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Lionel Berry Joyner (28 March 1932 – 2001) was a Canadian chess player, Canadian Chess Championship winner (1961), Canadian Open Chess Championship medalist (1964).

Lionel Joyner
Country	Canada
Born	(1932-03-28)28 March 1932 Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Died	2001

Chess career

From the late 1950s to the mid-1960s, Lionel Joyner was one of Canada's leading chess players. In 1951, he represented Canada in the first World Junior Chess Championship.[1] In 1956 Lionel Joyner became the chess champion of Montreal, having won all 17 games in the tournament. He won gold (1961) and silver (1965[2]) medal in Canadian Chess Championship. Also Lionel Joyner won bronze medal in Canadian Open Chess Championship in 1964. In 1975, in Vancouver he shared 1st place in Paul Keres Memorial Tournament.

Lionel Joyner played for Canada in the Chess Olympiad:[3]

• In 1958, at first reserve board in the 13th Chess Olympiad in Munich (+4, =6, -3).

Also Lionel Joyner played correspondence chess and won the Correspondence Chess Tournament Golden Knights Postal (1961–1962).

After leaving Montreal, he lived in the Alberta province and later in the British Columbia province. Lionel Joyner worked at the Vancouver Stock Exchange.

The British Columbia Chess Federation every year hosts a Joyner Chess Memorial.

References

External links

• Lionel Joyner player profile and games at Chessgames.com
• Lionel Joyner chess games at 365Chess.com

На других языках

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[ru] Джойнер, Лайонел

Лайонел Берри Джойнер (англ. Lionel Berry Joyner, 28 марта 1932, Монреаль — 2001) — канадский шахматист. Чемпион Канады 1961 г. Серебряный призер чемпионата Канады 1965 г. Бронзовый призер открытого чемпионата Канады 1964 г.

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