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Player:
(Eg:
Carlsen,Magnus
)
MacKay, Ian D
FIDE
:
FIDE Card
Title
:
FM
Years
:
1987-2010
Number of games
:
137
Number of wins
:
60
Number of draws
:
37
Number of losses
:
40
White score
:
38½/68 (56.62% - Average Elo: 2295.28)
Black score
:
40/69 (57.97% - Average Elo: 2293.36)
Rating progression
Games
White wins
White draws
White losses
Black wins
Black draws
Black losses
Top wins
MacKay, Ian D (2328) - Yam, Alex (2328), Canadian op, Edmonton (A70) - 2009
MacKay, Ian D - Holmes, Donald A (2315), SCO-ch, St Andrews (A29) - 1989
MacKay, Ian D - Tozer, Richard (2305), Edinburgh op, Edinburgh (A17) - 1989
Gavrikov, Viktor (2545) - MacKay, Ian D, Lloyds Bank op 12th, London (B80) - 1988
McDonald, Neil R (2495) - MacKay, Ian D, SCO-ch, Scotland (C02) - 1988
McDonald, Neil R (2495) - MacKay, Ian D, Lloyds Bank op 12th, London (B22) - 1988
MacKay, Ian D - ? (60)
Giulian, Philip Maurice (2/4)
Muir, Andrew Joseph (1½/4)
Grant, Jonathan (1½/2)
Mannion, Stephen R (½/2)
Adams, Michael (½/1)
Ady, Jonathan James (1/1)
Bathie, Nicol (½/1)
Bellini, Fabio (0/1)
Bern, Ivar (1/1)
Buchanan, Walter F (½/1)
Capo, Jose Miguel (1/1)
Casagrande, Harald (0/1)
Chandler, Murray G (0/1)
Cheng, Louis (1/1)
Claesen, Pieter (1/1)
Condie, Mark L (0/1)
Cullip, Stephen (½/1)
Dreev, Alexey (0/1)
Dyer, MT (1/1)
Ferreira, Alex (1/1)
Findlay, David John (1/1)
Finnie, Douglas S (½/1)
Fufuengmongkolkij, Kiart (0/1)
Gerzhoy, Leonid (½/1)
Hamm, Robert M (1/1)
Hansen, Lars Bo (½/1)
Hebden, Mark (½/1)
Hellers, Ferdinand (0/1)
Holmes, Donald A (1/1)
Kudrin, Sergey (½/1)
Langingin, Jofrel (½/1)
Lkhagva, Jambaldoo (0/1)
Long, Matthew (½/1)
Manor, Ilan (0/1)
McEwan, Ken B (1/1)
McKay, Roderick M (0/1)
McMahon, Erick (½/1)
Meessen, Rudolf (1/1)
Meric, Tuncay (1/1)
Morrison, Graham (½/1)
Motwani, Paul (0/1)
Murphy, Peter (1/1)
Pyrich, George D (1/1)
Roua, Radu Laurentiu (1/1)
Ryan, Joseph (1/1)
Southam, Todd (1/1)
Swan, Iain (1/1)
Tayar, Jonathan (0/1)
Tegzes, Laszlo (1/1)
Thomson, Craig SM (0/1)
Tilmatine, Amar (1/1)
Topakian, Raffi (½/1)
Tozer, Richard (1/1)
Wahls, Matthias (½/1)
Walker, RH (1/1)
Wall, Tim (0/1)
Wessman, Richard (0/1)
Willmoth, Robert (1/1)
Wu, Howard (½/1)
Yam, Alex (1/1)
? - MacKay, Ian D (58)
Bryson, Douglas Marshall (1/4)
McKay, Roderick M (1/3)
Buchanan, Walter F (2/2)
Mannion, Stephen R (1½/2)
McDonald, Neil R (2/2)
McNab, Colin Anderson (1/2)
Swan, Iain (1/2)
Upton, Timothy J (2/2)
Adams, Michael (0/1)
Adla, Diego Gustavo (1/1)
Armstrong, Malcolm J (1/1)
Beaton, Kenneth S (½/1)
Blatny, Pavel (0/1)
Boyle, CF (1/1)
Cheng, Bindi (0/1)
Comas Fabrego, Luis (½/1)
Daniilidis, Aris (½/1)
Davies, Lucas (1/1)
Ebrahim Shirazi, Behrooz (1/1)
Fernandez Aguado, Enrique (0/1)
Findlay, David John (½/1)
Fuentebella, Mayo (1/1)
Gaciu, Vlad (1/1)
Gavrikov, Viktor (1/1)
Gdanski, Jacek (0/1)
Gilfillan, Andrew (½/1)
Giulian, Philip Maurice (0/1)
Grant, Jonathan (1/1)
Gullulu, Sencer (1/1)
Hamalainen, Sami (1/1)
Handley, Mike (½/1)
Henderson, John B (1/1)
Hill, Shane Malcolm (1/1)
Holmes, Donald A (0/1)
Ivanchuk, Vassily (0/1)
Kilgour, David A (0/1)
Kirk, Larry G (1/1)
Kosic, Dragan (1/1)
Kourtesis, Georgios (1/1)
Laceste, Loren Brigham (1/1)
Lalic, Susan (0/1)
Langner, Ladislav (0/1)
Leblanc, Paul (1/1)
Manca, Federico (½/1)
Menghi, Carlo (0/1)
Mikhalevski, Victor (0/1)
Nashed, Mohamad Kamal (1/1)
Renet, Olivier (½/1)
Robertson, Ian C (1/1)
Russek Libni, Guil (0/1)
Sequillion, Aaron (1/1)
Serper, Grigory (0/1)
Shaw, John (0/1)
Spycher, Bernard (½/1)
Sullivan, Jason (1/1)
Wessman, Richard (0/1)
Wians, Camille (1/1)
Wong, Ford (1/1)
Openings played as White (51)
E20 Nimzo-Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4)
Average Elo:
2340
Result:
1½/4 = 37.5%
A30 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5)
Average Elo:
2466.67
Result:
1/3 = 33.33%
E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2)
Average Elo:
2345
Result:
1/2 = 50%
A10 English (1.c4)
Average Elo:
2285
Result:
2/2 = 100%
D35 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2325
Result:
1/2 = 50%
D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6)
Average Elo:
2200
Result:
1/2 = 50%
A80 Dutch (1.d4 f5)
Average Elo:
2367.5
Result:
0/2 = 0%
A31 English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation (1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4)
Average Elo:
2285
Result:
1/2 = 50%
D43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c6)
Average Elo:
2495
Result:
1/2 = 50%
D00 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5)
Average Elo:
2220.5
Result:
1/2 = 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:
2062.5
