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Richard Forster

Number of games in database: 339
Years covered: 1987 to 2023
Last FIDE rating: 2462
Highest rating achieved in database: 2496
Overall record: +115 -112 =102 (50.5%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 10 exhibition games, blitz/rapid, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (48) 
    B90 B47 B33 B43 B96
 French Defense (19) 
    C05 C07 C12 C00 C01
 English (11) 
    A15 A14 A13 A10
 Sicilian Najdorf (11) 
    B90 B96 B93 B98 B94
 Vienna Opening (10) 
    C26 C25 C28
 Caro-Kann (10) 
    B12 B10 B18 B17 B13
With the Black pieces:
 King's Indian (57) 
    E91 E60 E92 E94 E81
 Sicilian (55) 
    B90 B22 B50 B92 B96
 Sicilian Najdorf (20) 
    B90 B92 B96 B93 B91
 English (7) 
    A10 A15
 Queen's Pawn Game (6) 
    A45 A46 D02
 Scandinavian (6) 
    B01
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Efimenko vs R Forster, 2011 0-1
   Shankar Roy vs R Forster, 1991 0-1
   R Forster vs Huebner, 1994 1-0
   R Forster vs T Nedev, 2000 1-0
   R Forster vs Pelletier, 1994 1/2-1/2
   R Forster vs P Carlsson, 2013 1-0
   N Lipowsky vs R Forster, 1987 0-1
   R Forster vs Bacrot, 2015 1/2-1/2
   R Forster vs D Wagner, 2015 1/2-1/2

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Agency International (1997)
   Nagler Memorial (1998)
   Horgen-B (1995)
   Swiss Championship (1995)
   European Junior Championship (1992)
   Casino Open (1995)
   Metz Open (1994)
   Wch U16 (1990)
   European Junior Championship (1995)
   Graz Open (1995)
   Groningen Open (1997)
   Bled Olympiad (2002)
   Istanbul Olympiad (2012)
   European Championship (2015)
   Baku Olympiad (2016)

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   Agency International (Lonson `997) by Phony Benoni
   Agency International (Lonson `997) by docjan

RECENT GAMES:
   🏆 TCh-SUI
   G Gaehwiler vs R Forster (Aug-27-23) 1-0
   M Gaehler vs R Forster (Aug-26-23) 0-1
   C Maier vs R Forster (May-14-23) 0-1
   R Edouard vs R Forster (Apr-30-23) 1-0
   F Bellini vs R Forster (Apr-16-23) 0-1

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RICHARD FORSTER
(born Jan-18-1975, 50 years old) Switzerland

[what is this?]
IM Richard Forster is a noted chess historian and author who wrote "Amos Burn - A Chess Biography" (Jefferson NC, 2004) and maintains a chess history website together with the famous chess historian Edward Winter: http://www.chesshistory.com/.

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 page 1 of 14; games 1-25 of 339  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. N Lipowsky vs R Forster  0-1151987BagneuxC57 Two Knights
2. L Carraro vs R Forster 0-1231990WinterthurA64 Benoni, Fianchetto, 11...Re8
3. S Desbonnes vs R Forster  0-1261990Wch U16B96 Sicilian, Najdorf
4. I Miladinovic vs R Forster  1-0341990Wch U16E98 King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov, 9.Ne1
5. R Forster vs R Schweda  1-0261990Wch U16B90 Sicilian, Najdorf
6. R Forster vs T Toh  0-1591990Wch U16D32 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch
7. R Forster vs Y Abdulghafour  1-0241990Wch U16D52 Queen's Gambit Declined
8. S D Rupasinghe vs R Forster  ½-½221990Wch U16C89 Ruy Lopez, Marshall
9. J Parker vs R Forster  1-0441990Wch U16E92 King's Indian
10. R Forster vs C Gabriel  0-1511990Wch U16E26 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch
11. M Huberty vs R Forster  0-1361990Wch U16C56 Two Knights
12. Shankar Roy vs R Forster 0-1231991Wch U16C57 Two Knights
13. R Forster vs O Lehner  1-0201991Wch U16C44 King's Pawn Game
14. P Jaracz vs R Forster 1-0161991Wch U16C55 Two Knights Defense
15. D Saavedra Godoy vs R Forster  0-1371992World Championship U18B21 Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4
16. R Forster vs J Maiwald  0-1291992World Championship U18B57 Sicilian
17. H M A Kadhi vs R Forster  ½-½461992World Championship U18B90 Sicilian, Najdorf
18. P Roberts vs R Forster  1-0251992World Championship U18C78 Ruy Lopez
19. R Forster vs J O'Carroll  1-0201992World Championship U18B33 Sicilian
20. R Forster vs A M Mohamed Ali  0-1401992World Championship U18B56 Sicilian
21. A M Mohamed vs R Forster  1-0651992World Championship U18A64 Benoni, Fianchetto, 11...Re8
22. R Forster vs S Bjornsson  1-0271992World Championship U18B09 Pirc, Austrian Attack
23. M Kekelidze vs R Forster  1-0611992World Championship U18E98 King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov, 9.Ne1
24. R Forster vs M Santos  1-0281992World Championship U18C34 King's Gambit Accepted
25. Shulman vs R Forster  1-0411992World Championship U18E92 King's Indian
 page 1 of 14; games 1-25 of 339  PGN Download
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Kibitzer's Corner
Dec-24-04
Premium Chessgames Member
  cu8sfan: Swiss chess historian who has gotten a great URL for his homepage: http://chesshistory.com/

Here's a picture and a profile (in German) about him: http://www.sgwinterthur.ch/portrait...

Jul-23-06
Premium Chessgames Member
  cu8sfan: Forster had a tough tournament at the Swiss Championship (2006) in Lenzerheide, scoring only 1.5/9 but he sure made his games interesting. He attacked uncompromisingly and I feel like he should have been rewarded more for it.
Jul-23-06  WMD: 1.5/9 is probably about what Amos Burn would have scored if he were alive today. Assuming, of course, he made it out of his coffin.
Jul-24-06  euripides: <1.5/9 is probably about what Amos Burn would have scored if he were alive today. Assuming, of course, he made it out of his coffin.> If Tony Miles could play a tournament lying on a table for his bad back, I don't see why Burns shouldn't be allowed to play from a recumbent position.
Oct-09-08  Karpova: IM Forster's review of Kasparov's "On My Great Predecessors" Part 1: http://www.chesshistory.com/books/i...
Jun-09-11
Premium Chessgames Member
  FSR: Forster spent three years writing a 972-page biography of Amos Burn. Judging by his choice of biographee, I would have guessed that he was a hyper-positional player like Ulf Andersson. Surprisingly, he's actually an attacking maniac.
Jan-18-12  brankat: One of the top books on my "must read" list. 2.5 kilos book is also good for the purposes of weightlifting. To kill two birds with one stone :-)

Happy Birthday IM Forster!

Jan-18-12  TheFocus: Happy Birthday, IM Forster.

The Burn book is a very good book.

I traded a set of Spielmann books to Richard for my copy. I still think I got the best of the bargain.

Jan-18-16  TheFocus: Happy birthday, Richard Forster.
May-07-23
Premium Chessgames Member
  wwall: He is also the author of 'The Zurich Chess Club, 1809-2009' in German and English (McFarland Publisher). A very good book with lots of history of Zurich and Swiss chess.

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