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Player:
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Smith, Alan A
FIDE
:
FIDE Card
Years
:
1978-2008
Number of games
:
150
Number of wins
:
65
Number of draws
:
35
Number of losses
:
50
White score
:
40½/74 (54.73% - Average Elo: 2228.65)
Black score
:
42/76 (55.26% - Average Elo: 2240.28)
Rating progression
Games
White wins
White draws
White losses
Black wins
Black draws
Black losses
Top wins
Smith, Alan A - Pytel, Krzysztof (2400), Manchester Benedictine op 5th, Manchester (E76) - 1982
Smith, Alan A (2280) - Teichmann, Erik Oskar Michael (2310), BCF-ch, Southampton (A41) - 1986
Smith, Alan A - Neat, Kenneth P (2305), Manchester Benedictine op-04, Manchester (B30) - 1981
Gurevich, Vladimir (2445) - Smith, Alan A (2225), EU-Cup 12th Group7, Bratislava (B82) - 1996
Kraidman, Yair (2440) - Smith, Alan A, Manchester Benedictine op 5th, Manchester (E16) - 1982
Giddins, Stephen (2375) - Smith, Alan A (2235), BCF-chT 9798 (4NCL), England (B00) - 1997
Smith, Alan A - ? (69)
Richmond, Peter A (2½/4)
Moskovic, David M (2/2)
Motwani, Paul (1/2)
Alfred, Nathan (1/1)
Anderton, Matthew (0/1)
Beckett, Christopher J (½/1)
Belov, Vladimir (0/1)
Bibby, Simon (1/1)
Bosch, Jeroen (0/1)
Brooke, John (1/1)
Brooks, Phil J (½/1)
Buckley, Simon T (0/1)
Chaplin, Peter Edward (½/1)
Cherniaev, Alexander (0/1)
Clapham, Robert (0/1)
Clarke, Peter Hugh (0/1)
Cooper, Lawrence (½/1)
Denton, John (1/1)
Dickenson, Neil F (½/1)
Eames, Robert (1/1)
Flear, Glenn C (½/1)
Giles, Benjamin (1/1)
Giulian, Philip Maurice (1/1)
Goodger, Martyn (½/1)
Hanreck, Alan E (1/1)
Hardman, Michael (1/1)
Hempson, Peter W (1/1)
Hosken, Nigel (0/1)
Houska, Mario (1/1)
Humphreys, Jerry (1/1)
Johansen, Darryl Keith (0/1)
Knox, Victor W (½/1)
Kosten, Anthony C (0/1)
Li, Mann Kee (1/1)
Linton, William A (0/1)
Lund, D Brett (0/1)
McNab, Colin Anderson (0/1)
Morrison, Graham (0/1)
Murshed, Niaz (0/1)
Neat, Kenneth P (1/1)
Orr, Mark JL (1/1)
Panagiotopoulos, Nikolaos (1/1)
Payne, Nicholas (1/1)
Payne, Oliver (1/1)
Pritchard, David Brine (0/1)
Pytel, Krzysztof (1/1)
Regan, Natasha (1/1)
Richards, Heather (1/1)
Richardson, Alex (0/1)
Richmond, Jane (1/1)
Roktim, Bandyopadhyay (0/1)
Russell, David (½/1)
Sellars, Martyn (1/1)
Short, Nigel D (0/1)
Smith, Andrew Philip (0/1)
Spanton, Timothy (½/1)
Stephenson, F Norman (½/1)
Stojanovic, Mihajlo (0/1)
Teichmann, Erik Oskar Michael (1/1)
Thomas, Ian L (½/1)
Thomas, Nicholas (1/1)
Townsend, M Paul (0/1)
Twyble, Michael (½/1)
Vihinen, Teemu (1/1)
Watson, RH (½/1)
Watts, David (0/1)
Wells, Peter K (0/1)
Winfridsson, Hakan (1/1)
Young, Craig A (1/1)
? - Smith, Alan A (73)
Byway, Paul V (1½/2)
Crouch, Colin S (½/2)
Forintos, Gyozo Victor (0/2)
Alfred, Nathan (1/1)
Arkell, Keith C (0/1)
Ashton, Adam (0/1)
Baker, Chris W (½/1)
Basman, Michael J (0/1)
Bass, Leonid (½/1)
Burgess, Graham (½/1)
Burnell, Stephen (1/1)
Burnett, Leon P (1/1)
Chapman, Terry PD (1/1)
Chin, Francis (½/1)
Cifuentes Parada, Roberto (0/1)
Coates, Kenneth G (½/1)
Dearing, Eddie (0/1)
Djabri, Katherine (½/1)
Dunworth, Christopher (½/1)
Eichner, Daniel (1/1)
Finn, Simon (1/1)
Forbes, Cathy (1/1)
Fowler, Simon (0/1)
Freeman, Michael Joseph (1/1)
Gallagher, Ian G (1/1)
Giddins, Stephen (1/1)
Giulian, Philip Maurice (1/1)
Gregory, Stephen J (1/1)
Grossett, Duncan (1/1)
Gurevich, Vladimir (1/1)
Haslinger, Stewart (1/1)
Heasman, Richard (1/1)
Heidenfeld, Mark (0/1)
Heron, Donald (½/1)
Hills, KB (1/1)
Hodgson, Julian M (0/1)
Hogarth, Mark J (1/1)
Horton, Justin (½/1)
Hosken, Nigel (½/1)
Houska, Jovanka (0/1)
Jackson, Sheila (½/1)
Kirk, Larry G (0/1)
Kraidman, Yair (1/1)
Lawson, David (½/1)
Lawton, Geoffrey W (0/1)
Levitt, Jonathan (0/1)
Littlewood, Paul E (½/1)
MacKenzie, Colin (½/1)
Majer, Christopher (1/1)
Moore, Gerald C (0/1)
Moore, John C (1/1)
Mortensen, Erling (0/1)
Njobvu, Ignatius (½/1)
O'Reilly, Gerard (1/1)
Pigott, John C (0/1)
Prescott, Adam P (1/1)
Pytel, Krzysztof (0/1)
Ravikumar, Vaidyanathan (1/1)
Ravisekhar, Raja (0/1)
Richardson, John R (0/1)
Sahl, Sheila Barth (½/1)
Savory, Richard J (1/1)
Shaw, John (1/1)
Sheehan, Antony (1/1)
Smith, Andrew Philip (0/1)
Smyth, C (½/1)
Spanton, Timothy (1/1)
Taylor, Geoffrey P (1/1)
Tebb, David (½/1)
Tippleston, Charles E (1/1)
Tisdall, Jonathan D (0/1)
Wall, Tim (0/1)
Webster, Ian (1/1)
Openings played as White (54)
B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+)
Average Elo:
2221
Result:
4/4 = 100%
B30 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6)
Average Elo:
2322
Result:
2/4 = 50%
B52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7)
Average Elo:
2250.67
Result:
2/3 = 66.67%
C45 Scotch Game (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4)
Average Elo:
2078.67
Result:
1½/3 = 50%
A80 Dutch (1.d4 f5)
Average Elo:
2287.5
Result:
1½/3 = 50%
B50 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6)
Average Elo:
2166
Result:
2/2 = 100%
D00 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5)
Average Elo:
2305
Result:
0/2 = 0%
B12 Caro-Kann Defense (1.e4 c6 2.d4)
Average Elo:
2008
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
A00 Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo:
1817
Result:
2/2 = 100%
C54 Giuoco Piano (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.cxd4)
