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Bowden, Karl



FIDE:	FIDE Card
Title:	FM
Years:	1982-2021
Number of games:	62
Number of wins:	22
Number of draws:	26
Number of losses:	14
White score:	21/36 (58.33% - Average Elo: 2298.29)
Black score:	14/26 (53.85% - Average Elo: 2272.76)

Rating progression

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

Top wins

Bowden, Karl (2360) - Murshed, Niaz (2475), Lloyds Bank op 12th, London (B02) - 1988

Bowden, Karl (2355) - Friedgood, David (2270), BCF-chT 9697 (4NCL), England (B07) - 1996

Bowden, Karl (2348) - Wall, Tim (2245), BCF-chT1 S3 (4NCL) online, Lichess.org INT (C72) - 2021

Sowray, Peter John (2350) - Bowden, Karl (2355), BCF-chT 9697 (4NCL), England (A55) - 1997

Vaidya, Arun Bhaskar (2310) - Bowden, Karl (2250), British CF-72 Championship, Edinburgh (C08) - 1985

Teichmann, Erik Oskar Michael (2305) - Bowden, Karl (2250), British CF-72 Championship, Edinburgh (A15) - 1985

Bowden, Karl - ? (34)

Adams, Michael (1½/2)

Friedgood, David (1½/2)

Allen, John P (½/1)

Burrows, Nick (1/1)

Duncan, Christopher R (0/1)

Erker, Egon (1/1)

Giulian, Philip Maurice (½/1)

Hawksworth, John C (0/1)

Hebden, Mark (½/1)

Jennings, Richard (1/1)

Lalic, Susan (1/1)

Lyell, Mark (½/1)

Martin, Andrew D (½/1)

Miles, Anthony John (0/1)

Murshed, Niaz (1/1)

Norwood, David (½/1)

Paul, Nathanael (1/1)

Pergericht, Daniel (1/1)

Petursson, Margeir (½/1)

Plaskett, H James (0/1)

Prasad, Devaki V (0/1)

Putar, Lara (1/1)

Quinn, Mark (½/1)

Ravikumar, Vaidyanathan (½/1)

Roa, Ivan (½/1)

Smallbone, Kieran (½/1)

Spassky, Boris Vasilievich (0/1)

Stein, Bernd (½/1)

Tarjan, James Edward (½/1)

Thipsay, Praveen Mahadeo (½/1)

Townsend, M Paul (1/1)

Wall, Tim (1/1)

Wallace, D (1/1)

Ward, Christopher (0/1)

? - Bowden, Karl (26)

Adams, Michael (0/1)

Barua, Dibyendu (0/1)

Bell, Stephen (½/1)

Cooper, Lawrence (½/1)

Cummings, David H (½/1)

Daskalov, Dimitar (½/1)

Dunnington, Angus J (½/1)

Hartoch, Robert G (0/1)

Hepworth, Mandy (1/1)

Houska, Jovanka (½/1)

Ivanov, Alexey (0/1)

James, David J (1/1)

Johansen, Darryl Keith (0/1)

Kumaran, Dharshan (½/1)

Lawson, David (1/1)

Ledger, Stephen C (0/1)

Manmay, Chopra (½/1)

May, Adam John (1/1)

Morovic Fernandez, Ivan (½/1)

Orr, Mark JL (½/1)

Sowray, Peter John (1/1)

Teichmann, Erik Oskar Michael (1/1)

Upton, Timothy J (1/1)

Vaidya, Arun Bhaskar (1/1)

Walker, David John (1/1)

Watts, David (0/1)

Openings played as White (22)

B22 Sicilian, Alapin (1.e4 c5 2.c3)
Average Elo: 2330.57
Result: 3½/8 = 43.75%

B07 Pirc (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6)
Average Elo: 2297.5
Result: 3/4 = 75%

B10 Caro-Kann (1.e4 c6)
Average Elo: 2179
Result: 2/3 = 66.67%

E14 Queen's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.e3)
Average Elo: 2370
Result: ½/2 = 25%

C55 Two Knights Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6)
Average Elo: 2220
Result: 2/2 = 100%

C28 Vienna Game (1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bc4 Nc6)
Average Elo: 2575
Result: 0/1 = 0%

C56 Two Knights (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.O-O Nxe4)
Average Elo: 2615
Result: 0/1 = 0%

D03 Torre Attack (Tartakower Variation) (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bg5)
Average Elo: 0
Result: 1/1 = 100%

C54 Giuoco Piano (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.cxd4)
Average Elo: 2470
Result: ½/1 = 50%

C23 Bishop's Opening (1.e4 e5 2.Bc4)
Average Elo: 2030
Result: ½/1 = 50%

C14 French, Classical (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7)
Average Elo: 2225
Result: ½/1 = 50%

A05 Reti Opening (1.Nf3 Nf6)
Average Elo: 2440
Result: ½/1 = 50%

A07 King's Indian Attack (1.Nf3 d5 2.g3)
Average Elo: 2450
Result: 0/1 = 0%

B02 Alekhine's Defense (1.e4 Nf6)
Average Elo: 2475
Result: 1/1 = 100%

B25 Sicilian, Closed (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6)
Average Elo: 0
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: 2240
Result: ½/1 = 50%

Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo: 2550
Result: ½/1 = 50%

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: 2245
Result: 1/1 = 100%

D73 Neo-Grunfeld, 5.Nf3 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3)
Average Elo: 1872
Result: 1/1 = 100%

A45 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 Nf6)
Average Elo: 0
Result: ½/1 = 50%

B01 Scandinavian (1.e4 d5)
Average Elo: 1962
Result: 1/1 = 100%

A36 English (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3)
Average Elo: 1930
Result: 1/1 = 100%

Openings played as Black (16)

C07 French, Tarrasch (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5)
Average Elo: 2207.5
Result: 4/5 = 80%

C01 French, Exchange (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bg5)
Average Elo: 2177.25
Result: 1½/4 = 37.5%

C00 French Defense (1.e4 e6)
Average Elo: 2407.5
Result: 0/2 = 0%

A55 Old Indian, Main line (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Nf3 Nbd7 5.e4)
Average Elo: 2425
Result: 1½/2 = 75%

A48 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6)
Average Elo: 2162.5
Result: 1/2 = 50%

E92 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5)
Average Elo: 2410
Result: ½/1 = 50%

C08 French, Tarrasch, Open, 4.ed ed (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 exd5)
Average Elo: 2310
Result: 1/1 = 100%

A15 English (1.c4 Nf6)
Average Elo: 2305
Result: 1/1 = 100%

E60 King's Indian Defense (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6)
Average Elo: 2320
Result: ½/1 = 50%

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: 2450
Result: ½/1 = 50%

C16 French, Winawer (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5)
Average Elo: 2210
Result: 0/1 = 0%

E63 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 d6 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 Nc6 7.O-O a6)
Average Elo: 2360
Result: ½/1 = 50%

C15 French, Winawer (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4)
Average Elo: 2430
Result: 0/1 = 0%

C11 French (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6)
Average Elo: 2155
Result: ½/1 = 50%

A41 Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6) (1.d4 d6)
Average Elo: 2390
Result: ½/1 = 50%

A49 King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4 (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3)
Average Elo: 1950
Result: 1/1 = 100%