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Birkett, Richard



FIDE:	FIDE Card
Years:	2003-2016
Number of games:	166
Number of wins:	68
Number of draws:	33
Number of losses:	65
White score:	41/80 (51.25% - Average Elo: 2007.67)
Black score:	43½/86 (50.58% - Average Elo: 2041.07)

Rating progression

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

Top wins

Birkett, Richard (1999) - Berry, Neil (2314), Oban op, Oban (C26) - 2011

Birkett, Richard (1996) - Strugnell, Carl (2278), Douglas IoM op, Douglas (B23) - 2016

Birkett, Richard (1943) - Findlay, David John (2214), Dundee op, Dundee (C28) - 2004

Grant, Alan (2221) - Birkett, Richard (2138), Grangemouth op, Grangemouth (A10) - 2008

Farrell, Neil (2187) - Birkett, Richard, Glenrothes op, Glenrothes (D36) - 2003

Romilly, Peter J (2081) - Birkett, Richard (2054), Perth op, Perth (C75) - 2016

Birkett, Richard - ? (69)

Marks, Ian Alexander (3½/4)

Hogg, Stephen William (2½/3)

Findlay, David John (1/2)

MacQueen, Calum (½/2)

McClement, Andrew (0/2)

Neave, George (1/2)

Newton, Andrew (1/2)

Sreeves, Clement (½/2)

Bamber, Elaine (1/1)

Berry, Neil (1/1)

Borwell, Alan Peter (1/1)

Brown, Steven A (1/1)

Bryson, Douglas Marshall (0/1)

Buchanan, Walter F (1/1)

Campbell, Alistair WI (½/1)

Chapman, Nigel (1/1)

Ciceu, Augustin Raul (0/1)

Coffey, Patrick (0/1)

Dabos Doukas, Ioannis (½/1)

Dawson, Alastair G (0/1)

Donohue, Tom (1/1)

Duke, Michael (½/1)

Edwards, Jonathan (0/1)

Elwin, Adrian G (½/1)

Emery, Keith (1/1)

Farrell, Neil (1/1)

Grant, Jonathan (0/1)

Green, Andrew (0/1)

Gregory, Samuel David (1/1)

Hughes, Rhian (0/1)

Jennings, Richard (0/1)

Kalaiyalahan, Akshaya (0/1)

Keely, Leo A (0/1)

Kelly, J Steven (1/1)

Lees, Fraser A (0/1)

Lorscheid, Gerhard (½/1)

Malkin, Kenneth (1/1)

McBride, John A (1/1)

McKerracher, Douglas (1/1)

McNab, Colin Anderson (0/1)

Minnican, Alan William (1/1)

Mitchell, Martin (0/1)

O'Donnell, M (0/1)

Pasini, Nicolo (0/1)

Pritchett, Craig William (0/1)

Raja, Jamal MJ (1/1)

Ridge, Michael (0/1)

Roberts, Paul (½/1)

Robinson, Stephen (1/1)

Romilly, Peter J (0/1)

Roy, Ali (½/1)

Ruxton, Keith (0/1)

Sanghera, Parminder (½/1)

Scrimgour, Alan (½/1)

Smith, Callum (1/1)

Strugnell, Carl (1/1)

Toothill, John A (0/1)

Tsang, Sai Kong (1/1)

Van Rossum, Pia (1/1)

Vas, Peter1 (0/1)

Watt, David Anthony (1/1)

Whitehead, David J (0/1)

Zhu, Richard (½/1)

? - Birkett, Richard (69)

Grant, Alan (2/4)

Green, Andrew (2½/3)

Thomson, Neil (3/3)

Tsang, Sai Kong (3/3)

Aagaard, Jacob (0/2)

Campbell, Duncan AF (1/2)

Kynoch, Richard JP (0/2)

MacQueen, Calum (½/2)

Romilly, Peter J (1/2)

Shafi, Declan (2/2)

Spencer, Edwin A (0/2)

Sreeves, Clement (0/2)

Abdulla, Murad (0/1)

Aitchison, A Keith (1/1)

Arakhamia Grant, Ketevan (0/1)

Berry, Neil (½/1)

Brechin, Hugh R (1/1)

Brown, Allan D (1/1)

Bryson, Douglas Marshall (½/1)

Clark, Ian C (1/1)

Constantinou, Peter (0/1)

Donohue, Tom (1/1)

Farrell, Neil (1/1)

Ferry, Edward (½/1)

Findlay, David John (0/1)

Flockhart, Hugh (1/1)

Gaponenko, Inna (0/1)

Grant, Jonathan (0/1)

Gray, Euan (1/1)

Gungl, Theo (0/1)

Hall, David G (0/1)

Haslinger, Stewart (0/1)

Hawthorne, Blair (1/1)

Heathwood, Richard (0/1)

Heron, Donald (1/1)

Hogg, Stephen William (½/1)

Holmes, Donald A (½/1)

Jacob, Gunnar (0/1)

Jones, Steven (0/1)

Kefalas, Loukas (1/1)

