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Stephan Gerzadowicz

Number of games in database: 105
Years covered: 1977 to 1998
Overall record: +33 -45 =27 (44.3%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games.

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STEPHAN GERZADOWICZ
(born 1945) United States of America

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Correspondence chess master. Author of the books "Journal of a Chess Original," "Journal of a Chess Master," and "Stephen Gerzadowicz - Correspondence Chess Master." http://www.uschess.org/cc/absolute/...

Last updated: 2022-05-24 20:54:10

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 page 1 of 5; games 1-25 of 105  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. S Gerzadowicz vs J Curdo 0-1341977corrA05 Reti Opening
2. S Gerzadowicz vs J Voth  1-0381986USA-ch07 prel 07 corrB25 Sicilian, Closed
3. S Gerzadowicz vs D Eckert ½-½411987corr ch7-USAA00 Uncommon Opening
4. H Kord vs S Gerzadowicz  0-1411988USCF 1987 Absolute-ch corrB06 Robatsch
5. S Gerzadowicz vs G Hardman  1-0751988USA corrA00 Uncommon Opening
6. S Gerzadowicz vs K Vickers  0-1401988USCF 1987 Absolute-ch corrA00 Uncommon Opening
7. S Gerzadowicz vs J Monacell  ½-½381988USCF 1987 Absolute-ch corrB25 Sicilian, Closed
8. S Gerzadowicz vs J McCumiskey  1-0351988USA-ch M corrA00 Uncommon Opening
9. S Gerzadowicz vs J Edwards  0-1541988USA corrB25 Sicilian, Closed
10. S Gerzadowicz vs W Muir  1-0491988USA friendly corrA00 Uncommon Opening
11. S Gerzadowicz vs J Edwards  0-1431988USA-ch M corrA07 King's Indian Attack
12. D Kopec vs S Gerzadowicz  1-0381988USA corrB06 Robatsch
13. S Gerzadowicz vs P Brown  1-0471988USCF 1987 Absolute-ch corrA90 Dutch
14. S Gerzadowicz vs W Muir  0-1681988USA friendly corrA00 Uncommon Opening
15. S Gerzadowicz vs J P Reid  ½-½261988USCF 1987 Absolute-ch corrA00 Uncommon Opening
16. S Barbre vs S Gerzadowicz  ½-½511988USCF 1987 Absolute-ch corrB06 Robatsch
17. S Gerzadowicz vs I Marks  1-0321988USA friendly corrA00 Uncommon Opening
18. S Gerzadowicz vs R Forbush  1-0731988USCF 1987 Absolute-ch corrA00 Uncommon Opening
19. J Keith Jackson vs S Gerzadowicz  ½-½441989ENG-USA corrE88 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox, 7.d5 c6
20. S Gerzadowicz vs K Vickers  0-1371989USCF 1988 Absolute-ch corrA92 Dutch
21. S Kowalski vs S Gerzadowicz  1-0401989USCF 1988 Absolute-ch corrA88 Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with c6
22. C Harmon vs S Gerzadowicz  1-0341989USCF 1988 Absolute-ch corrE76 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack
23. R Hux vs S Gerzadowicz  1-0411989USCF 1988 Absolute-ch corrA10 English
24. D K Manski vs S Gerzadowicz  0-1211989USCF 1988 Absolute-ch corrB06 Robatsch
25. L Petithory vs S Gerzadowicz  1-0271989USCF 1988 Absolute-ch corrB06 Robatsch
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Kibitzer's Corner
Aug-05-07  D. M. Walles: The greatest chess author of all time hands down. His works are hard to find but I beg of you: try. You will be rewarded.
May-31-08  whiteshark:

<Openings teach you openings. Endgames teach you chess!>

-- Stephan Gerzadowicz

An axiom!

Apr-09-09  Octavia: his books are easy to find in Amazon - & amazing they are!
Apr-09-09  parisattack: I concur, excellent books! Journal of a Chess Original, Journal of a Chess Master and Stephen Gerzadowicz - Correspondence Chess Master. I believe they are all by Thinkers Press (Chessco.com).
Aug-01-09  myschkin: . . .

"Such people are immoral, unethical, and I hope they do it!"

(Stephan Gerzadowicz , on players who use a computer to generate moves in CC games) ;)

Jun-18-11  parisattack: I just pulled Gerzadowicz's books out for a research of 1. g3. Does anyone have an update on him?

If a chess book is supposed to be both educational and entertaining, his certainly hit the mark, IMHO.

Jun-18-11
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: Haven't talked with Stephan in years-last I knew, he'd moved to the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
Jun-25-11  parisattack: <perfidious: Haven't talked with Stephan in years-last I knew, he'd moved to the Dallas-Fort Worth area.>

He certainly seems off the radar. :( Love his books, actually rereading/studying them now.

Correspondence chess was a wonderful thing! Computers put the kibbutz to it. 'Something gained something lost' - although to be perfectly honest I am still looking for the something gained from computer chess...

Jun-25-11
Premium Chessgames Member
  DrNyet: Hmmm... no wins by Gerz posted?!
Sep-12-13  parisattack: <DrNyet: Hmmm... no wins by Gerz posted?!>

A shame not. His games are very interesting especially for students of hypermodernism. Annotations in his three books are extremely readable, entertaining.

Perhaps I will grab some of my favorite Gerz wins, submit to CG.com.

May-29-15  TheFocus: <Openings teach you openings. Endgames teach you chess!> - Stephan Gerzadowicz.
Jun-06-16  parisattack: <perfidious: Haven't talked with Stephan in years-last I knew, he'd moved to the Dallas-Fort Worth area.>

http://www.uschesstrust.org/the-u-s...

Jun-06-16
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: <parisattack> First got to know Stephan when playing major New England events in the mid-late 1970s, which he would frequently direct, along with George Mirijanian.

Stephan was the quieter personality, while George was on the voluble side and reasonable, though not to be provoked, as a GM discovered who tried to pull rank--do not recall who that unlucky soul was or which event.

Stephan had a farm in N Templeton, Massachusetts into the 1990s--sent on a case of garlic once! It was sometime after this that I lost touch. Good man.

Jun-10-16  Howard: If I remember correctly, he was the one who sent me a column from some Massachusetts-based chess publication back in early 1988, about issues that Chess Life while under the editorship of (the late) Larry Parr.

The column was dead-on-target, in my opinion. The magazine was way too political, while Parr was in charge.

Sep-27-21  parisattack: Stephen annotated most of the games in the 'The 7th U.S. Correspondence Chess Championship' book. I was happy to add this gem to his other three books.

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