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Player Profile
Player:
(Eg:
Carlsen,Magnus
)
Vella, Brian
FIDE
:
FIDE Card
Years
:
1984-1991
Number of games
:
70
Number of wins
:
23
Number of draws
:
18
Number of losses
:
29
White score
:
16½/33 (50% - Average Elo: 2357.78)
Black score
:
15½/37 (41.89% - Average Elo: 2284.5)
Rating progression
Games
White wins
White draws
White losses
Black wins
Black draws
Black losses
Top wins
Vella, Brian (2215) - Thorsteins, Karl (2400), EU-ch U21, Groningen () - 1985
Vella, Brian (2215) - Sendur, Adnan (2215), Olympiad-27, Dubai (C02) - 1986
Vella, Brian (2215) - Gueye, Gorgui, World U20-ch24, Sharjah (B22) - 1985
Delgado Cespedes, Ivan (2285) - Vella, Brian (2205), Cordoba op, Cordoba (C00) - 1991
Arbouche, Muhamed (2225) - Vella, Brian (2205), Cordoba op, Cordoba (A85) - 1990
Chinchilla Miranda, Eugenio (2220) - Vella, Brian (2215), Olympiad-27, Dubai (E41) - 1986
Vella, Brian - ? (33)
Allegro, Valery (0/1)
Antunes, Antonio (0/1)
Bammoune, Abd'Ennacer (½/1)
Bennani, Maha (1/1)
Dawson, Peter (1/1)
Dlugy, Maxim (½/1)
Dobrev, Nanko (0/1)
Gazis, Efstathios (0/1)
Godena, Michele (0/1)
Gonzales, Eliseo (½/1)
Gueye, Gorgui (1/1)
Hellers, Ferdinand (0/1)
Hoffman, Alejandro (0/1)
Hynes, Kilian A (½/1)
Jasim, HM (0/1)
Jimenez Frutos, Francisco (1/1)
Johnson, Allan (1/1)
Kalunga, Willy (½/1)
Ker, Anthony F (0/1)
Lamoureux, Charles (0/1)
Lee, Cecil (½/1)
Merritt, Mario (1/1)
Moral Navas (1/1)
Pereira, Fernando Luis Melao (0/1)
Portela, R1 (1/1)
Ribeiro, Fernando (1/1)
Santa Maria, N (½/1)
Saunders, Robert (1/1)
Sendur, Adnan (1/1)
Staniszewski, Piotr (½/1)
Thorsteins, Karl (1/1)
Wians, Camille (½/1)
Zimuto, N (0/1)
? - Vella, Brian (37)
Abdul Karim, B (½/1)
Akkil, M (0/1)
Al Mansouri, I (1/1)
Arbouche, Muhamed (1/1)
Barroso Martinez, Fernando (1/1)
Battikhi, Husein (½/1)
Berend, Fred (1/1)
Bogaerts, Jan (0/1)
Burgess, Mark R (0/1)
Castillo, Jose (1/1)
Chan, Peng Kong (½/1)
Chinchilla Miranda, Eugenio (1/1)
Cochrane, John Miles (1/1)
De la Fuente Mayan, Alfredo (1/1)
Delgado Cespedes, Ivan (1/1)
Diaz, Douglas (0/1)
Dridi, Ali (0/1)
Estremera Panos, Sergio (0/1)
Fossan, Petter (½/1)
Frois, Antonio (0/1)
Godena, Michele (0/1)
Haboush, Abed Rabou (0/1)
Izeta Txabarri, Felix (0/1)
Jimenez, Galileo (½/1)
Kalinin, Vladimir Valentinov (0/1)
Korhonen, Harri (½/1)
Moran, Bernardo (0/1)
Moser, Guenter (0/1)
Noaman, H (½/1)
Oparaugo, Thomas (1/1)
Papatheodorou, Theodoros (0/1)
Pearce, D (½/1)
Prayitno, Sugeng (0/1)
Ramsingh, Yogendranath (0/1)
Savva, Andreas (1/1)
Skalli, Kamel (½/1)
Stewart, Ewan (0/1)
Openings played as White (14)
B22 Sicilian, Alapin (1.e4 c5 2.c3)
Average Elo:
2386.67
Result:
5/11 = 45.45%
C30 King's Gambit Declined (1.e4 e5 2.f4)
Average Elo:
2380
Result:
1/4 = 25%
C11 French (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/3 = 33.33%
C02 French, Advance (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5)
Average Elo:
2210
Result:
2½/3 = 83.33%
A03 Bird's Opening (1.f4 d5)
Average Elo:
2430
Result:
0/2 = 0%
A02 Bird's Opening (1.f4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
2/2 = 100%
Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo:
2400
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C34 King's Gambit Accepted (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B08 Pirc, Classical (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C32 King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4 d5 3.exd5 e4 4.d3 Nf6 )
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C10 French (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B14 Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B84 Sicilian, Scheveningen (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be2 a6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
Openings played as Black (23)
B33 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4)
Average Elo:
2207.5
Result:
5½/9 = 61.11%
E41 Nimzo-Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5)
Average Elo:
2220
Result:
2/3 = 66.67%
B30 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/2 = 50%
C00 French Defense (1.e4 e6)
Average Elo:
2285
Result:
2/2 = 100%
B50 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6)
Average Elo:
2360
Result:
0/2 = 0%
A85 Dutch, with c4 & Nc3 (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2262.5
Result:
1/2 = 50%
B21 Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4 (1.e4 c5 2.f4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A04 Reti Opening (1.Nf3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D32 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D38 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Bb4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E58 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with 8...Bxc3 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Nf3 d5 6.Bd3 c5 7.O-O Nc6 8.a3 Bxc3 9.bxc3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A14 English (1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.O-O)
Average Elo:
2335
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A46 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Nf3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E12 Queen's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B84 Sicilian, Scheveningen (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be2 a6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B80 Sicilian, Scheveningen (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6)
Average Elo:
0
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:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A80 Dutch (1.d4 f5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A98 Dutch, Ilyin-Genevsky Variation with Qc2 (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 e6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.Nc3 Qe8 8.Qc2)
Average Elo:
2325
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A97 Dutch, Ilyin-Genevsky (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 e6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.Nc3 Qe8)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
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:
1/1 = 100%
C18 French, Winawer (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3)
Average Elo:
2380
Result:
0/1 = 0%