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Shawn P Tavares

Number of games in database: 48
Years covered: 1980 to 2018
Last FIDE rating: 2129 (2146 rapid, 2162 blitz)
Highest rating achieved in database: 2290
Overall record: +19 -22 =7 (46.9%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games.

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Most played openings
B22 Sicilian, Alapin (7 games)
C55 Two Knights Defense (2 games)
B03 Alekhine's Defense (2 games)
A46 Queen's Pawn Game (2 games)
C00 French Defense (2 games)
B25 Sicilian, Closed (2 games)
E10 Queen's Pawn Game (2 games)
A15 English (2 games)

RECENT GAMES:
   🏆 4NCL 2017/18
   S Tavares vs M Wadsworth (May-06-18) 0-1
   J Houska vs S Tavares (May-05-18) 0-1
   J Bentley vs S Tavares (Jan-14-18) 1-0
   H P Hansen vs S Tavares (Nov-11-17) 1-0
   S Tavares vs C Kilpatrick (May-01-17) 0-1

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SHAWN P TAVARES
(born 1962) Trinidad and Tobago (federation/nationality United Kingdom)
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Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. J Sequeira vs S Tavares  ½-½161980World Junior ChampionshipB87 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin with ...a6 and ...b5
2. S Tavares vs K Bischoff  0-1431980World Junior ChampionshipB03 Alekhine's Defense
3. G Hjorth vs S Tavares  1-0371980World Junior ChampionshipB20 Sicilian
4. S Tavares vs T Yoshida  1-0301980World Junior ChampionshipC15 French, Winawer
5. S Tavares vs J Fowler  1-0431980World Junior ChampionshipC44 King's Pawn Game
6. A Obando vs S Tavares  0-1341980World Junior ChampionshipB95 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6...e6
7. C McNab vs S Tavares  1-0371980World Junior ChampionshipA21 English
8. S Tavares vs J Pajak  ½-½491980World Junior ChampionshipB03 Alekhine's Defense
9. M Shrentzel vs S Tavares  1-0301980World Junior ChampionshipB22 Sicilian, Alapin
10. S Tavares vs O Tassi  ½-½131980World Junior ChampionshipB22 Sicilian, Alapin
11. S Tavares vs J A Corral Blanco  1-0481980World Junior ChampionshipB22 Sicilian, Alapin
12. F A Cuijpers vs S Tavares  1-0371980World Junior ChampionshipB99 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line
13. S Tavares vs R Ye  ½-½251980World Junior ChampionshipC43 Petrov, Modern Attack
14. B Castaneda vs S Tavares  1-0181981World Junior ChampionshipC41 Philidor Defense
15. S Tavares vs R Rodriguez  1-0181981World Junior ChampionshipB22 Sicilian, Alapin
16. S Tavares vs P Heaven  1-0191981World Junior ChampionshipB22 Sicilian, Alapin
17. S Tavares vs M Ebeling 0-1281981World Junior ChampionshipC55 Two Knights Defense
18. S Tavares vs R Maninang  ½-½441982Lucerne OlympiadB22 Sicilian, Alapin
19. S Tavares vs Louis Vandecasteele  1-0331982Lucerne OlympiadC28 Vienna Game
20. Pedro Arrata Peralta vs S Tavares  0-1611982Lucerne OlympiadA07 King's Indian Attack
21. S Tavares vs V Small  ½-½471982Lucerne OlympiadB22 Sicilian, Alapin
22. I Krush vs S Tavares  1-0372012Gibraltar MastersE32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical
23. S Tavares vs M Molner  0-1402012Gibraltar MastersB23 Sicilian, Closed
24. R Aloma Vidal vs S Tavares  1-0382012Gibraltar MastersA46 Queen's Pawn Game
25. K Becham vs S Tavares  0-1462012Gibraltar MastersC00 French Defense
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Kibitzer's Corner
Nov-05-14  waustad: The FIDE transfers page has him going from Trinidad and Tobago to England and vice versa on the same day. Since both say "no participation under TTO flag" it looks like a clerical problem and he's gone to play for the English federation.
Jun-04-18
Premium Chessgames Member		  GrahamClayton: "Mr Shawn Tavares qualified as a medical doctor from the University of the West Indies in 1987. His orthopaedic surgical training was done on the Oxford training programme with rotations in Oxford, Stoke Mandeville and Reading. This was complemented with a clinical fellowship in knee sports injury surgery at Chelsea and Westminster in 1998/99.

During this time he was also involved in several biomechanical research projects at Imperial College under the guidance of Professor Andrew Amis.

He returned to the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Oxford in 2000 to complete his training in hip and knee arthritis surgery prior to taking up his current post as a consultant orthopaedic surgeon at the Royal Berkshire Hospital in Reading.

Mr Tavares has pioneered Birmingham hip resurfacing and computer-navigated surgery in Reading. He has developed a service for day case Anterior Cruciate Ligament ACL) reconstruction. Shawn was Clinical Director for trauma and orthopaedics at the Royal Berkshire Hospital from 2004 to 2007. He was clinical governance lead from 2007 to 2010. He is the departmental lead for Enhanced Recovery following hip and knee replacements.

Mr Tavares' specialist hip interests include; hip replacements, revision hip surgery and hip resurfacing.

His specialist knee interests include; anterior cruciate ligament surgery, unicompartmental knee replacements, meniscal (sports cartilage) surgery and total knee replacements including customized positioning implants.

Shawn's publications include an editorial on hip bearing materials, a book chapter on knee injuries for the ODPM (Office of the Deputy Prime Minister) fire-services occupational health guide; and a scientific paper on meniscal (sports cartilage) repairs.

Shawn is an avid sports fan and cricket cognoscenti. He is former National junior and senior chess champion of Trinidad and Tobago, and represented Trinidad and Tobago at 2 world junior chess championships and a chess Olympiad. He was Trinidad and Tobago Sports personality of the year in 1982. He has represented England at the world senior team Chess Championship in Dresden in 2015."

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