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Andrew Ledger
A Ledger 
 

Number of games in database: 500
Years covered: 1987 to 2024
Last FIDE rating: 2337 (2366 rapid)
Highest rating achieved in database: 2443
Overall record: +167 -142 =190 (52.5%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 1 exhibition game, blitz/rapid, odds game, etc. is excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 King's Indian Attack (31) 
    A07
 French Defense (26) 
    C05 C00 C10 C07 C03
 English (25) 
    A10 A15 A16 A17 A13
 King's Indian (17) 
    E92 E62 E63 E60 E61
 French Tarrasch (17) 
    C05 C07 C03 C04 C09
 English, 1 c4 e5 (17) 
    A21 A25 A26 A20 A28
With the Black pieces:
 Caro-Kann (72) 
    B12 B17 B11 B13 B18
 Grunfeld (26) 
    D85 D97 D84 D90 D80
 Slav (20) 
    D10 D17 D12 D15 D11
 French Defense (19) 
    C10 C07 C11 C01 C00
 Queen's Pawn Game (16) 
    D02 A45 A41 A46 E00
 French (13) 
    C10 C11 C00
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   D J Ledger vs A Ledger, 1999 1/2-1/2
   Chandler vs A Ledger, 1997 0-1
   A Ledger vs G Gaehwiler, 2012 1-0
   R Palliser vs A Ledger, 2008 0-1

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   British Championship (2021)
   British Championship (1994)
   Isle of Man Open (1997)
   Gibraltar Masters (2003)
   British Championship (1997)
   British Championship (1998)
   British Championship (2004)
   British Championship (1995)
   British Championship (1992)
   Caplin Hastings Masters (2022)
   British Championship (1991)
   British Championship (2001)
   British Championship (1996)
   British Championship (1990)
   17th Lloyds Bank Masters Open (1993)

RECENT GAMES:
   🏆 39th ECC Open
   A Ledger vs A Predke (Oct-20-24) 0-1
   A Ledger vs S Badacsonyi (Aug-04-24) 1-0
   A Merry vs A Ledger (Aug-03-24) 1-0
   A Ledger vs B Derakhshani (Aug-02-24) 1/2-1/2
   C Salmons vs A Ledger (Aug-01-24) 0-1

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ANDREW LEDGER
(born May-23-1969, 55 years old) United Kingdom

[what is this?]
IM Andrew J. Ledger from England.

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 page 1 of 22; games 1-25 of 526  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. N McDonald vs A Ledger  1-0411987Chess for PeaceA04 Reti Opening
2. P Fransson vs A Ledger  1-0581987Chess for PeaceB06 Robatsch
3. Gavrikov vs A Ledger  1-036198812th Lloyds Bank Masters OpenA15 English
4. M J Freeman vs A Ledger ½-½521989Dorset v. BedfordshireD84 Grunfeld, Grunfeld Gambit Accepted
5. J Howell vs A Ledger  0-1601989British ChampionshipD71 Neo-Grunfeld
6. A Ledger vs K Arkell  0-1611989British ChampionshipA07 King's Indian Attack
7. G Lane vs A Ledger  1-0291989British ChampionshipB12 Caro-Kann Defense
8. A Ledger vs C Ward  1-0291989British ChampionshipB51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack
9. C Beaumont vs A Ledger  ½-½141989British ChampionshipA15 English
10. A Ledger vs P K Wells  1-0301989British ChampionshipA07 King's Indian Attack
11. S Conquest vs A Ledger  ½-½421989British ChampionshipA42 Modern Defense, Averbakh System
12. A Ledger vs G Flear  ½-½311989British ChampionshipA06 Reti Opening
13. J Levitt vs A Ledger  ½-½161989British ChampionshipD84 Grunfeld, Grunfeld Gambit Accepted
14. A Ledger vs K Murugan  ½-½201989British ChampionshipA05 Reti Opening
15. A Ledger vs Jukka Korhonen  1-083198913th Lloyds Bank Masters OpenA07 King's Indian Attack
16. N McDonald vs A Ledger  0-150198913th Lloyds Bank Masters OpenA05 Reti Opening
17. A Ledger vs J Gallagher  1-0391989Hastings Challengers 1989/90A46 Queen's Pawn Game
18. A Ledger vs A Wojtkiewicz  0-1311989Hastings Challengers 1989/90A07 King's Indian Attack
19. C Iosif vs A Ledger  0-1561990Oakham Young MastersB06 Robatsch
20. N Carton vs A Ledger  1-0441990Oakham Young MastersB12 Caro-Kann Defense
21. A Ledger vs A Summerscale  0-1391990Oakham Young MastersB01 Scandinavian
22. A Ledger vs M Apicella  ½-½421990Oakham Young MastersA45 Queen's Pawn Game
23. A Ledger vs G Buckley  1-0491990Oakham Young MastersD79 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O, Main line
24. A Ledger vs S M Hill  1-0351990Oakham Young MastersD79 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O, Main line
25. R Tozer vs A Ledger ½-½601990Oakham Young MastersD86 Grunfeld, Exchange
 page 1 of 22; games 1-25 of 526  PGN Download
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Kibitzer's Corner
Apr-16-08  whiteshark: Is there a <Ledger opening> ?