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
A57 Benko Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5)
Average Elo:
2280
Result:
½/2 = 25%
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:
2270
Result:
2/2 = 100%
A14 English (1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.O-O)
Average Elo:
2310
Result:
1/2 = 50%
D94 Grunfeld (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.e3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A85 Dutch, with c4 & Nc3 (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2275
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A44 Old Benoni Defense (1.d4 c5 2.d5 e5)
Average Elo:
2275
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A37 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2295
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c6 5.e3)
Average Elo:
1974
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E73 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E61 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E70 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D03 Torre Attack (Tartakower Variation) (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bg5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D14 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bf4 Bf5)
Average Elo:
2225
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A90 Dutch (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 e6 4.Bg2)
Average Elo:
2270
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5)
Average Elo:
2245
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E42 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein) (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Ne2)
Average Elo:
2270
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A38 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2490
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3)
Average Elo:
2315
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A48 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6)
Average Elo:
2545
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A65 Benoni, 6.e4 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B08 Pirc, Classical (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2430
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E43 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A84 Dutch (1.d4 f5 2.c4)
Average Elo:
2375
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B83 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be2)
Average Elo:
2290
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E30 Nimzo-Indian, Leningrad (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bg5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E26 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 c5 6.e3)
Average Elo:
2520
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D02 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2265
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:
2225
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A46 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2125
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening (1.e4)
Average Elo:
2210
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D37 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2285
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E84 King's Indian, Samisch, Panno Main line (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 Nc6 7.Nge2 a6 8.Qd2 Rb8)
Average Elo:
2342
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E74 King's Indian, Averbakh, 6...c5 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Bg5 c5)
Average Elo:
2131
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2205
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A17 English (1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6)
Average Elo:
2305
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A99 Dutch, Ilyin-Genevsky Variation with b3 (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 e6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.Nc3 Qe8 8.b3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A42 Modern Defense, Averbakh System (1.d4 d6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4)
Average Elo:
2210
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A58 Benko Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6)
Average Elo:
2189
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2328
Result:
1/1 = 100%
Openings played as Black (45)
B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6)
Average Elo:
2433.33
Result:
2½/6 = 41.67%
B22 Sicilian, Alapin (1.e4 c5 2.c3)
Average Elo:
2375
Result:
1½/4 = 37.5%
