Born: | 1909-04-19 |
Results: | Win: 35.3% (200) Loss: 27.2% (154) Draw: 37.6% (213) Total:567 |
White Results: | Win: 42.4% (122) Loss: 22.9% (66) Draw: 34.7% (100) Total:288 |
Black Results: | Win: 28% (78) Loss: 31.5% (88) Draw: 40.5% (113) Total:279 |
Active: | 1928 to 1998-11-04 |
Current Rating: | 2350 on 1983-01-01 |
Max Rating: | 2470* |
FIDE ID: | |
Country: | ENG |
Most Frequent White Openings | |
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Opening | Played |
French Defense, Advance Variation, Main Line | 10 (+6 -3 =1) |
Four Knights Game, Scotch Variation, Accepted | 6 (+0 -1 =5) |
English Opening, Anglo-Indian Defense, Queen's Knight Variation | 5 (+2 -0 =3) |
Spanish Game, Closed Variations, Pilnik Variation | 5 (+1 -0 =4) |
Sicilian Defense, Closed Variation, Fianchetto Variation | 5 (+2 -3 =0) |
Sicilian Defense, Najdorf Variation | 4 (+1 -1 =2) |
Four Knights Game, Spanish Variation | 4 (+1 -2 =1) |
Pirc Defense, Austrian Attack, Weiss Variation | 3 (+3 -0 =0) |
Sicilian Defense, Richter-Rauzer Variation, Neo-Modern Variation | 3 (+2 -1 =0) |
French Defense, Classical Variation, Burn Variation | 3 (+2 -0 =1) |
Most Frequent Black Openings | |
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Opening | Played |
Nimzo-Indian Defense, Classical Variation, Milner-Barry Variation | 6 (+2 -2 =2) |
Dutch Defense, Fianchetto Attack | 4 (+0 -0 =4) |
Sicilian Defense, Lasker-Pelikan Variation, Sveshnikov Variation | 4 (+1 -0 =3) |
Queen's Indian Defense, Fianchetto Variation, Check Variation | 4 (+1 -0 =3) |
King's Indian Attack, General | 4 (+1 -0 =3) |
Russian Game, Classical Attack, Chigorin Variation | 3 (+0 -2 =1) |
Russian Game, Cozio (Lasker) Attack | 3 (+0 -1 =2) |
King's Indian Defense, Fianchetto Variation, Classical Main Line | 3 (+0 -1 =2) |
Dutch Defense, Leningrad Variation, Karlsbad Variation | 3 (+1 -1 =1) |
Four Knights Game, Scotch Variation, Accepted | 3 (+1 -1 =1) |
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