Average Elo:
2175
Result:
2/2 = 100%
B07 Pirc (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2357.5
Result:
0/2 = 0%
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:
2232.5
Result:
1/2 = 50%
C11 French (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2130
Result:
1/2 = 50%
C17 French, Winawer, Advance (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5)
Average Elo:
2175
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A27 English, Three Knights System (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2110
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6)
Average Elo:
2250
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6)
Average Elo:
0
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:
2105
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A13 English (1.c4 e6)
Average Elo:
2060
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening (1.e4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A30 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5)
Average Elo:
2325
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C19 French, Winawer, Advance (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7)
Average Elo:
2250
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A46 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A81 Dutch (1.d4 f5 2.g3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C07 French, Tarrasch (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5)
Average Elo:
2240
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C16 French, Winawer (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5)
Average Elo:
2490
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c6 5.Bg5 dxc4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A12 English with b3 (1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.b3)
Average Elo:
2455
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E77 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f4 O-O 6.Be2)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A04 Reti Opening (1.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2270
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A18 English, Mikenas-Carls (1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.e4)
Average Elo:
2380
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D37 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C01 French, Exchange (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bg5)
Average Elo:
2082
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B06 Robatsch (1.e4 g6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E76 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f4)
Average Elo:
2400
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C29 Vienna Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4)
Average Elo:
2155
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A48 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D03 Torre Attack (Tartakower Variation) (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bg5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo:
2215
Result:
1/1 = 100%
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:
2240
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A05 Reti Opening (1.Nf3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A40 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4)
Average Elo:
0
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:
2660
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C41 Philidor Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6)
Average Elo:
2290
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C60 Ruy Lopez (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5)
Average Elo:
2060
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B81 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.g4)
Average Elo:
2215
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C02 French, Advance (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5)
Average Elo:
2465
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A41 Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6) (1.d4 d6)
Average Elo:
2310
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A47 Queen's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 b6)
Average Elo:
2230
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A49 King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4 (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3)
Average Elo:
2220
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C18 French, Winawer (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3)
Average Elo:
2145
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5)
Average Elo:
2330
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C14 French, Classical (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7)
Average Elo:
2102
Result:
1/1 = 100%
Openings played as Black (49)
B00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening (1.e4)
Average Elo:
2196.75
Result:
6/9 = 66.67%
A40 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4)
Average Elo:
2222.5
Result:
2½/6 = 41.67%
A10 English (1.c4)
Average Elo:
2373.5
Result:
2/3 = 66.67%
C41 Philidor Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6)
Average Elo:
2210
Result:
