Stuart Wagman
Number of games in database: 36
Years covered: 1965 to 2006
Current FIDE rating: 2125
Highest rating achieved in database: 2143
Overall record: +5 -18 =13 (31.9%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

Most played openings

E05		Catalan, Open, Classical line (2 games)
C55		Two Knights Defense (2 games)
D20		Queen's Gambit Accepted (2 games)
B06		Robatsch (2 games)
C00		French Defense (2 games)
B70		Sicilian, Dragon Variation (2 games)
B90		Sicilian, Najdorf (2 games)
C57		Two Knights (2 games)

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STUART WAGMAN (born 1919, died Nov-24-2007) [what is this?] FM Stuart Wagman died, age 87, in Livorno, Italy, where he had lived for the past half-century. A member of the Washington Chess Divan in the 1940s, Wagman was inactive for many years but started to play again regularly after his retirement. He earned the FM title in his 60s and was a strong player even in his last years. His score of 6 from 11 in the 2006 World Senior Championship at the age of 87, was the best by an American.

page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 36  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. S Wagman vs Ujtelky   0-1 24 1965 Reggio Emilia 6566 B06 Robatsch 2. E Paoli vs S Wagman   ½-½ 22 1965 Reggio Emilia 6566 C57 Two Knights 3. S Wagman vs J Kozma   ½-½ 17 1969 Reggio Emilia B17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation 4. E Paoli vs S Wagman   0-1 38 1972 Reggio Emilia 7273 C57 Two Knights 5. R Cosulich vs S Wagman   1-0 35 1973 La Spezia B06 Robatsch 6. E Paoli vs S Wagman   ½-½ 28 1974 Reggio Emilia 7475 17th C29 Vienna Gambit 7. J M Bellon Lopez vs S Wagman 1-0 14 1976 Cirella Diamonte C47 Four Knights 8. S Wagman vs E Paoli   ½-½ 28 1978 Eksjo 6th B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange 9. M Grigoriou vs S Wagman   ½-½ 21 1978 Estia Nea Smyrni,Greece A04 Reti Opening 10. K Mokry vs S Wagman   1-0 23 1982 Reggio Emilia 8283 B70 Sicilian, Dragon Variation 11. Short vs S Wagman 1-0 22 1986 Lugano op B70 Sicilian, Dragon Variation 12. Ftacnik vs S Wagman   ½-½ 33 1987 Lugano op D31 Queen's Gambit Declined 13. Zsuzsa Polgar vs S Wagman   1-0 26 1987 San Bernardino D37 Queen's Gambit Declined 14. E Paoli vs S Wagman   1-0 40 1988 Reggio Emilia 8889-B B03 Alekhine's Defense 15. S Wagman vs I Rogers   0-1 42 1988 02 C16 French, Winawer 16. S Wagman vs P Passerotti   ½-½ 52 1988 Forli (Italy) C45 Scotch Game 17. S Wagman vs J Fang   ½-½ 54 1989 It (open) C55 Two Knights Defense 18. E Paoli vs S Wagman   ½-½ 44 1989 Reggio Emilia-B 8990 B42 Sicilian, Kan 19. V Beim vs S Wagman   1-0 19 1990 Aosta op D20 Queen's Gambit Accepted 20. K Berg vs S Wagman   1-0 26 1991 Forli D03 Torre Attack (Tartakower Variation) 21. S Wagman vs Rashkovsky 0-1 10 1992 Forli open B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 22. F Alvarez vs S Wagman   ½-½ 26 1993 New York op (09) C55 Two Knights Defense 23. S Wagman vs Ashley   ½-½ 53 1993 06, New York op 93\\03 B62 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer 24. Razuvaev vs S Wagman   1-0 34 2000 Lido Estensi op D20 Queen's Gambit Accepted 25. S Wagman vs V Bukal   0-1 30 2001 World Seniors C00 French Defense  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 36

May-14-07    thegoldenband: I was thrilled to learn that Wagman participated in last year's 16th World Senior Championship, and did quite well -- at the ripe old age of 87! Having read Andy Soltis's feature on Wagman in "Karl Marx Plays Chess", it was a wonderful surprise to learn that he's still with us (and I hope that's still the case as of this writing). May-04-09    kramputz: 4) Stuart Wagman 1919-2007 FM Stuart Wagman died Nov. 24 2007 in Livorno, Italy, where he had lived for the past half-century. A member of the Washington Chess Divan in the 1940s Wagman was inactive for many years but started to play again regularly after his retirement. He earned the FM title in his 60s and was a strong player even in his last years. His score of 6 from 11 in the 2006 World Senior Championship at the age of 87, was the best by an American. http://www.chessclub.org/news.php?n... May-11-09    thegoldenband: Thanks for letting us know about Wagman's passing, kramputz. From all reports, he was a good guy with a good heart, and remained a strong player essentially right up until the end. Would that all of us were so long-lived, so good at chess, and so well-liked. RIP.

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