Duncan Suttles was born on 21 December 1945 and is a Canadian chess grandmaster.
23 Facts About Duncan Suttles
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Canada's second grandmaster after Abe Yanofsky, Suttles was recognized internationally for the originality of his strategic play in the mid-1960s and 70s.
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Duncan Suttles won the British Columbia Championship in 1963 and 1966.
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Duncan Suttles took part in the Gijon International Chess Tournament, placing 2nd behind Luis Bronstein.
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Duncan Suttles attended the University of British Columbia and represented the school in inter-university chess competition.
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Duncan Suttles earned his undergraduate degree in mathematics and began to study for a doctorate, but eventually quit the program to work in private industry.
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Duncan Suttles represented Canada at the Junior World Chess Championship, Barcelona, 1965.
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Duncan Suttles did win the B final ahead of Raymond Keene.
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At 18, Duncan Suttles was chosen for the Canadian Olympiad team in Tel Aviv, 1964, the first of his eight appearances, including six in a row over a period of 20 years.
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Duncan Suttles frequently played a large number of games in these team events, near the maximum.
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Duncan Suttles played Board 1 on the Canadian team at the 1971 Student Olympiad that won the bronze medal.
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Duncan Suttles was already of grandmaster strength by 1968, and in fact qualified for the grandmaster title at the Lugano Olympiad.
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Duncan Suttles finally achieved the grandmaster title at the San Antonio tournament of 1972, gaining the last half-point needed by drawing his game against the former world champion, Tigran Petrosian.
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Duncan Suttles won the Canadian Open Chess Championship at Ottawa 1973.
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Duncan Suttles won the 1973 La Presse Open in Montreal.
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That same year, Duncan Suttles finished third in a strong field at an international tournament in Venice.
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Duncan Suttles won the International Open at the Vancouver International Chess Congress in 1981, defeating Tony Miles and Yasser Seirawan in the final two rounds.
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Duncan Suttles championed the Modern Defence from the mid-1960s, showing that the line, which had previously been regarded with skepticism, was a fully playable universal defence against any White opening move.
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Duncan Suttles was the leader in the group of young masters mentored by Macskasy.
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Duncan Suttles' originality gained the attention of the chess world, but it sparked some degree of incomprehension.
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One of these masters is Duncan Suttles, who has been called the Canadian Nimzovich.
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Duncan Suttles takes the time before each game to go over his systems.
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The largest annotated collection of Duncan Suttles' games is Chess on the Edge.