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| Born: | 1962 |
| Results: | Win: 39.5% (310) Loss: 24.6% (193) Draw: 35.9% (282) Total:785 |
| White Results: | Win: 41.5% (159) Loss: 20.1% (77) Draw: 38.4% (147) Total:383 |
| Black Results: | Win: 37.6% (151) Loss: 28.9% (116) Draw: 33.6% (135) Total:402 |
| Active: | 1976 to 2024-12-07 |
| Current Rating: | 2475 on 2024-12-01 |
| Max Rating: | 2560 on 1992-07-01 |
| FIDE ID: | 400157 |
| Country: | ENG |
| Most Frequent White Openings | |
|---|---|
| Opening | Played |
| Vienna Game, Mieses Variation | 20 (+11 -4 =5) |
| Sicilian Defense, Closed Variation | 10 (+4 -5 =1) |
| Sicilian Defense, Accelerated Dragon, Modern Bc4 Variation | 9 (+3 -2 =4) |
| Caro-Kann Defense, Classical Variation, Seirawan Variation | 9 (+3 -1 =5) |
| Sicilian Defense, Kan Variation, Knight Variation | 8 (+1 -3 =4) |
| Sicilian Defense, McDonnell Attack | 7 (+4 -2 =1) |
| Sicilian Defense, Paulsen Variation | 7 (+2 -2 =3) |
| French Defense, Tarrasch Variation, Pawn Center Variation | 7 (+4 -1 =2) |
| Sicilian Defense, Paulsen Variation, Bastrikov Variation | 7 (+3 -0 =4) |
| Spanish Game, Closed Variations, Bogoljubow Variation | 7 (+4 -1 =2) |
| Most Frequent Black Openings | |
|---|---|
| Opening | Played |
| Sicilian Defense, Dragon Variation, General | 13 (+5 -5 =3) |
| King's Indian Defense, Orthodox Variation, Donner Defense | 12 (+6 -3 =3) |
| Sicilian Defense, Dragon Variation, Classical Variation | 12 (+6 -4 =2) |
| Sicilian Defense, Dragon Variation, Yugoslav Attack | 10 (+3 -3 =4) |
| English Opening, Great Snake Variation | 9 (+4 -2 =3) |
| King's Indian Defense, Orthodox Variation, Aronin-Taimanov Defense | 7 (+2 -3 =2) |
| Sicilian Defense, Canal Attack, Main Line | 7 (+1 -2 =4) |
| King's Indian Defense, Saemisch Variation, Normal Defense | 7 (+2 -3 =2) |
| Indian Game, Pseudo-King's Indian Variation | 7 (+2 -3 =2) |
| Pirc Defense, Classical Variation, Quiet System | 7 (+4 -1 =2) |
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