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Player Profile
Player:
(Eg:
Carlsen,Magnus
)
Ariel, Donny
FIDE
:
FIDE Card
Title
:
FM
Years
:
1991-2011
Number of games
:
92
Number of wins
:
41
Number of draws
:
21
Number of losses
:
30
White score
:
29½/48 (61.46% - Average Elo: 2329.68)
Black score
:
22/44 (50% - Average Elo: 2383.89)
Rating progression
Games
White wins
White draws
White losses
Black wins
Black draws
Black losses
Top wins
Ariel, Donny (2367) - Donaldson, John W (2450), USA-ch, Seattle (B27) - 2002
Ariel, Donny (2367) - Altounian, Levon (2442), USA-ch, Seattle (B07) - 2002
Ariel, Donny (2235) - Shaked, Tal (2440), American op, Los Angeles (C18) - 1996
Gurevich, Dmitry (2540) - Ariel, Donny (2290), World op 26th, Philadelphia (E01) - 1998
Ivanov, Igor Vasilievich (2480) - Ariel, Donny, World op 22nd, Philadelphia (D36) - 1994
Stripunsky, Alexander (2475) - Ariel, Donny (2290), World op 26th, Philadelphia (C85) - 1998
Ariel, Donny - ? (46)
Shaked, Tal (1/2)
Shliperman, Igor (½/2)
Airapetian, SH (1/1)
Alexopoulos, Georgios (0/1)
Altounian, Levon (1/1)
Ashley, Maurice (½/1)
Bellizzi, Douglas (1/1)
Benjamin, Joel (0/1)
Blatny, Pavel (0/1)
Brown, Wilbert (1/1)
Byron, Alan M (1/1)
Comp Milano Pro (1/1)
Dean Kawamura, Ben (1/1)
Donaldson, John W (1/1)
Fishbein, Alexander (½/1)
Frumkin, Edward A (1/1)
Gast, Bryan (1/1)
Graf, Alexander (½/1)
Henry, Ronald (0/1)
Herms Agullo, Jordi (1/1)
Hoffmann, M (0/1)
Ippolito, Dean (½/1)
Kahane, Gabe (1/1)
Knudsen, Jes West (1/1)
Kreiman, Boris (0/1)
Kudrin, Sergey (0/1)
Lewis, James E (½/1)
Luther, Thomas (½/1)
Manion, Josh (0/1)
Matlak, Marek (0/1)
Mc Clelland, Shearwood (1/1)
Meeres, Mark (½/1)
Pappu, Anath (1/1)
Perelshteyn, Eugene (½/1)
Rouleau, John S (1/1)
Sellitti, Federico (½/1)
Shahade, Gregory P (0/1)
Shahade, Jennifer (1/1)
Shapiro, Daniel E (1/1)
Shulman, Yuri (0/1)
Song, Paul (1/1)
Steel, S (1/1)
Torre Marin, J (1/1)
Vucic, Mladen (1/1)
Vulicevic, Nenad (½/1)
Zilberstein, Dmitry (1/1)
? - Ariel, Donny (41)
Ivanov, Igor Vasilievich (1/2)
Lapshun, Yury (1½/2)
Stripunsky, Alexander (1/2)
Adly, Ahmed (0/1)
Alexopoulos, Georgios (0/1)
Arnett, David A (1/1)
Basescu, Neil (½/1)
Battsetseg, Tsagaan (1/1)
Bisguier, Arthur Bernard (½/1)
Braunlich, Tom (1/1)
Braylovsky, Gregory (0/1)
Charbonneau, Pascal (1/1)
Cooper, Thomas L (0/1)
Enkin, Max (1/1)
Fang, Joseph (½/1)
Filatov, Leonid (1/1)
Friedel, Joshua E (0/1)
Friedman, Josef (1/1)
Garcia, C (½/1)
Gavora, Les (½/1)
Greanias, Steve (1/1)
Gurevich, Dmitry (1/1)
Henderson, Laura (1/1)
Ivanov, Alexander (0/1)
Kalme, Charles I (0/1)
Kryger, Oksana (½/1)
Kudrin, Sergey (½/1)
Locci, Damiano (1/1)
Miroshnichenko, Evgenij (0/1)
Miton, Kamil (½/1)
Mulyar, Michael A (0/1)
Naole, Sean (½/1)
Peters, Jack (0/1)
Rajlich, Vasik G (1/1)
Rihel, Jason (1/1)
Sagalchik, Gennadij (0/1)
Shahade, Gregory P (1/1)
Treger, Effim (0/1)
Van Wely, Loek (0/1)
Viloria, John (0/1)
Zilbermintz, Lev (0/1)
Openings played as White (35)
C18 French, Winawer (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3)
Average Elo:
2405.2
Result:
2½/5 = 50%
B23 Sicilian, Closed (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2279
Result:
2½/3 = 83.33%
B31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6)
Average Elo:
2259
Result:
1½/3 = 50%
C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d6)
Average Elo:
2068
Result:
2/2 = 100%
A37 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2514
Result:
½/2 = 25%
B09 Pirc, Austrian Attack (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4)
Average Elo:
2315
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
B01 Scandinavian (1.e4 d5)
Average Elo:
2127.5
Result:
2/2 = 100%
A04 Reti Opening (1.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2274
Result:
2/2 = 100%
C11 French (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2235
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B07 Pirc (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2442
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C41 Philidor Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A12 English with b3 (1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.b3)
Average Elo:
2581
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C10 French (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2560
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D13 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.cxd5 cxd5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B27 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2450
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E95 King's Indian, Orthodox, 7...Nbd7, 8.Re1 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nbd7 8.Re1)
Average Elo:
2510
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A42 Modern Defense, Averbakh System (1.d4 d6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4)
Average Elo:
2135
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C96 Ruy Lopez, Closed (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d6 9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2)
Average Elo:
2625
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D48 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, Meran (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 a6)
Average Elo:
2195
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B50 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6)
Average Elo:
2098
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B19 Caro-Kann, Classical (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nd7)
Average Elo:
2440
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D12 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5)
Average Elo:
2435
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+)
Average Elo:
2120
