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  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. I Theodorovich vs L Day 1-0 30 1962 Canadian Open A05 Reti Opening 2. G Danilov vs L Day   1-0 57 1962 Canadian Open E43 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation 3. L Day vs P Haley   ½-½ 18 1962 Canadian Open A06 Reti Opening 4. L Day vs H O Payne 1-0 14 1962 Canadian Open B29 Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein 5. L Day vs R Rodgers   0-1 27 1962 Canadian Open D51 Queen's Gambit Declined 6. L Day vs D Grimshaw   ½-½ 42 1963 Ontario Open E80 King's Indian, Samisch Variation 7. L Day vs Suttles 0-1 39 1964 Canadian Open B06 Robatsch 8. Z Sarosy vs L Day   1-0 48 1964 Canadian Open E71 King's Indian, Makagonov System (5.h3) 9. G Fuster vs L Day   ½-½ 55 1965 Ontario Open A44 Old Benoni Defense 10. L Day vs D Grimshaw 1-0 15 1965 Ontario Open B12 Caro-Kann Defense 11. L Day vs V Pedersen 1-0 24 1965 RA CC-ch D51 Queen's Gambit Declined 12. R Rodgers vs L Day 0-1 26 1965 RA Club Championship B06 Robatsch 13. L Day vs R Draxl   0-1 46 1965 Ontario Championship A07 King's Indian Attack 14. L Day vs I Zalys   ½-½ 52 1965 Montreal-Ontario match B28 Sicilian, O'Kelly Variation 15. I Theodorovich vs L Day   1-0 31 1965 ON-op A49 King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4 16. L Day vs A Kalotay 0-1 37 1965 Ontario Open E82 King's Indian, Samisch, double Fianchetto Variation 17. L Day vs T Ackermann 1-0 45 1966 Ottawa-Montreal m C00 French Defense 18. L Day vs R Simpson   1-0 36 1966 League Ottawa-Cornwall C29 Vienna Gambit 19. L Day vs A Portigal 1-0 32 1966 Ottawa Championship A07 King's Indian Attack 20. I Zalys vs L Day   ½-½ 58 1966 Ottawa Open A04 Reti Opening 21. L Day vs I Martin   ½-½ 60 1966 Ontario Team Final Ottawa-Hart House B23 Sicilian, Closed 22. J Matynia vs L Day 0-1 37 1966 Ottawa A01 Nimzovich-Larsen Attack 23. L Day vs B Leckie 1-0 37 1966 Canadian Open B12 Caro-Kann Defense 24. Ivkov vs L Day 1-0 34 1966 Canadian Open C60 Ruy Lopez 25. L Day vs C Coudari   1-0 42 1966 Canadian Open B12 Caro-Kann Defense  page 1 of 51; games 1-25 of 1,256

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< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 78 OF 81 ·  Later Kibitzing> Jun-29-09    karnak64: Ah, but isn't "Rafal Furdzik" an anagram for "Karl Durfzair"? Do you deny it? Are you now, or have you ever been someone so named? Or how about "Farak Lurdzkif"? I'm sure I played him (who is undoubtedly one of your split personalities) in the Filafel-Lutefisk championships back in '01, and the coincidence is too strong to overlook. And he (you?) even played the Nimzo-Indian defense, which features prominently a Pinned Piece. Case closed. Check and mate. Outahere. Jun-29-09    M61MG Wrestler: New location for discussing "My 61 Mem Games", including all* previous posts on that topic from Mrs. Alekhine's forum. Click my Avatar to join in. Anyone is welcome. *some pruning has occurred on irrelevant posts. Jul-01-09    Ed Trice: There are 6 copies of "My 61 Memorable Games" in the bookstore down at the World Open. They are being sold for $300 each. Jul-01-09    Ed Trice: And Rafal Furdzik is here http://www.uschess.org/msa/MbrDtlMa... and here http://ratings.fide.com/seek.phtml?... His FIDE rating is 2259 Jul-01-09    PinnedPiece: <Ed Trice: There are 6 copies of "My 61 Memorable Games" in the bookstore down at the World Open. They are being sold for $300 each.> Haven't you misplaced the quote? Shouldn't it be <6 copies of my "61 Memorable Games"...