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Tom O'Donnell

Number of games in database: 216
Years covered: 1981 to 2011
Highest rating achieved in database: 2415
Overall record: +64 -59 =92 (51.2%)*
   * 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:
 Sicilian (37) 
    B22 B52 B40 B65 B42
 Ruy Lopez (18) 
    C69 C65 C60 C67 C63
 French Defense (15) 
    C05 C07 C03 C09
 French Tarrasch (15) 
    C05 C07 C03 C09
 Ruy Lopez Exchange (10) 
    C69
 Caro-Kann (7) 
    B16 B17 B18
With the Black pieces:
 Semi-Slav (21) 
    D47 D45 D44 D43 D48
 Sicilian (17) 
    B22 B50 B23 B57 B76
 Queen's Gambit Declined (15) 
    D30 D31 D36
 English (8) 
    A13 A14
 Queen's Pawn Game (6) 
    D02 A40 D05
 Ruy Lopez (6) 
    C60 C78
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   T O'Donnell vs L Day, 1992 1-0
   T O'Donnell vs J Xiong, 2009 1-0
   J Torres vs T O'Donnell, 1994 0-1
   T O'Donnell vs E Ronneberg, 1987 1/2-1/2

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Canadian Championship (1991)
   British Columbia Championship 1986/87 (1986)
   Canadian Championship (1989)
   Region XI International (1994)
   Hungaroil (1990)
   Canadian Championship (1992)
   Canadian Championship (1994)
   Novi Sad Olympiad (1990)
   Thessaloniki Olympiad (1988)
   Saint John Open II (1988)
   Saint John Open I (1988)
   Moscow Olympiad (1994)
   Canadian Open (2007)

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   2001 Canadian open by gauer

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TOM O'DONNELL
(born Jan-20-1965, 60 years old) Canada

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Tom O'Donnell is an IM who was awarded the title in 1993 and was ranked 15th on the (active) Canadian listings for July 2009. Having played for British Columbia in 1981, he won the Canadian Cadet Championship with 7/9. O'Donnell accumulated 20.5 points in 39 team Olympiad games between 1988-94, occasionally playing as high as third board, and finished with 4.5/8 out of nine total games played on Canada's World team (50+) Championship at Dresden in June, 2016. He won the 1988 British Columbia championship and 2005 Prince Edward Island open.

References: (1) Wikipedia article: Chess'n Math Association, (2) http://www.olimpbase.org/, (3) http://www.schachfestival.de/world-...

Last updated: 2023-07-01 10:58:26

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 page 1 of 9; games 1-25 of 225  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. Suttles vs T O'Donnell  1-0371981Vancouver OpenA07 King's Indian Attack
2. T O'Donnell vs T Johnson  1-0321981CAN-ch U20B06 Robatsch
3. T O'Donnell vs S Bolduc  1-0331981CAN-ch U20B17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation
4. T O'Donnell vs D Hergott  0-1531981CAN-ch U20A07 King's Indian Attack
5. T O'Donnell vs R Zuk  ½-½101985BC-ch 1985-86+B01 Scandinavian
6. T O'Donnell vs P Brown  1-0281985BC-ch 1985-86+C09 French, Tarrasch, Open Variation, Main line
7. T O'Donnell vs N Fullbrook 0-1381986British Columbia Championship 1986/87B08 Pirc, Classical
8. T O'Donnell vs E Macskasy 1-0581986British Columbia Championship 1986/87A00 Uncommon Opening
9. T O'Donnell vs L Joyner  1-0421986British Columbia Championship 1986/87C05 French, Tarrasch
10. D Ross vs T O'Donnell  1-0461986British Columbia Championship 1986/87A62 Benoni, Fianchetto Variation
11. G Forbes vs T O'Donnell  ½-½451986British Columbia Championship 1986/87B00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening
12. T O'Donnell vs W J Donaldson  0-1311986Vancouver Keres Memorial 11thB52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack
13. K Spraggett vs T O'Donnell  1-0361986VancouverD47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
14. T O'Donnell vs J Berry  1-0361986NWC August opB06 Robatsch
15. K Spraggett vs T O'Donnell  ½-½851986Keres MemorialC60 Ruy Lopez
16. T O'Donnell vs N Fullbrook  1-0401986BC opB22 Sicilian, Alapin
17. J Berry vs T O'Donnell  ½-½431986BC opD02 Queen's Pawn Game
18. L Joyner vs T O'Donnell  0-1521986BC opA14 English
19. T O'Donnell vs H Moore  1-0231987British Columbia Championship 1986/87B04 Alekhine's Defense, Modern
20. G Morin vs T O'Donnell  0-1271987British Columbia Championship 1986/87A04 Reti Opening
21. T O'Donnell vs I Skulsky  ½-½651987British Columbia Championship 1986/87A00 Uncommon Opening
22. J Berry vs T O'Donnell  ½-½331987British Columbia Championship 1986/87C78 Ruy Lopez
23. T O'Donnell vs E Ronneberg  ½-½41198788th US OpenC05 French, Tarrasch
24. T O'Donnell vs D Kopec  0-133198788th US OpenB22 Sicilian, Alapin
25. T O'Donnell vs F Lindsay  ½-½54198788th US OpenC05 French, Tarrasch
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Kibitzer's Corner
Jun-26-07  diemjay: Tom O'Donnell is a well known Canadian chess trainer. I'm pretty sure that he'll be attending this year's UPEI Open (July 27-29) in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. Just a heads up for any eastern Canadians lurking on site. :)
Jun-12-21  lentil: It's amusing/appalling that (if I count correctly) that we have to get 35 games into the list before Tom wins a game.
Jun-12-21
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: My count to that unfortunate number is 27, but O'Donnell faced some tough opposition.
Jun-12-21  Granny O Doul: Cool guy. Easy-going.
Jun-13-21  lentil: somehow the count is now down to 13!~
Jul-01-23  lentil: Ok, we've got it down to 3!

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