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Player:
(Eg:
Carlsen,Magnus
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Nicholls, Leighton
FIDE
:
FIDE Card
Years
:
2012-2018
Number of games
:
142
Number of wins
:
51
Number of draws
:
34
Number of losses
:
57
White score
:
34½/70 (49.29% - Average Elo: 1839.93)
Black score
:
33½/72 (46.53% - Average Elo: 1914.35)
Rating progression
Games
White wins
White draws
White losses
Black wins
Black draws
Black losses
Top wins
Nicholls, Leighton (1902) - Fan, Allen Chi Zhou (2077), George Trundle Qualifiers, Auckland (C01) - 2017
Nicholls, Leighton (1910) - Perry, Roger L (2005), NZL-ch op 123rd, Auckland (A03) - 2016
Nicholls, Leighton (1929) - Fuatai, Fuatai (2001), NZL-ch op 124th, Wellington (B22) - 2017
Morrell, Gordon (2030) - Nicholls, Leighton (1902), George Trundle Qualifiers, Auckland (E90) - 2017
Sellen, Ian (1987) - Nicholls, Leighton (1903), Wellington op, Wellington (E61) - 2016
Knowles, Jeremy (1976) - Nicholls, Leighton (1818), NZL-ch op rapid, Palmerston North (C54) - 2018
Nicholls, Leighton - ? (61)
Gloistein, Bruce H (1½/3)
Aumeier, Beate (2/2)
Cooper, Nigel (1½/2)
Gong, Daniel Hanwen (0/2)
James, Jack (0/2)
List, Robert (1/2)
Nyberg, Michael (0/2)
Tamimi, Naser (1½/2)
Aldridge, Alan L (1/1)
Ang, Alphaeus Wei Ern (0/1)
Armstrong, John F (1/1)
Black, Ross (1/1)
Brockway, Andrew (1/1)
Capper, David (1/1)
Charles, Dion (1/1)
Clayton, Ben (1/1)
Dordevic, Ivan (0/1)
Duffield, Terence (1/1)
Fairley, Natasha (1/1)
Fan, Allen Chi Zhou (1/1)
Fuatai, Fuatai (1/1)
Gillespie, John G (1/1)
Goodhue, Nathan (1/1)
Hague, Ben (0/1)
Heppenstall, Lara (0/1)
Jia, Hao (0/1)
Kay, Bruce (½/1)
Ker, Anthony F (0/1)
Korenevski, Oleg (0/1)
Li, Henry1 (0/1)
Li, Shenyue (0/1)
Lukey, Bryce (0/1)
Lyall, Simon (0/1)
MacDonald, Paul (0/1)
McDonald, John A (0/1)
McLaren, Leonard (0/1)
Meng, Richard (1/1)
Meyer, Marany (½/1)
Milligan, Helen (0/1)
Mukkattu, Philip (1/1)
Murdoch, Stephen (1/1)
Nylund, Timothy (1/1)
Perry, Roger L (1/1)
Polishchuk, Kirill (½/1)
Rains, Edward (0/1)
Robinson, John1 (½/1)
Sarfas, Edward (1/1)
Smith, Robert Wayne (½/1)
Sole, Michael D (½/1)
Stuart, Peter W (½/1)
Sutherland, John (½/1)
Taylor, Richard (0/1)
Thornton, Giovanni Antonio (½/1)
Turner, Justin (0/1)
Wight, Joshua (1/1)
Winter, Ryan (1/1)
Yao, Winston Yow Jen (0/1)
Yeten, Huseyin (0/1)
Zelesco, Karl (0/1)
Zhang, William Jie Wen (½/1)
Zhao, Isaac (1/1)
? - Nicholls, Leighton (63)
Dive, Russell John (½/3)
Aimers, Geoffrey (1/2)
Capper, David (2/2)
Johnson, Quentin JF (0/2)
Milligan, Helen (½/2)
Nijman, Arie J (1½/2)
Timergazi, Layla (0/2)
Zhang, Leo (½/2)
Bennett, Hilton Petrie (0/1)
Booth, Anthony (1/1)
Borsos, Bogdan (0/1)
Chan, Luis (0/1)
Chen, Wei Kai (½/1)
Cilia Vincenti, David (0/1)
Clarkson, Robert (1/1)
Eade, Don (½/1)
Fan, Allen Chi Zhou (0/1)
Farrington, Lawrence B (0/1)
Garbett, Paul Anthony (0/1)
Gold, Hamish R (½/1)
Gong, Daniel Hanwen (½/1)
Green, Ewen M (0/1)
He, Caleb (1/1)
Jackson, L Ross (½/1)
James, Jack (0/1)
Janisz, Andrew (0/1)
Jellyman, Riley (1/1)
Knowles, Jeremy (1/1)
Konakanchi, Sathya Karthi (1/1)
Lu, Lillian (1/1)
Luo, Vincent (1/1)
Lyall, Simon (1/1)
MacDonald, Paul (0/1)
Masters, Andrew D (0/1)
Morrell, Gordon (1/1)
Mukkattu, Philip (1/1)
Nyberg, Michael (½/1)
Nylund, Timothy (1/1)
Pakenham, John (0/1)
Picken, Oliver (1/1)
Pomeroy, Arthur (½/1)
Qin, Zi Yi (1/1)
Rains, Edward (0/1)
Reid, Anton (1/1)
Reid, David M (1/1)
Roberts, Michael H (½/1)
Rossiter, Philip (0/1)
Schmitz, Manuela (0/1)
Sellen, Ian (1/1)
Shierlaw, Hamish (½/1)
Smith, Robert Wayne (0/1)
Southgate, Brent (1/1)
Stojic, Dusan (0/1)
Stracy, Don M (½/1)
Thornton, Giovanni Antonio (0/1)
Tsagarakis, Angelo (0/1)
Wang, Aaron Ziwen (1/1)
Watharow, Sean (½/1)
Wei, Louie (1/1)
Winter, Ryan (1/1)
Zhang, Jasmine Haomo (0/1)
Zhang, William Jie Wen (½/1)
Zhu, Karl Kai (½/1)
Openings played as White (32)
A03 Bird's Opening (1.f4 d5)
Average Elo:
2052.82
Result:
5½/14 = 39.29%
B22 Sicilian, Alapin (1.e4 c5 2.c3)
Average Elo:
2047.6
Result:
2/6 = 33.33%
C02 French, Advance (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5)
Average Elo:
1807.75
Result:
2½/4 = 62.5%
A02 Bird's Opening (1.f4)
Average Elo:
1507
Result:
3/4 = 75%
B12 Caro-Kann Defense (1.e4 c6 2.d4)
Average Elo:
1658.5
Result:
3/4 = 75%
C01 French, Exchange (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bg5)
Average Elo:
1992.33
Result:
1½/3 = 50%
A00 Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo:
