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Weaver Warren Adams
Number of games in database: 76
Years covered: 1924 to 1956
Overall record: +26 -42 =8 (39.5%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Vienna Opening (14) 
    C26 C27 C28 C25
 Bishop's Opening (8) 
    C24
 French Defense (8) 
    C18 C15 C13 C10 C17
 Caro-Kann (6) 
    B12 B19 B15
 Sicilian (6) 
    B45 B29 B70 B83 B56
 French Winawer (5) 
    C18 C15 C17
With the Black pieces:
 Queen's Pawn Game (10) 
    D02
 Ruy Lopez (6) 
    C86 C68 C97 C98 C85
 King's Gambit Declined (4) 
    C32 C31
 Albin Countergambit (4) 
    D08 D09
 Ruy Lopez, Closed (4) 
    C86 C97 C98 C85
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   R Byrne vs W Adams, 1946 1/2-1/2
   Santasiere vs W Adams, 1946 1/2-1/2

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WEAVER WARREN ADAMS
(born Apr-28-1901, died Jan-06-1963) United States of America

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Weaver Warren Adams was born on April 28, 1901 in Dedham, Massachusetts. An American chess master, he participated in the U.S. Championship in 1936, 1940, 1944, 1946 and 1948. He won the Massachusetts State Championship in 1937, 1938, 1941 and 1945. In 1939, he wrote a book entitled "White to Play and Win." After publication he played in the U.S. Open at Dallas. He did not win a single game as White (3 losses and 1 draw) and won all his games (4 games) as Black! Weaver Adams won the 49th U.S. Open, held in Baltimore, in 1948. He also wrote "Simple Chess", "How to Play Chess", and "Absolute Chess."

 page 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 76  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves Year Event/LocaleOpening
1. Carlos Torre vs W Adams  1-028 1924 Rochester, USAC60 Ruy Lopez
2. W Adams vs H Steiner  0-125 1936 USA chC26 Vienna
3. W Adams vs H Morton 1-029 1936 USA chB03 Alekhine's Defense
4. M L Hanauer vs W Adams  1-043 1936 USA chA29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto
5. Dake vs W Adams  1-026 1936 USA chC31 King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit
6. Kupchik vs W Adams  1-060 1936 USA chD08 Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit
7. W Adams vs Denker  0-143 1936 USA chB03 Alekhine's Defense
8. W Adams vs Reshevsky 0-131 1936 USA chC15 French, Winawer
9. W Adams vs Kevitz  0-139 1936 USA chB83 Sicilian
10. W Adams vs S Bernstein  1-024 1936 USA chB29 Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein
11. Kashdan vs W Adams  1-042 1936 USA chD08 Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit
12. Fine vs W Adams  1-034 1936 New York USA ch, USAA28 English
13. A Simonson vs W Adams  1-030 1936 USA chC85 Ruy Lopez, Exchange Variation Doubly Deferred (DERLD)
14. W Adams vs Factor  0-130 1936 USA chC15 French, Winawer
15. Reshevsky vs W Adams  1-041 1939 New York ch-ACFD02 Queen's Pawn Game
16. W Adams vs A Simonson 0-122 1940 USA-chC24 Bishop's Opening
17. Reshevsky vs W Adams  1-062 1940 USA-chC97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin
18. W Adams vs Fine  0-136 1940 New York USA ch, USAB45 Sicilian, Taimanov
19. Santasiere vs W Adams ½-½30 1940 Ventnor CityD02 Queen's Pawn Game
20. W Adams vs S Greene 0-128 1941 New YorkC10 French
21. W Adams vs Shainswit  0-130 1941 New YorkB15 Caro-Kann
22. W Adams vs H Steiner  1-045 1941 St LouisC24 Bishop's Opening
23. W Adams vs Pinkus  0-125 1941 Ventnor CityC24 Bishop's Opening
24. M L Hanauer vs W Adams  0-179 1941 Ventnor CityD02 Queen's Pawn Game
25. W Adams vs J Levin  0-121 1941 Ventnor CityC24 Bishop's Opening
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Kibitzer's Corner
Apr-10-04
Premium Chessgames Member
  Hanada: US master who won the US Open in 1948.

Weaver W. Adams was rated 2383 according to the first chess ratings list.

In 1939 Weaver Adams wrote a book entitled, "White to play and Win". At his next tournament he lost all of his games as White and won all his games as Black.

