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Player:
(Eg:
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Barlow, Matthew
FIDE
:
FIDE Card
Years
:
1991-2014
Number of games
:
127
Number of wins
:
39
Number of draws
:
56
Number of losses
:
32
White score
:
39/64 (60.94% - Average Elo: 2144.13)
Black score
:
28/63 (44.44% - Average Elo: 2189.59)
Rating progression
Games
White wins
White draws
White losses
Black wins
Black draws
Black losses
Top wins
Barlow, Matthew (2148) - Ker, Anthony F (2330), NZL-ch 115th, Auckland (A58) - 2008
Barlow, Matthew (2170) - Green, Peter (2245), NZL-ch105, Hamilton (E00) - 1998
Barlow, Matthew (2095) - Watson, Bruce R (2239), North Shore CC inv, Auckland (E81) - 1997
Steadman, Michael VR (2241) - Barlow, Matthew (2175), NZL-ch reserves, New Zeeland (B26) - 1996
Gibbons, Robert (2200) - Barlow, Matthew (2155), NZL-ch 107th, Auckland (A30) - 2000
Krstev, Antonio (2146) - Barlow, Matthew (2166), NZL-ch108 0010, New Zeeland (E11) - 2001
Barlow, Matthew - ? (47)
Elliott, Darryn B (2/3)
Ker, Anthony F (1½/3)
Stuart, Peter W (1½/3)
Watson, Bruce R (2/3)
Bennett, Hilton Petrie (1/2)
Guthrie, David (2/2)
Hair, Philip I (1½/2)
Lim, Benjamin U (1½/2)
Milligan, Helen (0/2)
Pitts, G (2/2)
Sinclair, Mark (½/2)
Spiller, Paul (1½/2)
Wastney, Scott C (1½/2)
Ansell, Alan (1/1)
Bjelobrk, Igor (1/1)
Boyd, D (½/1)
BYE (1/1)
Croad, Nicholas (0/1)
Davis, Justin (½/1)
Dowden, R Anthony (½/1)
Dreyer, Martin (0/1)
Evans, David J (1/1)
Forster, William (1/1)
Fraemohs, Peter (1/1)
Fuatai, Fuatai (½/1)
Goodhue, Nathan (½/1)
Green, Peter (1/1)
Gunn, Neil J (1/1)
Krstev, Antonio (½/1)
Li, Luke (1/1)
Marner, Gavin (1/1)
Maroroa, Temu (1/1)
Martin, Benjamin (0/1)
Mastilovich, Rajko (1/1)
Metge, J Nigel (½/1)
Nijman, Brian (0/1)
Nokes, Roger I (0/1)
Post, Martin J (1/1)
Reilly, Tim (0/1)
Robinson, John (½/1)
Sarapu, Ortvin (½/1)
Smith, Robert Wayne (½/1)
Spain, Graeme (0/1)
Stracy, Don M (½/1)
Turner, Michael George (1/1)
Van Riemsdijk, Herman Claudius (½/1)
Walsh, Brad G (½/1)
? - Barlow, Matthew (44)
Garbett, Paul Anthony (½/4)
Gibbons, Robert (2½/3)
Hawkes, Peter D (1/3)
Ker, Anthony F (0/3)
Metge, J Nigel (½/3)
Bennett, Hilton Petrie (2/2)
Cooper, David M1 (½/2)
Fuatai, Fuatai (1/2)
Guthrie, David (1/2)
Hart, Ralph (0/2)
Shen, Daniel (½/2)
Stuart, Peter W (½/2)
Sutherland, John (1½/2)
Boyd, Kendall (0/1)
Elliott, Darryn B (1/1)
Gao, Hans (½/1)
Goodhue, Nathan (1/1)
Green, Ewen M (½/1)
Green, Peter (½/1)
Hair, Philip I (1/1)
Ion, G (½/1)
Kara, D (1/1)
Krstev, Antonio (1/1)
Krstev, Mario (½/1)
Kulashko, Aleksei (0/1)
Leonhardt, Wolfgang (1/1)
Lynn, William (1/1)
Marner, Gavin (½/1)
McNabb, Matthew David (½/1)
Nokes, Roger I (0/1)
Paris, P (½/1)
Perry, Roger L (0/1)
Pomeroy, Arthur (½/1)
Sermek, Drazen (0/1)
Sinclair, Mark (0/1)
Smith, Robert Wayne (½/1)
Spain, Graeme (0/1)
Steadman, Michael VR (1/1)
Thornton, Giovanni Antonio (½/1)
Van der Hoorn, Mark (½/1)
Van Riemsdijk, Herman Claudius (½/1)
Wastney, Scott C (½/1)
Weir, Peter Vryan (1/1)
Wheeler, Bruce (½/1)
Openings played as White (45)
E81 King's Indian, Samisch (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O)
Average Elo:
2239
Result:
4/4 = 100%
A42 Modern Defense, Averbakh System (1.d4 d6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4)
Average Elo:
2065
Result:
2/3 = 66.67%
A52 Budapest Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4)
Average Elo:
2207.5
Result:
1/2 = 50%
A62 Benoni, Fianchetto Variation (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nf3 g6 7.g3 Bg7 8.Bg2 O-O)
Average Elo:
2126
Result:
1/2 = 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:
2166
Result:
½/2 = 25%
E33 Nimzo-Indian, Classical (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 Nc6)
Average Elo:
2114
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:
2240
Result:
1/2 = 50%
E88 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox, 7.d5 c6 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 e5 7.d5 c6)
Average Elo:
2110
Result:
2/2 = 100%
E11 Bogo-Indian Defense (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+)
Average Elo:
2375
Result:
1/2 = 50%
D91 Grunfeld, 5.Bg5 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bg5)
Average Elo:
2140
Result:
1/2 = 50%
E00 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6)
Average Elo:
2255
Result:
1/2 = 50%
D02 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1961
Result:
½/2 = 25%
A58 Benko Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6)
Average Elo:
2360.5
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2172.5
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
E87 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 e5 7.d5)
Average Elo:
2048
Result:
½/2 = 25%
E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2)
Average Elo:
2095
Result:
½/2 = 25%
E21 Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2001
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A25 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A40 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4)
Average Elo:
2112
Result:
1/1 = 100%
Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A51 Budapest Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5)
Average Elo:
2345
Result:
0/1 = 0%
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:
1908
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E10 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1981
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A21 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
1996
Result:
½/1 = 50%
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:
2110
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D24 Queen's Gambit Accepted (1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3)
Average Elo:
0
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:
2315
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A33 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 Nc6)
Average Elo:
2321
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E64 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav System (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 d6 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 c5)
