Cridland, Graham (USA)  [FICGS member # 153]
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Graham Cridland
Graham Cridland has currently 0 running correspondence chess game(s), won 233, lost 200 and drawn 19 other games against an average elo of 1570, does not play advanced chess (fast time controls), played big chess, now 0 running, 5 won, 1 lost, 0 drawn, does not play Go (wei-ch'i, baduk), and does not play poker, finally Graham finished a total of 458 games and is not playing any game right now.
Correspondence chess statistics :
vs. Franck Simonnet (1490) : 55% (9 games, 4 wins, 3 losses)
vs. Eric Price (1731) : 44% (9 games, 4 wins, 5 losses)
vs. Alexis Bromo (1013) : 100% (9 games, 9 wins, 0 losses)
vs. Janusz Kepinski (1831) : 68% (8 games, 5 wins, 2 losses)
vs. Marc-Antoine Leurette (1678) : 64% (7 games, 4 wins, 2 losses)
vs. Hao Nhien Nguyen (1150) : 57% (7 games, 4 wins, 3 losses)
vs. Zdravko Stoyanov (0896) : 71% (7 games, 5 wins, 2 losses)
vs. Benjamin Block (2030) : 16% (6 games, 1 wins, 5 losses)
vs. Jaroslav Pech (2132) : 50% (6 games, 3 wins, 3 losses)
vs. Stuart Clegg (1153) : 66% (6 games, 4 wins, 2 losses)
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Last messages by Graham Cridland in the forum :
Warren Buffett again (2008-06-05 00:18:34)
"If markets were efficient, I'd be a bum with a tin cup." (...)
dxc5 (2008-05-21 21:55:39)
Nice, safe route to a draw, which seems inevitable in that position anyway. Black's kingside is well defended and there aren't any obvious d-file t (...)
Anand is currently WC (2008-04-17 02:09:23)
Incidentally, FIDE extended the bid deadline to let the Ukrainian sponsors try again to get a larger sum under bank guarantee. They say they have $75 (...)
I would play (2007-06-16 23:51:04)
My rating probably understates my strength but I suspect you can still do better for a 25 player team.
Still, I would enjoy being involved. (...)
Incidentally... (2007-06-15 19:29:51)
Perhaps I just have a tiny database (I do), but I think ...0-0-0 may have been a novelty in that position. Most players, it appears, follow Anand-Lau (...)
Game 11393 (2007-06-15 17:29:55)
Just finished an interesting game in the Scandinavian. Pretty level most of the way, although both sides must have missed some chances.
A couple o (...)
Pirc in Correspondence (2007-06-11 18:03:56)
Sounds like a good book. Still, I won't buy it, for the simple reason that the Pirc isn't much fun for Black. There are several simple ways for Wh (...)
Next Round Winners (2007-06-06 21:22:22)
Aronian
Leko
Gelfand
Grischuk
You heard it here first. Aronian, Leko, and Grischuk just outclass their opponents, and Gelfand is currently much (...)
M-Tel (2007-05-29 18:21:09)
Weird tournament. Topalov failed to impress against a weak field, when you would have expected a really strong performance. He needs to study a bit (...)
Hmmm.. (2006-05-01 16:32:05)
All my moves created via the graphical generator have been coming up "incorrect move" today. Had to type them in. (...)