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Player:
(Eg:
Carlsen,Magnus
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Botham, Christopher Paul
Years
:
1986-2019
Number of games
:
121
Number of wins
:
29
Number of draws
:
56
Number of losses
:
36
White score
:
30½/59 (51.69% - Average Elo: 1868.6)
Black score
:
26½/62 (42.74% - Average Elo: 1909.85)
Rating progression
Games
White wins
White draws
White losses
Black wins
Black draws
Black losses
Top wins
Botham, Christopher Paul (2060) - Kovacs, Laszlo M (2345), Balatonbereny op, Balatonbereny (A84) - 1994
Botham, Christopher Paul (2060) - Meszaros, Attila (2330), Balatonbereny op, Balatonbereny (D03) - 1994
Botham, Christopher Paul (2060) - Bardel, Stephan (2215), Guernsey op 21st, Guernsey (D03) - 1995
Hempson, Peter W (2255) - Botham, Christopher Paul (2060), Guernsey op 21st, Guernsey (D87) - 1995
Irving, Alastair (2086) - Botham, Christopher Paul (2033), BCF-chT3S 1112 (4NCL), England (B03) - 2011
Nixon, Rodney J (2011) - Botham, Christopher Paul (2033), BCF-chT3 1112 (4NCL), England (B04) - 2012
Botham, Christopher Paul - ? (57)
Flynn, David (1½/2)
Graham, William M (1/2)
Badger, Paul (½/1)
Bannon, Senan MW (½/1)
Bardel, Stephan (1/1)
Battal, Turgut (½/1)
Bennett, Roger (½/1)
Borland, Thomas E (½/1)
Bruce, David J (0/1)
Burke, Steven J (½/1)
Burnell, Stephen (1/1)
BYE (½/1)
Byway, Paul V (1/1)
Chan, Nevil (½/1)
Collins, Peter M (½/1)
Croot, Richard (½/1)
Davies, Matthew (½/1)
Davis, Ashley J (1/1)
Davis, Holden (1/1)
Edwards, Roger J (½/1)
Farina, Saverio (½/1)
Fenwick, Hugh (½/1)
Fowler, David W (0/1)
Fulton, Anthony John (0/1)
Gibson, Christopher A (½/1)
Gilbert, Jonathan A (½/1)
Gyimesi, Zoltan (0/1)
Hall, John (0/1)
Harris, RA (0/1)
Hauptmann, Thomas (1/1)
Hickman, John (½/1)
Homolka, Vincent (½/1)
Ingham, H William (½/1)
Jackson, Gary (1/1)
Kett, Timothy (0/1)
Kincs, Imre (0/1)
Kovacs, Laszlo M (1/1)
Levicki, Jeffrey P (1/1)
Livecchi, Dario (1/1)
Ljubisavljevic, Zivojin Z (0/1)
McCorry, Robert T (½/1)
Meade, Philip J (½/1)
Meszaros, Attila (1/1)
Morley, Andrew J (½/1)
Neatherway, A Philip (½/1)
Nettleton, Robin (1/1)
O'Brien, Megan E (½/1)
Paul, Nathanael (1/1)
Pleasants, Allan J (0/1)
Punnett, Alan Kenneth (½/1)
Rice, Christopher (½/1)
Ropp, Wiatt (0/1)
Russell, Renwick S (½/1)
Sparkes, Daniel A (½/1)
Stern, Robert C (0/1)
Tebbs, Howard (½/1)
Truman, Richard G (½/1)
? - Botham, Christopher Paul (60)
Donaghay, Richard H (1/2)
Elwin, Adrian G (½/2)
Albrecht, Theo (½/1)
Arghandewal, Aryan (1/1)
Armstrong, William G (½/1)
Bates, Richard (0/1)
Benson, Paul J (½/1)
Beville, R (0/1)
Brackmann, Hendrik (0/1)
Bryant, Richard BE (½/1)
Cavendish, Joshua (0/1)
Chuchelov, Vladimir (0/1)
Dean, Michael J (1/1)
Dydak, Mateusz (1/1)
Farrand, Tom (0/1)
Galioto, Giovanni (½/1)
Gaudeau, Valentin (0/1)
Goodwin, Ed H (½/1)
Happel, Henk (0/1)
Harley Yeo, Gareth (½/1)
Hempson, Peter W (1/1)
Hermes, Geoff R (0/1)
Hibbitt, Arthur M (½/1)
Horlock, Peter J (½/1)
Humphreys, Jerry (0/1)
Irving, Alastair (1/1)
Jackson, Adrian (0/1)
Jenssen, Jens (1/1)
Jones, Howard (½/1)
Kalerwa, Edwin M (½/1)
Karsdorp, Nico (1/1)
Kirby, Andrew (1/1)
Koth, Stefan (0/1)
Levens, David G (½/1)
Ludbrook, Matthew (0/1)
Madl, Ildiko (½/1)
Mansson, James C (0/1)
Mazzilli, Piero (0/1)
Messina, Igor (1/1)
Morgan, Jamie (1/1)
Moyse, Nigel John (0/1)
Nikitin, Aleksander S (0/1)
Nixon, Rodney J (1/1)
Nwachukwu, Chino (½/1)
Orgler, Philipp (0/1)
Palliser, Richard (1/1)
Paul, Nathanael (½/1)
Pedersen, Carsten (0/1)
Phillips, Owen S (½/1)
Phillips, William (1/1)
Schwing, Hans Elmar (0/1)
Smith, Steven J (½/1)
Stepanyan, Astghik (½/1)
Stoyanov, Viktor (1/1)
Talbot, Nathan (½/1)
Taylor, Mark V (1/1)
Wallis, Ian J (0/1)
White, Stuart A (0/1)
Williamson, Kevin J (½/1)
Willmoth, Robert (0/1)
Openings played as White (35)
D03 Torre Attack (Tartakower Variation) (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bg5)
Average Elo:
2023.62
Result:
6½/10 = 65%
A48 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6)
Average Elo:
1940
Result:
2½/5 = 50%
D02 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1908.5
Result:
1½/3 = 50%
A37 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1910
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
A10 English (1.c4)
Average Elo:
1959
Result:
1/2 = 50%
A16 English (1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
1493
Result:
2/2 = 100%
A34 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
1953.5
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
A12 English with b3 (1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.b3)
Average Elo:
1915
Result:
½/2 = 25%
A31 English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation (1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4)
Average Elo:
2129
Result:
0/2 = 0%
A26 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6)
Average Elo:
995
Result:
1/2 = 50%
B07 Pirc (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2180.5
Result:
½/2 = 25%
A46 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2027
Result:
1/2 = 50%
D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c6 5.e3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D35 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2038
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A36 English (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3)
Average Elo:
2002
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A24 English, Bremen System with ...g6 (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 g6)
Average Elo:
1801
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A43 Old Benoni (1.d4 c5)
