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Robert Chalker

Number of games in database: 5
Years covered: 1964 to 1999
Highest rating achieved in database: 1930
Overall record: +2 -3 =0 (40.0%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games.


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ROBERT CHALKER
(born Sep-23-1931, died Nov-15-2004, 73 years old) United States of America

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15th Champion of the Correspondence Chess League of America (CCLA).

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Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. Fischer vs R Chalker 1-0111964Simul, 57bC43 Petrov, Modern Attack
2. S Popel vs R Chalker 0-114196970th US OpenA35 English, Symmetrical
3. R Chalker vs S Bernstein 0-1101976Continental OpenD00 Queen's Pawn Game
4. M Calogridis vs R Chalker  0-1521996Texas opB01 Scandinavian
5. R Chalker vs M Paragua 0-1291999100th US OpenB22 Sicilian, Alapin
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Kibitzer's Corner
Apr-02-07  2021: Robert Chalker got last place in the U.S. Correspondence Championship.
Sep-22-11  whiteshark: In Memoriam <Robert P. Chalker> † on November 15, 2004

With sadness I received the news that Robert P. Chalker, the 15th CCLA Champion, had died. He passed away on November 15, 2004, at the age of 73. He lived in Houston, Texas. A formal obituary will surely appear in this magazine sometime soon but since Bob was a friend a few words are in order right now.

I knew Bob as a friendly and modest man. We met in my first CCLA tournament when he had the better of a draw. He freely shared his games and thoughts and contributed regularly to this column. On the occasion of his CCLA Championship win we had a two-part player profile (2002 May-June and July-August issues). There he explained, “As for my feelings about getting into and winning H90019 (the 1999 CCLA Championship) the operative phrase ‘extremely lucky’ comes to mind. I was lucky to get in because so many of the CCLA top players chose that year not to enter. I was lucky that so many of my opponents chose to play too risky rather than easily holding an even position.” My guess is that not everybody would see it that way.

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Source: http://www.chessbymail.com/CC05_1.pdf

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