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David J Strauss
D J Strauss 
Courtesy of: populationhealthalliance.org  

Number of games in database: 188
Years covered: 1962 to 1996
Last FIDE rating: 2425
Overall record: +73 -60 =55 (53.5%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 English (16) 
    A15 A17 A10 A16
 King's Indian (12) 
    E90 E61 E91 E94 E92
 Reti System (12) 
    A04
 English, 1 c4 e5 (10) 
    A28 A29 A22 A26 A21
 Slav (6) 
    D11 D14 D18 D15
 Semi-Slav (5) 
    D46 D43 D47
With the Black pieces:
 Sicilian (36) 
    B32 B21 B22 B33 B31
 Grunfeld (6) 
    D91 D90 D86 D78 D85
 King's Indian (6) 
    E81 E92 E94 E64 E95
 Scandinavian (6) 
    B01
 Tarrasch Defense (5) 
    D34 D32
 Sicilian Richter-Rauser (4) 
    B60 B67 B61 B65
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Speelman vs D J Strauss, 1982 1/2-1/2
   C Brasket vs D J Strauss, 1976 1/2-1/2
   Kaidanov vs D J Strauss, 1992 1/2-1/2
   D J Strauss vs B Finegold, 1992 1/2-1/2

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   93rd US Open (1992)
   British Championship (1982)
   Continental Open (1993)
   Benedictine Open (1980)
   6th Lloyds Bank Masters Open (1982)
   5th Lloyds Bank Masters Open (1981)
   Aaronson Masters (1979)
   British Championship (1984)
   Manchester Benedictine Open (1981)
   88th US Open (1987)
   10th Lloyds Bank Masters Open (1986)
   British Championship (1979)
   Lone Pine (1976)
   Lone Pine (1977)
   Lone Pine (1979)

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DAVID J STRAUSS
(born Aug-07-1946, 78 years old) United Kingdom (federation/nationality United States of America)

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David Jonathan Strauss was born in 1946 in London, England. In 1973 he won the California State Championship. He tied for first at the American Open in 1971, 1975, 1978, 1980, 1983, 1985, and 1992. He was awarded the IM title in 1982.

Last updated: 2018-01-14 09:47:02

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 page 1 of 8; games 1-25 of 188  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. D J Strauss vs Keene 1-0471962Junior county matchE72 King's Indian
2. Keene vs D J Strauss 1-0161964London Junior ChampionshipA33 English, Symmetrical
3. D J Strauss vs Keene 0-1271964British Junior ChampionshipE61 King's Indian
4. D J Strauss vs R H Watson  1-0471968Oxford-Cambridge mB14 Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack
5. D J Strauss vs P H Clarke  ½-½281973London InvitationC15 French, Winawer
6. V Knox vs D J Strauss  ½-½321973London InvitationB33 Sicilian
7. D J Strauss vs S Webb  1-0451973London InvitationC15 French, Winawer
8. Nunn vs D J Strauss  ½-½681973London InvitationB33 Sicilian
9. L Piasetski vs D J Strauss  ½-½451973London InvitationB30 Sicilian
10. Gheorghiu vs D J Strauss  1-0421974Lone PineA16 English
11. D J Strauss vs C Barnes  1-0331974Lone PineB29 Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein
12. W Goichberg vs D J Strauss 1-0231974Lone PineC11 French
13. D J Strauss vs R Symonds  0-1321974American OpenB06 Robatsch
14. J Ulrich vs D J Strauss  1-0391974American OpenA42 Modern Defense, Averbakh System
15. D J Strauss vs V Pupols  1-0571976Lone PineC69 Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation
16. Panno vs D J Strauss  1-0351976Lone PineA34 English, Symmetrical
17. D J Strauss vs K Frey Beckman  0-1801976Lone PineB14 Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack
18. C Brasket vs D J Strauss  ½-½561976Lone PineA00 Uncommon Opening
19. D J Strauss vs J Tisdall 1-0181976Lone PineB06 Robatsch
20. R Ervin vs D J Strauss 1-0331976Lone PineC05 French, Tarrasch
21. D J Strauss vs de Firmian 0-1181976Lone PineA07 King's Indian Attack
22. Panno vs D J Strauss  1-0311977Lone PineD78 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O c6
23. D J Strauss vs B Nickoloff 0-1381977Lone PineB25 Sicilian, Closed
24. R Henley vs D J Strauss  1-0851977Lone PineA00 Uncommon Opening
25. D J Strauss vs E Martinovsky  1-0341977Lone PineB31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation
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Kibitzer's Corner
Mar-12-10  hedgeh0g: Nothing better than listening to a bit of Blue Danube in the morning!
Sep-28-10
Premium Chessgames Member
  GrahamClayton: Strauss was one of the first international masters to lose to a computer, losing to an experimental Fidelity machine at the 1986 US Open.

Strauss quit competitive chess and is now involved in medical research: http://www.lifeexpectancy.com/djs.s...

Feb-23-14  wrap99: I believe he was a professor of statistics or something mathematical at one of the UCs, maybe UC Riverside.
Feb-23-14  RedShield: I like your style. <David Jonathan Strauss was, it's believed, born sometime after the war in England, maybe in London.>
Feb-23-14  wrap99: I just don't remember exactly. I am sure David, or someone else, could clear this up.
Nov-23-15  14DogKnight: <wrap99> Yes, he was a professor of statistics at UC Riverside. I used to enjoy watching him and Perry Youngworth play blitz at our club, which ended at UCR and never opened again. Shame.
Nov-23-15
Premium Chessgames Member
  beatgiant: Check these out:
http://statistics.ucr.edu/faculty/s...

http://www.lifeexpectancy.org/djs.s...

These confirm the UC Riverside faculty role and also add that he's currently a researcher with the Life Expectancy Project in San Francisco.

Nov-29-15  wrap99: <14DogKnight> so approaching 40 years ago. I knew Perry well and wondered what he ended up doing in his non-chess life. I have been keeping an eye on the bright kids I met in the 1970s. More than one entered academia; others did well in business (Mark Orfalea opened a burrito place that is famous); others did some very bad things and ended up in prison. <beatgiant> thanks.

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