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| Born: | 1959 |
| Results: | Win: 39% (261) Loss: 30.4% (204) Draw: 30.6% (205) Total:670 |
| White Results: | Win: 46.1% (153) Loss: 28.3% (94) Draw: 25.6% (85) Total:332 |
| Black Results: | Win: 32% (108) Loss: 32.5% (110) Draw: 35.5% (120) Total:338 |
| Active: | 1974 to 2024-12-15 |
| Current Rating: | 2286 on 2024-12-01 |
| Max Rating: | 2595 on 1993-01-01 |
| FIDE ID: | 2000172 |
| Country: | USA |
| Most Frequent White Openings | |
|---|---|
| Opening | Played |
| English Opening, Anglo-Indian Defense, King's Knight Variation | 8 (+3 -1 =4) |
| Semi-Slav Defense, Stoltz Variation | 8 (+4 -3 =1) |
| Reti Opening, Advance Variation | 7 (+2 -5 =0) |
| King's Indian Defense, Petrosian Variation, Stein Defense | 7 (+3 -4 =0) |
| English Opening, Anglo-Indian Defense, King's Indian Formation | 6 (+4 -1 =1) |
| English Opening, King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation | 6 (+2 -3 =1) |
| Sicilian Defense, Scheveningen Variation, Keres Attack | 6 (+5 -0 =1) |
| King's Indian Defense, Kramer Variation | 5 (+4 -1 =0) |
| French Defense, Tarrasch Variation, Open System | 5 (+2 -2 =1) |
| Sicilian Defense, Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack | 5 (+1 -2 =2) |
| Most Frequent Black Openings | |
|---|---|
| Opening | Played |
| Bogo-Indian Defense, Grünfeld Variation | 16 (+5 -6 =5) |
| Indian Game, Wade-Tarkatower Defense | 14 (+5 -5 =4) |
| Sicilian Defense, Paulsen Variation, Bastrikov Variation | 13 (+7 -4 =2) |
| Sicilian Defense, Paulsen Variation, Bastrikov Variation | 7 (+3 -2 =2) |
| Nimzo-Indian Defense, Classical Variation, Berlin Variation | 6 (+1 -0 =5) |
| Bogo-Indian Defense, Wade-Smyslov Variation | 6 (+2 -1 =3) |
| Pirc Defense, Classical Variation, Quiet System | 6 (+1 -3 =2) |
| Sicilian Defense, Closed Variation | 5 (+2 -2 =1) |
| English Opening, Anglo-Indian Defense, Romanishin Gambit | 5 (+3 -1 =1) |
| Nimzo-Indian Defense, Normal Variation, Bishop Attack | 5 (+3 -2 =0) |
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