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D94 Grunfeld (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.e3)
Average Elo:
2395
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6)
Average Elo:
2510
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d6 9.h3)
Average Elo:
2290
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D04 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D27 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical (1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.O-O a6)
Average Elo:
2157
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D07 Queen's Gambit Declined, Chigorin Defense (1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nc6)
Average Elo:
2142
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B25 Sicilian, Closed (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6)
Average Elo:
2320
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E80 King's Indian, Samisch Variation (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3)
Average Elo:
2130
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E94 King's Indian, Orthodox (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O)
Average Elo:
2370
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C63 Ruy Lopez, Schliemann Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5)
Average Elo:
2350
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C77 Ruy Lopez (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2396
Result:
1/1 = 100%
Openings played as Black (35)
E01 Catalan, Closed (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2)
Average Elo:
2444.75
Result:
2/4 = 50%
D00 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/2 = 50%
E70 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4)
Average Elo:
2302.5
Result:
½/2 = 25%
B33 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
2/2 = 100%
B31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6)
Average Elo:
2460
Result:
½/2 = 25%
D35 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2367.5
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
B47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7)
Average Elo:
2482
Result:
1/2 = 50%
D85 Grunfeld (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5)
Average Elo:
2570
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D36 Queen's Gambit Declined, Exchange, Positional line, 6.Qc2 (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.Qc2)
Average Elo:
2480
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C47 Four Knights (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2255
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B07 Pirc (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D55 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2395
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A08 King's Indian Attack (1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c5 3.Bg2)
Average Elo:
2320
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B30 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6)
Average Elo:
2175
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E69 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Main line (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 d6 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.e4 c6 9.h3)
Average Elo:
2350
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B95 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6...e6 (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6)
Average Elo:
2260
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E99 King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Ne1 Nd7 10.f3 f5)
Average Elo:
2320
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E92 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5)
Average Elo:
2250
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d6 9.d4)
Average Elo:
2455
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C55 Two Knights Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2235
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C63 Ruy Lopez, Schliemann Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C85 Ruy Lopez, Exchange Variation Doubly Deferred (DERLD) (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Bxc6 dxc6)
Average Elo:
2475
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C36 King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defense (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 d5)
Average Elo:
2145
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C54 Giuoco Piano (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.cxd4)
Average Elo:
2565
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C77 Ruy Lopez (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E24 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3)
Average Elo:
2350
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3)
Average Elo:
2380
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D05 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 e6)
Average Elo:
2307
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C29 Vienna Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D01 Richter-Veresov Attack (1.d4 d5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bg5)
Average Elo:
2531
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B40 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6)
Average Elo:
2384
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D90 Grunfeld (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2670
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D37 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2204
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A28 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2177
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A46 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2640
Result:
0/1 = 0%