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Player:
(Eg:
Carlsen,Magnus
)
Bessenay, Maurice
Years
:
1971-1976
Number of games
:
99
Number of wins
:
32
Number of draws
:
28
Number of losses
:
39
White score
:
28/53 (52.83% - Average Elo: 2248.33)
Black score
:
18/46 (39.13% - Average Elo: 2315)
Rating progression
Games
White wins
White draws
White losses
Black wins
Black draws
Black losses
Top wins
Bessenay, Maurice (2280) - Puhm, Alar (2300), Olymp qual, Royat (C62) - 1975
Bessenay, Maurice (2280) - Meinsohn, Francis (2220), Olymp qual, Royat () - 1975
Bessenay, Maurice (2270) - Meinsohn, Francis (2215), FRA-ch 51st, St Jean de Monts () - 1976
Benoit, Michel (2270) - Bessenay, Maurice (2270), FRA-ch 51st, St Jean de Monts () - 1976
Sully, David John - Bessenay, Maurice, EU-chT 06th Group1 WLS-FRA, Llanelly () - 1975
Benoit, Michel - Bessenay, Maurice, Messery qual 197374, Messery (A05) - 1973
Bessenay, Maurice - ? (46)
Meinsohn, Francis (3/4)
Carrion, Marcelo (2/2)
Giffard, Nicolas (1/2)
Michalet, Guy (1½/2)
Puhm, Alar (1½/2)
Anceschi, Vittorio (1/1)
Auchenberg, Per (0/1)
Balmer, Stephen (½/1)
Benoit, Michel (0/1)
Callens, Johan (1/1)
Cappello, Renato (0/1)
Chevaldonnet, Francois (0/1)
Cox, David (0/1)
De Bruycker, Bernard (1/1)
De Greif, Boris (0/1)
De Jonghe, Bruno (1/1)
Fedder, Steen (0/1)
Giacomazzi, Dominique (1/1)
Goldenberg, Richard (0/1)
Goormachtigh, Johan (1/1)
Halg (1/1)
Hartoch, Robert G (0/1)
Juliao, Cesar (1/1)
Lanc, Alois (1/1)
Letzelter, Jean Claude (1/1)
Majeed, Mohd (1/1)
Makropoulos, Georgios (0/1)
Maric, Rudolf (0/1)
Meinsohn, Pierre (½/1)
Najar, Chedley (½/1)
Nakatani, N (1/1)
Natalucci, Fabrizio (0/1)
Noradounguian, Georges (1/1)
Omtvedt, Per (1/1)
Ott, Roland (0/1)
Preissmann, Emmanuel (½/1)
Raaste, Eero J (½/1)
Seret, Jean Luc (½/1)
Sully, David John (1/1)
Szekely, Peter (½/1)
Treppner, Gerd (0/1)
Varasdy, Imre (0/1)
Webb, Simon (0/1)
Weill, Roland (0/1)
Yanofsky, Daniel Abraham (½/1)
Young, Norman (0/1)
? - Bessenay, Maurice (40)
Giffard, Nicolas (2/3)
Todorcevic, Miodrag (0/3)
Benoit, Michel (2/2)
Seret, Jean Luc (½/2)
Anceschi, Vittorio (0/1)
Aral, Simone (½/1)
Asmundsson, Ingvar (½/1)
Banas, Jan (½/1)
Bielczyk, Jacek (0/1)
Callens, Johan (1/1)
Cappello, Renato (0/1)
Christiansen, Larry Mark (0/1)
Dieks, Roy G (0/1)
Dussol, Pierre (0/1)
Findlay, David John (0/1)
Gasser, Giorgio (0/1)
Gonzalez, R (1/1)
Haik, Aldo (½/1)
Hartoch, Robert G (0/1)
Herzog, Adolf (½/1)
Hjertenes, Oystein (1/1)
Inkiov, Ventzislav (1/1)
Ipek, Ali (1/1)
Jhunjhnuwala, Krishan (½/1)
Jimenez Zerquera, Eleazar (½/1)
Knight, Timothy R (½/1)
Letzelter, Jean Claude (0/1)
Macles, Jacques (½/1)
Marjanovic, Slavoljub (0/1)
Noradounguian, Georges (½/1)
Preissmann, Emmanuel (0/1)
Rodgaard, John (½/1)
Roos, Louis (0/1)
Santos, Jose Alves (0/1)
Semakoff, Aleks (½/1)
Sully, David John (1/1)
Varasdy, Imre (1/1)
Vassiades, Christos (0/1)
Villeneuve, Alain (½/1)
Webb, Simon (0/1)
Openings played as White (35)
Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo:
2217.5
Result:
7½/13 = 57.69%
B06 Robatsch (1.e4 g6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1½/3 = 50%
B77 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 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.Bc4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
2/2 = 100%
B79 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 12.h4 (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 O-O 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.Bc4 Bd7 10.O-O-O Qa5 11.Bb3 Rfc8 12.h4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/2 = 50%
B97 Sicilian, Najdorf (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Qb6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/2 = 25%
B03 Alekhine's Defense (1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
B89 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Bc4 Nc6 7.Be3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C12 French, McCutcheon (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Bb4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C77 Ruy Lopez (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6)
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:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
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:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C96 Ruy Lopez, Closed (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 Na5 10.Bc2)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C60 Ruy Lopez (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B62 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B63 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B19 Caro-Kann, Classical (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nd7)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C64 Ruy Lopez, Classical (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Bc5)
Average Elo:
0
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:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C68 Ruy Lopez, Exchange (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6)
Average Elo:
2220
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening (1.e4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B99 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Be7 8.Qf3 Qc7 9.O-O-O Nbd7)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C17 French, Winawer, Advance (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C42 Petrov Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C40 King's Knight Opening (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B83 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be2)
Average Elo:
0
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:
½/1 = 50%
B67 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7 (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O Bd7)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6)
Average Elo:
2300
Result:
1/1 = 100%
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%
B33 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4)
Average Elo:
2410
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%
A43 Old Benoni (1.d4 c5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C19 French, Winawer, Advance (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.Bxc6+ bxc6 6.d4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C82 Ruy Lopez, Open (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6 9.c3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
Openings played as Black (24)
Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo:
2308.33
Result:
3/11 = 27.27%
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:
0
Result:
1/5 = 20%
C44 King's Pawn Game (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6)
Average Elo:
2400
Result:
1/3 = 33.33%
C68 Ruy Lopez, Exchange (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1½/3 = 50%
C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed (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.d4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1½/3 = 50%
A05 Reti Opening (1.Nf3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/2 = 50%
C56 Two Knights (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.O-O Nxe4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/2 = 50%
A16 English (1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A25 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A49 King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4 (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3)
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:
0/1 = 0%
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:
0/1 = 0%
C26 Vienna (1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C29 Vienna Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C48 Four Knights (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C85 Ruy Lopez, Exchange Variation Doubly Deferred (DERLD) (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Bxc6 dxc6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D66 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Bd3 line (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.Rc1 c6 8.Bd3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D78 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O c6 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O c6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D89 Grunfeld (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 O-O 8.Ne2)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D91 Grunfeld, 5.Bg5 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bg5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D93 Grunfeld, with Bf4 & e3 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3)
Average Elo:
2270
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D94 Grunfeld (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.e3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D95 Grunfeld (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.e3 O-O 6.Qb3)
Average Elo:
0
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:
1/1 = 100%