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James McCormick

Number of games in database: 39
Years covered: 1954 to 2005
Last FIDE rating: 2202
Highest rating achieved in database: 2208
Overall record: +12 -21 =6 (38.5%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games.

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JAMES MCCORMICK
(born 1936) United States of America
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Seven times Washington State champion.

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 page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 39  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. A Clark vs J McCormick  0-1271954Washington State Closed ChampionshipE01 Catalan, Closed
2. V Pupols vs J McCormick  1-0371954Washington State Junior Championship play-offC87 Ruy Lopez
3. Gordon Cornelius vs J McCormick  1-0381956Inland Empire OpenA04 Reti Opening
4. J McCormick vs O Ulvestad  1-0261956Oregon OpenD02 Queen's Pawn Game
5. J McCormick vs V Pupols  0-1441956Seattle OpenE70 King's Indian
6. B Greenwald vs J McCormick  1-0391958Idaho OpenB76 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack
7. J McCormick vs G Buckendorf  1-0231958Idaho OpenA40 Queen's Pawn Game
8. J McCormick vs E Macskasy 0-1181960Washington-BC mE78 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack, with Be2 and Nf3
9. J McCormick vs J R Mortz  1-019196162nd US OpenD32 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch
10. J McCormick vs T Weinberger  1-025196162nd US OpenA97 Dutch, Ilyin-Genevsky
11. Z Kovacs vs J McCormick  1-029196162nd US OpenD28 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical
12. J McCormick vs L Levy  ½-½37196162nd US OpenD50 Queen's Gambit Declined
13. S Nadel vs J McCormick  0-1541963Washington State ChampionshipE20 Nimzo-Indian
14. C A Rock vs J McCormick  0-130196364th US OpenE20 Nimzo-Indian
15. J McCormick vs Gligoric  0-129196364th US OpenD82 Grunfeld, 4.Bf4
16. J McCormick vs Lombardy  ½-½24196364th US OpenB92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation
17. C Aykroyd vs J McCormick 1-0251965Central Washington OpenB89 Sicilian
18. Suttles vs J McCormick 1-0161966Seattle ch-WAB25 Sicilian, Closed
19. J McCormick vs R Holzinger  0-143196667th US OpenA16 English
20. J McCormick vs E Macskasy  ½-½32196667th US OpenB09 Pirc, Austrian Attack
21. A Bisguier vs J McCormick  ½-½28196667th US OpenD60 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense
22. Browne vs J McCormick  ½-½5019706th American OpenB40 Sicilian
23. Evans vs J McCormick 0-1761971Lone PineA01 Nimzovich-Larsen Attack
24. J McCormick vs S Rubin  1-0311971Lone PineE18 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 7.Nc3
25. J McCormick vs P Shuey 1-0651971Lone PineB02 Alekhine's Defense
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Feb-05-16  TheFocus: From the <Mechanics Institute Newsletter #727>, November 20, 2015: National Master James McCormick, who will turn 80 next year, has won the Washington State Championship seven times, second only to J.L. (Jacob Leonard) Sheets’ eight titles. That said, a strong argument can be made that McCormick played his best chess during prolonged stays in Northern California in the early 1970s and 1990s. Here is a sharp battle against Walter Browne, who had received the Grandmaster title earlier in the year.

Sicilian Taimanov B82
Walter Browne–James McCormick
American Open Santa Monica (5) 1970