1844.67
Result:
0/3 = 0%
B06 Robatsch (1.e4 g6)
Average Elo:
1764.5
Result:
1/2 = 50%
D00 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5)
Average Elo:
1524
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
C77 Ruy Lopez (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
1461
Result:
2/2 = 100%
B07 Pirc (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
1946.5
Result:
1/2 = 50%
E91 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2)
Average Elo:
1881
Result:
0/2 = 0%
C41 Philidor Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6)
Average Elo:
1942.5
Result:
0/2 = 0%
B01 Scandinavian (1.e4 d5)
Average Elo:
1436
Result:
1/2 = 50%
C79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O d6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C66 Ruy Lopez (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O d6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B02 Alekhine's Defense (1.e4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E21 Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1738
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C78 Ruy Lopez (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O)
Average Elo:
1329
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6)
Average Elo:
1772
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A05 Reti Opening (1.Nf3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2060
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E38 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5)
Average Elo:
1551
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C13 French (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7)
Average Elo:
1787
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D26 Queen's Gambit Accepted (1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6)
Average Elo:
1630
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B32 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5)
Average Elo:
1976
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D13 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.cxd5 cxd5)
Average Elo:
1823
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C28 Vienna Game (1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bc4 Nc6)
Average Elo:
1799
Result:
0/1 = 0%
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:
1969
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C71 Ruy Lopez (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6)
Average Elo:
1977
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B50 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6)
Average Elo:
1346
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B80 Sicilian, Scheveningen (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6)
Average Elo:
1871
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E18 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 7.Nc3 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2166
Result:
½/1 = 50%
Openings played as Black (50)
A38 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2021.33
Result:
2/6 = 33.33%
C44 King's Pawn Game (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6)
Average Elo:
1868
Result:
2½/5 = 50%
C45 Scotch Game (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4)
Average Elo:
1832.67
Result:
3½/4 = 87.5%
A57 Benko Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5)
Average Elo:
1933.5
Result:
1/3 = 33.33%
D02 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1912
Result:
½/2 = 25%
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:
1797.5
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
C56 Two Knights (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.O-O Nxe4)
Average Elo:
1933
Result:
½/2 = 25%
C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin (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 c5 11.d4 Qc7)
Average Elo:
2049
Result:
½/2 = 25%
C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd (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 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.Nbd2 cxd4 13.cxd4)
Average Elo:
1943
Result:
1/2 = 50%
A31 English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation (1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4)
Average Elo:
1910
Result:
1/2 = 50%
A56 Benoni Defense (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5)
Average Elo:
2102
Result:
0/2 = 0%
C54 Giuoco Piano (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.cxd4)
