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Ball, Stephen



FIDE:	FIDE Card
Years:	1972-1988
Number of games:	79
Number of wins:	25
Number of draws:	24
Number of losses:	30
White score:	13/34 (38.24% - Average Elo: 2383.78)
Black score:	24/45 (53.33% - Average Elo: 2342.91)

Rating progression

Games
White wins
White draws
White losses
Black wins
Black draws
Black losses

Top wins

Ball, Stephen (2197) - Joyner, Lionel (2401), Canadian op, Edmonton (E51) - 1985

Ball, Stephen - Biyiasas, Peter, CAN-ch, Calgary (E94) - 1975

Ball, Stephen (2230) - Campbell, Gordon, Alberta-ch, Edmonton (A39) - 1978

Johnstone, Glenn (2350) - Ball, Stephen (2230), Saint John op-2, Saint John (C16) - 1988

Pacey, Kevin (1885) - Ball, Stephen (2127), Canadian op, Ottawa (A10) - 1980

Zaradic, Ante - Ball, Stephen, Alberta-ch playoff, Edmonton (A04) - 1975

Ball, Stephen - ? (28)

Zaradic, Ante (2/4)

Campbell, Gordon (1/2)

Campbell, Murray (1½/2)

Evans, Chris (½/2)

Amos, Bruce M (0/1)

Biyiasas, Peter (1/1)

Briem, Stefan (0/1)

Burger, Karl (½/1)

Day, Lawrence A (0/1)

Dobrich, Walter (0/1)

Gurevich, Dmitry (0/1)

Harper, Bruce (0/1)

Henao, Raul Fernando (½/1)

Hjartarson, Johann (½/1)

Jenkins, Ron (0/1)

Joyner, Lionel (1/1)

Kiffmeyer, Constanz (0/1)

Loadman, Ian (½/1)

Macskasy, Elod (½/1)

Piasetski, Leon David (0/1)

Reshevsky, Samuel Herman (0/1)

Ross, David (1/1)

Scholseth, Tor Kristian (0/1)

South, Robert (0/1)

Steele, Len (½/1)

Swanson, Stephen (1/1)

Veszely, Frank (1/1)

Yanofsky, Daniel Abraham (0/1)

? - Ball, Stephen (40)

Berry, Jonathan (0/2)

Baragar, Fletcher (1/1)

Brebric, Branimir (½/1)

Campbell, Gordon (1/1)

Coudari, Camille (1/1)

Cummins, Jim (1/1)

Doubleday, William G (1/1)

Ehrman, Carl (1/1)

Evans, Chris (½/1)

Fiedler, Brian (½/1)

Garcia, Gildardo (0/1)

Hebert, Jean (½/1)

Hidalgo, Jaime (½/1)

Ivanov, Igor Vasilievich (0/1)

Johnstone, Glenn (1/1)

Karklins, Andrew (0/1)

Kassay Farkas, Joe (1/1)

Loadman, Ian (½/1)

Long, Eric (1/1)

Makarichev, Sergey (0/1)

McLaren, Brian (½/1)

Meza, Miguel (½/1)

Otoniel, Rualdo (1/1)

Pacey, Kevin (1/1)

Pajak, John T (1/1)

Prystenski, Arthur (0/1)

Smith, Paul (1/1)

South, Robert (0/1)

Spraggett, Kevin (0/1)

Steele, Len (½/1)

Tudhope, Douglas (0/1)

Vranesic, Zvonko (0/1)

Wong, Andre (1/1)

Yanofsky, Daniel Abraham (½/1)

Openings played as White (29)

E77 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f4 O-O 6.Be2)
Average Elo: 2395
Result: 1/3 = 33.33%

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: 0
Result: 1/2 = 50%

A80 Dutch (1.d4 f5)
Average Elo: 2300
Result: ½/2 = 25%

E41 Nimzo-Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5)
Average Elo: 2320
Result: ½/2 = 25%

B22 Sicilian, Alapin (1.e4 c5 2.c3)
Average Elo: 0
Result: 0/1 = 0%

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: 0
Result: 1/1 = 100%

A48 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6)
Average Elo: 0
Result: 1/1 = 100%

D02 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3)
Average Elo: 0
Result: ½/1 = 50%

A66 Benoni (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.f4)
Average Elo: 0
Result: 0/1 = 0%

E59 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line (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 dxc4 10.Bxc4)
Average Elo: 0
Result: 0/1 = 0%

B06 Robatsch (1.e4 g6)
Average Elo: 0
Result: 0/1 = 0%

A03 Bird's Opening (1.f4 d5)
Average Elo: 0
Result: ½/1 = 50%

E43 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6)
Average Elo: 2475
Result: 0/1 = 0%

A14 English (1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.O-O)
Average Elo: 0
Result: 0/1 = 0%

