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| Born: | 1931-05-25 |
| Results: | Win: 33.9% (148) Loss: 39% (170) Draw: 27.1% (118) Total:436 |
| White Results: | Win: 38% (81) Loss: 35.7% (76) Draw: 26.3% (56) Total:213 |
| Black Results: | Win: 30% (67) Loss: 42.2% (94) Draw: 27.8% (62) Total:223 |
| Active: | 1957-12-14 to 2009-08-07 |
| Current Rating: | 2137 on 2011-01-01 |
| Max Rating: | 2395 on 1980-01-01 |
| FIDE ID: | 400904 |
| Country: | ENG |
| Most Frequent White Openings | |
|---|---|
| Opening | Played |
| Bird Opening, General | 8 (+2 -4 =2) |
| French Defense, King's Indian Attack | 6 (+3 -2 =1) |
| Sicilian Defense, Alapin Variation, General | 6 (+4 -1 =1) |
| Spanish Game, Morphy Defense, Wormald Attack | 6 (+3 -2 =1) |
| Bird Opening, Dutch Variation | 5 (+3 -2 =0) |
| Sicilian Defense, General | 4 (+0 -3 =1) |
| Sicilian Defense, Alapin Variation, Barmen Defense | 4 (+0 -3 =1) |
| Alekhine Defense, Maroczy Variation | 4 (+1 -2 =1) |
| Caro-Kann Defense, Breyer Variation | 4 (+0 -3 =1) |
| Sicilian Defense, Modern Variations | 4 (+2 -0 =2) |
| Most Frequent Black Openings | |
|---|---|
| Opening | Played |
| Philidor Defense, Larsen Variation | 12 (+6 -5 =1) |
| King's Indian Defense, Fianchetto Variation, Classical Fianchetto | 9 (+3 -3 =3) |
| King's Indian Attack, Symmterical Defense | 7 (+1 -3 =3) |
| English Opening, Anglo-Indian Defense, Queen's Knight Variation | 4 (+1 -2 =1) |
| Philidor Defense, Exchange Variation | 4 (+0 -2 =2) |
| King's Indian Defense, Orthodox Variation | 4 (+0 -1 =3) |
| Philidor Defense, Exchange Variation | 4 (+2 -1 =1) |
| Gruenfeld Defense, General | 4 (+1 -2 =1) |
| Gruenfeld Defense, Exchange Variation, Spassky Variation | 3 (+1 -1 =1) |
| King's Indian Defense, Fianchetto Variation, Classical Main Line | 3 (+0 -2 =1) |
Chess Database Usage
The Chess Tempo Chess Database provides over two million searchable chess games. The database can be searched via many criteria, including chess players, chess opening, player ratings, game result, and the year the chess game was played. Chess opening statistics can been viewed on the display to the right of the board. To search the chess database, either enter your criteria into the quick search box or use the advanced search by clicking on the advanced search label. To see the chess games in the database for the current position, click on the "Games for Position" tab. You can start from any position by using the paste FEN/moves button directly below the chess board. By default, the database only shows chess games where both players were rated over 2200, you can change the database subset using the database selector at the top of the page.
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