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| May-23-05 | | Benzol: Known for playing 1.♘a3 in OTB and correspondence games. |
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| May-23-05 | | Resignation Trap: They used to say: "Bobby D, Knight to Queen Rook Three." |
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| Jul-06-07 | | whiteshark: 1. Na3 aka <Sodium attack>
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durkin... |
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| Jul-06-07 | | whiteshark:
[Event "corr"]
[Date "1955"]
[White "Durkin, R."]
[Black "Depledge"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
1. Na3 e5 2. Nc4 Nc6 3. e4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Be3 Bxe3 6. fxe3 d6 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
Be2 Be6 9. Ncd2 h6 10. Nf1 Ne7 11. Qd2 Ng6 12. h3 c5 13. g4 Nh7 14. Ng3 Nh4 15.
Nf5 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Ng5 17. Bg2 Qb6 18. Ne7+ Kh8 19. c4 Rfe8 20. Nf5 Rad8 21. h4
Nh7 22. a3 f6 23. Bf3 Qa6 24. O-O b6 25. Rf2 Bxf5 26. gxf5 Rg8 27. Rg2 b5 28.
Rc1 bxc4 29. Rxc4 Rb8 30. Qc3 Nf8 31. Bh5 Nd7 32. Qd2 Rb7 33. Bf7 Rgb8 34. Rc2
Nb6 35. Be6 Rd8 36. d4 c4 37. dxe5 fxe5 38. f6 Rf8 39. Qxd6 Ra8 40. fxg7+ 1-0 |
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| Jul-06-07 | | whiteshark:
[Event "corr"]
[Date "1955"]
[White "Durkin, R."]
[Black "Curtis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
1. Na3 e5 2. Nc4 Nc6 3. e4 Nf6 4. d3 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Nf3 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Bxd2+ 8. Qxd2 Qe7 9. O-O-O O-O 10. Re1 f6 11. g3 b5 12. Na5 Nxa5 13. Qxa5 Qb4 14. Qxb4 Nxb4 15. a3 Nc6 16. Bg2 Rb8 17. Nd2 Bb7 18. Bd5+ Kh8 19. Nb3 Na5 20. Bxb7 Nxb3+ 21. cxb3 Rxb7 22. Re4 Rd8 23. Rd1 c5 24. b4 cxb4 25. Rxb4 a5 26. Re4 Kg8 27. Kd2 b4 28. a4 Rc7 29. Ke3 Rc2 30. Rd2 Rdc8 31. d4 R8c4 32. f4 exd4+ 33. Rexd4 b3 34. Rd8+ Kf7 35. R2d7+ Kg6 36. Rg8 Rxb2 37. Rgxg7+ Kh6 38. Rxh7+ Kg6 39. g4 f5 40. Rhg7+ Kh6 41. gxf5 1-0 |
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| Jul-06-07 | | whiteshark:
[Event "corr"]
[Date "1955"]
[White "Durkin, R."]
[Black "Graf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
1. Na3 e5 2. Nc4 Nc6 3. e4 Nf6 4. d3 a6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Be7 8. Be2
O-O 9. Qd2 Be6 10. Ne3 Ng4 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Nf5 Bxf5 13. exf5 Nf6 14. O-O-O d5
15. Ne1 b5 16. g4 e4 17. d4 Nd8 18. h4 Nh7 19. Ng2 f6 20. Nf4 Re8 21. Nxd5 Qf7
22. c4 c6 23. Ne3 Nb7 24. Kb1 Qe7 25. Ng2 Qc7 26. Nf4
click for larger view1-0
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| Jul-14-07 | | whiteshark: [Event "New Jersey Open"]
[Date "1948.??.??"]
[White "Durkin, Robert"]
[Black "Mc Cormick, E.T."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
1. Na3 e5 2. Nc4 Nc6 3. e4 Bc5 4. Nf3 d6 5. c3 f5 6. exf5 Bxf5 7. b4 Bb6 8.
Nxb6 axb6 9. b5 Nce7 10. Bc4 Nf6 11. Bb2 c6 12. Qe2 d5 13. Bb3 e4 14. Nd4 Bd7
15. bxc6 bxc6 16. c4 c5 17. Nb5 Bxb5 18. cxb5 O-O 19. O-O Kh8 20. Bc2 Ng6 21.
f4 Qd6 22. g3 Rae8 23. a4 d4 24. Bb3 e3 25. d3 Nd5 26. Bxd5 Qxd5 27. a5 bxa5
28. Rxa5 Qb3 29. Rfa1 c4 30. R5a3 Qxb5 31. Bxd4 Re6 32. dxc4 Nxf4 33. Qg4 Qb7
34. Qxf4 Ree8 35. Rxe3 1-0
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Position after <31. Bxd4> - 31... Re6 ?
- 32... Nxf4 ??
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| Jan-29-08 | | Resignation Trap: Perhaps User: satch boogie can provide more details about Durkin and upload some more of his games for us. |
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| Jan-29-08 | | satch boogie: <Resignation Trap>
I've tried to upload a couple of his games but for some reason, they havent been put up.
All I know about Robert Durkin is what Gerard Welling has told me (and here's the link to his profile, the info about Durkin is still on the same page at the bottom)Gerard Welling
What I can tell you about Durkin is that at the time in the 1980's he was an old man going to tournaments riding a Harley Davidson, and published a book on 1.Na3 called "The Sodium Attack" (which I havent had any luck in finding, probably due to it's limited quantities).
