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David Goodman
D Goodman 
 

Number of games in database: 188
Years covered: 1973 to 1988
Last FIDE rating: 2405
Overall record: +69 -54 =60 (54.1%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 5 exhibition games, blitz/rapid, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 King's Indian (21) 
    E94 E97 E91 E74 E60
 Queen's Gambit Declined (15) 
    D30 D35 D37 D06 D31
 Modern Benoni (15) 
    A57 A56 A58 A70 A61
 Queen's Indian (14) 
    E12 E17 E15 E18
 Grunfeld (9) 
    D90 D91 D85
 Benko Gambit (8) 
    A57 A58
With the Black pieces:
 Robatsch (23) 
    B06
 King's Indian (23) 
    E62 E83 E98 E92 E61
 Pirc (12) 
    B08 B09
 Uncommon Opening (8) 
    B00 A00
 English, 1 c4 e5 (4) 
    A25
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   D Goodman vs Nunn, 1978 1-0
   D Goodman vs Benko, 1977 1/2-1/2
   K Jensen vs D Goodman, 1977 1/2-1/2
   D Goodman vs Taimanov, 1976 1-0

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Berlin U20 1975/76 (1976)
   International Junior Tournament (1974)
   Brighton (1979)
   Kings Head International (1982)
   European Junior Championship 1977/78 (1977)
   World Youth U26 Team Championship qual-1 (1980)
   Marshall Open (1979)
   Brighton (1980)
   London Invitation (1973)
   British Championship (1976)
   3rd Lloyds Bank Masters Open (1979)
   World Youth U26 Team Championship Final-A (1978)
   World Junior Championship (1977)
   World Youth U26 Team Championship Final-A (1980)
   Reykjavik Open (1982)

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DAVID GOODMAN
(born Feb-25-1958, 67 years old) United Kingdom

[what is this?]
David Simon Charles Goodman was awarded the IM title in 1983. He was World Under 18 Champion in 1975. He played #10 on the English national team in Moscow.

He currently resides in New York City where he is a chess trainer for promising young students.

Wikipedia article: David S. Goodman


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 page 1 of 8; games 1-25 of 188  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. E Klein vs D Goodman  1-0291973London InvitationA37 English, Symmetrical
2. D Goodman vs D Wright  ½-½341973London InvitationD35 Queen's Gambit Declined
3. D Goodman vs N Povah  1-0261973London InvitationA77 Benoni, Classical, 9...Re8, 10.Nd2
4. D Goodman vs G Lambert  1-0551973London InvitationE11 Bogo-Indian Defense
5. J Littlewood vs D Goodman  1-0281973London InvitationA69 Benoni, Four Pawns Attack, Main line
6. J K Robinson vs D Goodman ½-½261973Hastings ChallengersE61 King's Indian
7. T Mahmutefendic vs D Goodman  0-1331974International Junior TournamentB06 Robatsch
8. D Goodman vs J Bafort  1-0371974International Junior TournamentA56 Benoni Defense
9. A Machulsky vs D Goodman  ½-½431974International Junior TournamentB06 Robatsch
10. D Taruffi vs D Goodman  ½-½251974International Junior TournamentB09 Pirc, Austrian Attack
11. D Goodman vs K Baumgaertner  1-0541974International Junior TournamentA57 Benko Gambit
12. C Hoi vs D Goodman  0-1301974International Junior TournamentE83 King's Indian, Samisch
13. D Goodman vs Bartos  1-0171974International Junior TournamentD85 Grunfeld
14. A van der Wees vs D Goodman  1-0691974International Junior TournamentB06 Robatsch
15. D Goodman vs M Diesen  ½-½131974International Junior TournamentA57 Benko Gambit
16. D Goodman vs D Dunne  1-04819752nd Unofficial World Cadets ChampionshipE94 King's Indian, Orthodox
17. D Goodman vs Lobron  1-01919752nd Unofficial World Cadets ChampionshipE97 King's Indian
18. D Goodman vs M Santo-Roman  1-02919752nd Unofficial World Cadets ChampionshipE94 King's Indian, Orthodox
19. H Janssen vs D Goodman  0-13619752nd Unofficial World Cadets ChampionshipB08 Pirc, Classical
20. D Goodman vs S Lahtela  1-0481975Berlin U20 1975/76A80 Dutch
21. D Goodman vs B Kouatly  ½-½161975Berlin U20 1975/76D90 Grunfeld
22. D Goodman vs A Bartmann  1-0251975Berlin U20 7576+D35 Queen's Gambit Declined
23. N J Fries-Nielsen vs D Goodman  0-1251975Berlin U20 1975/76B08 Pirc, Classical
24. R Ekstrom vs D Goodman  ½-½231975Berlin U20 1975/76E98 King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov, 9.Ne1
25. D Goodman vs J Fleck  1-0411976Berlin U20 1975/76E74 King's Indian, Averbakh, 6...c5
 page 1 of 8; games 1-25 of 188  PGN Download
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Kibitzer's Corner
Jan-01-05  Benzol: David Simon Charles Goodman
Born 25th February 1958
Awarded the IM title in 1983 he was World under 18 champion in 1975.
Jan-01-05  apple head: I have a = score with David Goodman, +1 =0 -1!!
Feb-25-07  BIDMONFA: David Simon Charles Goodman

