Lawrence Day's progress was rapid, and he qualified through the 1966 Open Canadian Chess Championship at Kingston, to represent Canada at the 1967 Junior World Chess Championship at Jerusalem, where he qualified for the 'A' final group.
21 Facts About Lawrence Day
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Lawrence Day first played for Canada in the Chess Olympiad in 1968 on the first reserve board at Lugano, his first of 13 appearances, which is a Canadian record.
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Lawrence Day played board three for Canada on the bronze medal team at the World Students' Chess Olympiad, Mayaguez 1971.
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Lawrence Day graduated from Carleton University in 1972 with a degree in English Literature, worked for the magazine Chess Canada for a time, and then became a professional player.
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Lawrence Day earned his International Master title at the Zonal Canadian Chess Championship, Toronto 1972.
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Lawrence Day has been winning tournaments in Canada and North America since the late-1960s.
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Lawrence Day won three Canadian Open Chess Championships.
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Lawrence Day won the Quebec Open Chess Championship three times.
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Lawrence Day tied for first place at the 1999 North Bay International Open, the last of that series of six annual excellent tournaments held there.
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Lawrence Day has won several dozen weekend Swiss format tournaments in Ontario since the late 1960s.
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Canada made its best Olympiad results so far in 1976 with eighth place, eleventh place in 1978, and ninth place in 1980, and Lawrence Day was a strong contributor all three times.
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Lawrence Day was never the undisputed top player in Canada, but he was among the top ten Canadian players for over 30 years, from the late-1960s into the late-1990s.
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Lawrence Day served as the non-playing captain of the Canadian team for the 2006 Turin Olympiad.
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Lawrence Day was granted an Honorary GM title by the Commonwealth Chess Association in 2006.
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Lawrence Day's style is an eclectic blend of main line theory and offbeat systems, which makes him very difficult to prepare for.
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Lawrence Day was the Games Editor for Chess Canada Magazine and wrote the tournament book for the 1972 Closed Canadian Championship.
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Lawrence Day wrote a booklet on The Big Clamp opening system and co-authored a 1982 book on the Grand Prix Sicilian line with English Grandmaster Julian Hodgson.
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Lawrence Day wrote a book about the life and games of the late Canadian International Master Bryon Nickoloff, a close friend, published in 2007 by Chess'n Math Association.
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Lawrence Day is constantly updating his own selection of games, for eventual publication.
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Lawrence Day was chess columnist for the Toronto Star from 1976 to 2013.
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Lawrence Day was married to Canadian chess player Angela Day.