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Lawrence Day
L Day 
Photo copyright © 2008 Julia Day.   

Number of games in database: 1,256
Years covered: 1962 to 2015
Last FIDE rating: 2214 (2200 rapid)
Highest rating achieved in database: 2435
Overall record: +667 -276 =300 (65.7%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 13 exhibition games, blitz/rapid, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (168) 
    B21 B23 B20 B25 B50
 King's Indian Attack (76) 
    A07 A08
 French Defense (53) 
    C00 C02 C12 C10 C11
 French (43) 
    C00 C12 C11 C10
 Uncommon Opening (43) 
    A00 B00
 Caro-Kann (29) 
    B10 B12 B11 B17 B13
With the Black pieces:
 Robatsch (87) 
    B06
 Sicilian (79) 
    B43 B27 B33 B45 B23
 Old Indian (62) 
    A53 A55
 Queen's Pawn Game (48) 
    A46 A40 A41 D02 A45
 Ruy Lopez (46) 
    C92 C60 C91 C67 C69
 Uncommon Opening (33) 
    A00 B00
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   L Prins vs L Day, 1968 0-1
   L Day vs T Koliada, 1994 1-0
   L Day vs J Berry, 1975 1-0
   L Day vs Benko, 1980 1-0
   L Day vs Timman, 1980 1/2-1/2
   L Day vs I Morovic Fernandez, 1978 1-0
   L Day vs G Johnstone, 1994 1-0
   L Day vs Suttles, 1969 1-0
   L Day vs J Stopa, 1988 1-0
   E Preissmann vs L Day, 1978 0-1

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Canadian Championship (1991)
   Canadian Championship (1972)
   Canadian Open (1980)
   Canadian Championship (1978)
   Toronto Closed (1982)
   Canadian Championship (1994)
   Canadian Championship (1975)
   Canadian Championship (1996)
   Canadian Championship (1981)
   Canadian Championship (1969)
   Dubai Olympiad (1986)
   Canadian Open (1995)
   Canadian Open (2007)
   Yerevan Olympiad (1996)
   Buenos Aires Olympiad (1978)

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   0ZeR0's collected games volume 47 by 0ZeR0
   The Big Clamp by Ken by fredthebear
   The Big Clamp Compiled by Kenilworthian by trh6upsz
   The Big Clamp by kenilworthian
   1994 Canadian championship by gauer
   1996 Canadian championship by gauer
   1975 Canadian championship by gauer
   1972 Canadian championship by gauer
   1978 Canadian championship by gauer
   1981 Canadian championship by gauer

RECENT GAMES:
   🏆 Grand Pacific Open
   P Kalisvaart vs L Day (Apr-06-15) 1/2-1/2
   L Day vs J Kenney (Apr-05-15) 1/2-1/2
   J Cao vs L Day (Apr-04-15) 1-0
   L Day vs A He (Apr-04-15) 1-0
   L Day vs J Roback (Apr-04-15) 1/2-1/2

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LAWRENCE DAY
(born Feb-01-1949, 76 years old) Canada

[what is this?]
Lawrence Alexander Day was born in Kitchener Ontario, Canada. An IM in 1972, he was Canadian champion in 1991. Day represented Canada at the 1967 World Junior Championship, and as high as 2nd board and captain at the Olympiads - a Canadian record attendance 13 times. User: IMlday accumulated 70.5 points in 131 team games during the Olympiads.

IM Lawrence Day registered a perfect 5/5 to top IM Jevgenyij Boguszlavszkij (visiting from Hungary) and the rest of the 16 player field Nov. 13 at the Bayview Games Club in Toronto to win the 2004 Canadian Senior Championship. He won the Ottawa RA club championships between 1966-8. He won the 1977, 1980 and 1983 Toronto Championships with 9/11, 8/11 and 10.5/11 respectively, and the year following, tied with Jozef Polacek and Robert Morrison for share of 1st-3rd.

He maintained the 2 (weekly) merged columns in the Toronto Star newspaper (previously, Toronto Chess Club president and Canadian Chess Federation President (1936) Charles Crompton edited a weekly studies column during 1940-75 and Walter Dobrich had been a previous columnist in the earlier 1970s for annotations of a game segment) from 1976 until 2013. Occasionally, his column writing also appeared in the Winnipeg Tribune and Ottawa Citizen.