Lauridsen, Jesper Morch (0/1)

MacGregor, Ian Ross (0/1)

Marks, Ian Alexander (1/1)

McClement, Andrew (1/1)

McGowan, Daniel (0/1)

McIntosh, William (1/1)

McNab, Colin Anderson (0/1)

McPheator, Gary (1/1)

Modi, Shyam Jagdish (1/1)

Mollison, Jamie (1/1)

Perry, Edward AG (1/1)

Pushkariov, Gennady (0/1)

Ralphs, Nigel (½/1)

Rattray, Michael J (1/1)

Robertson, Ian C (½/1)

Robinson, Stephen (1/1)

Rocks, Daniel (½/1)

Rodshtein, Tereza (0/1)

Roth, Michael J (½/1)

Shepherd, Katherine M (½/1)

Siddharth, Berera (1/1)

Swan, Iain (½/1)

Tweedie, Steven (½/1)

Underwood, James Robert (½/1)

Wells, Peter K (0/1)

Openings played as White (43)

A36 English (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3)
Average Elo: 1946.55
Result: 6/12 = 50%

B01 Scandinavian (1.e4 d5)
Average Elo: 1941.12
Result: 4½/8 = 56.25%

B23 Sicilian, Closed (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo: 2052.14
Result: 2/7 = 28.57%

B40 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6)
Average Elo: 2106.25
Result: 1½/4 = 37.5%

B18 Caro-Kann, Classical (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5)
Average Elo: 2183.67
Result: 1/3 = 33.33%

B06 Robatsch (1.e4 g6)
Average Elo: 2039
Result: 2/3 = 66.67%

C26 Vienna (1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6)
Average Elo: 2098
Result: 2/2 = 100%

B21 Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4 (1.e4 c5 2.f4)
Average Elo: 1808
Result: 1/2 = 50%

E68 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Variation, 8.e4 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 d6 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.e4)
Average Elo: 2139
Result: 1/2 = 50%

B02 Alekhine's Defense (1.e4 Nf6)
Average Elo: 1962
Result: 0/2 = 0%

B07 Pirc (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6)
Average Elo: 2020
Result: 1½/2 = 75%

B24 Sicilian, Closed (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3)
Average Elo: 2129
Result: ½/2 = 25%

B28 Sicilian, O'Kelly Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 a6)
Average Elo: 1989
Result: 1/1 = 100%

C01 French, Exchange (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bg5)
Average Elo: 2116
Result: 1/1 = 100%

E09 Catalan, Closed (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O Nbd7 7.Qc2 c6 8.Nbd2)
Average Elo: 2072
Result: ½/1 = 50%

A10 English (1.c4)
Average Elo: 0
Result: 0/1 = 0%

D00 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5)
Average Elo: 1994
Result: 0/1 = 0%

A03 Bird's Opening (1.f4 d5)
Average Elo: 1992
Result: ½/1 = 50%

B04 Alekhine's Defense, Modern (1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3)
Average Elo: 1585
Result: 1/1 = 100%

C03 French, Tarrasch (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2)
Average Elo: 2191
Result: 1/1 = 100%

C28 Vienna Game (1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bc4 Nc6)
Average Elo: 2214
Result: 1/1 = 100%

B11 Caro-Kann, Two Knights, 3...Bg4 (1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 Bg4)
Average Elo: 2013
Result: 1/1 = 100%

B17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7)
Average Elo: 2071
Result: ½/1 = 50%

D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3)
Average Elo: 1803
Result: 1/1 = 100%

B32 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5)
Average Elo: 2270
Result: 0/1 = 0%

B50 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6)
Average Elo: 1888
Result: 1/1 = 100%

C10 French (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3)
Average Elo: 1810
Result: 1/1 = 100%

E17 Queen's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7)
Average Elo: 2111
Result: 0/1 = 0%

C52 Evans Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4 5.c3 Ba5)
Average Elo: 1794
Result: 1/1 = 100%

B20 Sicilian (1.e4 c5)
Average Elo: 2270
Result: 0/1 = 0%

A41 Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6) (1.d4 d6)
Average Elo: 2204
Result: ½/1 = 50%

C55 Two Knights Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6)
Average Elo: 2057
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: 1682
Result: ½/1 = 50%

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: 1665
Result: 1/1 = 100%

B10 Caro-Kann (1.e4 c6)
Average Elo: 1876
Result: 1/1 = 100%

B42 Sicilian, Kan (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3)
Average Elo: 2331
Result: 0/1 = 0%

B30 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6)
Average Elo: 2168
Result: 0/1 = 0%

E65 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav, 7.O-O (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 d6 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 c5 7.O-O)
Average Elo: 0
Result: 1/1 = 100%

C49 Four Knights (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bb4)
Average Elo: 1948
Result: 1/1 = 100%

C69 Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 6.d4 (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dc 5.O-O f6 6.d4)
Average Elo: 2151
Result: 0/1 = 0%

C42 Petrov Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6)
Average Elo: 2333
Result: 0/1 = 0%

C25 Vienna (1.e4 e5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo: 1508
Result: 1/1 = 100%