His thesis, as expounded in this and other books by Adams, was that White has a winning position on the very first move. He intended to prove this absolutely. Adams would often publish collections of his games, all wins by Adams, and of them he would say: "There are no annotations, because every move is crystal clear."

Adams won 49th US Open, in Baltimore.

Apr-10-04
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  Phoenix: For awhile, I loved his pet opening in the Najdorf as White: 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.h3!?. Fischer was also involved in 4 games with the Adams's variation. A draw with the black pieces in Lombardy vs Fischer, 1958 a well-known win in Fischer vs Julio Bolbochan, 1962 another victory, this time against Reshevsky Fischer vs Reshevsky, 1962 and finally, winning with the black pieces in Damjanovic-Fischer Skopeje 1967. This last game isn't in the database, so I will submit it.

The reason I quit was Black gets a position not to my liking after 6...e6 adopting a scheveningen formation. Then h3 doesn't come in so handy.

Apr-11-04
Premium Chessgames Member
  Hanada: Adams also had another opening I believe. It was a variation of the Vienna and is also referred to as the Frankenstein-Dracula Variation. I believe it goes as follows:

1) e4 e5 2)Nc3 Nf6 3)Bc4 Nxe4 4)Qh5 Nd6 5)Bb3 Nc6 6)d5!?...

It's the reason that I play 5)...be7 instad of Nc6.

Apr-11-04
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  Hanada: Here are 2 games from the chessgames.com database with the opening, both ending in a white victory.

R Bass vs R Armstrong, 1952

Santasiere vs Pehnec, 1957

Apr-29-05
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  Caissanist: The line given above is not the Frankenstein-Dracula variation, it's the Adams Gambit. Larry Evans completely demolished that line in an article in Chess Life in the early sixties, which was later reprinted in Chess Catechism.

Aug-06-05
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  Hanada: <Caissanist>

Actually, the Frankenstein-Dracula variation is: (1.e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nxe4!?) as cited by Eric Schiller in his book "The Frankenstein-Dracula Variation in the Vienna Game".

https://www.schachversand.de/detail...

6.)d5!? was in idea that Adams came up with and is now known as C27 Vienna: Adams' Gambit in eco. However, it is a sub-variation in the Frankenstein-Dracula variation.

Nov-12-05   torrubirubi: I am interested in Adams through Hans Berliners book The System (Gambit Publications, 1999). As a weak player I find very attractiv the clear Berliners arguments about how to go through the opening. From a historical point of view interesting is a discussion between Berliner and Bob Fischer about "what is the best move in the starting position". Does somebody know this book?
Jun-28-06   Stevens: I read in MCO that Adams believed that the Vienna game led to a forced win by white. Still trying to find it myself, but i do like the Vienna.
Jun-28-06   Stevens: .... having said that, in the games covered here, Weaver Adams played 8 games with 2.Nc3, winning 4 and losing 4.

How comprehensive is this database with regard to older tournament?

Jun-28-06   WMD: Well, in a 30+ year career, let's assume he played a lot more than 55 games.
Jun-28-06
Premium Chessgames Member
  RookFile: Oh sure. I was taught some chess by Harry Lyman, who played a match with Adams.... in every game, Adams had white, and some kind of crazy Vienna game was played..... really interesting match...... gonzo lines like 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nxe4 4. Qh5 .... I believe today, this is called the "Frankenstein-Dracula variation".... lol
Jun-28-06
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  RookFile: Wow! I was able to find one of the games! This is fun chess:

