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| Born: | 1954 |
| Results: | Win: 41.7% (153) Loss: 24.3% (89) Draw: 34.1% (125) Total:367 |
| White Results: | Win: 52.2% (94) Loss: 18.9% (34) Draw: 28.9% (52) Total:180 |
| Black Results: | Win: 31.6% (59) Loss: 29.4% (55) Draw: 39% (73) Total:187 |
| Active: | 1969 to 1996 |
| Current Rating: | 2405 on 2024-12-01 |
| Max Rating: | 2425 on 1993-07-01 |
| FIDE ID: | 2005956 |
| Country: | USA |
| Most Frequent White Openings | |
|---|---|
| Opening | Played |
| Torre Attack, Fianchetto Defense | 7 (+2 -3 =2) |
| Sicilian Defense, Scheveningen Variation | 5 (+4 -0 =1) |
| Queen Pawn Game, Zukertort Variation | 5 (+4 -0 =1) |
| Trompowsky Attack, General | 5 (+2 -1 =2) |
| Torre Attack, Classical Defense | 5 (+3 -0 =2) |
| English Opening, Anglo-Indian Defense, Queen's Indian Formation | 5 (+2 -0 =3) |
| Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower Defense, General | 4 (+2 -2 =0) |
| Queen's Gambit Declined, Three Knights Variation, General | 4 (+2 -1 =1) |
| King's Indian Defense, Averbakh Variation, Flexible Defense | 3 (+3 -0 =0) |
| Queen's Indian Defense, Opocensky Variation | 3 (+2 -0 =1) |
| Most Frequent Black Openings | |
|---|---|
| Opening | Played |
| French Defense, Tarrasch Variation, Modern System | 6 (+1 -3 =2) |
| Indian Game, Anti-Nimzo-indian | 5 (+1 -4 =0) |
| Alekhine Defense, Modern Variation, Alburt Variation | 4 (+1 -2 =1) |
| Sicilian Defense, Richter-Rauzer Variation, Neo-Modern Variation | 4 (+2 -2 =0) |
| Sicilian Defense, Paulsen Variation | 4 (+0 -3 =1) |
| Dutch Defense, Modern Stonewall Variation | 3 (+2 -0 =1) |
| King's Indian Defense, Orthodox Variation | 3 (+0 -3 =0) |
| French Defense, Tarrasch Variation, Open System | 3 (+0 -2 =1) |
| English Opening, Symmetrical Variation, Three Knights Variation | 3 (+1 -1 =1) |
| Benko Gambit, Accepted, Fully Accepted Variation | 3 (+0 -1 =2) |
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