B01 Scandinavian (1.e4 d5)
Average Elo:
2295
Result:
1/3 = 33.33%
A44 Old Benoni Defense (1.d4 c5 2.d5 e5)
Average Elo:
2390
Result:
2/3 = 66.67%
A08 King's Indian Attack (1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c5 3.Bg2)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
2/3 = 66.67%
D37 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2235
Result:
1/2 = 50%
B82 Sicilian, Scheveningen (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.f4)
Average Elo:
2302.5
Result:
½/2 = 25%
B44 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6)
Average Elo:
2297.5
Result:
0/2 = 0%
A84 Dutch (1.d4 f5 2.c4)
Average Elo:
2435
Result:
½/2 = 25%
B80 Sicilian, Scheveningen (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6)
Average Elo:
2490
Result:
1/2 = 50%
B23 Sicilian, Closed (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2270
Result:
1/2 = 50%
B42 Sicilian, Kan (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3)
Average Elo:
2302.5
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
B84 Sicilian, Scheveningen (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be2 a6)
Average Elo:
2228
Result:
2/2 = 100%
B21 Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4 (1.e4 c5 2.f4)
Average Elo:
2230
Result:
2/2 = 100%
A43 Old Benoni (1.d4 c5)
Average Elo:
1829.5
Result:
2/2 = 100%
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:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D31 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2395
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B48 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3)
Average Elo:
2045
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D02 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2245
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A24 English, Bremen System with ...g6 (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 g6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A07 King's Indian Attack (1.Nf3 d5 2.g3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C00 French Defense (1.e4 e6)
Average Elo:
2230
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C02 French, Advance (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5)
Average Elo:
2495
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A12 English with b3 (1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.b3)
Average Elo:
2420
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A00 Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo:
2325
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A30 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
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:
2345
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A33 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 Nc6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A13 English (1.c4 e6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C50 Giuoco Piano (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5)
Average Elo:
2275
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c6 5.e3)
Average Elo:
2415
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A21 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A37 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2205
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C09 French, Tarrasch, Open Variation, Main line (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 exd5 5.Ngf3 Nc6)
Average Elo:
2320
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C46 Three Knights (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2330
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A45 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C24 Bishop's Opening (1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C44 King's Pawn Game (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6)
Average Elo:
2270
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B30 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6)
Average Elo:
2215
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D95 Grunfeld (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.e3 O-O 6.Qb3)
Average Elo:
2631
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7)
Average Elo:
2108
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E74 King's Indian, Averbakh, 6...c5 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Bg5 c5)
Average Elo:
2075
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A85 Dutch, with c4 & Nc3 (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2336
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B27 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1748
Result:
1/1 = 100%