> ??? Jul-01-09    Jim Bartle: My first reaction as well, PP! Jul-01-09    I Like Fish: life is indeed... too short... Jul-02-09    Ed Trice: <PinnedPiece> By your last statement, are you claiming while you haven't read the book, you know more than International Master Lawrence Day, who has read the book? A simple yes or no will suffice. Jul-02-09    Ed Trice: <PinnedPiece> If you hold to your belief, state your full name, the city where you live, and post on here exactly who you think wrote the book. If you're telling the truth, you have nothing to worry about, right? Jul-02-09    PinnedPiece: <Ed Trice> Please see my response elsewhere. Jul-07-09    Ed Trice: No thanks <PinnedPiece> you've demonstrated ample bias and you're content to avoid the most important facts. Like how the girl from Canada knew Fischer was going to die when nobody else in the world made any such prediction. Jul-07-09    chancho: Fischer was going to die because he refused further treatment. What is so miraculous about the so called "prediction"? Jul-14-09    ray keene: in the coming issue of the spectator i preview this years staunton memorial with your win v howell-shd be accessible from the spectator website Jul-25-09    PinnedPiece: <IMlday> I just noticed we are separated by just a little over one month in age, you old baby boomer you. (I'm older!) Oct-22-09    BohdanL: Dear Lawrence, I am quite interesting in your book "Big Clamp ...". Is it still possible to get a copy of it? On what move order is based your system : 1.e4 2.d3 3.f4 or as in the N.Davies CD: 3.g3? You have presented here a lot of interesting information about ukrainian player F.Bohatirchuk, may I ask you about whether you have plan to write a book about this player? with best wishes Bohdan Oct-23-09    IMlday: <Bohdant> It's long out of print but Hardinge-Simpole has the Modern Chess Theory annuals with the two articles it's based on. Basically it was a game collection. I used the name "Big Clamp" more to describe the strategic motif in the middlegame rather than a particular move order. Against the Sicilian I could get some by 1.e4 c5 2.d3 but my guys never tried 2..d5!?; likewise 2.g3 d5, or the now-normal 2.f4 d5. 1.e4 e6 2.Qe2 or 1.e4 c6 2.f4 can lead to clamps also. There are a couple of Bohatirchuk books in English and Russian in the works; I've contributed but am not the main author. Oct-25-09    D4n: IM L. Day, I have interest in tournement play. I am hoping for adivce on the best way to prepare or tips of any sort. Thank you, and I also want to let you know I enjoy your games! Oct-25-09    IMlday: Thanks <D4n>. If you're eager and enthusiastic that goes a long way. One tip is that chess is complicated, you don't have to understand it, just understand it better than the other guy. Oct-30-09    ray keene: yes i can confirm that lawrence days big clamp is still available in modern chess theory volumes for 1980/81 and 1981/82 these can be acquired from amazon or via www.hardingesimpole.co.uk the article is in two parts i think-the closed sicilian and the big clamp-a masterpiece of research and creativity by lawrence--btw lawrence-i just noticed and posted some comments on chessgames.com to my win v yanofsky from nice 1974-a true rat!! the opening i mean Jan-08-10    arthurp: Hello Lawrence Day.Are you thinking of working on your collection of games.Would be a very interesting book! Apr-05-10    Phony Benoni: This blog entry includes a picture of IM Day from last weekend's Grand Pacific Open in British Columbia. http://castlingqueenside.blogspot.c... Apr-08-10    birthtimes: Lawrence, how was it that you became attracted to the Old Indian?! Apr-09-10    IMlday: <birthtimes> from Ukrainian-Canadians Fedor Bohatirchuk and Ivan Theodorovich who played it a lot. <PB> Ho! I managed to win that tournament. The Grand Pacific Hotel has added a mallard pond and I felt quite at home. <arthurp> yes but the pace is glacial. Apr-09-10    PhilFeeley: What about going for your GM title like Piasetski is doing now? Aug-18-10    Dredge Rivers: Wooooooooooooo! He made the Canadian Hall of Fame! Big Woop! Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 81) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 78 OF 81 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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