W Adams vs H Lyman, 1946

Jun-28-06
Premium Chessgames Member
  mack: Oh goody, one of my messages seems to have disappeared as well. As far as I'm aware, none of the stuff which has been deleted today has been obscene, racist, sexist or profane; they've not been trying to sell anything; no personal attacks on members of this site have been made; and unless it's illegal to discuss homosexuality in the US, we've not violated guideline 4), either.
Jun-28-06
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  IMlday: <mack> Maybe the category 'sexist' is interpreted differently in the U.S., England and Canada? Here in Toronto, introducing the topic of someone's sexual orientation into a discussion of chess theory, would be considered at least irrelevent if not 'sexist'. Maybe for someone 'out' like Alan Turing it is an integral part of the history; but otherwise, like W. Adams it is just speculative gossip of little value~nowadays nobody cares. <RookFile> Ironically the final word on 'Frankenstein-Dracula' may be the tame endgame in Suttles vs Tarjan, 1974 where two very creative players manage to inject struggle into a position where many would simply agree to a draw.
Jun-28-06
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  mack: <IMlday> Maybe you're right. It's just that this site deservedly has a reputation for wide-ranging conversation, and things like this probably should be brought up, if not explored extensively. I'm not the only person to feel that some of the mods have been a bit over the top with their censorship recently.
Jun-28-06
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  IMlday: <mack> If you want to discuss the topic, it probably wouldn't get censored in the cafe. But Vienna theory is fairly hot issue of importance. 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 might well be the 'best' move. Long after W. Adams era, Duncan Suttles agreed in the 1960's. Michael Adams and Vishy Anand tried to surprise each other with its tricks in a mid-90's PCA match; oviously an easy line to under-estimate for the unprepared. I only had 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 a few times in praxis; usually with 3.g3, but twice successfully with 3.f4 and once in the long-line Frankenstein-Dracula when I was young. Statistically I have a dynamite score with the Vienna.
Jun-29-06   Poisonpawns: The "final" word on the Frankenstein-Dracula variation O Ekebjaerg vs G Timmerman, 1991
Jun-29-06
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  Caissanist: <mack> I can't say as I blame the chessgames admins. After cleaning up after the A.J. Goldsby flame wars (in which this topic figured prominently), it's quite understandable that they would want to limit future outbreaks. Though I happen to think that the topic is well worth discussing, <IMlday> is right--once discussion on this gets started, everything else gets wiped out, and I honestly would like to learn more about the Vienna.

Stuff like this is one of the reasons they created the personal message board feature--should you decide to open up your own board and discuss this topic there, then the admins won't touch it. For that matter, if anyone cares to post something worthwhile about it on my own (largely unused) board then I wouldn't mind.

Jul-02-06   WMD: <Oh goody, one of my messages seems to have disappeared as well. As far as I'm aware, none of the stuff which has been deleted today has been obscene, racist, sexist or profane; they've not been trying to sell anything; no personal attacks on members of this site have been made; and unless it's illegal to discuss homosexuality in the US, we've not violated guideline 4), either.>

I am hated for loving
I am hated for loving
Anonymous call, a poison pen
A brick in the small of the back again
I still don't belong
To anyone - I am mine

And I am hated for loving
I am haunted for wanting
Anonymous call, a poison pen
A brick in the ... ah ...
A brick in the small of the back again
I still don't belong
To anyone - I am mine

I am falling
With no-one to catch me
I am falling
And there's still
No-one to catch me
Ah ..
Anonymous call, a poison pen
A brick in the ... ah ...
A brick in the small of the back again
I just don't belong
To anywhere
I just don't belong
Mmm ...

Jul-02-06
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  RookFile: Well, you managed to include the word "I" ten times in the above poem. Silly me - I came here to read about Weaver Adams, or his book "White to Play and Win", or the latest developments in the Frankenstein - Dracula variation.
Jul-02-06   WMD: Silly you.
Nov-30-06
Premium Chessgames Member
  Resignation Trap: In the late 1940's, Adams ran some ads in Chess Review, promoting his book, <Simple Chess> in his own unique manner:

_____________________________________

SIMPLE CHESS

THE GAME OF CHESS SOLVED!!!

11 pages of closely typed analysis
showing more than one hundred win-
ning variations for White against all
standard Black defenses. Also win-
ning lines for Black against innacurate
opening play by White and a two page
summary of the Adams Chess System.

<Do not expect your friend who owns a copy of this book to tell you about it. He
won't, but he'll play it against you!>

---
WEAVER W. ADAMS
U. S. Open Chess Champion
Dedham, Mass.

Please send me a copy of your
analysis "Simple Chess." After five
days free examination I will send you
$ 1.00 or return the book at your ex-
pense.

Name____________
Address_________
City____________ State __________
______________________________________

Dec-22-06
Premium Chessgames Member
  Phony Benoni: An autobiographical essay by Adams, from 1949: http://boylston-chess-club.blogspot...

Jul-01-07   CaptainEvans: You've got to admire this chap for his undiminished belief in the invinciblity of the Vienna Opening - in spite of his results with it.
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