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Kenneth Kirby

Number of games in database: 22
Years covered: 1958 to 1964
Overall record: +5 -10 =7 (38.6%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games.

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KENNETH KIRBY
(born Nov-01-1915, 109 years old) South Africa

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Kenneth Farquhar Kirby was born in Oudtshoorn, South Africa. He was joint South African Champion in 1959 and 1963.

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 page 1 of 1; 22 games  PGN Download 
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. I Aloni vs K Kirby 1-0581958Munich Olympiad qual-2D32 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch
2. K Kirby vs K Darga  0-1451958Munich Olympiad qual-2E39 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Pirc Variation
3. K Kirby vs M Farre  0-1471958Munich Olympiad qual-2A81 Dutch
4. K Kirby vs A Bisguier ½-½271958Munich Olympiad qual-2D13 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation
5. K Kirby vs P Ofstad  ½-½511958Munich Olympiad qual-2D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
6. K Kirby vs Y Mashian  ½-½851958Munich Olympiad qual-2D32 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch
7. M Rantanen vs K Kirby  0-1441958Munich Olympiad qual-2D34 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch
8. J M Aitken vs K Kirby  1-0391958Munich Olympiad Final-CC97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin
9. K Kirby vs P Oliveira  1-0541958Munich Olympiad Final-CD47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
10. M Borja vs K Kirby  ½-½671958Munich Olympiad Final-CD34 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch
11. K Kirby vs A Anastasopoulos  ½-½841958Munich Olympiad Final-CE61 King's Indian
12. K Kirby vs K Ennigrou  1-0741958Munich Olympiad Final-CA46 Queen's Pawn Game
13. K Kirby vs Y Mashian  0-1541958Munich Olympiad Final-CE45 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Bronstein (Byrne) Variation
14. A Tarazi vs K Kirby  ½-½591958Munich Olympiad Final-CC84 Ruy Lopez, Closed
15. K Kirby vs L Wilken 1-0191961RSA-ch corrC29 Vienna Gambit
16. K Kirby vs G Villarroel  0-1401964Tel Aviv Olympiad qual-1E77 King's Indian
17. K Kirby vs Botvinnik 0-1481964Tel Aviv Olympiad qual-1B08 Pirc, Classical
18. K Kirby vs A Medina Garcia  0-1291964Tel Aviv Olympiad qual-1E76 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack
19. K Kirby vs Letelier  0-1281964Tel Aviv Olympiad qual-1D82 Grunfeld, 4.Bf4
20. G Philippe vs K Kirby ½-½621964Tel Aviv Olympiad Final-DC59 Two Knights
21. K Kirby vs J F Olivera 1-0281964Tel Aviv Olympiad Final-DD20 Queen's Gambit Accepted
22. K Kirby vs J Durao  0-1401964Tel Aviv Olympiad Final-DE62 King's Indian, Fianchetto
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Kibitzer's Corner
Nov-01-08  Udit Narayan: Kirby is my favorite Pokemon :)

http://www.smashbros.com/en_us/char...

Nov-01-08  hedgeh0g: He isn't a pokémon...Kirby is a Nintendo character in his own right.
Nov-01-08  JB64: I knew Kenneth Kirby when I was a schoolboy at Westerford High School, in Cape Town, in the 'sixties.

He organized the Chess club, producing one of the strongest schoolboy (yes it was all boys in those days) teams in South Africa.

Although he never talked about it, we learned that during WW2 he fought with the Eighth Army in North Africa and Italy; in the artillery.

Great bloke!

Jul-21-16
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  offramp: He is quoted in the notes at Robert E Byrne vs Fischer, 1963.
Jul-21-16
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  MissScarlett: Racist Farquhar.
Oct-06-16
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  GrahamClayton: Kirby also won the 6th (1955 – 1956) and 7th (1957 – 1958) South African Correspondence Championships.

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