3/3 = 100%
B25 Sicilian, Closed (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6)
Average Elo:
2107
Result:
2½/3 = 83.33%
B42 Sicilian, Kan (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3)
Average Elo:
2203
Result:
2/3 = 66.67%
A34 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2194.5
Result:
1/2 = 50%
A45 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2290
Result:
½/2 = 25%
B02 Alekhine's Defense (1.e4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
2/2 = 100%
B07 Pirc (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2439
Result:
0/2 = 0%
B23 Sicilian, Closed (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2042.5
Result:
1/2 = 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:
1970
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
C00 French Defense (1.e4 e6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A27 English, Three Knights System (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3)
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:
2410
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A56 Benoni Defense (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5)
Average Elo:
2400
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E16 Queen's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Bb4+)
Average Elo:
2440
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E14 Queen's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.e3)
Average Elo:
2465
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B38 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Maroczy Bind, 6.Be3 (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.c4 Bg7 6.Be3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C50 Giuoco Piano (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5)
Average Elo:
2185
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D98 Grunfeld, Russian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 O-O 7.e4 Bg4)
Average Elo:
2405
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B37 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.c4 Bg7)
Average Elo:
2450
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B44 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A88 Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with c6 (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.Nc3 c6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B49 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.Be2)
Average Elo:
2200
Result:
½/1 = 50%
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:
2075
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A41 Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6) (1.d4 d6)
Average Elo:
2345
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B08 Pirc, Classical (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2395
Result:
0/1 = 0%
Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo:
2295
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B76 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 O-O)
Average Elo:
2500
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A30 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5)
Average Elo:
2245
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C22 Center Game (1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.Qxd4 Nc6)
Average Elo:
2280
Result:
0/1 = 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:
2250
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E72 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.g3)
Average Elo:
2395
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:
2445
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2320
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B04 Alekhine's Defense, Modern (1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2215
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B22 Sicilian, Alapin (1.e4 c5 2.c3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A00 Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo:
2350
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C02 French, Advance (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5)
Average Elo:
2260
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E67 King's Indian, Fianchetto (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 d6 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 Nbd7)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A48 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A16 English (1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2187
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B41 Sicilian, Kan (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6)
Average Elo:
2176
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B40 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6)
Average Elo:
1856
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B80 Sicilian, Scheveningen (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6)
Average Elo:
2175
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A08 King's Indian Attack (1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c5 3.Bg2)
Average Elo:
2155
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A04 Reti Opening (1.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2110
Result:
½/1 = 50%