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Player:
(Eg:
Carlsen,Magnus
)
Benson, Christopher
FIDE
:
FIDE Card
Years
:
1999-2016
Number of games
:
110
Number of wins
:
37
Number of draws
:
23
Number of losses
:
50
White score
:
26/55 (47.27% - Average Elo: 1945.31)
Black score
:
22½/55 (40.91% - Average Elo: 1970.07)
Rating progression
Games
White wins
White draws
White losses
Black wins
Black draws
Black losses
Top wins
Benson, Christopher - Sutton, Richard John (2275), Dunedin Foord Memorial, Dunedin (B80) - 2003
Benson, Christopher (1790) - Haase, Graham (2155), Canterbury op, Canterbury (D03) - 2003
Benson, Christopher (2054) - Veltmann, Martin (2083), Toronto Anderson Memorial, Toronto (B22) - 2002
Goffin, Peter B (2154) - Benson, Christopher (2049), Oceania zt, Auckland (A04) - 2005
Reedy, Brendan (2099) - Benson, Christopher (1790), Canterbury op, Canterbury (E36) - 2003
Shah, Omaray M (1989) - Benson, Christopher (2054), Toronto Anderson Memorial, Toronto (C14) - 2002
Benson, Christopher - ? (52)
Haziprodromu, Sam (0/2)
Nokes, Roger I (0/2)
Sutton, Richard John (1/2)
Adams, Jonathan (1/1)
Ang, Alphaeus Wei Ern (1/1)
Batchelor, Aaron (½/1)
Bergeron, Florian (0/1)
Blakely, Matt (½/1)
Bleis, Christian (0/1)
Booth, Anthony (1/1)
Bryskine, Marina (1/1)
Burns, Christopher John (0/1)
Chan, Jason (½/1)
Cheng, Bobby Sky (1/1)
Chuprys, Viktor (1/1)
Duffield, Terence (0/1)
Fuatai, Fuatai (0/1)
Gao, Wen (0/1)
Garbett, Paul Anthony (0/1)
Gloistein, Bruce H (0/1)
Gong, Daniel Hanwen (1/1)
Haase, Graham (1/1)
Heperi, Dallin J N (0/1)
Johnson, Quentin JF (1/1)
Ly, Moulthun (0/1)
Manalo, Pepin (0/1)
Marko, Helmut (0/1)
Maroroa, Sue Yuchan (½/1)
McNabb, Matthew David (0/1)
Mitchell, Robert (1/1)
Mitrovic, Bojana (1/1)
Mulinder, Guy (1/1)
Nijman, Arie J (1/1)
Nijman, Brian (1/1)
Noble, Mark Frederick (0/1)
Oka, Hikaru (½/1)
Okolotowicz, Zbigniew (½/1)
Oliver, Gareth (0/1)
Perry, Roger L (0/1)
Renzies, Elliott (1/1)
Rowell, Trevor (1/1)
Saib, Nabeelah (1/1)
Scarf, Rex (1/1)
Semyonov, Vladimir (½/1)
Smith, Lucy (1/1)
Spiller, Paul (½/1)
Stoltefuss, Rolf (0/1)
Veltmann, Martin (1/1)
Vincent, Matthew B (0/1)
Ward, Simon (½/1)
Watts, Duncan W (0/1)
Zhang, Jasmine Haomo (½/1)
? - Benson, Christopher (53)
Jackson, L Ross (½/2)
Li, William Xiang Wei (0/2)
Aldridge, Alan L (1/1)
Bennett, Hilton Petrie (0/1)
Brockman, Roland (1/1)
Brown, Kevin M (½/1)
Capper, David (½/1)
Cekulis, Maris (0/1)
Clarkson, Robert (0/1)
Compton, Alistair (0/1)
Croad, Nicholas (0/1)
Davis, Justin (0/1)
Dawson, Patrick (1/1)
Duneas, John (0/1)
Dutton, Warren Richard (0/1)
Fan, Allen Chi Zhou (0/1)
Feldman, Vladimir (0/1)
Fiedler, Brian (½/1)
Findlay, Ian T (½/1)
Gebhardt, David (0/1)
Gloistein, Bruce H (1/1)
Goffin, Peter B (1/1)
Hambleton, Aman (0/1)
Hamilton, Andrew (1/1)
Hamilton, Paul (1/1)
Jones, Lee (0/1)
Leung, Victor (0/1)
Lourenco, Eva (1/1)
Lucki, Arnie (½/1)
Lynn, Oscar (1/1)
Martchenko, Alexander (0/1)
Mckerras, Ross (½/1)
Mulligan, Allan W (½/1)
Perry, Roger L (½/1)
Pfahlert, Dennis (1/1)
Reedy, Brendan (1/1)
Reid, David M (1/1)
Richardson, Ross (½/1)
Riley, Tim W (½/1)
Shah, Omaray M (1/1)
Sherman, Robert (0/1)
Siddeley, Hugh (½/1)
Sinton, Peter J (0/1)
Siripornpitak, Boyd (1/1)
Smerdon, David (0/1)
Steadman, Michael VR (0/1)
Stevens, Christian (0/1)
Takov, Chris (0/1)
Urquhart, Eddie (½/1)
Van der Hoorn, Mark (0/1)
Ward, Simon (1/1)
Watts, Duncan W (0/1)
Wright, Chris (1/1)
Openings played as White (40)
B22 Sicilian, Alapin (1.e4 c5 2.c3)
Average Elo:
2071.6
Result:
3½/5 = 70%
C78 Ruy Lopez (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O)
Average Elo:
2012
Result:
0/3 = 0%
B06 Robatsch (1.e4 g6)
Average Elo:
1907
Result:
1/3 = 33.33%
D03 Torre Attack (Tartakower Variation) (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bg5)
Average Elo:
2158.33
Result:
1/3 = 33.33%
A48 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6)
Average Elo:
2139.67
Result:
½/3 = 16.67%
C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7)
Average Elo:
1735
Result:
1/2 = 50%
B01 Scandinavian (1.e4 d5)
Average Elo:
1451.5
Result:
1/2 = 50%
A05 Reti Opening (1.Nf3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
1895.5
Result:
1/2 = 50%
B86 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Bc4)
Average Elo:
1293
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B07 Pirc (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
1717
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B50 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6)
Average Elo:
1609
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%
C40 King's Knight Opening (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B05 Alekhine's Defense, Modern (1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 Bg4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
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:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B80 Sicilian, Scheveningen (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6)
Average Elo:
2275
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A46 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1952
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C89 Ruy Lopez, Marshall (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 d5)
Average Elo:
1566
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B45 Sicilian, Taimanov (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B18 Caro-Kann, Classical (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B35 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Modern Variation with Bc4 (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4)
Average Elo:
2267
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B30 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B44 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6)
Average Elo:
2313
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C16 French, Winawer (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B70 Sicilian, Dragon Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6)
Average Elo:
2047
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C42 Petrov Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2033
