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| Born: | 1956 |
| Results: | Win: 39.7% (189) Loss: 27.5% (131) Draw: 32.8% (156) Total:476 |
| White Results: | Win: 44.8% (103) Loss: 24.3% (56) Draw: 30.9% (71) Total:230 |
| Black Results: | Win: 35% (86) Loss: 30.5% (75) Draw: 34.6% (85) Total:246 |
| Active: | 1963 to 2024-07-11 |
| Current Rating: | 2309 on 2024-12-01 |
| Max Rating: | 2470 on 1986-07-01 |
| FIDE ID: | 400190 |
| Country: | ENG |
| Most Frequent White Openings | |
|---|---|
| Opening | Played |
| Queen's Indian Defense, Spassky System | 17 (+4 -5 =8) |
| Indian Game, Anti-Nimzo-indian | 7 (+3 -3 =1) |
| King's Indian Defense, Orthodox Variation, Classical System | 5 (+2 -1 =2) |
| Tarrasch Defense, Symmetrical Variation | 5 (+3 -0 =2) |
| Benoni Defense, Taimanov Variation | 4 (+1 -2 =1) |
| Gruenfeld Defense, Three Knights Variation, Petrosian System | 4 (+0 -0 =4) |
| French Defense, Advance Variation, Main Line | 3 (+2 -1 =0) |
| King's Indian Defense, Petrosian Variation, Stein Defense | 3 (+3 -0 =0) |
| King's Indian Defense, Orthodox Variation, Glek Defense | 3 (+1 -0 =2) |
| Horwitz Defense, General | 3 (+3 -0 =0) |
| Most Frequent Black Openings | |
|---|---|
| Opening | Played |
| King's Indian Defense, Orthodox Variation, Positional Defense | 9 (+4 -2 =3) |
| Spanish Game, Closed Variations | 8 (+2 -6 =0) |
| Spanish Game, Closed Variations, Bogoljubow Variation | 8 (+5 -2 =1) |
| Spanish Game, Closed Variations, Closed Defense | 7 (+4 -1 =2) |
| Sicilian Defense, Canal Attack, Main Line | 5 (+2 -1 =2) |
| Nimzo-Indian Defense, Normal Variation, Bernstein Defense | 4 (+2 -1 =1) |
| Nimzo-Larsen Attack, Modern Variation | 3 (+1 -1 =1) |
| Philidor Defense, Exchange Variation | 3 (+1 -0 =2) |
| King's Indian Defense, Orthodox Variation, Glek Defense | 3 (+2 -0 =1) |
| English Opening, King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation | 3 (+2 -1 =0) |
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