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Emmanuel Rayner

Number of games in database: 139
Years covered: 1974 to 1987
Last FIDE rating: 2315 (2237 blitz)
Highest rating achieved in database: 2320
Overall record: +49 -41 =49 (52.9%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (28) 
    B47 B83 B42 B84 B46
 French Defense (9) 
    C05 C19 C18 C10 C09
 Ruy Lopez (8) 
    C68 C69 C66 C74 C67
 Sicilian Taimanov (7) 
    B47 B46
 Sicilian Scheveningen (6) 
    B83 B84
 Sicilian Kan (4) 
    B42 B43
With the Black pieces:
 Sicilian (26) 
    B47 B40 B23 B44 B83
 Grunfeld (13) 
    D74 D86 D83 D78 D98
 Sicilian Taimanov (6) 
    B47 B45
 English (5) 
    A10 A15
 Pirc (5) 
    B09 B08
 King's Indian Attack (5) 
    A07
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   E Rayner vs G Andersson, 1975 1-0
   E Rayner vs G Deleyn, 1974 1-0

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   British Championship (1976)
   1st Lloyds Bank Masters Open (1977)
   Aaronson Masters (1979)
   World Junior Championship (1977)
   British Championship (1977)
   2nd Lloyds Bank Masters Open (1978)
   11th Junior International Tournament (1975)
   Copenhagen Open (1980)
   Haifa Olympiad (1976)
   World Junior Championship (1975)
   World Junior Championship 1976/77 (1976)

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EMMANUEL RAYNER
(born Jun-11-1958, 66 years old) United Kingdom

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(Dr) Emmanuel (Manny) Rayner was born in London, England. He was Welsh Champion in 1976 and represented Wales in an Olympiad and at the European Junior Championship of 1974-75 where he finished 13th overall. He attended Trinity College at Cambridge University in the late 1970's where he obtained a B.A. in Mathematics. He continued his education at Stockholm University gaining a Ph.D. in Computing Science and in the 1990's he worked at SRI International's Cambridge Computer Science Research Center. He is currently working on Regulus-based projects at NASA Ames Research Center in California and Geneva University in Switzerland. Rayner is a FIDE Master and the brother of Francis Rayner.

Wikipedia article: Emmanuel Rayner

Last updated: 2023-12-16 10:22:58

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 page 1 of 6; games 1-25 of 139  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. F Oney vs E Rayner  ½-½271974European Junior Championship PreliminaryB06 Robatsch
2. E Rayner vs R Pye  1-0281974European Junior Championship PreliminaryA15 English
3. P Szekely vs E Rayner  ½-½161974European Junior Championship PreliminaryD78 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O c6
4. E Rayner vs G Deleyn  1-0411974European Junior Championship PreliminaryA17 English
5. E Rayner vs L Schneider  ½-½61974European Junior Championship PreliminaryA15 English
6. Nunn vs E Rayner  1-0291974European Junior Championship PreliminaryB09 Pirc, Austrian Attack
7. D Barlov vs E Rayner  1-0291974European Junior Championship PreliminaryB08 Pirc, Classical
8. D Barlov vs E Rayner 1-0231974EU-ch U20 fin-BA10 English
9. E Rayner vs E Mortensen  ½-½361974EU-ch U20 fin-BE94 King's Indian, Orthodox
10. Ftacnik vs E Rayner  1-0291974EU-ch U20 fin-BD83 Grunfeld, Grunfeld Gambit
11. E Rayner vs H Olafsson  ½-½241975EU-ch U20 fin-BD41 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch
12. A Ivanov vs E Rayner 1-0391975EU-ch U20 fin-BA07 King's Indian Attack
13. E Rayner vs F Oney  1-0211975EU-ch U20 fin-BA15 English
14. M Dominte vs E Rayner  0-1361975EU-ch U20 fin-BA04 Reti Opening
15. E Rayner vs J Salonen  ½-½311975EU-ch U20 fin-BA04 Reti Opening
16. E Rayner vs F Bonapart  1-0201975World Junior ChampionshipB96 Sicilian, Najdorf
17. Van der Sterren vs E Rayner  1-0461975World Junior ChampionshipB09 Pirc, Austrian Attack
18. E Rayner vs S Vincent  ½-½201975World Junior ChampionshipB32 Sicilian
19. N Ristic vs E Rayner  1-0431975World Junior ChampionshipA04 Reti Opening
20. E Rayner vs E Gigerl 0-1651975World Junior ChampionshipC19 French, Winawer, Advance
21. A Avgoustianos vs E Rayner  0-1321975World Junior ChampionshipB78 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 10.castle long
22. E Rayner vs R Marquez  1-0331975World Junior ChampionshipC05 French, Tarrasch
23. B Kouatly vs E Rayner  ½-½351975World Junior ChampionshipD86 Grunfeld, Exchange
24. E Rayner vs J Weber  ½-½401975World Junior ChampionshipB13 Caro-Kann, Exchange
25. V Gaspar vs E Rayner  1-0581975World Junior ChampionshipA01 Nimzovich-Larsen Attack
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Kibitzer's Corner
Feb-28-05
Premium Chessgames Member
  Benzol: Is this Emmanuel Rayner?
Mar-01-05  TheSlid: I would be pretty sure the 1975 and 1978 games are Emmanuel Rayner.
Mar-01-05  TheSlid: He was Welsh Champion 1976 and represented Wales, I would guess in the 1977 Olympiad. Attended Trinity College Cambridge in the mid to late 1970's. Sorry I can't help more!
Mar-01-05  sneaky pete: Emmanuel Rayner, born June 11, 1958. Represented Wales in the European Junior Championship, Groningen 1974/75, won by Nunn. Rayner here finished 3rd equal with H.Olafsson and Ftácnik in final group B, which means 13th equal overall.
Mar-01-05  the quiet man: About Manny Rayner: Manny Rayner received a B.A. in Mathematics from Cambridge University and a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Stockholm. From 1991 until 1999, he worked at SRI International's Cambridge Computer Science Research Center, where he was PI on Spoken Language Translator, one of the world's first speech translation projects. Since leaving SRI, his work has centered on the development of Regulus, an Open Source platform that supports compilation of speech recognisers from unification grammars. he is currently working on Regulus-based projects at NASA Ames Research Center, California and Geneva University, Switzerland.
Mar-02-05
Premium Chessgames Member
  Benzol: <The Slid> <sneaky pete> <the quiet man> Thanks very much guys, your help is much appreciated. However, I won't proceed with a bio until we can confirm that this really is Manny Rayner.
Apr-12-05  mannyrayner: Just found this site by accident - yes, this is indeed me!

Now, if someone would like to add my games from the 1976 British Championship, I'd be really grateful :-)

Apr-12-05
Premium Chessgames Member
  Benzol: Mr Rayner, are you playing much chess these days?
Apr-13-05  mannyrayner: (Dr Rayner, actually...)

Not really, I'm afraid. My most significant chess activity at the moment is coaching a friend's 9 year old daughter. She seems to be improving, though - won a prize at a junior tournament last month. I can still win pretty regularly against the program that Virgin Atlantic supplies as part of the in-flight entertainment...

Apr-13-05
Premium Chessgames Member
  Benzol: Dr Rayner my apologies. Trust me to put my foot in it.

:)

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