He is a member of the Canadian Chess Hall of Fame and currently lives near Toronto.

References: Winnipeg Tribune, http://www.thestar.com/ (Toronto Star), http://www.ottawacitizen.com/ (Ottawa Citizen), http://www.olimpbase.org (team chess archives), http://torontochess.org/drupal/ (Greater Toronto Chess League (GTCL) site), http://www.chessontario.com/ (Ontario Chess Association (OCA) site), http://chess.ca/players?check_ratin... (Canadian Chess Federation zone).

Wikipedia article: Lawrence Day


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 page 1 of 51; games 1-25 of 1,256  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. I Theodorovich vs L Day 1-0301962Canadian OpenA05 Reti Opening
2. G Danilov vs L Day  1-0571962Canadian OpenE43 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation
3. L Day vs H O Payne 1-0141962Canadian OpenB29 Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein
4. L Day vs P Haley  ½-½181962Canadian OpenA06 Reti Opening
5. L Day vs R Rodgers  0-1271962Canadian OpenD51 Queen's Gambit Declined
6. L Day vs D Grimshaw  ½-½421963Ontario OpenE80 King's Indian, Samisch Variation
7. L Day vs Suttles 0-1391964Canadian OpenB06 Robatsch
8. Z Sarosy vs L Day  1-0481964Canadian OpenE71 King's Indian, Makagonov System (5.h3)
9. L Day vs V Pedersen 1-0241965RA CC-chD51 Queen's Gambit Declined
10. G Fuster vs L Day  ½-½551965Ontario OpenA44 Old Benoni Defense
11. I Theodorovich vs L Day  1-0311965ON-opA49 King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4
12. L Day vs I Zalys  ½-½521965Montreal-Ontario matchB28 Sicilian, O'Kelly Variation
13. R Rodgers vs L Day 0-1261965RA Club ChampionshipB06 Robatsch
14. L Day vs R Draxl  0-1461965Ontario ChampionshipA07 King's Indian Attack
15. L Day vs D Grimshaw 1-0151965Ontario OpenB12 Caro-Kann Defense
16. L Day vs A Kalotay 0-1371965Ontario OpenE82 King's Indian, Samisch, double Fianchetto Variation
17. I Zalys vs L Day  ½-½581966Ottawa OpenA04 Reti Opening
18. L Day vs I Martin  ½-½601966Ontario Team Final Ottawa-Hart HouseB23 Sicilian, Closed
19. J Matynia vs L Day 0-1371966OttawaA01 Nimzovich-Larsen Attack
20. L Day vs A Portigal 1-0321966Ottawa ChampionshipA07 King's Indian Attack
21. L Day vs R Simpson  1-0361966League Ottawa-CornwallC29 Vienna Gambit
22. L Day vs T Ackermann 1-0451966Ottawa-Montreal mC00 French Defense
23. L Day vs B Leckie 1-0371966Canadian OpenB12 Caro-Kann Defense
24. Ivkov vs L Day 1-0341966Canadian OpenC60 Ruy Lopez
25. L Day vs C Coudari  1-0421966Canadian OpenB12 Caro-Kann Defense
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Mar-10-09  Augalv: <Petrosianic>, at <Riverbeast>'s request, I'll copy and paste his last post:

<Riverbeast: <Petrosianic> I told you never to mention my name again...I let the first one go...If you do it again, I'll expose you in another lie ('Riverbeast never asked me not to use a computer, because he thought I was too honest') just like I exposed the first ('Riverbeast backed down after I asked him for an apology')

Frankly, I'm getting tired of slapping you around, and I would think you would get tired of it too...So stop chasing me>

