and r r smith,who were part of this group. rory competed in the british championship and numbered amongst his victims 10 times british champion dr jonathan penrose.

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