Question: Anyone know if / when IM Lawrence Day's autobio / games book will appear?

[Frank Dixon]

I have been awaiting IM Lawrence Day's long-promised annotated games collection, along with, I am sure, many other Canadian chess people. I am wondering if anyone out there in chesstalk land has any information on when / if this will appear? This will become one of the best Canadian chess books of all time!

[Erik Malmsten]

I did work with Lawrence on the layout of his earlier games, but then the Nickoloff book became the priority. I think his later career had some great results.

Lawrence has posted his games online and the computer doesn't like many of his opening ideas: https://www.chessgames.com/player/lawrence_day.html

[Ian Findlay]

Lawrence has posted his games online and the computer doesn't like many of his opening ideas: https://www.chessgames.com/player/lawrence_day.html

That is okay. The computer also does not like a lot of the opening ideas Magnus plays. Luckily, like Magnus he is playing against humans. Lawrence, followed in Suttles and Bohatrichuk's
foot steps, but soon became the leader in 'Canadian' chess style. Growing up, it seemed everyone played the 'Rat' as black in Canada. Lawrence played many great games with original ideas, but also was very strong in endgames especially rook and pawn endgames.

[Aris Marghetis]

I'm also really looking forward to that book!

[Larry Bevand]

That is okay. The computer also does not like a lot of the opening ideas Magnus plays. Luckily, like Magnus he is playing against humans. Lawrence, followed in Suttles and Bohatrichuk's
foot steps, but soon became the leader in 'Canadian' chess style. Growing up, it seemed everyone played the 'Rat' as black in Canada. Lawrence played many great games with original ideas, but also was very strong in endgames especially rook and pawn endgames.

Hi Ian,

Maybe you have this game...or Hugh Brodie:

Lawrence against Camille Coudari at the Pan Am held at McGill in Montreal in the 70's...it was a strange one :)

I had it but I can not find it anymore...HELP :)

Larry

[Frank Dixon]

Concerning Larry's post: 'The Pan Am held at McGill in Montreal in the 1970s' -- this tournament was actually held at McGill at the end of 1969 -- see wikipedia.org, 'Pan American Intercollegiate Team Chess Championship' article, much of which I wrote.
I also recall playing through that game, from the Carleton vs McGill match, I believe, and, yes, it was an interesting one, to say the least, but I also don't have the game score now.
Larry, you may be able to get this game by contacting the USCF, College Chess coordinator. They have some games collections from older Pan Am events. Perhaps IM Coudari has it!

[Bernie Prost]

here you go...

https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1582098

coudari_day_1969.pgn

[Bernie Prost]

There are 10 games total, not sure which one you're looking for, also PGN files can be downloaded from this site.

https://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches...419&pid2=16101

[Hugh Brodie]

I'm out of town right now but look at CanBase http://canbase.fqechecs.qc.ca/players.htm

[Hugh Brodie]

I don't have a Coudari-Day game in my database from the 1969 North American Intercollegiate in Montreal (in which I played). I have one unlabelled game from 1969 in which Coudari won (as White) in 29 moves. It's the one Bernie posted. However - that game denotes round 15 - so I suspect it's from the Canadian Closed 1969, with at least one of the players' names being incorrect. (their game in the Closed was a draw).

[Ken MacDonald]

I e-mailed Lawrence Day and asked him a couple of questions.
His replies are below.

Nobody knows about the potential games/bio book including me. My muse is
capricious to say the least. For better or worse we seem to be living in
interesting times which is rather distracting from the introspective
concentration necessary to produce a good autobiography.

But regarding the mysterious Coudari-Day (Caro-Kann 1969 1-0) it was a
10-minute (7 maybe) from an event organized on the free day at the Pointe
Claire Canadian Closed Championship. In the slow game we drew a closed
Sicilian without much adventure. Confusing the games, some later reports
even changed the official cross-table magnifying the error as in from
small potatoes to BIG POTATOES.

This was a resonant experience for me as Dr. Bohatirchuk had suggested in
1967 that when in New York I could visit the Public Library and take the
opportunity to verify for myself in the archives via old chess columns
that actual history had been revised to erase accomplishments as he was a
political "persona non grata". Indeed he had been Soviet Champion (circa
1927-8?), for what it's worth.

I don't recall Carleton paired against McGill in the
1969-Pan-Americans but I certainly recall Camille's awesome
form---something like 8-0 with openings like 1.e4 e5 2.c4 and defences
like 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Bd6. Also a terrific 3-foot snow fall for
which southern students had come unprepared for leaving the hotel.
Inoubliable (Typo?-jkm) it was.

[Hugh Brodie]

"Inoubliable" is French for "unforgettable".

Also - the 1969 Pan-Am Intercollegiate was an individual event, with the top four (I think) scores counting for the team title. It alternated between individual and a "true" team event for some years.

[Tony Ficzere]

Lawrence, if you read this, let me know. Would love to be involved. Let me know.

[Hans Jung]

I think we do need a Lawrence Day bio - the sooner the better. I for one would buy several copies.