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Player Profile
Player:
(Eg:
Carlsen,Magnus
)
Donovan, Nigel
Years
:
1991-2016
Number of games
:
153
Number of wins
:
44
Number of draws
:
51
Number of losses
:
58
White score
:
35½/70 (50.71% - Average Elo: 2075.72)
Black score
:
34/83 (40.96% - Average Elo: 2101.24)
Rating progression
Games
White wins
White draws
White losses
Black wins
Black draws
Black losses
Top wins
Donovan, Nigel (2162) - Dickinson, Timothy R (2179), BCF-chT2 0102 (4NCL), Birmingham (B12) - 2002
Donovan, Nigel (2112) - Yeo, Michael J (2153), BCF-chT3 0708 (4NCL), Sunningdale (C29) - 2007
Donovan, Nigel (2033) - Akhanov, Dauren (2149), London e2e4 Diamond Jubilee op, London (C00) - 2012
Sollars, Claude H (2230) - Donovan, Nigel (2170), London SCCU op, London (A45) - 1993
Woolley, Jos (2091) - Donovan, Nigel (2108), BCF-chT4 0607 (4NCL), Sunningdale (B52) - 2007
Bruce, David J (2025) - Donovan, Nigel (2109), BCF-chT4 0607 (4NCL), Sunningdale (B82) - 2007
Donovan, Nigel - ? (69)
Prosviriakov, Vladimir (0/2)
Akhanov, Dauren (1/1)
Arapalea, Daniel Ionel (1/1)
Arngrimsson, Dagur (0/1)
Auckland, Elliott (1/1)
Barissever, Erdogan (½/1)
Black, Richard (½/1)
Calvert, David Ian (½/1)
Capo Vidal, Uriel (0/1)
Cohen, Ronnie (1/1)
Conde Chijeb, Manuel Jesus (1/1)
Cooksey, Paul S (0/1)
Davies, Peter L (0/1)
Deketelaere, Francky (1/1)
Dickinson, Timothy R (1/1)
Dixit, Kumar (½/1)
Duckers, Harvey L (½/1)
Dunsmore, Chris (½/1)
Dutta, Shyamol (½/1)
Eames, Robert (0/1)
Eggleston, David (0/1)
Farrand, Tom (0/1)
Foster, James C (1/1)
Ganesan, Sankar (0/1)
Gavriel, Tryfon (½/1)
Gibson, Christopher J (1/1)
Goldsworthy, Patrick (½/1)
Gray, Mark S (0/1)
Hamilton, Selwyn L (1/1)
Hardy, Otto H (½/1)
Heasman, Richard (0/1)
Jackson, Adrian (0/1)
Johnson, Andy (1/1)
Kelly, Brian (0/1)
Kenyon, Scott (1/1)
Kinsman, Andrew PH (0/1)
Krawczuk, Michael J (1/1)
Krensing, Jan (1/1)
Lande, Hugo (0/1)
Ledger, Stephen C (½/1)
Leroy, Didier (0/1)
Mashayekh, Majid (½/1)
Mc Aleenan, Charles (1/1)
Munshi, Aditya (1/1)
Neatherway, A Philip (0/1)
Obiamiwe, Paul (0/1)
O'Grady, Gary (1/1)
Peck, Silas (1/1)
Player, Edmund C (½/1)
Purton, Benjamin (½/1)
Quinn, John M (0/1)
Radovanovic, Jovica (0/1)
Rajesh, Gorak (1/1)
Regan, Natasha (½/1)
Rojas Alarcon, Julian Antonio (0/1)
Shepherd, David (1/1)
Snowden, James (1/1)
Surchat, Denise (1/1)
Thomas, Jac (0/1)
Torgersen, Markus (1/1)
Trent, Lawrence (0/1)
Trzaska, Peter (0/1)
Tuddenham, David (1/1)
Twyble, Michael (½/1)
Uche, Enyi (1/1)
Walker, Andrew N (0/1)
Webster, Andrew (½/1)
Webster, Richard J (1/1)
Yeo, Michael J (1/1)
? - Donovan, Nigel (78)
Cumming, Rhys (1/2)
Eames, Robert (0/2)
Kwiatkowski, Feliks Jerzy (½/2)
Marusenko, Petr (0/2)
Talbot, Andrew R (1½/2)
Ali, Mehmet (1/1)
Almond, Richard (½/1)
Andersen, Daniel (½/1)
Aroshidze, Levan (0/1)
Bird, Andrew (½/1)
Birtwistle, Nigel (0/1)
Borrowdale, Graham E (½/1)
Brady, Cormac A (0/1)
Bruce, David J (1/1)
Chapman, Terry PD (0/1)
Chaudhry, S Donald (1/1)
Chowdhuri, Adway (½/1)
Cook, Michael P (½/1)
Cramling, Pia (0/1)
Croad, Nicholas (0/1)
Dale, Hannah (1/1)
Delaney, Killian (0/1)
Dines, Sheila (0/1)
Duncan, Christopher R (0/1)
Foord, Dominic (1/1)
Foster, James C (1/1)
Franklin, Samuel Gideon (½/1)
Gray, Mark S (½/1)
Griffiths, Ryan Rhys (0/1)
Guo, Xi Yang (1/1)
Hanley, Craig (0/1)
Harris, Costas (½/1)
Hassabis, George (0/1)
Haydon, David Leslie (½/1)
Jackson, James P (0/1)
Josse, Mark (0/1)
Judkins, Brian (½/1)
Kapadia, Sujit R (½/1)
Karayiannis, Costas (½/1)
Kendall, Paul SN (½/1)
Knights, Anthony P (1/1)
Lalic, Bogdan (0/1)
Longson, Alexander (0/1)
Lunn, Matthew (0/1)
McCarthy, Kevin (½/1)
McEwan, Ken B (0/1)
Miles, Richard (½/1)
Murchadha, Oissine (1/1)
Murphy, Conor (1/1)
Muter, Donny (½/1)
Neverov, Valeriy (0/1)
O'Neill, Tom C (1/1)
Osborne, Marcus E (½/1)
Panchapagesan, Arjun (½/1)
Parker, Robert (½/1)
Purton, Benjamin (0/1)
Rety, John (½/1)
Reuben, Stewart (0/1)
Savchenko, Stanislav (0/1)
Shilov, Sergej (½/1)
Sollars, Claude H (1/1)
Spanton, Timothy (½/1)
Stepanyan, Henrik (1/1)
Stigar, Petter (0/1)
Swindells, Jonathan (0/1)
Tarhon, Brian (½/1)
