The chess games of Jerry Simon

Most played openings

B07		Pirc (5 games)
A41		Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6) (4 games)
E76		King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack (4 games)
A66		Benoni (2 games)
C26		Vienna (2 games)

JERRY SIMON
(born Dec-12-1942, died May-24-2006, 63 years old) United States of America

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Jerry C. Simon was among the strongest U.S. amateurs. Known for preparation and tenacity over the board, he won the annual championship of the Marshall Chess Club in New York in 1983. In October 2001 he entered the U.S. Senior Open, held on a ship offshore California, and came in first in a field of 44 after defeating opponents including Grandmaster Anatoly Lein. A frequent entrant in tournaments, records indicate that Simon played in 456 rated events since the beginning of 1991, and probably hundreds more in the three decades before that.

"Jerry Simon was liked by everyone", wrote Douglas Bellizzi, president of the Marshall Chess Club. "He was soft-spoken, but a fierce competitor at the chessboard".

"Sessions with Simon often involved protracted trench warfare", wrote Jeffery Tannenbaum, vice president of the Marshall Chess Club. "He was hard to defeat. Several years ago, when games often were adjourned after move 40 and resume a day or more later, his penchant for study brought him extra triumphs. His weapon was no secret: a well-used set of Informants, the chess periodical from Yugoslavia".

Last updated: 2020-11-24 05:10:31

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Game	Result	Moves	Year	Event/Locale	Opening
1. T Kingston vs J Simon	½-½	21	1982	corr	A05 Reti Opening
2. J Simon vs T Kingston	0-1	40	1982	corr	B77 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack
3. A Soltis vs J Simon	1-0	28	1983	Goldwater-Marshall Tournament	C26 Vienna
4. A Soltis vs J Simon	1-0	47	1987	Marshall Championship	C05 French, Tarrasch
5. D Moody vs J Simon	0-1	23	1987	88th US Open	C19 French, Winawer, Advance
6. J Simon vs Shamkovich	0-1	51	1987	88th US Open	A66 Benoni
7. A Soltis vs J Simon	1-0	40	1988	Marshall Championship	C04 French, Tarrasch, Guimard Main line
8. J Simon vs D Griego	0-1	49	1988	89th US Open	D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
9. J Simon vs E Formanek	½-½	33	1989	90th US Open	E41 Nimzo-Indian
10. J Simon vs O Popovych	0-1	29	1989	90th US Open	A57 Benko Gambit
11. A Soltis vs J Simon	½-½	31	1991	Marshall Sunday-Sunday	B10 Caro-Kann
12. J Simon vs D H Levin	0-1	27	1995	New York State Open	E76 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack
13. A Soltis vs J Simon	1-0	43	1996	Bermuda Open	C26 Vienna
14. J Simon vs G Welling	0-1	33	1998	99th US Open	E91 King's Indian
15. J Curdo vs J Simon	1-0	21	1999	1st Foxwoods Open	B07 Pirc
16. J Simon vs J Chudnovsky	½-½	49	1999	US Amateur Team East	E12 Queen's Indian
17. J Simon vs E Strick	1-0	32	2001	US Amateur Team East	A66 Benoni
18. J Simon vs J Wagner	1-0	31	2001	102nd US Open	D61 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack
19. T McCumiskey vs J Simon	0-1	47	2001	102nd US Open	B07 Pirc
20. A Kalinin vs J Simon	1-0	54	2001	102nd US Open	A41 Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6)
21. J Simon vs N Pang	1-0	34	2001	102nd US Open	E76 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack
22. R Hough vs J Simon	0-1	52	2001	102nd US Open	A43 Old Benoni
23. T Suzman vs J Simon	½-½	29	2001	102nd US Open	A41 Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6)
24. H Hickman vs J Simon	½-½	24	2002	USA-chT Amateur East	A20 English
25. J Simon vs A Volokitin	0-1	48	2003	Bermuda op	E76 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack


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Jerry (on right) with cousin Ronnie and Uncle Joe.