B33 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4)
Average Elo: 1905
Result: ½/1 = 50%

Openings played as Black (56)

C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.c3 Bd7)
Average Elo: 1964.29
Result: 5½/7 = 78.57%

D02 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3)
Average Elo: 2041.67
Result: 2/4 = 50%

C56 Two Knights (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.O-O Nxe4)
Average Elo: 1837
Result: 3/3 = 100%

A26 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6)
Average Elo: 2015.67
Result: 1½/3 = 50%

C54 Giuoco Piano (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.cxd4)
Average Elo: 1964
Result: 2/3 = 66.67%

C34 King's Gambit Accepted (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3)
Average Elo: 2069.67
Result: 1/3 = 33.33%

C72 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.O-O)
Average Elo: 2175
Result: ½/3 = 16.67%

D35 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6)
Average Elo: 2044
Result: ½/2 = 25%

C48 Four Knights (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5)
Average Elo: 2529
Result: ½/2 = 25%

C71 Ruy Lopez (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6)
Average Elo: 1823.5
Result: 1/2 = 50%

D52 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.e3 c6 6.Nf3)
Average Elo: 1992
Result: 1/2 = 50%

C45 Scotch Game (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4)
Average Elo: 1921
Result: 2/2 = 100%

D04 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3)
Average Elo: 1973
Result: 1/2 = 50%

A10 English (1.c4)
Average Elo: 2072
Result: 1/2 = 50%

C68 Ruy Lopez, Exchange (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6)
Average Elo: 2138.5
Result: ½/2 = 25%

B06 Robatsch (1.e4 g6)
Average Elo: 2359.5
Result: 0/2 = 0%

A80 Dutch (1.d4 f5)
Average Elo: 2150.5
Result: 1/2 = 50%

D31 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3)
Average Elo: 1800.5
Result: 2/2 = 100%

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: 2187
Result: 1/1 = 100%

A14 English (1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.O-O)
Average Elo: 2234
Result: 0/1 = 0%

C55 Two Knights Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6)
Average Elo: 1726
Result: 1/1 = 100%

C90 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)
Average Elo: 2187
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: 1888
Result: 1/1 = 100%

C33 King's Gambit Accepted (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4)
Average Elo: 2203
Result: 0/1 = 0%

C27 Vienna Game (1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bc4 Nxe4)
Average Elo: 2147
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: 2134
Result: 0/1 = 0%

C69 Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 6.d4 (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dc 5.O-O f6 6.d4)
Average Elo: 2267
Result: ½/1 = 50%

A90 Dutch (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 e6 4.Bg2)
Average Elo: 1943
Result: 1/1 = 100%

C29 Vienna Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4)
Average Elo: 1945
Result: 1/1 = 100%

D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3)
Average Elo: 2174
Result: ½/1 = 50%

A85 Dutch, with c4 & Nc3 (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3)
Average Elo: 1877
Result: ½/1 = 50%

C26 Vienna (1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6)
Average Elo: 2172
Result: 0/1 = 0%

A07 King's Indian Attack (1.Nf3 d5 2.g3)
Average Elo: 1876
Result: 1/1 = 100%

D00 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5)
Average Elo: 2052
Result: 1/1 = 100%

D30 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6)
Average Elo: 2072
Result: 0/1 = 0%

D77 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O)
Average Elo: 1914
Result: 1/1 = 100%

A37 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3)
Average Elo: 2173
Result: ½/1 = 50%

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: 2263
Result: ½/1 = 50%

D34 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.g3 Nf6 7.Bg2 Be7)
Average Elo: 2203
Result: ½/1 = 50%

A25 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6)
Average Elo: 1568
Result: ½/1 = 50%

A06 Reti Opening (1.Nf3 d5)
Average Elo: 1888
Result: 1/1 = 100%

D20 Queen's Gambit Accepted (1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4)
Average Elo: 1510
Result: 0/1 = 0%

E43 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6)
Average Elo: 1656
Result: 1/1 = 100%

A02 Bird's Opening (1.f4)
Average Elo: 1753
Result: 1/1 = 100%

E01 Catalan, Closed (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2)
Average Elo: 1874
Result: 0/1 = 0%

D05 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 e6)
Average Elo: 1784
Result: 1/1 = 100%

A00 Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo: 2056
Result: 0/1 = 0%

A21 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo: 2438
Result: 0/1 = 0%

C24 Bishop's Opening (1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6)
Average Elo: 2356
Result: ½/1 = 50%

C01 French, Exchange (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bg5)
Average Elo: 2419
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: 1932
Result: ½/1 = 50%

B30 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6)
Average Elo: 1963
Result: 1/1 = 100%

B89 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Bc4 Nc6 7.Be3)
Average Elo: 2186
Result: 0/1 = 0%

C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6)
Average Elo: 2421
Result: 0/1 = 0%

C60 Ruy Lopez (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5)
Average Elo: 2257
Result: 0/1 = 0%

C74 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.c3)
Average Elo: 2207
Result: 0/1 = 0%