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Bonin's Greatest Games of Chess
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samsloan
12 years ago
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International Master Jay Bonin is probably the most active chess
player in the world of his strength. He plays an average of 140 rated
tournaments and 700 games per year. He first became a master in 1975.
At age 57 his rating has declined about 100 points. His FIDE rating
was 2419 in 2000. Now it is down to 2319. He has played in 3391 USCF
rated tournaments since November 1991. His USCF rating is 2448.

http://www.uschess.org/msa/MbrDtlMain.php?10098327

http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?event=2000644

Considering the number of games he has played, relatively few of his
games are published in the chess databases. He plays his own unusual
opening systems. Since he does not study his own games he usually
throws his scoresheets in the trash. This has led his fans to scramble
to get his scoresheets out of the trash cans. Nowadays he throws them
in trash cans on the public streets to discourage this practice.

Jay Bonin has played an estimated 25,000 rated games against masters.
(That is twenty-five thousand games). We are trying to collect as many
of these games as we can from his opponents. Please send us as many
games as you can in PGN Format. We then plan to publish his most
representative two or three thousand games in a book.

Sam Sloan
B***@aol.com
12 years ago
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I remember back in 1989, I turned up against him on board #2 in the Four Rated Games Tonight tournament. He was shocked, but he won.

I wouldn't consider his games to be worthy of publication, but I suppose others might.

Try EMORY TATE if you want a great player worthy of study. Tate could beat anyone in the world on his best, and often did, plus he was not a fulltime player.

Ray Gordon, Author
The Fine Art Of The Miniature: Win Your Chessgames In 25 Movs Or Less
http://www.amazon.com/The-Fine-Art-Miniature-ebook/dp/B004T33NZS
B***@aol.com
12 years ago
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I should add that was the final round.
samsloan
12 years ago
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Post by B***@aol.com
I should add that was the final round.
Send us your game against Bonin and we will put it in the book.

Sam Sloan

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