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David Lynch

Number of games in database: 25
Years covered: 1938 to 1988
Overall record: +8 -10 =7 (46.0%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games.

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DAVID LYNCH
(born Apr-20-1910, died Sep-26-2002, 92 years old) New Zealand

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David Ireson Lynch was born in 1910 in Hastings, New Zealand. He was New Zealand North Island Champion in 1949 and won the New Zealand Championship in 1951. He was also New Zealand Correspondence Chess Champion on three ocassions in the 1940's and 1950's. In the 1952 New Zealand Championship he was the player who stopped Ortvin Sarapu from getting a picket fence of 11 wins when they drew in the last round. In the the early 1980's Eduard Gufeld and Murray Chandler both played simultaneous displays in the Hawke's Bay area and Lynch aged in his 70's drew with both. He passed away in the Hawke's Bay Regional Hospital in 2002 aged 92.

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Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. J A Hunter vs D Lynch  1-062193847th New Zealand ChampionshipC54 Giuoco Piano
2. D Lynch vs C P Belton 1-029193847th New Zealand ChampionshipD20 Queen's Gambit Accepted
3. D Lynch vs W Lang  ½-½40193847th New Zealand ChampionshipD51 Queen's Gambit Declined
4. D Lynch vs D I Jones  0-124193947th New Zealand ChampionshipE34 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa Variation
5. J D Steele vs D Lynch 1-048194654th New Zealand ChampionshipC52 Evans Gambit
6. P Allerhand vs D Lynch  1-037194957th New Zealand ChampionshipC50 Giuoco Piano
7. M Sturm vs D Lynch 1-0231951corrA02 Bird's Opening
8. D Lynch vs V Lushcott  1-0691951New Zealand Championship 1951/52A84 Dutch
9. E S Rutherfurd vs D Lynch  ½-½331951New Zealand Championship 1951/52E36 Nimzo-Indian, Classical
10. A Fletcher vs D Lynch  ½-½301951New Zealand Championship 1951/52C45 Scotch Game
11. D Lynch vs C P Belton  1-0401951New Zealand Championship 1951/52A84 Dutch
12. F A Haight vs D Lynch  0-1491951New Zealand Championship 1951/52D04 Queen's Pawn Game
13. D Lynch vs C Rose  ½-½641951New Zealand Championship 1951/52D50 Queen's Gambit Declined
14. A E Turner vs D Lynch  ½-½321951New Zealand Championship 1951/52D63 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense
15. D Lynch vs Z Frankel  1-0751952New Zealand Championship 1951/52A84 Dutch
16. L Esterman vs D Lynch  ½-½251952New Zealand Championship 1951/52C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed
17. D Lynch vs O Sarapu ½-½261952New Zealand Championship 1951/52E43 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation
18. O Sarapu vs D Lynch 1-027195360th New Zealand ChampionshipC77 Ruy Lopez
19. O Sarapu vs D Lynch 1-045195461st New Zealand ChampionshipC73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense
20. O Sarapu vs D Lynch 1-030195562nd New Zealand ChampionshipE58 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with 8...Bxc3
21. D Lynch vs J R Phillips  1-045195865th New Zealand ChampionshipE61 King's Indian
22. R Hosking vs D Lynch  1-0231958North Island ChE46 Nimzo-Indian
23. D Lynch vs R Severinsen  1-0141961H.B. - E.C. ChA23 English, Bremen System, Keres Variation
24. O Sarapu vs D Lynch 1-023196370th New Zealand ChampionshipC44 King's Pawn Game
25. V Hrivnak vs D Lynch  0-1451988Cappelle OpenC64 Ruy Lopez, Classical
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Kibitzer's Corner
Apr-20-09  Dredge Rivers: I loved Blue Velvet!
Apr-20-10  wordfunph: <He passed away in the Hawke's Bay Regional Hospital in 2002 aged 92.>

wow! long life..

Aug-29-10  Dredge Rivers: Great! He died before he explained to everyone what Inland Empire meant!

Now we'll never know!

Apr-20-16  TheFocus: So... not the director?
Mar-16-19
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  GrahamClayton: Lynch served in the Second World War as a driver with the 2nd New Zealand Division.
Sep-15-19
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  Jonathan Sarfati: Lynch won the title of New Zealand Champion by a two-point margin in the 58th champs in Christchurch, 26 Dec 1950 – 3 Jan 1951, the year before Sarapu played in his first Championship.
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  Stonehenge: RIP (the other one).

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