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William N Watson
  

Number of games in database: 561
Years covered: 1976 to 2012
Last FIDE rating: 2490 (2492 rapid)
Highest rating achieved in database: 2527
Overall record: +205 -141 =212 (55.7%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 3 exhibition games, blitz/rapid, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (106) 
    B23 B46 B45 B21 B47
 French Defense (44) 
    C05 C10 C15 C07 C17
 Ruy Lopez (32) 
    C92 C91 C95 C84 C63
 Sicilian Taimanov (26) 
    B46 B45 B47 B48
 Caro-Kann (23) 
    B18 B17 B12 B16 B10
 Vienna Opening (19) 
    C26 C28 C27 C25
With the Black pieces:
 King's Indian (90) 
    E94 E97 E73 E70 E81
 Sicilian (88) 
    B70 B76 B72 B52 B77
 Sicilian Dragon (55) 
    B70 B76 B72 B77 B78
 Caro-Kann (14) 
    B17 B12 B13 B11
 Queen's Pawn Game (14) 
    A41 A45 D01 D02 A46
 Pirc (12) 
    B08 B07
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   G Burgess vs W N Watson, 1989 0-1
   W N Watson vs E Meduna, 1992 1-0
   W N Watson vs J E Littlewood, 1991 1-0
   Plaskett vs W N Watson, 1983 0-1
   Gheorghiu vs W N Watson, 1980 0-1
   W N Watson vs M Stangl, 1998 1-0
   W N Watson vs C P Gawood, 1977 1-0
   J Sloth vs W N Watson, 1991 0-1
   W N Watson vs Short, 1983 1-0
   W N Watson vs T Karolyi Jr., 1986 1-0

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Robert Silk Young Masters (1982)
   Bor (1986)
   Brussels OHRA-B (1986)
   London WFW (1991)
   British Championship (1994)
   Herning (1991)
   British Championship (1983)
   Brighton (1983)
   British Championship (1990)
   British Championship (1984)
   British Championship (1978)
   British Championship (1985)
   11th Lloyds Bank Masters Open (1987)
   British Championship (1979)
   17th Lloyds Bank Masters Open (1993)

RECENT GAMES:
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   W N Watson vs S Conquest (2012) 1/2-1/2

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WILLIAM N WATSON
(born Apr-18-1962, 61 years old) United Kingdom

[what is this?]

William Nicholas Watson was born in Baghdad, Iraq. He was awarded the IM title in 1982 and the GM title in 1990.

Wikipedia article: William Watson (chess player)

Last updated: 2019-04-18 03:36:54

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 page 1 of 23; games 1-25 of 561  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. Korchnoi vs W N Watson  ½-½461976Simul, 30bE62 King's Indian, Fianchetto
2. Korchnoi vs W N Watson  1-0511976Simul, 30bB52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack
3. W N Watson vs C P Gawood 1-0271977British Chess Federation Junior ChampionshipB45 Sicilian, Taimanov
4. Karpov vs W N Watson  1-0301977Lloyds Bank Junior Clock SimulB32 Sicilian
5. D Werner vs W N Watson  1-0201978Aaronson MastersB31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation
6. W N Watson vs G Ligterink  0-1361978Aaronson MastersB33 Sicilian
7. M Corden vs W N Watson 1-0571978British ChampionshipB22 Sicilian, Alapin
8. W N Watson vs P Motwani  ½-½321978British ChampionshipC15 French, Winawer
9. M J Freeman vs W N Watson  0-1361978British ChampionshipE77 King's Indian
10. W N Watson vs B Cafferty  ½-½191978British ChampionshipB32 Sicilian
11. G Bonner vs W N Watson  0-1311978British ChampionshipB20 Sicilian
12. W N Watson vs S Knott  1-0371978British ChampionshipC15 French, Winawer
13. S Taulbut vs W N Watson  1-0301978British ChampionshipB27 Sicilian
14. W N Watson vs J Horner  1-0641978British ChampionshipC53 Giuoco Piano
15. S Webb vs W N Watson  1-0381978British ChampionshipB27 Sicilian
16. W N Watson vs A Whiteley  1-0401978British ChampionshipB78 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 10.castle long
17. Plaskett vs W N Watson  1-0511978British ChampionshipB23 Sicilian, Closed
18. H Muller vs W N Watson  1-0581979Aaronson MastersE88 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox, 7.d5 c6
19. N Povah vs W N Watson  0-1371979Aaronson MastersB78 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 10.castle long
20. G Brangham vs W N Watson  ½-½231979British ChampionshipE69 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Main line
21. W N Watson vs T Parkes  1-0351979British ChampionshipB04 Alekhine's Defense, Modern
22. R Bellin vs W N Watson  1-0221979British ChampionshipA45 Queen's Pawn Game
23. W N Watson vs M Alcock  1-0291979British ChampionshipB57 Sicilian
24. J B Hall vs W N Watson  0-1141979British ChampionshipB76 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack
25. W N Watson vs A J Mestel  0-1571979British ChampionshipB75 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack
 page 1 of 23; games 1-25 of 561  PGN Download
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Kibitzer's Corner
Jun-02-04  weary willy: The grandmaster who plays like a "drunk machine gunner" - but I can't remember who said that about Willie. Largely inactive now? What is he doing (and what are Stean, Nunn, Mestel, Speelman doing to earn a crust now?)
Jun-02-04
Premium Chessgames Member
  mahmoudkubba: ANYHOW IS HE SWEDEN, RUSSIAN, OR a USA player or from which country?? Any information on him please??
One another question how to go to find information on a player in the chessgames.com database??
Jun-02-04  ughaibu: He's a Brit.
Oct-13-04  Jesuitic Calvinist: <WW> Last time I saw WNW, he was working in the City of London as a lawyer.
Feb-11-08  katar: According to Wikipedia:
Boris Spassky once famously described his style of play as that of a drunk with a machine gun.[1] Nowadays a practicing lawyer, Watson has for many years been inactive as a chess player.
Apr-18-08  brankat: <Boris Spassky once famously described his style of play as that of a drunk with a machine gun.>