Average Elo:
1740
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D32 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5)
Average Elo:
2170
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A47 Queen's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 b6)
Average Elo:
2032
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A14 English (1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.O-O)
Average Elo:
2200
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A49 King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4 (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A90 Dutch (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 e6 4.Bg2)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
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:
1814
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A22 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
159
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A38 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
1850
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A13 English (1.c4 e6)
Average Elo:
2219
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A84 Dutch (1.d4 f5 2.c4)
Average Elo:
2345
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A35 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6)
Average Elo:
2275
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A23 English, Bremen System, Keres Variation (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 c6)
Average Elo:
2097
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A28 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
1809
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B06 Robatsch (1.e4 g6)
Average Elo:
1923
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:
164
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A81 Dutch (1.d4 f5 2.g3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5)
Average Elo:
2015
Result:
½/1 = 50%
Openings played as Black (31)
B04 Alekhine's Defense, Modern (1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1951.22
Result:
4½/9 = 50%
B03 Alekhine's Defense (1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4)
Average Elo:
1722.33
Result:
3½/7 = 50%
D85 Grunfeld (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5)
Average Elo:
2076.5
Result:
3½/7 = 50%
B02 Alekhine's Defense (1.e4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
174
Result:
2/5 = 40%
B07 Pirc (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
1970.5
Result:
½/3 = 16.67%
D87 Grunfeld, Exchange (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 O-O 8.Ne2 c5)
Average Elo:
2057.5
Result:
2/3 = 66.67%
C26 Vienna (1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2072.5
Result:
½/2 = 25%
D00 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5)
Average Elo:
2056.5
Result:
½/2 = 25%
D01 Richter-Veresov Attack (1.d4 d5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bg5)
Average Elo:
2081.5
Result:
½/2 = 25%
A03 Bird's Opening (1.f4 d5)
Average Elo:
1847
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A06 Reti Opening (1.Nf3 d5)
Average Elo:
1942
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A07 King's Indian Attack (1.Nf3 d5 2.g3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A08 King's Indian Attack (1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c5 3.Bg2)
Average Elo:
1585
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5)
Average Elo:
1876
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:
2022
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C29 Vienna Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4)
Average Elo:
1937
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C30 King's Gambit Declined (1.e4 e5 2.f4)
Average Elo:
1866
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C44 King's Pawn Game (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6)
Average Elo:
1840
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C55 Two Knights Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2030
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D02 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2061
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D03 Torre Attack (Tartakower Variation) (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bg5)
Average Elo:
2010
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D70 Neo-Grunfeld Defense (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 d5)
Average Elo:
2102
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D74 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.cd Nxd5, 7.O-O (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.O-O)
Average Elo:
2143
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D76 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.cd Nxd5, 7.O-O Nb6 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.O-O Nb6)
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:
1835
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D86 Grunfeld, Exchange (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D88 Grunfeld, Spassky Variation, Main line, 10...cd, 11.cd (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:
2315
Result:
0/1 = 0%
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:
1652
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D94 Grunfeld (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.e3)
Average Elo:
1775
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D97 Grunfeld, Russian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 O-O 7.e4)
Average Elo:
1983
Result:
0/1 = 0%