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Michael Wilder

Number of games in database: 270
Years covered: 1976 to 1989
Last FIDE rating: 2540
Overall record: +84 -60 =120 (54.5%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 6 exhibition games, blitz/rapid, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (15) 
    B72 B47 B56 B52 B91
 Queen's Indian (13) 
    E12 E15 E16
 Orthodox Defense (11) 
    D55 D61 D58 D51 D52
 Modern Benoni (11) 
    A61 A57 A65 A67 A60
 King's Indian (9) 
    E94 E80 E98 E87 E95
 Bogo Indian (9) 
    E11
With the Black pieces:
 Sicilian (31) 
    B62 B58 B63 B46 B23
 King's Indian (21) 
    E81 E92 E75 E91 E80
 Sicilian Richter-Rauser (12) 
    B62 B63 B64
 Queen's Indian (11) 
    E12 E15 E16
 Benko Gambit (8) 
    A57 A58
 Pirc (8) 
    B09 B07 B08
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Kudrin vs M Wilder, 1987 0-1
   M Wilder vs A Lein, 1981 1-0
   S Macagno vs M Wilder, 1985 0-1
   M Wilder vs V Liberzon, 1981 1-0
   J Silman vs M Wilder, 1979 1/2-1/2
   Kamsky vs M Wilder, 1989 0-1

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   United States Championship (1988)
   Toronto Winter Fest (1987)
   11th Lloyds Bank Masters Open (1987)
   Canadian Open (1983)
   United States Championship (1987)
   Cannes Open (1989)
   Haninge (1989)
   United States Championship (1986)
   Lone Pine Open (1981)
   World Youth U26 Team Championship qual-2 (1985)
   12th Lloyds Bank Masters Open (1988)
   Lugano Open (1989)
   Reykjavik Open (1986)
   Saint John Open II (1988)
   Marshall Open (1979)

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MICHAEL WILDER
(born Aug-17-1962, 62 years old) United States of America

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Michael Joseph Wilder was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. In 1976, at the age of 13, he became the youngest master since Fischer after he tied for 1st in the Greater New York Open. He became an IM in 1980 and was awarded the GM title in 1988. He won the US Championship in 1988 http://graeme.50webs.com/chesschamp... (winning at Cambridge Springs, Pennsylvania). In other tournaments he was 3rd= in the 1987 US Championship and 1st= at the 1987 London Open. In 1989, Wilder gave up competitive chess to pursue a career as an attorney. He is now a partner at McDermott Will & Emery in Washington, where he specializes in corporate tax issues.

Wikipedia article: Michael Wilder

Last updated: 2022-09-17 13:08:04

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 page 1 of 11; games 1-25 of 271  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. K Regan vs M Wilder 1-0231976Masters OpenB22 Sicilian, Alapin
2. M Diesen vs M Wilder 1-0311976Manhattan CC InternationalC89 Ruy Lopez, Marshall
3. M Wilder vs Hodgson  1-0351976London - New York Telex MatchA13 English
4. M Wilder vs N Weinstein  0-1251977USAE45 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Bronstein (Byrne) Variation
5. M Wilder vs A Soltis  1-0461978Marshall FuturityB06 Robatsch
6. A Soltis vs M Wilder  ½-½301978CCA InternationalB07 Pirc
7. E Schiller vs M Wilder  0-1291979New York City ChampionshipE75 King's Indian, Averbakh, Main line
8. M Wilder vs Fedorowicz 0-1241979Marshall OpenB51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack
9. M Wilder vs J Meyer  0-1361979Marshall OpenB52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack
10. H Rey vs M Wilder  0-1321979Marshall OpenA00 Uncommon Opening
11. M Diesen vs M Wilder  1-0411979Marshall OpenE91 King's Indian
12. M Wilder vs A Williams 0-1391979Marshall OpenB99 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line
13. F La Rota vs M Wilder  1-0311979Marshall OpenB07 Pirc
14. M Wilder vs T Renna  1-0291979Marshall OpenB84 Sicilian, Scheveningen
15. M Wilder vs W J Adam  ½-½331979Marshall OpenB47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation
16. W Morris vs M Wilder  0-1431979Marshall OpenB09 Pirc, Austrian Attack
17. M Wilder vs D Rajkovic 0-1451979Lone PineB41 Sicilian, Kan
18. J Silman vs M Wilder ½-½221979Lone PineB09 Pirc, Austrian Attack
19. M Wilder vs J Rigo  0-1471979Lone PineB72 Sicilian, Dragon
20. M Wilder vs R Balinas  1-0391979Lone PineC60 Ruy Lopez
21. Van der Wiel vs M Wilder  ½-½291979Lone PineB09 Pirc, Austrian Attack
22. N Weinstein vs M Wilder  1-0381979Lone PineA15 English
23. M Wilder vs C Blocker  1-0411979Lone PineC04 French, Tarrasch, Guimard Main line
24. Petursson vs M Wilder 1-0421979Lone PineE91 King's Indian
25. B Rind vs M Wilder  1-0301979Lone PineE63 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation
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Kibitzer's Corner
Sep-16-06  BIDMONFA: Michael Wilder

WILDER, Michael
http://www.bidmonfa.com/wilder_mich...
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Aug-18-07
Premium Chessgames Member
  chancho: The guy wins the US championship in 88 and quits the following year. I wonder why?
Aug-18-07
Premium Chessgames Member
  chancho: You guys might find some humor here:

http://www.cs.rpi.edu/~wilsonm/ches...

