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Lester Van Meter
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Lester Van Meter and Sam Greenlaw 1973 |
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A07 | King's Indian Attack (5 games) | B01 | Scandinavian (5 games) | A00 | Uncommon Opening (5 games) | E12 | Queen's Indian (4 games) | A06 | Reti Opening (3 games) | B15 | Caro-Kann (3 games) | D15 | Queen's Gambit Declined Slav (2 games) | A04 | Reti Opening (2 games) | B06 | Robatsch (2 games) | B27 | Sicilian (2 games) |
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A FIDE Master, Lester Van Meter has been Indiana state champion on six occasions: 1976, 1977, 1986*, 1989, 1993* and 2024. * denotes shared title.
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LESTER VAN METER
(born Feb-01-1953, 72 years old) United States of America
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page 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 77
Game
Result Moves
Year Event/Locale Opening
1. L Van Meter vs C Carlson
0-1 53 1977 Masters & Candidates Special B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4
2. L Van Meter vs E Martinovsky
0-1 44 1982 Midwest Masters B14 Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack
3. L Van Meter vs L Chachere
0-1 35 1982 Midwest Masters A06 Reti Opening
4. A Sandrin vs L Van Meter
½-½ 54 1982 Midwest Masters B15 Caro-Kann
5. L Van Meter vs K Wallach
1-0 41 1982 Midwest Masters A04 Reti Opening
6. F Rhine vs L Van Meter
½-½ 9 1982 Midwest Masters E11 Bogo-Indian Defense
7. L Van Meter vs K Wallach
½-½ 33 1984 Midwest Masters E61 King's Indian
8. T Unger vs L Van Meter
1-0 16 1984 Midwest Masters D15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
9. L Van Meter vs T Redman
1-0 33 1984 Midwest Masters D35 Queen's Gambit Declined
10. J Mills vs L Van Meter
½-½ 50 1984 Midwest Masters A06 Reti Opening
11. P M Kuroda vs L Van Meter
1-0 47 1984 Midwest Masters D14 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation
12. H Rolletschek vs L Van Meter
1-0 73 1985 Midwest Masters B15 Caro-Kann
13. L Van Meter vs S Zingheim
1-0 47 1985 Midwest Masters A57 Benko Gambit
14. L Van Meter vs M Giles
0-1 55 1985 Midwest Masters E98 King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov, 9.Ne1
15. L Van Meter vs N Salman
1-0 70 1985 Midwest Masters B06 Robatsch
16. K Bachler vs L Van Meter
1-0 6 1985 Midwest Masters A06 Reti Opening
17. J Readey vs L Van Meter
1-0 29 1986 Columbus op A20 English
18. Benjamin vs L Van Meter
1-0 28 1986 23rd Canadian Open D15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
19. L Van Meter vs T Q Miller
0-1 22 1986 Orland Park Futurity B06 Robatsch
20. K Wallach vs L Van Meter
0-1 68 1986 Midwest Masters D14 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation
21. C Blocker vs L Van Meter
0-1 34 1986 Midwest Masters D26 Queen's Gambit Accepted
22. V Rao vs L Van Meter
1-0 29 1986 Midwest Masters D16 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
23. L Van Meter vs G DeFotis
0-1 25 1986 Midwest Masters A80 Dutch
24. L Chachere vs L Van Meter
½-½ 32 1986 Midwest Masters D16 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
25. L Van Meter vs Gulko
½-½ 22 1987 Cardinal op E46 Nimzo-Indian
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