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Timothy J Upton

Number of games in database: 324
Years covered: 1975 to 2017
Last FIDE rating: 2117 (2113 rapid)
Highest rating achieved in database: 2340
Overall record: +99 -136 =89 (44.3%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (73) 
    B92 B83 B33 B84 B59
 King's Pawn Game (24) 
    C44 C40
 French Defense (18) 
    C05 C07 C03 C08 C09
 French Tarrasch (17) 
    C05 C07 C03 C09 C08
 Sicilian Scheveningen (13) 
    B83 B84 B85
 Caro-Kann (12) 
    B13 B12
With the Black pieces:
 Ruy Lopez (42) 
    C72 C74 C73 C69 C71
 Orthodox Defense (32) 
    D55 D58 D57 D53 D51
 Queen's Gambit Declined (15) 
    D31 D37 D35 D30
 Two Knights (15) 
    C55 C56 C58
 Queen's Pawn Game (11) 
    D02 D00 D05 D01
 Ruy Lopez Exchange (8) 
    C69 C68
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   L Day vs T Upton, 1980 0-1
   T Upton vs A Rodriguez, 1980 1-0

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Scottish Championship (1979)
   Scottish Championship (1981)
   Regency Masters (1982)
   European Junior Championship 1977/78 (1977)
   Scottish Championship (1993)
   5th Manchester Benedictine Open (1982)
   ECI 2nd (1975)
   World Youth U26 Team Championship Final-A (1980)
   Metz Open (1998)
   Thessaloniki Olympiad (1984)
   World Youth U26 Team Championship (1981)
   British Championship (1985)
   Cattolica Open (1993)
   Gibraltar Masters (2004)
   European Union Championship (2005)

RECENT GAMES:
   🏆 European Club Cup
   T Upton vs C Vogel (Oct-14-17) 0-1
   Anil Civi vs T Upton (Oct-13-17) 0-1
   M P Townsend vs T Upton (Oct-12-17) 1-0
   U D Yazici vs T Upton (Oct-11-17) 1-0
   T Upton vs A Fox (Oct-09-17) 0-1

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TIMOTHY J UPTON
(born Dec-19-1958, died Jan-10-2018, 59 years old) United Kingdom

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He was a FIDE Master from Scotland.

Last updated: 2018-12-13 05:24:30

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 page 1 of 14; games 1-25 of 326  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. T Upton vs A Scrimgour  ½-½241975Scottish ChampionshipB92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation
2. N Young vs T Upton  1-0591975Scottish ChampionshipD51 Queen's Gambit Declined
3. A P Borwell vs T Upton  0-1451975Scottish ChampionshipA13 English
4. T Upton vs N A Gordon  1-0381975Scottish ChampionshipB06 Robatsch
5. D Levy vs T Upton  ½-½391975Scottish ChampionshipC44 King's Pawn Game
6. T Upton vs S Swanson  0-1411975Scottish ChampionshipB06 Robatsch
7. I Sinclair vs T Upton  ½-½231975Scottish ChampionshipD02 Queen's Pawn Game
8. Z Lisjak vs T Upton  1-0381975ECI 2ndC75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense
9. T Upton vs C Schubert  0-1561975ECI 2ndB09 Pirc, Austrian Attack
10. M Watgen vs T Upton  0-1231975ECI 2ndC47 Four Knights
11. T Upton vs M Cardon  1-0261975ECI 2ndB92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation
12. R Ekstrom vs T Upton  ½-½731975ECI 2ndD63 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense
13. C Crouch vs T Upton  1-0391975ECI 2ndC69 Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation
14. T Upton vs G Ondi  0-1451975ECI 2ndB58 Sicilian
15. W Steinegger vs T Upton  0-1151975ECI 2ndD31 Queen's Gambit Declined
16. T Upton vs R Triller  1-0441975ECI 2ndB74 Sicilian, Dragon, Classical
17. S Swanson vs T Upton  ½-½421976Scottish ChampionshipC69 Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation
18. T Upton vs G Bonner  0-1571976Scottish ChampionshipC64 Ruy Lopez, Classical
19. D M Jenkins vs T Upton  0-1351976Scottish ChampionshipD00 Queen's Pawn Game
20. T Upton vs I Sinclair  0-1381976Scottish ChampionshipB49 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation
21. T Upton vs N A Gordon  0-1641976Scottish ChampionshipC69 Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation
22. C Lennox vs T Upton  1-0391976Scottish ChampionshipC72 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O
23. D Sellos vs T Upton  1-0391976World Junior Championship 1976/77C74 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense
24. M Twardon vs T Upton  1-0391976World Junior Championship 1976/77C69 Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation
25. T Upton vs L Kokkinos  0-1441976World Junior Championship 1976/77B84 Sicilian, Scheveningen
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Kibitzer's Corner
Jul-10-10
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  OhioChessFan: We've heard this before; 'things are bad, we are gonna fix them,' and they remain unfixed.
Dec-13-18
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  sackman: Very sadly and far too early Tim Upton passed away 10 January 2018. Rest in peace my friend your memory will live on. Iain.
Jan-07-21
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  GrahamClayton: Timothy Upton was a member of the European Court of Auditors, and resided in Luxembourg from 1994 until the time of his death, where he played chess for the Gambit Bonnevoie I club.
Jan-07-21  burleyman2: I knew Tim Upton as a chess player in Scotland and at Queens College, Oxford. A nice guy and a very smart one, RIP.

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