Mar-10-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  chancho: <an undisclosed project> that could refer to anything, but let's suppose the "undisclosed project" was the book M61MG. Why then did Trice accuse Labate of being Helgi behind the scam, and according to one of the charges: <On or about, to wit, the 1st day of February, 2008 through the 7th day of May, 2008, Ed Trice published false and libelous and defamatory statements concerning the plaintiff and continues to do so by publishing numerous articles, letters, E-mails, or matter, regarding Edward Labate being the perpetrator behind a marketing scheme for a book entitled “My 61 Memorable Games”.>
Mar-10-09  Travis Bickle: <FHBradley: Who on earth is <<Ed Trice>>? A big fat moron who would choke on the truth!
Mar-10-09  Travis Bickle: <sharro: <<hackmate: The 1969 book is more like "Fischer abridged". He did not have the permission of the publisher to say whatever he wanted. >> ...What publisher? The only publisher was Trice/Mate. Of course Trice/Mate was also the author!
Mar-10-09  hackmate: Someone on here said I didn't really have the book and I should go take my picture with "today's newspaper" and post it online. Months ago, I did this, and as soon as it was asked this was online

http://s542.photobucket.com/albums/...

I went out, got a paper, took a picture, so there.

Bruce Towell let it be known he had a book too. We were emailing back and forth. He wanted to chat on the phone, he gave me his number, we spoke. He confirmed that I am who I say, that I am not Ed Trice.

You have been refuted several times chanco.

I say you are Ed Labate until you post a picture of yourself with a newspaper.

And how did I find out about some of the things I mentioned? I emailed Ed Trice and asked him directly. So far he's answered every question I asked him.

All you people do it speculate wildly and make false claims. Why don't you just go to the source?

A respected International Master has the book. The same book all of you said never existed a few months ago. Now not only "does it exist" but it's a great one, confirmed to be written by Fischer by an International Master.

You keep changing your statements, the more that mounting evidence shows Fischer did the book.

You're all a bunch of losers.

Mar-10-09  hackmate: And everyone knows Travis Bickle is Ed Labate. Notice how he and Travis always have the Labate lawsuit quotes ready to paste into here, and NOBODY else does that!

They are a pair of Labate clones.

OK guys, care to post your picture with today's newspaper? Only 1:40 PM here, let's see how long it takes you to show your faces.

If you don't, then you both admit you are Ed Labate.

Mar-10-09  ughaibu: Okay, you've got the book and you're the winner. Almost nobody else wants the book, and as they haven't got it, they're the winners too. So, as everybody's a winner, happy and got what they want, how about shutting up about this book? It's boring.
Mar-10-09  Travis Bickle: <hackmate> Ed I didn't know you were African American? Seriously why is that wino you gace a saw buck in the picture with his head cut off? Does he have something to hide? As far as me being Ed Labate, if I was why would I complain and detest your book? The more copies you sell then (me being Labate), the more of that 21 million settlement you pay off. LMAO what an idiot.
Mar-10-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  chancho: <ughaibu> Indeed, this guy is just plain ridiculous. The photo he likes to point to as evidence (LMAO) was to <drKodos> and it's easy to see that Trice could have paid off some bro on the street to pose with that paper. A paper that had no city name to it I may add. It said Newsline, that's it. The truth is that Fischer did not need Trice to publish a chess book. He did not even have to get one published called M61MG. He could have called it: My Way the Fischer Recipe, and it would have sold. Because he's Bobby freaking Fischer. He did not need to get into a fight with the guys who had the publishing rights to his previous book.
Mar-10-09  sharro: < hackmate: Someone on here said I didn't really have the book and I should go take my picture with "today's newspaper" and post it online. Months ago, I did this, and as soon as it was asked this was online http://s542.photobucket.com/albums/...;

We can only imagine what kind of creative lies you told this black man to pose for the pic.

<I went out, got a paper, took a picture, so there.

Bruce Towell let it be known he had a book too. We were emailing back and forth. He wanted to chat on the phone, he gave me his number, we spoke. He confirmed that I am who I say, that I am not Ed Trice.

You have been refuted several times chanco.

I say you are Ed Labate until you post a picture of yourself with a newspaper. >

What's Ed Labate got to do with this? Only Trice would bring up Labate. And only Trice would accuse Labate of being Bickle, which you can see here:

http://www.gamesforum.ca/showthread...

Visit this link and click on the photobucket link to show the rant that was posted on his other site.

<And how did I find out about some of the things I mentioned? I emailed Ed Trice and asked him directly. So far he's answered every question I asked him.