Aug-18-07  Strongest Force: Chancho, maybe Wilder thought it would easier being a tax lawyer with the IRS than it is playing chess?

For many years, Wilder, Benjamin and Fedorowitz were 3 young GM friends willing to share the joys and sorrows of chess that good friends share: traveling to many different tournaments together.

Many years ago when Benjamin and Wider were room-mates at Yale, i noticed them a few rows in front of me at a Times Square movie theater. I was tempted to sneak-up on them and act like i was a mugger and demand their money! I always wonder how they would reacted if i had done that. I decided to let them watch the movie: The Mystery Of Chess Boxing.

Aug-20-07  Maynard5: Michael Wilder retired from chess, and went into law. Today he is a practicing attorney. There are many other instances of young players who either left the game or became inactive, and then went on to successful professional careers. Examples are Ken Rogoff, today an economics professor, and Ken Regan, a professor of computer science.
Aug-02-08  Caissanist: When Wilder won the US Championship he said publicly that he was quitting and would probably not be defending his title (he didn't). He mentioned the difficulty of making a living but also said that he thought the game was played out, there wasn't a lot left for him or anyone else to do in chess.
Aug-17-08  ravel5184: Hipy papy bthuthdth thuthda bthuthdy!
Jun-13-10  Caissanist: From http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/13/c...:

<“I never gave serious consideration to being a professional chess player,” Wilder said. “I kind of had the sense that I would play chess for a while and then do something else.”

Money was an issue for Wilder, who is married and has two daughters. “I knew that I wanted to be a family man,” he said, “and I thought there are other things that I find interesting that might be a more stable career.” >

Mar-11-12  esundel: <Strongest Force>, i used to know mike back in the day when we were both kids. pity he gave up, he had a great talent for the game (about 2200 when i was 1800). i gave up the game too quite a long time ago but i am thinking of getting back in it. came to this website to look up some of my buddies to see how they are doing. it is reassuring to see that people from our generation are still alive, doing well, and posting on here. i would be interested in getting touch. <Strongest Force> please email me at esundel56@yahoo.com. maybe we knew each other back in the day, and it would be nice to talk about old memories.
Dec-05-12  srgntshultz: This is a game I remember from almost thirty years ago. Thought it would be included in CG database. It was published in CL Dec. '85, and Atlantic Chess News. Among my chess programs, only Fritz finds 19...Bf4 (at a low ply) and gives it a -0.01. Not the earth shattering move I thought it was at the time. As I recall, Wilder was really happy with 28...Qd8 - redeploying the queen to the other side.

[Event "World Youth Team Championship"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[White "Bischoff, K.."]
[Black "Wilder, M.."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E93"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 Nbd7 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Nh5 11. h4 g4 12. Nh2 Nxg3 13. fxg3 h5 14. O-O Bh6 15. Bd3 Nc5 16. Qe2 c6 17. Kh1 a5 18. Rf2 Kg7 19. Rd1 Bf4 20. gxf4 g3 21. Nf3 exf4 22. Rff1 Bg4 23. Nb1 Bxf3 24. gxf3 Qxh4+ 25. Kg1 Rae8 26. Nc3 Rh8 27. Bb1 Re5 28. Qg2 Qd8 29. Ne2 h4 30. Nxf4 h3 31. Nxh3 Qb6 32. Qxg3+ Kf8 33. Kh2 Reh5 34. Qxd6+ Ke8 35. Kg3 Rxh3+ 36. Kf4 R3h4+ 37. Ke3 Nxe4+ 38. c5 Nxc5 39. Rfe1 Ne6+ 40. Kd3 Qd4+ 0-1

Dec-06-12  Strongest Force: Mike was a friend but two of his close friends were more closer as friends with me: Benjamin & Fedorowitz. I think The Fed still teaches chess & Benjamin helped me with my students when I was heavy with teaching.

How can Mike say there is nothing left in chess when there is Magnus Carlsen?

Aug-17-16  TheFocus: Happy birthday, Michael Wilder.
Nov-28-22  Ninas Husband: Well as a chess player OR a lawyer, I'm sure his father Thornton is very proud of him! :)

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