The chess games of William E Martz

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William E Martz

Number of games in database: 119
Years covered: 1963 to 1982
Highest rating achieved in database: 2420

Overall record: +31 -34 =54 (48.7%)*
* Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS

With the White pieces:

King's Indian (18)
    E79 E78 E77 E74 E76
English (9)
    A16 A10 A15 A17
Nimzo Indian (4)
    E20
English, 1 c4 e5 (4)
    A22 A21
Queen's Pawn Game (4)
    A41 A40 E10 A46

With the Black pieces:

Alekhine's Defense (14)
    B05 B02 B03 B04
Sicilian (8)
    B44 B36 B45 B32 B33
Grunfeld (8)
    D94 D78 D86 D82 D85
English (6)
    A16 A15 A14 A12
Nimzo Indian (4)
    E41 E42 E47

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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   W Martz vs Reshevsky, 1972 1/2-1/2
   Kaufman vs W Martz, 1972 1/2-1/2
   W Martz vs T Wozney, 1969 1-0
   W Martz vs Huebner, 1982 1/2-1/2
   W Martz vs J L Watson, 1969 1-0

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Lone Pine (1972)
   US Championship (1972)
   Lone Pine (1976)
   Lone Pine (1975)
   Lone Pine (1977)

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   US Championship 1972 by Phony Benoni

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WILLIAM E MARTZ (born Mar-21-1945, died Jan-17-1983, 37 years old) United States of America	[what is this?]
William Edward (Bill) Martz was born in Detroit, Michigan. Martz won the US Junior Championship in 1965. He won the South Dakota Open in 1968. He won the Wisconsin Championship in 1969. He was awarded the IM title in 1975. In 1982 Martz and Andrew Soltis were co-winners of the US Open. He succumbed to cancer and passed away in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1983. Wikipedia article: William Martz

Last updated: 2019-09-20 06:25:00

page 1 of 5; games 1-25 of 119

Game	Result	Moves	Year	Event/Locale	Opening
1. W Martz vs N Kleszczewski	1-0	25	1963	Illinois Open	C07 French, Tarrasch
2. J Tums vs W Martz	0-1	42	1963	Illinois Open	C18 French, Winawer
3. W Martz vs Gulko	1-0	39	1967	World Student tt C	E20 Nimzo-Indian
4. Smejkal vs W Martz	1-0	46	1968	WchT U26 15th qual-E	A15 English
5. W Martz vs Smejkal	½-½	33	1968	WchT U26 15th fin-A	D82 Grunfeld, 4.Bf4
6. W Martz vs N Wood	1-0	34	1968	69th US Open	D51 Queen's Gambit Declined
7. R Shean vs W Martz	0-1	27	1968	69th US Open	B44 Sicilian
8. W Martz vs P Brandts	½-½	50	1968	69th US Open	E79 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack, Main line
9. W Martz vs R J Gross	½-½	35	1968	69th US Open	D31 Queen's Gambit Declined
10. A Spiller vs W Martz	0-1	39	1968	69th US Open	D86 Grunfeld, Exchange
11. L Levy vs W Martz	1-0	31	1968	69th US Open	B45 Sicilian, Taimanov
12. W Martz vs D Kerman	1-0	41	1968	69th US Open	E79 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack, Main line
13. W Martz vs N Weinstein	½-½	51	1968	69th US Open	E77 King's Indian
14. J T Westbrock vs W Martz	0-1	42	1968	69th US Open	E77 King's Indian
15. W Martz vs Robert E Byrne	½-½	20	1968	69th US Open	E76 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack
16. Larsen vs W Martz	1-0	60	1968	69th US Open	A02 Bird's Opening
17. W Martz vs A Karklins	1-0	36	1969	Chicago op	A15 English
18. W Martz vs E Karklins	1-0	26	1969	Chicago op	A00 Uncommon Opening
19. W Martz vs S Schwartz	1-0	29	1969	70th US Open	E79 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack, Main line
20. W Martz vs J L Watson	1-0	35	1969	70th US Open	E79 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack, Main line
21. P Poschel vs W Martz	½-½	33	1969	70th US Open	E92 King's Indian
22. Vukcevich vs W Martz	½-½	18	1969	70th US Open	B44 Sicilian
23. W Martz vs R Wilcox	1-0	38	1969	70th US Open	E79 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack, Main line
24. Popovych vs W Martz	0-1	40	1969	70th US Open	B85 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Classical
25. W Martz vs Robert E Byrne	0-1	73	1969	70th US Open	D82 Grunfeld, 4.Bf4


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Aug-09-08		whiteshark: "I [ Robert Huebner ] met him [ William E Martz ] for the first time during the Student Olympiad at Ybbs 1968, and for ever after he kindly and patiently stimulated my attempts to play chess. He also tried with much self-sacrifice to improve my English. His generosity has enlarged my library by many donations both in the field of chess and the English language. I always greatly enjoyed his fine sense of humour with a penchant for absurd situations, which was by no means dulled but on the contrary sharpened by his legal studies. I have lost a fine friend too early." Robert Huebner in <Twenty-five Annotated Games>

Nov-24-08		newzild: Bill Martz went 104 games in a row without losing, which is a world record. http://www3.sympatico.ca/g.giffen/r...

Nov-24-08		Karpova: "The New York Times" Obituary from 1983.01.20: http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpa... Excerpt: <William Edward Martz, a leading American chess player for more than a decade, died of cancer on Monday in Milwaukee. He was 37 years old and lived in Wauwatosa, a Milwaukee suburb.>

Mar-21-10		Eastfrisian: Is there any photo of him?

Sep-17-10		GrahamClayton: Here are some of Martz's annotations on his own games: http://www.thechessmill.com/instruc... The Southwest Chess Club in Franklin, Wisconsin runs a William Martz memorial tournament in November of each year: http://swccchess.blogspot.com/2009/...

Nov-08-10		wordfunph: <newzild: Bill Martz went 104 games in a row without losing, which is a world record.> ...but many of these were against non-masters.

Jan-04-14		Richard Taylor: I think that doesn't matter. How many games do any of us win in a row? I lose most of my games. Poor bloke died so young.

May-25-14		Eastfrisian: To have a photo of him, would be great, but nowhere.

Jul-10-14		thedivingbell: Eastfrisian, I'm not sure why you want a picture of Bill, but he was on the December 1982 cover of Chess Life pictured here with Andy Soltis. Bill is the one in white. http://bit.ly/1sAaGT7

Aug-05-15		zanzibar: The old link to a photo of him no longer works. Here's an Getty image that's less likely to go away: http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/n... From his tie for first place in the Toronto Open (unsure what year - you might think that would qualify as a Notable Tournament - but it doesn't). Photo by Doug Griffin (also undated, afaict)

Aug-05-15		zanzibar: He didn't pursue a career in Law according to his NYT obit: <A 1970 graduate of the Marquette University Law School, Mr. Martz also had a degree in mathematics. He divided his time between chess and his work as the business manager of a Chevrolet dealership in Milwaukee operated by his family.> Business and Chess don't make such a bad combo (if, in addition to playing, one wants to eat).

Apr-29-18		Cibator: I remember there was a photo of him in the book of the 1972 Olympiad put out by Batsford (Ray Keene was one of the co-authors).

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