That's how I play more and more often. Not really suited for educational chess books, but a lot of fun :-)

Happy Birthday Mr.Watson!

Apr-18-09  wordfunph: <Boris Spassky once famously described his style of play as that of a drunk with a machine gun.>

Hope that GM Watson won't get hold of a machine gun and alcohol during games coz it will surely be an interesting game..

Happy Birthday to lawyer GM William Watson..

Jan-22-11
Premium Chessgames Member
  GrahamClayton: A game not in the database:

[Event "?"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Watson, William Nicholas"]
[Black "Dunworth, Christopher"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. e4 ♘f6 2. ♘c3 d5 3. e5 ♘e4 4. ♘ce2 f6 5. d3 ♘g5 6. ♗xg5 fxg5 7. h4 g4 8. ♘f4 g6 9. d4 ♗h6 10. ♘d3 ♘a6 11. ♗e2 c5 12. ♗xg4 cxd4 13. h5 ♘c5 14. ♗xc8 ♖xc8 15. ♘f3 ♕a5+ 16. ♔f1 ♘e4 17. hxg6 hxg6 18. ♘xd4 ♔d7 19. g3 ♗e3


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20. ♕g4+ ♔c7 21. ♖xh8 ♖xh8 22. ♘b3 ♕b6 23. fxe3 ♕xe3 24. ♔g2 ♘g5 25. ♖e1 1-0

Source: Bill Wall, “500 Alekhine Miniatures”, Chess Enterprises, Moon Township, Pennsylvania, 1994

Mar-01-12
Premium Chessgames Member
  GrahamClayton: Here is a quick Watson victory that I have uploaded to the database:

[Event "it"]
[Site "Gijon, France"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Juan Manuel Bellon Lopez"]
[Black "William Nicholas Watson"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bh4 g5 4. f3 gxh4 5. fxe4 e5 6. Nf3 Bh6 7. g3 O-O 8. dxe5 Nc6 9. c3 d6 10. exd6 cxd6 11. Nbd2 Be6 12. Nb3 Qb6 13. gxh4 Be3 14. Qd3 Ne5 15. Nxe5 dxe5 0-1

Source: Nick DeFirmian, Modern Chess Openings, 13th Edition, David McKay Company, New York, 1990, p. 448.

Mar-01-12
Premium Chessgames Member
  GrahamClayton: I had a chuckle at Willie's biography here: http://www.chambersandpartners.com/...

Chess was a "mini-career" before his "real" career as a lawyer :-)

Mar-02-12  King Death: Yeah, he really didn't do anything in chess with that mini career. Just a GM. What a fish.

One small note on the site in the game above, Gijon is in Spain not France. It was one of the places where Alekhine played at the end of his life after the French regained their country and I think the French would've considered him persona non grata.

Apr-18-16  TheFocus: Happy birthday, William Watson.
Jul-27-19  BIDMONFA: William Nicholas Watson

WATSON, WILLIAM N.
http://www.bidmonfa.com/watson_will...
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Jul-27-19  Granny O Doul: Spassky also used the "drunk machine gunner" description for Igor Ivanov, though maybe in reference to just a single game. Also, it was modified by "In Russia we say...", but so far, he looks like the only one.

I'm not a historian, but it appeared in Chess Life some time in the late 20th century.

Jul-28-19
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: When Spassky referred to Ivanov thus, certainly it could have been taken rather more literally, given the latter's well-known tendencies.

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