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A85 Dutch, with c4 & Nc3 (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3)
Average Elo:
1925
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C64 Ruy Lopez, Classical (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Bc5)
Average Elo:
1935
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B59 Sicilian, Boleslavsky Variation, 7.Nb3 (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3)
Average Elo:
2293
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B23 Sicilian, Closed (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
1752
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B41 Sicilian, Kan (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6)
Average Elo:
2376
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A41 Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6) (1.d4 d6)
Average Elo:
1672
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening (1.e4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C41 Philidor Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6)
Average Elo:
2241
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C52 Evans Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4 5.c3 Ba5)
Average Elo:
1449
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A26 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6)
Average Elo:
2055
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A36 English (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3)
Average Elo:
2005
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B98 Sicilian, Najdorf (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Be7)
Average Elo:
1674
Result:
½/1 = 50%
Openings played as Black (43)
C14 French, Classical (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7)
Average Elo:
2018.8
Result:
2/5 = 40%
B50 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6)
Average Elo:
2026
Result:
2½/3 = 83.33%
C78 Ruy Lopez (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O)
Average Elo:
1621.5
Result:
1/2 = 50%
A07 King's Indian Attack (1.Nf3 d5 2.g3)
Average Elo:
1773
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
E43 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6)
Average Elo:
1989
Result:
½/2 = 25%
D35 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2132.5
Result:
0/2 = 0%
A90 Dutch (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 e6 4.Bg2)
Average Elo:
2210.5
Result:
0/2 = 0%
A80 Dutch (1.d4 f5)
Average Elo:
1668
Result:
1/2 = 50%
D04 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3)
Average Elo:
1549
Result:
1/1 = 100%
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:
1755
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C11 French (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E00 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6)
Average Elo:
2025
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C05 French, Tarrasch (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2027
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2)
Average Elo:
1817
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C01 French, Exchange (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bg5)
Average Elo:
2278
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C09 French, Tarrasch, Open Variation, Main line (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 exd5 5.Ngf3 Nc6)
Average Elo:
2368
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A17 English (1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6)
Average Elo:
2206
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B14 Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6)
Average Elo:
2157
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E36 Nimzo-Indian, Classical (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.a3)
Average Elo:
2099
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C46 Three Knights (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2056
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E70 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4)
Average Elo:
1982
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B94 Sicilian, Najdorf (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D61 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.Qc2)
Average Elo:
1384
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C42 Petrov Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2186
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A04 Reti Opening (1.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2154
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C47 Four Knights (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2421
Result:
0/1 = 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:
2243
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A48 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B23 Sicilian, Closed (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2134
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B90 Sicilian, Najdorf (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E15 Queen's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3)
Average Elo:
1852
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C24 Bishop's Opening (1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A85 Dutch, with c4 & Nc3 (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3)
Average Elo:
1895
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B45 Sicilian, Taimanov (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B40 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B21 Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4 (1.e4 c5 2.f4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C77 Ruy Lopez (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
1672
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B01 Scandinavian (1.e4 d5)
Average Elo:
1728
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A45 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
1703
Result:
1/1 = 100%
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:
2110
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A87 Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1825
Result:
0/1 = 0%