D79 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O, Main line (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O c6 7.cxd5 cxd5)
Average Elo: 2345
Result: ½/1 = 50%

E81 King's Indian, Samisch (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O)
Average Elo: 0
Result: 0/1 = 0%

E51 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Nf3 d5)
Average Elo: 2401
Result: 1/1 = 100%

A40 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4)
Average Elo: 2320
Result: 0/1 = 0%

D56 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3 h6 7.Bh4)
Average Elo: 0
Result: ½/1 = 50%

A42 Modern Defense, Averbakh System (1.d4 d6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4)
Average Elo: 0
Result: 0/1 = 0%

E52 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with ...b6 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Nf3 d5 6.Bd3 b6)
Average Elo: 2503
Result: 0/1 = 0%

D94 Grunfeld (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.e3)
Average Elo: 0
Result: 1/1 = 100%

D69 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Classical, 13.de (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.Rc1 c6 8.Bd3 dxc4)
Average Elo: 0
Result: ½/1 = 50%

Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo: 0
Result: 1/1 = 100%

A84 Dutch (1.d4 f5 2.c4)
Average Elo: 0
Result: 1/1 = 100%

E86 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox, 7.Nge2 c6 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 e5 7.Nge2 c6)
Average Elo: 0
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: 1/1 = 100%

A92 Dutch (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 e6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O)
Average Elo: 0
Result: ½/1 = 50%

A96 Dutch, Classical Variation (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 e6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O d6)
Average Elo: 0
Result: 0/1 = 0%

Openings played as Black (33)

Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo: 0
Result: 3½/4 = 87.5%

B16 Caro-Kann, Bronstein-Larsen Variation (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ gxf6)
Average Elo: 2372.33
Result: 1½/4 = 37.5%

B06 Robatsch (1.e4 g6)
Average Elo: 0
Result: 1½/3 = 50%

A04 Reti Opening (1.Nf3)
Average Elo: 2200
Result: 1/2 = 50%

B23 Sicilian, Closed (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo: 0
Result: 1½/2 = 75%

A79 Benoni, Classical, 11.f3 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.Nf3 Bg7 8.Be2 O-O 9.O-O Re8 10.Nd2 Na6 11.f3)
Average Elo: 0
Result: 1½/2 = 75%

A10 English (1.c4)
Average Elo: 2185
Result: 1/2 = 50%

C25 Vienna (1.e4 e5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo: 0
Result: 0/1 = 0%

A01 Nimzovich-Larsen Attack (1.b3)
Average Elo: 0
Result: 0/1 = 0%

B30 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6)
Average Elo: 0
Result: ½/1 = 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: 0
Result: 0/1 = 0%

C42 Petrov Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6)
Average Elo: 0
Result: 1/1 = 100%

A74 Benoni, Classical, 9...a6, 10.a4 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.Nf3 Bg7 8.Be2 O-O 9.O-O a6 10.a4)
Average Elo: 0
Result: 1/1 = 100%

C44 King's Pawn Game (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6)
Average Elo: 0
Result: 0/1 = 0%

B12 Caro-Kann Defense (1.e4 c6 2.d4)
Average Elo: 0
Result: ½/1 = 50%

C95 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer (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 Nb8 10.d4)
Average Elo: 0
Result: 0/1 = 0%

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: 0/1 = 0%

A58 Benko Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6)
Average Elo: 0
Result: ½/1 = 50%

D94 Grunfeld (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.e3)
Average Elo: 0
Result: 1/1 = 100%

B40 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6)
Average Elo: 0
Result: ½/1 = 50%

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: 0
Result: ½/1 = 50%

B88 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Bc4 Nc6)
Average Elo: 0
Result: ½/1 = 50%

A42 Modern Defense, Averbakh System (1.d4 d6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4)
Average Elo: 0
Result: 1/1 = 100%

A86 Dutch (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3)
Average Elo: 0
Result: 0/1 = 0%

A73 Benoni, Classical, 9.O-O (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.Nf3 Bg7 8.Be2 O-O 9.O-O)
Average Elo: 0
Result: ½/1 = 50%

B08 Pirc, Classical (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3)
Average Elo: 0
Result: 1/1 = 100%

B07 Pirc (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6)
Average Elo: 0
Result: 1/1 = 100%

D30 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6)
Average Elo: 0
Result: 1/1 = 100%

A96 Dutch, Classical Variation (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 e6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O d6)
Average Elo: 2420
Result: ½/1 = 50%

D58 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) System (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3 h6 7.Bh4 b6)
Average Elo: 2555
Result: 0/1 = 0%

A21 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo: 2430
Result: ½/1 = 50%

C16 French, Winawer (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5)
Average Elo: 2350
Result: 1/1 = 100%

B17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7)
Average Elo: 2330
Result: 0/1 = 0%