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Robert Wansink

Number of games in database: 44
Years covered: 1973 to 2012
Last FIDE rating: 2196
Overall record: +13 -15 =16 (47.7%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games.

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B99 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line (2 games)
C04 French, Tarrasch, Guimard Main line (2 games)
B09 Pirc, Austrian Attack (2 games)

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ROBERT WANSINK
(born 1959) New Zealand

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 page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 44  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. J N Metge vs R Wansink 0-1271973New Zealand Junior ChampionshipB29 Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein
2. O Sarapu vs R Wansink  ½-½711973Labour Weekend TournamentB87 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin with ...a6 and ...b5
3. U O Aavelaid vs R Wansink  0-1571973New Zealand Championship 1973/74B53 Sicilian
4. R Wansink vs A Day  ½-½421973New Zealand Championship 1973/74D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
5. E M Green vs R Wansink  1-0331973New Zealand Championship 1973/74B99 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line
6. J R Jackson vs R Wansink  ½-½411973New Zealand Championship 1973/74B44 Sicilian
7. R Wansink vs P Garbett  0-1261974New Zealand Championship 1973/74A07 King's Indian Attack
8. W Fairhurst vs R Wansink  1-0251974New Zealand Championship 1973/74A48 King's Indian
9. P W Stuart vs R Wansink  ½-½401974New Zealand Championship 1973/74E73 King's Indian
10. R Wansink vs P M Daly  0-1381974New Zealand Championship 1973/74D52 Queen's Gambit Declined
11. O Sarapu vs R Wansink  ½-½521974New Zealand Championship 1973/74B25 Sicilian, Closed
12. L Palmer vs R Wansink  0-1591974South Island ChampionshipB21 Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4
13. R Wansink vs A Carpinter  0-1621974South Island ChampionshipB30 Sicilian
14. R Wansink vs Chandler  0-1401974New Zealand Schoolpupils ChampionshipB96 Sicilian, Najdorf
15. R Wansink vs Chandler  ½-½441976Chandler - WansinkA07 King's Indian Attack
16. Chandler vs R Wansink  ½-½281976Chandler - WansinkB12 Caro-Kann Defense
17. R Wansink vs Chandler  ½-½441976Chandler - WansinkA07 King's Indian Attack
18. Chandler vs R Wansink 1-0371976Chandler - WansinkB12 Caro-Kann Defense
19. R Wansink vs Chandler  ½-½521976Chandler - WansinkA45 Queen's Pawn Game
20. Chandler vs R Wansink  0-1631976Chandler - WansinkC10 French
21. R Wansink vs Chandler  ½-½231976Chandler - WansinkA45 Queen's Pawn Game
22. Chandler vs R Wansink  1-0251976Chandler - WansinkB13 Caro-Kann, Exchange
23. R Wansink vs Chandler  ½-½331976New Zealand Junior ChampionshipB48 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation
24. A J Love vs R Wansink  1-0361976National Schoolpupils ChB80 Sicilian, Scheveningen
25. K Jensen vs R Wansink  1-0321976National Schoolpupils ChC04 French, Tarrasch, Guimard Main line
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Kibitzer's Corner
Oct-03-10
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  GrahamClayton: Is this the same Robert Wansink?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6e5g...

Oct-05-10  Benzol: <GrahamClayton> Yes it is. I play in two tournaments as a schoolboy that Robert also played in although we didn't meet over the board. I only recently learnt that he had become politicly active but I know it's the same person.
Sep-21-20  login:

'thank you very, very much'

N.Z.C.A. Bulletin No.3 1974
http://newzealandchess.co.nz/nzches...

It's Robert C. Wansink thanking Ian Rex Mitchell (right one?) for collecting the necessary travel funds for the two NZ qualifiers to participate in the 1974 Australian Junior Championships where he finished 5th. His good friend at the time Leith Palmer - as GrahamClayton pointed out on the player's page, became 10th in the same tourney.

Richard Taylor might have some infos on 'Ian Mitchell'.

Sep-21-20  login:

A winner's smile

https://otagochess.org/wiki/mainSpa...

Courtesy of https://otagochess.org/

Sep-21-20  Cheshire Matt: Robert and his elder sister Michele stayed with my family once. They had come down from Whangarei to Auckland to play tournament chess ('73-'74). Robert was extremely strong over the board when only just a teenager, and Michele was just extremely nice. I also remember a sense of the comic.

One memory is standing with Michele watching her brother play on one of the top boards at a weekend Swiss at the ACC. Robert was in deep contemplation, his hands tangled in the fringe of his hair, as his hairstyle started to lean towards the extreme, his sister started to giggle quietly. There's nothing like a good giggle.

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