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John Pajak

Number of games in database: 55
Years covered: 1978 to 1987
Highest rating achieved in database: 2275
Overall record: +17 -25 =13 (42.7%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games.

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JOHN PAJAK
(born Dec-16-1960, died Aug-11-2004, 43 years old) Canada

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Jan "John" Pajak of Saskatoon won the 1980 Canadian Junior Championship, but was stripped of the title when his games were assumed to have been pre-arranged.

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Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. J Pajak vs R Miller  1-0161978San FranciscoC52 Evans Gambit
2. L Day vs J Pajak  1-0511979Toronto InternationalB02 Alekhine's Defense
3. J Pajak vs L Day  0-1371980Toronto ClosedA16 English
4. J Pajak vs G Kaspret ½-½171980World Junior ChampionshipC51 Evans Gambit
5. C McNab vs J Pajak  1-0431980World Junior ChampionshipA30 English, Symmetrical
6. S Lyritzakis vs J Pajak  0-1371980World Junior ChampionshipD98 Grunfeld, Russian
7. J Pajak vs C Valiente  1-0531980World Junior ChampionshipB05 Alekhine's Defense, Modern
8. T Karolyi vs J Pajak  1-0581980World Junior ChampionshipB04 Alekhine's Defense, Modern
9. J Pajak vs M Shrentzel  ½-½391980World Junior ChampionshipA16 English
10. S Tavares vs J Pajak  ½-½491980World Junior ChampionshipB03 Alekhine's Defense
11. J A Corral Blanco vs J Pajak  0-1371980World Junior ChampionshipA04 Reti Opening
12. J Pajak vs C Hansen  0-1431980World Junior ChampionshipB23 Sicilian, Closed
13. D Canda vs J Pajak  1-0411980World Junior ChampionshipB97 Sicilian, Najdorf
14. J Pajak vs G Borg  1-0471980World Junior ChampionshipA17 English
15. A Zabihi vs J Pajak  1-0551980World Junior ChampionshipB39 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Breyer Variation
16. J Pajak vs P Gerbert  ½-½481980World Junior ChampionshipB05 Alekhine's Defense, Modern
17. I Ivanov vs J Pajak  1-0361984Toronto InternationalD55 Queen's Gambit Declined
18. J Pajak vs T Southam  0-1371984Toronto InternationalD34 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch
19. J Pajak vs B Hartman  1-0541985Kalev Pugi Memorial 1985/86A31 English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation
20. L Day vs J Pajak  1-0521985Kalev Pugi Memorial 1985/86A04 Reti Opening
21. J Pajak vs R Stone  ½-½311985Kalev Pugi Memorial 1985/86E18 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 7.Nc3
22. C Hertan vs J Pajak  0-1641985Kalev Pugi Memorial 1985/86E05 Catalan, Open, Classical line
23. J Pajak vs D Norwood  0-1121985Kalev Pugi Memorial 1985/86A01 Nimzovich-Larsen Attack
24. P Wolff vs J Pajak  0-1611986Kalev Pugi Memorial 1985/86C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense
25. B Nickoloff vs J Pajak  1-0481986Kalev Pugi Memorial 1985/86D07 Queen's Gambit Declined, Chigorin Defense
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Kibitzer's Corner
Nov-14-11  King Death: An addendum to the biography: Pajak and Robert Hamilton prearranged their last round game in the 1980 Canadian Junior by following the moves of a game that had appeared in Chess Informant not long before, all the way to where Black (Hamilton) resigned. Chess Canada or En Passant (whichever it was called then) gave a full account of this in their story on the tournament.

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