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Gordon Taylor

Number of games in database: 189
Years covered: 1970 to 2005
Last FIDE rating: 2309
Highest rating achieved in database: 2357
Overall record: +65 -60 =64 (51.3%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Queen's Pawn Game (19) 
    E00 A41 A40 E10 D02
 King's Indian (14) 
    E98 E94 E73 E91 E67
 Catalan (7) 
    E04 E06
 English, 1 c4 c5 (7) 
    A31 A32 A33 A39
 Grunfeld (6) 
    D86 D87
 Modern Benoni (5) 
    A62 A75 A64 A70
With the Black pieces:
 Sicilian (28) 
    B32 B30 B22 B20 B21
 Nimzo Indian (13) 
    E32 E53 E47 E24 E42
 English, 1 c4 c5 (12) 
    A34 A30 A33 A37 A35
 Queen's Indian (10) 
    E17 E12 E19
 Caro-Kann (7) 
    B10 B18 B14 B12 B11
 Semi-Tarrasch Defense (7) 
    D41 D40
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   G Taylor vs B Knapper, 1997 1-0
   R Bowerman vs G Taylor, 1997 0-1
   G Taylor vs H Stefansson, 1997 1/2-1/2
   L Day vs G Taylor, 1984 1/2-1/2

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Canadian Championship (1989)
   Philadelphia (1988)
   Vancouver Open (1981)
   Canadian Championship (1996)
   Canadian Open (1995)
   Canadian Championship (1981)
   Quebec Open (1996)
   Canadian Championship (1984)
   Canadian Open (1983)
   North Bay Open (1999)
   Toronto Open (1998)
   Reykjavik Open (1984)
   Canadian Open (1997)

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GORDON TAYLOR
(born Mar-13-1952, 73 years old) Canada

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He achieved a Canadian National Master certification and is a FIDE Master. In the 1990 Olympiad (as 2nd reserve), he scored 4.5 points in 7 team games for Canada. He was British Columbia champion 5 times between 1977 (tied for 1st), 1979, & 1981-3. He tied 1st-2nd with Harry Kaminker in the 1987 Toronto Closed.

Reference: https://www.olimpbase.org (team & Olympiad chess archives).

Last updated: 2024-04-22 15:54:07

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 page 1 of 8; games 1-25 of 190  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. G Taylor vs C Coudari  0-1261970Canadian OpenA21 English
2. B Brebrich vs G Taylor  0-1311971Canadian OpenB72 Sicilian, Dragon
3. C Barnes vs G Taylor  1-0341971Canadian OpenB78 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 10.castle long
4. G Taylor vs P Biyiasas 0-1401974Diamond Jubilee op 2ndE67 King's Indian, Fianchetto
5. G Taylor vs I Bilek  0-1471975Vancouver OpenA40 Queen's Pawn Game
6. G Taylor vs Suttles  0-1581975Vancouver OpenA41 Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6)
7. G Taylor vs J L Watson  0-1601975Canadian OpenD07 Queen's Gambit Declined, Chigorin Defense
8. H Brodie vs G Taylor  0-1401975Canadian OpenA02 Bird's Opening
9. G Taylor vs K Spraggett  0-1461975Canadian OpenA39 English, Symmetrical, Main line with d4
10. G Taylor vs A Hill  1-0261978Remembrance Day opA42 Modern Defense, Averbakh System
11. C Aubry vs G Taylor  0-1381980Canadian OpenA37 English, Symmetrical
12. A Soltis vs G Taylor  ½-½411980Canadian OpenB23 Sicilian, Closed
13. L Day vs G Taylor  1-0381980Canadian OpenB21 Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4
14. G Taylor vs M Buchholz  0-1421980Canadian OpenA42 Modern Defense, Averbakh System
15. G Taylor vs C Storey  1-0301980British Columbia-chD87 Grunfeld, Exchange
16. C Storey vs G Taylor  1-0691980British Columbia-chE75 King's Indian, Averbakh, Main line
17. K Spraggett vs G Taylor 1-0171981Canadian ChampionshipE47 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3
18. R Hawkes vs G Taylor  0-1451981Canadian ChampionshipA07 King's Indian Attack
19. L Piasetski vs G Taylor  1-0421981Canadian ChampionshipA30 English, Symmetrical
20. G Taylor vs J Hebert  ½-½381981Canadian ChampionshipE91 King's Indian
21. G Taylor vs S Barbeau  ½-½371981Canadian ChampionshipD86 Grunfeld, Exchange
22. I Ivanov vs G Taylor  1-0441981Canadian ChampionshipE17 Queen's Indian
23. G Taylor vs P Murray  1-0491981Canadian ChampionshipE98 King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov, 9.Ne1
24. M Buchholz vs G Taylor  0-1601981Canadian ChampionshipB22 Sicilian, Alapin
25. G Taylor vs F Baragar  1-0411981Canadian ChampionshipE04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3
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Kibitzer's Corner
Apr-22-24
Premium Chessgames Member
  FSR: Gordon Taylor in the May 15, 1989 issue of <Inside Chess> wrote an important but little-remembered article introducing the concept of a <tesuji> move, a term he borrowed from go. (GM Gerald Hertneck informs me that the term is also used in shogi, Japanese chess.) Taylor used the term to describe a move placing a piece on a square where it dominates another piece. An example is a bishop three orthogonal squares away from a knight, for instance in the Classical Caro-Kann where Black plays 5...Bg6 dominating White's knight on g3. Another, that could have but sadly did not happen, is 39.Bc2!+- by Caruana against Nepomniachtchi yesterday, dominating the knight on c5. Game over, and Fabi would have played Gukesh today to determine Ding's challenger. Instead he played 39.Bh7?? allowing ...Rxg5! with complications, and an eventual draw. Caruana vs Nepomniachtchi, 2024.

Taylor also cited a rare instance of a tesuji move being bad - 1.Nc3 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nxe4 e5 4.Bc4 Be7? tesuji, but 5.Qh5!+-. (Relatedly, as GM David Smerdon pointed out in <Smerdon's Scandinavian>, correct is 2...d4! 3.Nce2 (3.Nb1!?) e5 4.Nf3 f6! 5.Ng3 Be6! 6.Bb5+ c6! 7.Ba4 h5! 8.h4 Na6! 9.Bb3 Bxb3 10.axb3 d3! and White is suffering. Note how Black consistently plays to dominate all of White's minor pieces. Very instructive.)

This concept deserves to be much better known. Taylor went so far as to say that when a strong player has a tesuji move available and doesn't play it, that deserves explanation. The more I thought about it over the years, the more I thought his statement a profound insight. Other types of tesuji moves are a rook two diagonal squares away from a knight (e.g. Re4 versus Ng6 - rook takes away e5, e7, f4, and h4 from knight) or a queen next to a knight (Qe4 versus Ne5 - queen takes away six of knight's eight squares, all except d7 and f7).

Tesuji! Remember this concept and use it in your games! It could get you into the world championship someday!

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