GOODMAN, David S. C.
http://www.bidmonfa.com/goodman_dav...
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Jun-06-09  myschkin: . . .

"Goodman became known for helping to break the news that Soviet Defense Minister Dimitri Ustinov was dead. The 1984-1985 Kasparov-Karpov World Championship was played in Moscow's Hall of Columns where the bodies of Soviet leaders used to lie in state. After a series of unusual timeouts at the match, Goodman was able to establish through his chess contacts that Ustinov had died."

Bio: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_...

Feb-25-13  Nosnibor: <apple head> I too have a =score with David Goodman.The only time that I have played him was in the first round of the Hastings Challengers on Boxing Day 1973 after a very long and tiring coach journey.At the time he was not quite sixteen but a very promising junior.This is a game not in the db and 3 years before the first one shown. White:J.K.Robinson,Black:D.C.S.Goodman Kings Indian Defence:Smyslov System. 1d4,g6.2c4,Bg7,3Nc3,d6,4Nf3,Nf6,5Bg5,h6,6Bh4,0-0- ,7e3,Nbd7,8Be2,c6,9Qc2,Qc7,10h3,e5,110-0,Re8,12b-
4,Nf8,13Rac1,Bf5,14Qb3,Ne4,15Nxe4,Bxe4,16dxe5,dx-
e5,17Nd2,Bf5,18c5,Be6,19Bc4,f5,20Bg3,f4,21Bh2.Kh-
7,22Rfd1,Bf5,23Be2,Be6,24Bc4,Bf5,25Be2,Be6,26Be2-
,Bf5,drawn by repeating of moves.
Feb-25-13  IndigoViolet: <He was World Under 18 Champion in 1975.>

Was he? Appears that in 1975, it wasn't a FIDE-sanctioned title:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_...

Feb-25-13  Tired Tim: In 1974, Ray Keene married Annette, Goodman's sister.
Feb-25-13  Marmot PFL: Seems like he quit playing rather early, thus never became a GM.
Feb-26-13  IndigoViolet: I very much doubt that he was of GM standard.
Mar-25-15
Premium Chessgames Member
  DrNyet: Goodman is mentioned fairly regularly on the Imus in the Morning program as the chess teacher of radio/TV personality Don Imus and his son.
Apr-27-19  wordfunph: co-authored with GM Keene:

Man Versus Machine: Kasparov Versus Deep Blue

https://www.amazon.com/Man-Versus-M...

i bought this book for only $1 from 2nd hand shop.

Apr-26-21  Caissanist: I believe he was the only western chess journalist left in Moscow at the end of the first Karpov-Kasparov match, so he would have been responsible for a lot of what we know about it today, especially its bizarre end.

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