All you people do it speculate wildly and make false claims. Why don't you just go to the source?

A respected International Master has the book. The same book all of you said never existed a few months ago. Now not only "does it exist" but it's a great one, confirmed to be written by Fischer by an International Master.>

Hardly a confirmation since several GMs and IMs disagree.

<You keep changing your statements, the more that mounting evidence shows Fischer did the book.

You're all a bunch of losers.>

Typical Trice insult.

I think Trice thinks that if he debates this online, anyone new to the thread will be confused and not know who to believe, but the more he posts the deeper he keeps digging himself into a hole.

Mar-10-09  sharro: <hackmate: OK guys, care to post your picture with today's newspaper? Only 1:40 PM here, let's see how long it takes you to show your faces>

Typical Trice tactic - trying to shift burden of proof using ridiculus decoy

Mar-10-09  hackmate: Travis Bickle is Ed Labate.
chanco is Ed Labate.

Until they post a photo to show otherwise.

Mar-10-09  hackmate: It only too me 15 minutes to show my photo once asked.

I wonder how long Ed Labate will take to start having more clones like sharro post support?

Ever notice that all of these Labate clones only show up to try and refute statements about the book?

Go over the history of the posts. They never "come on" in groups, posting within minutes of each other, on any other topic.

More proof they are all Ed Labate.

Mar-10-09  hackmate: <sharro has kibitzed 6 times to chessgames >

And all of them about My 61 Memorable Games or Ed Trice.

How can someone with only 6 kibitzes be so aware of the "typical tactic" you mentioned?

Answer - you are a clone of Ed Labate.

Mar-10-09  Travis Bickle: <hackmate> I will post my photo in a few moments. First I have to get a black guy on crack to pose holding a sign saying Im not Ed Labate.
Mar-10-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  chancho: Same here <Travis>. I'll be driving around the neighborhood with a few bucks in hand looking to get a poser to pose for me.
Mar-10-09  Riverbeast: <hackmate> You're making more of an arse of yourself with every post....And your strenuous protestations about the book's authenticity only reveals how desperate you are to sell it, and lash out at your 'enemies'....Which (coincidentally enough) are Trice's enemies

Don't you have a minimum of self respect?....You're as transparent as glass....Give it a rest

Mar-10-09  sharro: Mr. Day, cant you see whats going on here?
Mar-10-09  Travis Bickle: <hackmate> You said some pretty disgusting things about me (Travis Bickle) on that buylandonmars site, you ought to apologize or I'll wash your stinking mouth out with soap.
Mar-10-09  sharro: hey hackmate, if you're not Trice, where are you from then?
Mar-10-09  KingG: I'm sure this book is a fake, but I wouldn't mind taking a look at it anyway. Why doesn't someone who has it just scan it and put it online?
Mar-10-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  chancho: <sharro> He said he was from Burkina Faso a country located in Africa.
Mar-10-09  sharro: didnt he say african american ? where you living now Trice? I mean hackmate
Mar-10-09  Petrosianic: <Augalv> <Petrosianic, at Riverbeast's request, I'll copy and paste his last post:> Why? What do you get out of it? Nothing you re-posted contained any facts or substance, just threats and bluster, which demonstrate the truth of what I said about him. Thanks, but I already know it's true, and everyone else can see it without your help, so what's the point? If he doesn't like my comments, he should stop chasing me and put me on Ignore as I did to him last summer. If he does like my stuff enough to read it, he's got to take the bad with the good. I certainly didn't tell Lawrence Day anything he didn't already know, but if I'm going to agree with the Beast's conclusion that the book is a fake, I need to cover myself from the assumption that I'm as big a nutter as he is. I'm certainly not afraid of any lies he might tell about me (if he read my post in the Fischer page, he already knows that the stuff he mentions in your re-post was debunked after the last re-posting, and so not worth going into again), but if he does create any doubts in anyone else's mind, I'll discuss it with them, not him.

P.S.: "Riverbeast" is actually his name?? That's a new one on me. What is that? Swedish?

Mar-10-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  chancho: <It only took me 15 minutes to show my photo once asked.>

<drkodos> asked you to post the photo on Dec 22. You posted it on Dec 23.

That's a very long 15 minutes. :-))

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