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Ken Hill

Number of games in database: 20
Years covered: 1968 to 1995
Last FIDE rating: 2089
Highest rating achieved in database: 2127
Overall record: +7 -8 =5 (47.5%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games.

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A07 King's Indian Attack (2 games)
D96 Grunfeld, Russian Variation (2 games)
C72 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O (2 games)


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KEN HILL
(born 1941) Australia

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 page 1 of 1; 20 games  PGN Download 
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. D Kewley vs K Hill 0-1221968Australian Championship 1968/69C69 Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation
2. J Hanks vs K Hill 1-0371969Australian Championship 1968/69D96 Grunfeld, Russian Variation
3. K Hill vs L Schmid  0-1201971Australian OpenB03 Alekhine's Defense
4. O Bergmanis vs K Hill  0-1411971Australian Championship 1971/72C52 Evans Gambit
5. K Hill vs K Ozols  1-0541971Australian Championship 1971/72B00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening
6. K Hill vs D Hamilton  0-1891971Australian Championship 1971/72C72 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O
7. K Hill vs R Jamieson  ½-½381971Australian Championship 1971/72B32 Sicilian
8. P Johnson vs K Hill  ½-½591972Australian Championship 1971/72A08 King's Indian Attack
9. E Basta vs K Hill  1-0321972Australian Championship 1971/72D74 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.cd Nxd5, 7.O-O
10. P J Sanders vs K Hill  0-1341972Australian Championship 1971/72C70 Ruy Lopez
11. K Hill vs B Renic  0-1761972Australian Championship 1971/72C18 French, Winawer
12. R Travers vs K Hill  ½-½201972Australian Championship 1971/72A48 King's Indian
13. K Hill vs S Booth  ½-½381972Australian Championship 1971/72B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation
14. J Hanks vs K Hill  ½-½411972Australian Championship 1971/72D96 Grunfeld, Russian Variation
15. K Hill vs A Rudzitis  1-0531972Australian Championship 1971/72C72 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O
16. M Woodhams vs K Hill  0-1331972Australian Championship 1971/72A07 King's Indian Attack
17. K Hill vs E Nagels  1-0341972Australian Championship 1971/72B40 Sicilian
18. K Hill vs Keene 0-1331973JohannesbergA07 King's Indian Attack
19. G Hjorth vs K Hill  1-0251982Doeberl CupA01 Nimzovich-Larsen Attack
20. T Heedt vs K Hill 1-0211995CP..P.00019B78 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 10.castle long
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Nov-07-16  optimal play: Ken Hill finished 20th out 24 in the 1969 Australian Championship.

He scored five wins including this one from the fourth round...

[Event "Australian Championship"]
[Site "Melbourne"]
[Date "1968.12.31"]
[Round "4.12"]
[White "Kewley, Douglas"]
[Black "Hill, Ken J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C69"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1968.12.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceDate "2007.10.17"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 c5 8. Nb3 Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Bd6 10. Na5 b6 11. Nc4 Be7 12. Bf4 Bd8 13. Nc3 Ne7 14. Rd2 Be6 15. Ne3 b5 16. Ncd5 Rc8 17. c4 c6 18. Nxe7 Bxe7 19. b3 Rd8 20. Rad1 Rxd2 21. Rxd2 Kf7 22. Bd6 Rd8 0-1


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Final standings...

1st Walter Shawn Browne (13/15) [+11/=04/-00]

=2nd Douglas Gibson Hamilton (11/15) [+09/=04/-02]

=2nd Alfred Flatow (11/15) [+08/=06/-01]

4th Paul Dozsa (10/15) [+06/=08/-01]

=5th Otto Weber (8½/15) [+06/=05/-04]

=5th Karlis Alexander Ozols (8½/15) [+05/=07/-03]

=7th Emanuel Adolph Basta (8/15) [+06/=04/-05]

=7th Willem Johannes Geus (8/15) [+05/=06/-04]

=7th Peter Johnson (8/15) [+04/=08/-03]

=10th Gerd Niess (7½/15) [+06/=03/-06]

=10th John Spencer Purdy (7½/15) [+05/=05/-05]

=10th Michael V Woodhams (7½/15) [+05/=05/-05]

=13th Arthur Gustav Teters (7/15) [+05/=04/-06]

=13th Haydn J Barber (7/15) [+05/=04/-06]

=13th Noel Gregory Craske (7/15) [+05/=04/-06]

=13th John Nugent Hanks (7/15) [+04/=06/-05]

=17th Lloyd Stanley Fell (6½/15) [+06/=01/-08]

=17th Olgerts Bergmanis (6½/15) [+05/=03/-07]

=17th Peter Parr (6½/15) [+05/=03/-07]

20th Ken J Hill (6/15) [+05/=02/-08]

21st Arnolds Rudzitis (5½/15) [+03/=05/-07]

22nd Arthur Harrison Pope (5/15) [+03/=04/-08]

23rd Konstantin Raipalis (4/15) [+02/=04/-09]

24th Douglas Kewley (3½/15) [+02/=03/-10]

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