Cyrus Lakdawala

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Cyrus Lakdawala (born  October 10, 1960 in Bombay ) is an American chess player , teacher and writer. He was born in India but grew up in Montreal and has lived in San Diego since the late 1970s . He obtained the title of FIDE Master in 1986 and has been an International Master since 2002 .

His tournament successes include winning in 1987 together with four other players at the National Open and in 1998 at the American Open together with Pavel Blatný . In addition, he shared first place at the Lina Grumette Memorial Day Classic twice, in 1998 with two other players and in 1999 with Sergey Kudrin . He also won the Southern California Chess Federation championship in 1994, 1997, 1998, 2000 and 2005 .

Cyrus Lakdawala has authored more than 20 chess books , making him one of the most active chess authors of our time. His work includes in particular works on various openings as well as annotated collections of games by well-known chess players. Most of his books, some of which have also been translated into German and Spanish , were published in the Move by Move series of the English publisher Everyman Chess .

Works (selection)

  • Play the London system. London 2010 (German edition: Secret Weapon London System , 2011)
  • A Ferocious Opening Repertoire. London 2011
  • The Slav: Move by Move. London 2011 (Spanish edition: Ajedrez jugada a jugada: La defensa eslava , 2013)
  • The Caro-Kann: Move by Move. London 2012 (Spanish edition: Ajedrez jugada a jugada: La defensa Caro-Kann , 2013)
  • Capablanca: Move by Move. London 2012
  • The Scandinavian: Move by Move. London 2013
  • Botvinnik: Move by Move. London 2013
  • The Classical French: Move by Move. London 2014
  • Korchnoi: Move by Move. London 2014
  • The Alekhine Defense: Move by Move. London 2014
  • How Ulf Beats Black: Ulf Andersson's Bulletproof Strategic Repertoire for White. Alkmaar 2018
  • Winning ugly in chess Alkmaar 2019

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ FIDE Chess Profile: Lakdawala, Cyrus (last accessed on March 14, 2015)
  2. ↑ Our Heritage. 2012 US Chess Federation Yearbook. In: Chess Life. Issued April 2013. United States Chess Federation, ISSN  0197-260X
  3. ↑ Southern California Chess Federation State Champions (last accessed March 14, 2015)

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personal data
SURNAME Lakdawala, Cyrus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American chess player, teacher and author
DATE OF BIRTH October 10, 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH Bombay