Average Elo:
1991.5
Result:
1/2 = 50%
A15 English (1.c4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
1802
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E12 Queen's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6)
Average Elo:
1834
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6)
Average Elo:
1816
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E10 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2102
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E17 Queen's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7)
Average Elo:
1876
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D78 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O c6 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O c6)
Average Elo:
1749
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6)
Average Elo:
1732
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C69 Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 6.d4 (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dc 5.O-O f6 6.d4)
Average Elo:
1607
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D51 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Nbd7)
Average Elo:
1841
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C49 Four Knights (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bb4)
Average Elo:
1607
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:
1948
Result:
½/1 = 50%
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:
1647
Result:
½/1 = 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:
2259
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E46 Nimzo-Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O)
Average Elo:
1878
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C55 Two Knights Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E36 Nimzo-Indian, Classical (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.a3)
Average Elo:
2155
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D30 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2)
Average Elo:
1770
Result:
1/1 = 100%
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:
1409
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A30 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5)
Average Elo:
2123
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D53 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7)
Average Elo:
1966
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A06 Reti Opening (1.Nf3 d5)
Average Elo:
1641
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5)
Average Elo:
1650
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D46 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3)
Average Elo:
2207
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D00 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5)
Average Elo:
1669
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C22 Center Game (1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.Qxd4 Nc6)
Average Elo:
1958
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A45 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A03 Bird's Opening (1.f4 d5)
Average Elo:
2023
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E61 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3)
Average Elo:
1987
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C88 Ruy Lopez (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3)
Average Elo:
2064
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B03 Alekhine's Defense (1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4)
Average Elo:
1710
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A59 Benko Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 Bxa6 6.Nc3 d6 7.e4)
Average Elo:
2099
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C52 Evans Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4 5.c3 Ba5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A01 Nimzovich-Larsen Attack (1.b3)
Average Elo:
2033
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A47 Queen's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 b6)
Average Elo:
1826
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E90 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2030
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C77 Ruy Lopez (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2193
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A11 English, Caro-Kann Defensive System (1.c4 c6)
Average Elo:
1981
Result:
0/1 = 0%