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George Francis Kane
G F Kane 
 

Number of games in database: 40
Years covered: 1962 to 1980
Last FIDE rating: 2242
Highest rating achieved in database: 2300
Overall record: +5 -21 =14 (30.0%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games.

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GEORGE FRANCIS KANE
(born Aug-11-1948, 76 years old) United States of America

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George Francis Kane

FIDE Master

In 1972, he won the Manhattan Chess Club Championship. In 1973, he debuted in the U.S. Chess Championship, sharing 12th and 13th place with Donald Byrne.

Wikipedia article: George Francis Kane

Last updated: 2025-05-13 13:22:06

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 page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 40  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. G Rasmussen vs G F Kane 1-0321962Hamilton Air Force Base opE88 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox, 7.d5 c6
2. N Weinstein vs G F Kane  1-0251968USA Junior Invitational ChampionshipC80 Ruy Lopez, Open
3. G F Kane vs A Soltis  1-0381972Marshall ChampionshipA75 Benoni, Classical with ...a6 and 10...Bg4
4. M Sharif vs G F Kane  ½-½221972Skopje Olympiad qual-8B31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation
5. G F Kane vs H Olsen  1-0341972Skopje Olympiad qual-8D51 Queen's Gambit Declined
6. Susan Grumer vs G F Kane  0-1151972Skopje Olympiad qual-8A07 King's Indian Attack
7. J Lobigas vs G F Kane  1-0341972Skopje Olympiad qual-8B68 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 9...Be7
8. H Wirthensohn vs G F Kane  1-0491972Skopje Olympiad Final-AA29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto
9. K Pedersen vs G F Kane 1-0301972Skopje Olympiad Final-AB25 Sicilian, Closed
10. G F Kane vs B Enklaar  0-1371972Skopje Olympiad Final-AA78 Benoni, Classical with ...Re8 and ...Na6
11. G F Kane vs J Hase  ½-½191972Skopje Olympiad Final-AD34 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch
12. J Dueball vs G F Kane  1-0381972Skopje Olympiad Final-AC95 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer
13. N Padevsky vs G F Kane  ½-½331972Skopje Olympiad Final-AB31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation
14. G F Kane vs L Vogt  ½-½261972Skopje Olympiad Final-AA59 Benko Gambit
15. A Sydor vs G F Kane  ½-½621972Skopje Olympiad Final-AB50 Sicilian
16. A Soltis vs G F Kane  ½-½221972MatchC85 Ruy Lopez, Exchange Variation Doubly Deferred (DERLD)
17. A Soltis vs G F Kane  ½-½261973MatchC57 Two Knights
18. G F Kane vs A Soltis  0-1601973MatchD25 Queen's Gambit Accepted
19. G F Kane vs A Soltis  ½-½531973Goldwater-Marshall TournamentA04 Reti Opening
20. G F Kane vs A Soltis  0-1291973MatchD16 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
21. Kavalek vs G F Kane  1-0451973US ChampionshipA04 Reti Opening
22. G F Kane vs J Grefe  ½-½401973US ChampionshipA56 Benoni Defense
23. Evans vs G F Kane  1-0401973US ChampionshipA79 Benoni, Classical, 11.f3
24. G F Kane vs Benko  0-1261973US ChampionshipD86 Grunfeld, Exchange
25. A Karklins vs G F Kane  1-0711973US ChampionshipC93 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Smyslov Defense
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Kibitzer's Corner
May-30-08  Xeroxx: Ciudadano Kane
Jun-14-08  whiteshark: Curious George
Jun-28-12  Whitehat1963: Grandson of Charles Foster Kane and his wife, Sugar Kane.
Feb-24-13
Premium Chessgames Member
  GrahamClayton: Kane was the second US reserve player at the 1972 Chess Olympiad, based on being one of the top 10 rated players in the US in 1972. Kane won the Marshall Chess Club Championship by a huge score, when bonus and feedback rating points were in effect at that time. This enabled Kane to gain more than 300 rating points from that one tournament, leading to his Top 10 rating.
Feb-24-13
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: <Graham> Funny you should mention that: Robert James Fischer.
Aug-14-18
Premium Chessgames Member
  wwall: George Kane wrote <Chess and Children> and <What's the Next Move> in 1974, published by Scribners. They were the first two chess books employing algebraic notation issued by a major American book publisher. Algebraic notation was a simpler way to teach chess notation to children. Luckily, it caught on for us adults.
Aug-14-18  wtpy: Wwall I lost all my chess books right after I graduated college, somehow those boxes just didn't make it through the move. But been playing some lately on LICS, rating is back up to 2100 in ten minute games, and a buddy was cleaning out book-shelves and gave me an Edward Lasker in descriptive notation, which is what I started out on as a junior in 1971. Algebraic is better.
Jul-10-20
Premium Chessgames Member
  SteinitzLives: I attended a lecture given by Kavalek in Ashburn, VA some years ago, and he said that they had hoped Fischer might somehow play for the U.S. in the '72 Olympiad. Kavalek said that he and the other players spent some time trying to prepare the very internationally inexperienced Kane for potential Olympiad play.

Kavalek being top board, said he felt responsible for helping the team, and did not feel he could take time to play in the great San Antonio 1972 tourney (Church's Fried Chicken, was the sponsor some may recall). It would have been interesting to see how well Kavalek would have done in that tournament.

Obviously the rating-at-the-moment used as criteria for being on the Olympiad team, which is mentioned earlier, that Kane achieved w/ one huge result, is not the way to go.

BTW, in the '72 Olympiad, the U.S. finished an unimpressive 9th.

Jul-11-20  Nosnibor: He took a caning in the 1973 U.S.Championship.
Nov-22-22  Ninas Husband: Any relation to Charles Foster Kane?
Nov-22-22
Premium Chessgames Member
  beatgiant: <Ninas Husband> See Whitehat1963's kibitz of Jun-28-12 above.
Nov-22-22  Ninas Husband: <beatgiant> WHAAA? That was over TEN YEARS AGO! :)

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