Average Elo:
1990
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D90 Grunfeld (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2075
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E41 Nimzo-Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D21 Queen's Gambit Accepted (1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1410
Result:
1/1 = 100%
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:
2152
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E37 Nimzo-Indian, Classical (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 Ne4 7.Qc2)
Average Elo:
1972
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A46 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2310
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D35 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A89 Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with Nc6 (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.Nc3 Nc6)
Average Elo:
2276
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E75 King's Indian, Averbakh, Main line (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Bg5 c5 7.d5 e6)
Average Elo:
2360
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E12 Queen's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A30 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5)
Average Elo:
2225
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E38 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5)
Average Elo:
2114
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D31 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A31 English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation (1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A87 Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A17 English (1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6)
Average Elo:
2293
Result:
½/1 = 50%
Openings played as Black (38)
B42 Sicilian, Kan (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3)
Average Elo:
2310.67
Result:
1/5 = 20%
A04 Reti Opening (1.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2197.5
Result:
2½/4 = 62.5%
B23 Sicilian, Closed (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2012.33
Result:
3/4 = 75%
B21 Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4 (1.e4 c5 2.f4)
Average Elo:
2212
Result:
1/3 = 33.33%
E11 Bogo-Indian Defense (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+)
Average Elo:
2123.67
Result:
2/3 = 66.67%
B47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7)
Average Elo:
2338
Result:
0/2 = 0%
B22 Sicilian, Alapin (1.e4 c5 2.c3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/2 = 50%
B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
B85 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Classical (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be2 a6 7.O-O Qc7 8.f4 Nc6)
Average Elo:
2330
Result:
0/2 = 0%
A46 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2216.5
Result:
1/2 = 50%
D26 Queen's Gambit Accepted (1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6)
Average Elo:
2375
Result:
0/2 = 0%
E51 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Nf3 d5)
Average Elo:
2131.5
Result:
1/2 = 50%
A30 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5)
Average Elo:
2120.5
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
E38 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5)
Average Elo:
2239
Result:
½/2 = 25%
A31 English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation (1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4)
Average Elo:
2164.5
Result:
½/2 = 25%
B41 Sicilian, Kan (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6)
Average Elo:
2018.5
Result:
1/2 = 50%
B00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening (1.e4)
Average Elo:
2305
Result:
½/1 = 50%
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:
1/1 = 100%
B30 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B48 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3)
Average Elo:
2310
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A37 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2245
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A68 Benoni, Four Pawns Attack (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.f4 Bg7 8.Nf3 O-O)
Average Elo:
2100
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E90 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3)
Average Elo:
0
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:
2215
Result:
½/1 = 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:
2241
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C02 French, Advance (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c6 5.e3)
Average Elo:
2100
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E29 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.Bd3 Nc6)
Average Elo:
2170
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B20 Sicilian (1.e4 c5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B50 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E48 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5)
Average Elo:
2320
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C00 French Defense (1.e4 e6)
Average Elo:
2055
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E39 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Pirc Variation (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.dxc5 O-O)
Average Elo:
2055
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B80 Sicilian, Scheveningen (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6)
Average Elo:
2409
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B02 Alekhine's Defense (1.e4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2094
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A03 Bird's Opening (1.f4 d5)
Average Elo:
2083
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D41 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c5 5.cxd5)
Average Elo:
2336
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D02 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2022
Result:
½/1 = 50%