He also developed a new notation (example instead of 1.Na3 it would be 1.Na since the a3 square is the only place the Knight can go to).
This is really all I know about him, besides using 1.Na3, and this is what Welling has told me, and the games I have on my profile I got from Welling also, but the game at the bottom was one of my own experiences in an OTB play online. By the way it was nice to meet you, I've checked out your profile before because that Larry picture caught my eye, I love that show :) |
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| Jan-29-08 | | Resignation Trap: <satch boogie> Thanks! Your profile is also interesting. Although I have most issues of <Chess Life> and <Chess Review> from the 1950's and the 1960's, there is not much information that I could gather about Durkin. As for the uploaded games, it takes quite a while for most of them to appear on our database, so just be patient. |
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| Jan-29-08 | | satch boogie: <Resignation Trap>
Well I put that game in maybe 5-6 weeks ago, but if it usually takes longer than that, then I guess I didnt need to re-submit it like I did, my mistake. |
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| Jan-29-08 | | satch boogie: <Resignation Trap>
Oh and by the way I'd be happy to upload more of Durkin's games. |
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| Feb-11-08 | | satch boogie: Durkin-Spielman USA 1957
1. Na3 e6 2. f4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Be2 Bd6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. d3 c6 8. Qe1 O-O 9. Qh4 Re8 10. g4 h6 11. g5 Nh7 12. Qh5 hxg5 13. Nxg5 Nxg5 14. fxg5 Ne5 15.d4 Ng6 16. Bd3 Be7 17. Rxf7 Nh8 18. Bh7# 1-0 |
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Feb-11-08
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| May-07-09 | | jackpawn: Is this guy still alive? |
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| May-09-10 | | wordfunph: <whiteshark: 1. Na3 aka <Sodium attack> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durkin...; thanks <whiteshark>.. The Durkin Opening, also known as Durkin's Attack, or the Sodium Attack, is a very rarely played chess opening beginning with the move: 1. Na3 |
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| Jun-20-13 | | Nightsurfer: Man, oh man, nobody has paid attention to that?! <Robert Durkin> who has created the funny <Durkin's Attack> - that starts with <1.Na3!! ...> - has had his <90th> (!!!!) birthday almost 3 1/2 monthes ago, namely on March 9th, 2013! Congrats, Maestro! |
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May-09-14
 | | Phony Benoni: Sadly, he passed away recently:
http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/js... http://funeralinnovations.com/obitu... |
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May-09-14
 | | FSR: Are we sure that the Robert Durkin who recently died in Wisconsin is the same man? Our Durkin was supposed to be from New Jersey, but it sounds like the other Durkin spent his life in Wisconsin. |
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May-09-14
| | FSR: Believe it or not, if you go to the USCF's Player/Rating Lookup, http://www.uschess.org/component/op... , and put in <Durkin, Robert>, you find <four> people with that name: in NY, NJ, IN, and WI - the latter probably being the Robert E. Durkin who recently died in Wisconsin. Very confusing. |
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May-09-14
| | Phony Benoni: <FSR> Given that birthplace and birth date were identical (see second obit), it certainly seemed the same person. And this link should clinch it; see the second paragraph under "Bio Info": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk%3... |
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May-09-14
| | FSR: <Phony Benoni> Hmm, OK, looks pretty convincing. Dunno why there are all these references to him being a New Jerseyan. |
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May-09-14
| | Phony Benoni: <FSR> Yes, it is pretty convincing. And it turns out to be all wrong. Incredible as it seems, there appear to have been two chess-playing Robert Durkins born in Milwaukee in the early 1920s. I, too, was troubled by the stepson's "New Jersey" comment, and did some more digging. Apparently, <Robert E Durkin> never left Wisconsin. For instance, he worked for A. O Smith, which is a Milwaukee company: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_O_Sm... The real chess player is <Robert T Durkin>. I have put some relevant facts, with citations into the bio. We do not know his exact birth date as yet. The clincher was that, according to the obit, Robert E. Durkin headed up the Wisconsin Division of Health from 1971-1983. Robert T. Durkin regularly appears in USCF rating lists at that time, and is still from New Jersey. The whole problem apparently started when somebody added the May 9, 1923 birthdate for Robert E Durkin from Milwaukee, and I trusted without verifying. So now we don't know when Robert T. Durkin was born, but at least he's been resurrected. Seriously, my apologies. I have always been inclined to jump to conclusions, and it's bitten me again. |
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May-09-14
| | FSR: <Phony Benoni> No problem. Jeremy Gaige's <Chess Personalia> (1987) just gives this (I've converted his symbols to text, and numbers to words, to avoid confusion, particularly since he, contrary to typical American usage, uses the "day-month-year" convention): <Durkin, Robert
born May 9, 1923 Milwaukee, WI
died [blank]
American Chess Bulletin, 1941, p. 51
birth certificate>
I assume that Gaige managed to get the right Robert Durkin. |
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May-09-14
| | Phony Benoni: <FSR> I can't trust Gaige as completely as usual on this one. Robert E. was clearly born May 9, 1923. It's possible that Gaige unknowingly obtained the wrong birth certificate. Helms, in the <ACB> covering Ventnor City 1941, gives a 1924 birth date for Robert T., and makes a point of associating it with the New York international tournament. On the other hand, <Chess Review> states he was 18, which would indicate 1922 or 1923. I'm sort of gunshy on this one right now. If another biographer wants to make a decision, that's fine with me. |
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