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Player:
(Eg:
Carlsen,Magnus
)
Messenger, Robert
FIDE
:
FIDE Card
Years
:
1984-2011
Number of games
:
42
Number of wins
:
1
Number of draws
:
10
Number of losses
:
31
White score
:
3/20 (15% - Average Elo: 2215.17)
Black score
:
3/22 (13.64% - Average Elo: 2225.56)
Rating progression
Games
White wins
White draws
White losses
Black draws
Black losses
Top wins
Messenger, Robert - Griego, David W (2300), Rhode Island-ch98, Providence (D63) - 1984
Messenger, Robert - ? (18)
Friedel, Joshua E (0/2)
La Rocca, Mark (0/2)
Bauer, Richard N (0/1)
Bennett, Allan (0/1)
Berry, Frank Kimball (½/1)
Carter, David (0/1)
Colding, Ernest (0/1)
Elmore, John (½/1)
Griego, David W (1/1)
Hertan, Charles E (0/1)
Khater, Sherif (0/1)
Kudrin, Sergey (0/1)
McDermott, Kerry (½/1)
Nugent, Arthur (½/1)
Shaw, Alan (0/1)
Terrie, Henry L (0/1)
Wall, Brian D (0/1)
Warnock, Brian (0/1)
? - Messenger, Robert (17)
Bennett, Allan (0/4)
Mac Intyre, Paul (½/3)
Abbasi, Nasser M (0/1)
Carter, David (½/1)
Cicovacki, Predrag (0/1)
Cotreau, Kevin L (½/1)
Curdo, John (0/1)
Fang, Christopher (0/1)
Griego, David W (0/1)
Hall, Kenneth (0/1)
Hart, Michael (0/1)
Kalra, Agastya (½/1)
Klimov, Jesse (½/1)
Levin, Anatoly Borisovich (0/1)
Plum, Mark (½/1)
Sillars, Tony (0/1)
Vigorito, David (0/1)
Openings played as White (19)
A57 Benko Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5)
Average Elo:
2171
Result:
0/2 = 0%
D85 Grunfeld (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A41 Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6) (1.d4 d6)
Average Elo:
2286
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E49 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Botvinnik System (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3)
Average Elo:
1875
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D18 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E70 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4)
Average Elo:
2279
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:
2052
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D63 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.Rc1)
Average Elo:
2300
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B83 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be2)
Average Elo:
2434
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D90 Grunfeld (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2519
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E44 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation, 5.Ne2 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Ne2)
Average Elo:
2137
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D09 Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 5.g3 (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 d4 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.g3)
Average Elo:
2120
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:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D00 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E83 King's Indian, Samisch (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 Nc6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D94 Grunfeld (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.e3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D35 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2238
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B04 Alekhine's Defense, Modern (1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
Openings played as Black (21)
C16 French, Winawer (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5)
Average Elo:
2281
Result:
0/2 = 0%
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:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A47 Queen's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 b6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A50 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E12 Queen's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6)
Average Elo:
2300
Result:
0/1 = 0%
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:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O d6)
Average Elo:
2268
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E70 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4)
Average Elo:
2249
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E63 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 d6 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 Nc6 7.O-O a6)
Average Elo:
2158
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C02 French, Advance (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5)
Average Elo:
2168
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E81 King's Indian, Samisch (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O)
Average Elo:
2321
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E83 King's Indian, Samisch (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 Nc6)
Average Elo:
2315
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A34 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2271
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D41 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c5 5.cxd5)
Average Elo:
2248
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C11 French (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2281
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A04 Reti Opening (1.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2299
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B02 Alekhine's Defense (1.e4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2255
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B14 Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6)
Average Elo:
2132
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B05 Alekhine's Defense, Modern (1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 Bg4)
Average Elo:
1782
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A00 Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E21 Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%