Taylor, Peter P (0/1)
Thilaganathan, Jessica (½/1)
Tidman, Sophie E (½/1)
Toikka, Tommi (½/1)
Wallace, John Paul (0/1)
Webster, Richard J (1/1)
Weighell, Mark (½/1)
Weller, Pierre (1/1)
Williams, Peter Arthur (½/1)
Williams, Simon Kim (0/1)
Winfridsson, Ola (½/1)
Woolley, Jos (1/1)
Openings played as White (30)
C00 French Defense (1.e4 e6)
Average Elo:
2022.12
Result:
6/9 = 66.67%
B01 Scandinavian (1.e4 d5)
Average Elo:
2026.67
Result:
3/7 = 42.86%
B52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7)
Average Elo:
2031.5
Result:
3/6 = 50%
B31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6)
Average Elo:
2013
Result:
2½/4 = 62.5%
B27 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1995.25
Result:
2/4 = 50%
B30 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6)
Average Elo:
2132.33
Result:
1½/3 = 50%
C54 Giuoco Piano (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.cxd4)
Average Elo:
2083.33
Result:
1/3 = 33.33%
C24 Bishop's Opening (1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2124.67
Result:
1/3 = 33.33%
B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+)
Average Elo:
2372
Result:
0/2 = 0%
C10 French (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
2/2 = 100%
A04 Reti Opening (1.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2283
Result:
0/2 = 0%
B12 Caro-Kann Defense (1.e4 c6 2.d4)
Average Elo:
1955.5
Result:
2/2 = 100%
B40 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6)
Average Elo:
1966
Result:
½/2 = 25%
C55 Two Knights Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2145
Result:
0/2 = 0%
B02 Alekhine's Defense (1.e4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2170
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
B09 Pirc, Austrian Attack (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4)
Average Elo:
2010.5
Result:
½/2 = 25%
B10 Caro-Kann (1.e4 c6)
Average Elo:
1912.5
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
C04 French, Tarrasch, Guimard Main line (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nc6 4.Ngf3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2340
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B22 Sicilian, Alapin (1.e4 c5 2.c3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C08 French, Tarrasch, Open, 4.ed ed (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 exd5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C06 French, Tarrasch (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ne2 cxd4 8.cxd4)
Average Elo:
2375
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B42 Sicilian, Kan (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3)
Average Elo:
2405
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B06 Robatsch (1.e4 g6)
Average Elo:
2225
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B29 Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2214
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening (1.e4)
Average Elo:
1985
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C29 Vienna Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4)
Average Elo:
2153
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C50 Giuoco Piano (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5)
Average Elo:
2090
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C77 Ruy Lopez (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B07 Pirc (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2092
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A08 King's Indian Attack (1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c5 3.Bg2)
Average Elo:
2010
Result:
1/1 = 100%
Openings played as Black (36)
E15 Queen's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3)
Average Elo:
2192.67
Result:
2½/7 = 35.71%
B80 Sicilian, Scheveningen (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6)
Average Elo:
1922.83
Result:
3½/7 = 50%
B22 Sicilian, Alapin (1.e4 c5 2.c3)
Average Elo:
2052
Result:
2½/7 = 35.71%
E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2)
Average Elo:
2010
Result:
2½/5 = 50%
E14 Queen's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.e3)