And what are those <Ledger lines> ? :D

Apr-19-08  pawn to QB4: The Woodhouse Cup: fought over between Yorkshire teams since 1884 - don't suppose there are many local competitions as old as that. Still playing for the original trophy, made (so I've heard) by the silversmith responsible for the first FA Cup, and some us still play for it like life depended on it. After more years than I care to remember when we missed out by a single match point - twice needing to beat York and drawing 4-4, like the scars of that are going to heal easily! we of Sheffield have finally done it. This is our board one, and he not only led us with skill and sportsmanship and wit and charm - he even bought me a pint after today's win at Hull. Cheers Andrew - the good will lasts until your next trip to Chesterfield.
Apr-19-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  keypusher: <pawn to QB4> Congratulations! and thanks for a nice chess story.
Jun-16-08  Once: And I had the pleasure of playing on the same team as Andrew before he moved "oop north" - the Department of the Environment team in the London civil service in the 1990's.

He hardly lost a game for us on board one (I can only remember one loss) and he gave the rest of the team a helping hand by bumping us all down a board. Good to see that he is still going strong in the provinces!

Aug-13-09  BIDMONFA: Andrew Ledger

LEDGER, Andrew
http://www.bidmonfa.com/ledger_andr...
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Jan-10-12
Premium Chessgames Member
  GrahamClayton: Photo and interview: http://www.thestar.co.uk/lifestyle/...
May-01-15
Premium Chessgames Member
  Sally Simpson: A. Ledger - A. Cherniaev, Hasting 2000.

Doing a puzzle book on the bus going to work. '365 Checkmates' by Gallagher.

Hit this one (No.77). Solved it and spent the rest of the journey just giggling about it.

I love a good swindle.

Black is winning and to wrap things up he played...


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35...Bd5.

White to play. (hint...Think Mondays)

I have submitted the full game. Someone be ready with an apt pun.

May-02-15  Retireborn: I loathe swindles myself, Geoff! Probably because I've been on the receiving end so often :)

In this case pawn f6 is a big red warning flag and the theme Rh8+, Qf8 isn't difficult to spot.

May-02-15
Premium Chessgames Member
  Sally Simpson: Hi Retireborn,

Like a carton in a newspaper this one just caught me. The King going from h8 to g8 to f8 and then mated.

I'm sure if you scan your scorebook you will have won a few games you should have lost.

All we have to remember is that when we win one we have to give one back. It's the law of Chess Physics.

Of course each swindle has it's instructive value and should not be dismissed simply as a cheapo.

It's when you play that winning move. The one you think will force resignation - that's you in blunderland and are at your most vulnerable.

R Austin vs G Chandler, 1980

I never even smelt it coming....

Back to this game:
Move 35 hints at time trouble if it was 40 in two hours. (I've no idea what the time control was.) But there again we must remember our Alekhine. 'Being in Time Trouble is not an excuse."

May-23-24
Premium Chessgames Member
  offramp: I think he wrote a book.

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