Born: | 1921 |
Results: | Win: 22.2% (220) Loss: 39% (386) Draw: 38.8% (384) Total:990 |
White Results: | Win: 25.1% (121) Loss: 36.5% (176) Draw: 38.4% (185) Total:482 |
Black Results: | Win: 19.5% (99) Loss: 41.3% (210) Draw: 39.2% (199) Total:508 |
Active: | 1945-09-12 to 2008-08-18 |
Current Rating: | 2148 on 2009-04-01 |
Max Rating: | 2375 on 1972-07-01 |
FIDE ID: | 401129 |
Country: | NZL/ENG |
Most Frequent White Openings | |
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Opening | Played |
Indian Game, General | 17 (+7 -3 =7) |
Sicilian Defense, Closed Variation | 9 (+1 -5 =3) |
King's Indian Defense, Four Pawns Attack, Normal Attack | 8 (+2 -2 =4) |
Queen Pawn Game, Veresov Attack, Two Knights System | 7 (+2 -3 =2) |
Queen Pawn Game, Veresov Attack | 6 (+1 -1 =4) |
Sicilian Defense, Lasker-Dunne Attack | 6 (+0 -3 =3) |
Gruenfeld Defense, Three Knights Variation, Petrosian System | 6 (+2 -3 =1) |
Bishop's Opening, Vienna Hybrid, Spielmann Attack | 5 (+1 -1 =3) |
Sicilian Defense, Closed Variation, Fianchetto Variation | 5 (+2 -3 =0) |
Sicilian Defense, Canal Attack, Main Line | 5 (+2 -1 =2) |
Most Frequent Black Openings | |
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Opening | Played |
Wade Defense, General | 9 (+2 -4 =3) |
Czech Defense, General | 9 (+1 -1 =7) |
Nimzo-Indian Defense, Normal Variation, Gligoric System | 8 (+1 -6 =1) |
Zukertort Opening, Sicilian Invitation | 7 (+2 -2 =3) |
Spanish Game, Morphy Defense, Breyer Defense | 6 (+2 -0 =4) |
Caro-Kann Defense, Advance Variation, Botvinnik-Carls Defense | 6 (+1 -1 =4) |
Nimzo-Indian Defense, Normal Variation, Gligoric System | 6 (+0 -6 =0) |
French Defense, Winawer Variation, Poisoned Pawn Variation | 5 (+0 -3 =2) |
Semi-Slav Defense, General | 5 (+0 -4 =1) |
Semi-Slav Defense, Accelerated Meran Variation | 5 (+0 -4 =1) |
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