Average Elo:
2282
Result:
½/5 = 10%
B81 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.g4)
Average Elo:
2114.8
Result:
2/5 = 40%
B85 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Classical (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be2 a6 7.O-O Qc7 8.f4 Nc6)
Average Elo:
2178
Result:
½/4 = 12.5%
E12 Queen's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6)
Average Elo:
2279
Result:
1/3 = 33.33%
A47 Queen's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 b6)
Average Elo:
2111.5
Result:
1½/3 = 50%
B52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7)
Average Elo:
2081.33
Result:
2/3 = 66.67%
B87 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin with ...a6 and ...b5 (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Bc4 a6 7.Bb3 b5)
Average Elo:
1959
Result:
1/2 = 50%
A45 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2092
Result:
2/2 = 100%
A33 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 Nc6)
Average Elo:
2263.5
Result:
0/2 = 0%
E43 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6)
Average Elo:
2538
Result:
1/2 = 50%
B23 Sicilian, Closed (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2069.5
Result:
1/2 = 50%
B53 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4)
Average Elo:
2115.5
Result:
1/2 = 50%
E30 Nimzo-Indian, Leningrad (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bg5)
Average Elo:
2032
Result:
1/2 = 50%
A38 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2097
Result:
1/2 = 50%
E21 Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1736
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B26 Sicilian, Closed, 6.Be3 (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6 6.Be3)
Average Elo:
1688
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B30 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6)
Average Elo:
1648
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A36 English (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3)
Average Elo:
2230
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E28 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch Variation (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 O-O 6.e3)
Average Elo:
2159
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B40 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6)
Average Elo:
1872
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A04 Reti Opening (1.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1992
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A31 English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation (1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4)
Average Elo:
2026
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B82 Sicilian, Scheveningen (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.f4)
Average Elo:
2025
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E47 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3)
Average Elo:
2418
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B44 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6)
Average Elo:
2090
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D00 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5)
Average Elo:
2045
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D94 Grunfeld (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.e3)
Average Elo:
1975
Result:
1/1 = 100%
Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A46 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2142
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B35 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Modern Variation with Bc4 (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4)
Average Elo:
2131
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A39 English, Symmetrical, Main line with d4 (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.O-O O-O 7.d4)
Average Elo:
2229
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E44 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation, 5.Ne2 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Ne2)
Average Elo:
2355
Result:
0/1 = 0%