Denis Allan

Denis Allan won the Open Chess Championship in 1970. He shared first place at the Canadian Open Chess Championship in 1984. He was one of only four players to compete in the Canadian Chess Championship in each of four consecutive decades from the 1960s to the 1990s.^[1] In 1987, in Szirak, Denis Allan participated in the World Chess Championship Interzonal Tournament, where he ranked 18th of twenty participants.^[2]

Denis Allan played for Canada in the Chess Olympiads:^[3]

• in 1968, at the fourth board in the 18th Chess Olympiad in Lugano (+4, =4, -4),
• in 1980, at the second reserve board in the 24th Chess Olympiad in La Valletta (+1, =1, -3),
• in 1986, at the second reserve board in the 27th Chess Olympiad in Dubai (+0, =0, -1).

Denis Allan played for Canada in the World Student Team Chess Championship:^[4]

• in 1971, at the first reserve board in the 18th World Student Team Chess Championship in Mayagüez (+6, =1, -1), winning a team bronze medal.

• Denis Allan rating card at FIDE
• Denis Allan player profile and games at Chessgames.com
• Denis Allan chess games at 365Chess.com

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