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 d6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 a6 6.Be3 Qc7 7.Bd3 Nf6 8.f4 b5 9.a3 Bb7 10.Qf3 Nbd7 11.0–0 e5 12.Nf5 g6 13.fxe5 Nxe5 14.Nxd6+ Qxd6 15.Qxf6 Qxf6 16.Rxf6 Ng4 17.Bd4 Nxf6 18.Bxf6 Bc5+ 19.Kf1 0–0 20.b4 Ba7 21.a4 bxa4 22.Rxa4 Bb6 23.Nd5 Bd8 24.Bd4 f6 25.c4 Kg7 26.Kf2 Re8 27.c5 Re6 28.Kf3 Kf8 29.Bc4 Re8 30.Ra1 f5 31.Re1 Bg5 32.Nc7 Rxe4 33.Rxe4 Bxe4+ 34.Kf2 Rb8 35.Nxa6 Rd8 36.Nc7 Ke7 37.Ne6 Rb8 38.b5 Bf6 39.Be3 Ra8 40.c6 Be5 41.Bc5+ Ke8 42.Bb3 Ra1 43.c7 Kd7 44.b6 Ra8 45.Be3 Bd6 46.Nd4 Bb7 47.Nb5 Ra5 48.Nd4 Ra8 49.Nb5 Ra5 50.Nd4 Ra8 ½–½

Feb-05-16
Premium Chessgames Member		  WannaBe: <TheFocus> Excellent! I've converted it to PGN and corrected the two invalid castling moves.

Somehow Chess Viewer Deluxe choked on that. But it's fixed.

Feb-05-16
Premium Chessgames Member		  WannaBe: Here's the PGN, in case y'all don't want to wait for the game to be added to the database: (You can copy/paste it to Chess Viewer Deluxe)

[Event "American Open"]
[Site "Santa Monica, CA"]
[Date "1970.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Walter Browne"]
[Black "James McCormick"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "????"]
[BlackElo "????"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 d6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 a6 6.Be3 Qc7 7.Bd3 Nf6 8.f4 b5 9.a3 Bb7 10.Qf3 Nbd7 11. 0-0 e5 12.Nf5 g6 13.fxe5 Nxe5 14.Nxd6+ Qxd6 15.Qxf6 Qxf6 16.Rxf6 Ng4 17.Bd4 Nxf6 18.Bxf6 Bc5+ 19.Kf1 0-0 20.b4 Ba7 21.a4 bxa4 22.Rxa4 Bb6 23.Nd5 Bd8 24.Bd4 f6 25.c4 Kg7 26.Kf2 Re8 27.c5 Re6 28.Kf3 Kf8 29.Bc4 Re8 30.Ra1 f5 31.Re1 Bg5 32.Nc7 Rxe4 33.Rxe4 Bxe4+ 34.Kf2 Rb8 35.Nxa6 Rd8 36.Nc7 Ke7 37.Ne6 Rb8 38.b5 Bf6 39.Be3 Ra8 40.c6 Be5 41.Bc5+ Ke8 42.Bb3 Ra1 43.c7 Kd7 44.b6 Ra8 45.Be3 Bd6 46.Nd4 Bb7 47.Nb5 Ra5 48.Nd4 Ra8 49.Nb5 Ra5 50.Nd4 Ra8 1/2-1/2

May-06-16  Boomie: Jim (known by some as Mac) and I were long time friends. We both hung out at the Last Exit café near the UW in Seattle. We represented the hippie presence in the gaming world as did Walter Brown and John Grefe to mention two US champion hippies...heh.

Anyhoo, Jim was a hilarious story teller delivered somewhat in the Irish style. Both Jim and his nemesis Viktors Pupols were at times very funny. At the 1975 US Open in Lincoln, Nebraska, I noticed Jim sit down at a booth at the local greasy spoon. When the waitress arrived, Jim said in his best Oklahoma drawl "Ya got yer mind on football, honey?" I choked on my salad and fell out of my chair laughing. Jim said in a stage whisper "Shut up, Litten."

Dec-06-20  jerseybob: <Boomie: Jim (known by some as Mac) and I were long time friends. We both hung out at the Last Exit café near the UW in Seattle. We represented the hippie presence in the gaming world as did Walter Brown and John Grefe...> I seem to remember seeing a game by an obscure expert/master named Walter Brown(no -e on the end) but can't find him in this database. I assume that's not who you're referring to here.

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