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Elmer Gruer
E Gruer 
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Number of games in database: 26
Years covered: 1910 to 1929
Overall record: +8 -10 =8 (46.2%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games.

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ELMER GRUER
(born Nov-08-1890, died Jul-16-1931, 40 years old) United States of America

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Elmer Walker Gruer was born in Napa, California in 1890. In 1915, he won the Mechanics' Institute chess championship. In 1921-22, he won the first California State Championship, held in San Francisco, winning ten straight games. He won the California State Championship in 1922, 1926, and 1927. He died in Oakland in 1931.

Last updated: 2021-02-23 05:51:06

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Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. E Gruer vs W M Davidson  ½-½411910Cal Berkley-Stanford MatchC17 French, Winawer, Advance
2. C Phillips vs E Gruer 1-0701913Chicago CC ChampionshipD05 Queen's Pawn Game
3. E Gruer vs Kostic 0-1361915MatchE38 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5
4. E Gruer vs S Mlotkowski ½-½321915Los Angeles-San FranciscoD37 Queen's Gambit Declined
5. S Mlotkowski vs E Gruer ½-½361916San Fran-Southern Cal telegraph matchC51 Evans Gambit
6. W Pratt vs E Gruer 0-1271917corrC53 Giuoco Piano
7. E Gruer vs S Mlotkowski  ½-½271917Off-hand GameD32 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch
8. E Gruer vs S Mlotkowski  1-0381917Off-hand GameA70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3
9. S Mlotkowski vs E Gruer  1-0581917Off-hand GameB35 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Modern Variation with Bc4
10. E Gruer vs R C Stephenson 1-0501917Blindfold MatchD30 Queen's Gambit Declined
11. S Mlotkowski vs E Gruer 1-0631918Casual gameC51 Evans Gambit
12. S Mlotkowski vs E Gruer  ½-½371918Off-hand GameB32 Sicilian
13. S Mlotkowski vs E Gruer ½-½371918Off-hand GameB74 Sicilian, Dragon, Classical
14. E Gruer vs S Mlotkowski  ½-½171918Off-hand GameA47 Queen's Indian
15. E Gruer vs W Lovegrove 1-0451921California State ChampionshipD00 Queen's Pawn Game
16. H Borochow vs E Gruer  0-1211922California State ChampionshipC25 Vienna
17. E Gruer vs A W Ryder  0-1501922Gruer-Ryder MatchA80 Dutch
18. E Gruer vs A W Ryder  1-0251922Gruer-Ryder MatchC65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense
19. E Gruer vs S Factor  0-171192223rd Western ChampionshipC80 Ruy Lopez, Open
20. E Gruer vs S Swanson  1-0311922California State ChampionshipD11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
21. E Gruer vs M Ward 0-1271922Gruer Simul 13bE00 Queen's Pawn Game
22. E Gruer vs A W Ryder  ½-½421922Gruer-Ryder MatchC33 King's Gambit Accepted
23. N Whitaker vs E Gruer  1-052192223rd Western ChampionshipD45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
24. G Branch vs E Gruer 1-012192324th Western ChampionshipC30 King's Gambit Declined
25. E Gruer vs S Mlotkowski 0-1451925California State ChampionshipA40 Queen's Pawn Game
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Nov-08-08  brankat: A very nice win against Alekhine, although it may have been a simul game.

Somewhere there would have to be many more games played by Mr.Gruer.

Nov-09-08  Calli: I'll try to dig up a game or two.

"A chemist by profession, who ran a X-Ray laboratory in Oakland, Gruer was educated at UC Berkeley. The Times column notes 'He was a most popular member of the Athens Athletic Club in Oakland equally adept at bridge.' He died July 16, 1931, at the age of 40." - M.I. Newsletter #361, 08/29/2007 (Donaldson)

Nov-09-08  brankat: <Calli> Thank You for the info. I knew I could count on You :-)
Nov-12-08  brankat: Thanks to <Calli> and his world wide network of chess researchers we now have 12 more E.W.Gruer games in this database!

Thank You.

Dec-21-10
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  GrahamClayton: Gruer also studied at the University of Chicago in the period prior to World War 1. He was responsible for establishing the Western Collegiate Chess League, which featured teams from Michigan University, Illinois and Chicago.

<brankat>
Somewhere there would have to be many more games played by Mr.Gruer.

<brankat>,
I have found a game by Gruer in the "San Fransisco Call" chess column dated February 2, 1913, which I will shortly upload to the database.

Oct-14-19  Chesgambit: Elmer Walker Gruer
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