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Player:
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Buckley, Colm
FIDE
:
FIDE Card
Years
:
1991-2023
Number of games
:
162
Number of wins
:
47
Number of draws
:
32
Number of losses
:
83
White score
:
29½/79 (37.34% - Average Elo: 1991.26)
Black score
:
33½/83 (40.36% - Average Elo: 2000.62)
Rating progression
Games
White wins
White draws
White losses
Black wins
Black draws
Black losses
Top wins
Buckley, Colm - Garcia Ilundain, David (2370), Wch U20 30th, Mamaia () - 1991
Buckley, Colm (1920) - Paul, Nathanael (1993), Checkmate Covid Rematch, Chess.com INT (A91) - 2021
Buckley, Colm (2020) - Bin Suhayl, Ieysaa (1975), BCF-chT3Nc 1516 (4NCL), England (A57) - 2016
Atkinson, Paul (2255) - Buckley, Colm, Wch U20 30th, Mamaia (B81) - 1991
O'Gorman, Tom (2229) - Buckley, Colm (1919), BCF-chT3N 1617 (4NCL), England (C09) - 2017
Punnett, A (2033) - Buckley, Colm (1905), ECF Charity Marathon UKR, chess.com INT (C11) - 2022
Buckley, Colm - ? (75)
Paul, Nathanael (2/2)
Sedgwick, D (1/2)
Shearsby, Jude (0/2)
Shepley, J (0/2)
Ackley, Peter JE (½/1)
Adair, James R (0/1)
Adams, Philip (½/1)
Adams, Stephen (0/1)
Alizada, Eldar (0/1)
Arkell, K (0/1)
Armstrong, Malcolm J (0/1)
Beckett, Roger (0/1)
Bezold, Michael (0/1)
Bin Suhayl, Ieysaa (1/1)
Bowen, Philip B (½/1)
Brencher, Paul (½/1)
Brett, A (0/1)
Brett, Andrew (0/1)
Bromilow, Edward (0/1)
Burton, Graham P (½/1)
Calcina, Julio (0/1)
Carlile, Orison (½/1)
Carolan, James (1/1)
Chaplin, Peter Edward (0/1)
Chow, Samuel (0/1)
Cole, Graham (1/1)
Cox, Tristan (0/1)
Daly, Patrick (½/1)
Denisov, Denis1 (1/1)
Edwards-Wright, Miles D (0/1)
Elliott, Darryn B (½/1)
Fisher, C Phillip (1/1)
Garcia Ilundain, David (1/1)
Gissi, Alberto (1/1)
Golubev, M (0/1)
Goodfellow, Russell Robert (1/1)
Goossens, Hanne (0/1)
Graff, Ben (½/1)
Hebden, M (0/1)
Kalaiyalahan, Akshaya (1/1)
Kay, Lee (0/1)
Keogh, Eamon (½/1)
Lau, Lut Yin Luke (½/1)
Mai, Alexander Oliver (½/1)
Mazek, Marek (0/1)
Milewska, Agnieszka (1/1)
Mircov, Nicola Alexandru (½/1)
Moynihan, Kieran (½/1)
Nelson, Omowale (0/1)
Norman, Kenneth I (½/1)
O'Donnell, Conor (½/1)
Pal, Rohan (1/1)
Payne, Matthew (½/1)
Ressel, Eva (1/1)
Rizvi, Nasir (0/1)
Rosenbaum, Danny (1/1)
Royal, Shreyas (0/1)
Royle, Alex (1/1)
Shepley, Julien M (0/1)
Skliarov, V (0/1)
Slinger, Tony J (1/1)
Spencer, Edwin A (0/1)
Starley, Robert (0/1)
Stavru, Alessandro (½/1)
Thomas, Keith (1/1)
Vassiliou, Chris (0/1)
Vlassov, N (0/1)
Vleeshhouwer, Douglas (0/1)
Voecks, Ryan (1/1)
Waddingham, G (0/1)
Walton, Alan J (0/1)
Watanabe, Akira (0/1)
Wiwatanadate, Poompong (0/1)
Wright, Jonathan1 (½/1)
Zabrocki, Philip (0/1)
? - Buckley, Colm (78)
Calcina, Julio (2/2)
Cox, Tristan (0/2)
Sedgwick, D (2/2)
Shearsby, Jude (1/2)
Shepley, J (1/2)
Adams, Philip (½/1)
Alizada, Eldar (0/1)
Allor, Chuckwuka (0/1)
Altham, John T (0/1)
Arkell, K (½/1)
Arkell, Keith C (0/1)
Armstrong, Malcolm J (½/1)
Atkinson, Paul (1/1)
Bates, Ri (0/1)
Blackburn, Jon E (1/1)
Bowen, Philip B (1/1)
Brett, A (0/1)
Brett, Andrew (0/1)
Buckley, Graeme N (0/1)
Clark, Robert G (0/1)
Coles, Steven F (1/1)
Cox, Tr (0/1)
Crowley, JC (1/1)
Fabri, Henrik (1/1)
Fisher, Neal (1/1)
Gallagher, Brian (0/1)
Gillen, Stephen (0/1)
Grobler, David J (1/1)
Gumireddy, Sanjay Savio (0/1)
Harakis, Alexis (0/1)
Harman, George (1/1)
Head, Louise (0/1)
Hebden, M (0/1)
Holowczak, Alex (½/1)
Ireland, David J (0/1)
Johnson, Paul A (1/1)
Lamb, I (1/1)
Le Quang, Kim (0/1)
Livesey, R Nigel (½/1)
Longson, Sarah N (0/1)
Masserey, Yvan (0/1)
McCarthy, Tim (1/1)
McLean, Robert (½/1)
Mehrafarin, Amirabbas (½/1)
Miah, Zahed (1/1)
Milewska, Agnieszka (½/1)
Moore, Gerald C (0/1)
Naylor, Michael A (1/1)
Nwachukwu, Chino (0/1)
O'Brien, Richard (0/1)
O'Gorman, Tom (1/1)
Ong, Chong Ghee (0/1)
Paul, Nathanael (0/1)
Price, Gwilym (½/1)
Punnett, A (1/1)
Puroila, Sippo (½/1)
Quinn, Martin (0/1)
Rendle, Thomas (0/1)
Rocha, Wellington Carlos (0/1)
Roneid, Heidi (1/1)
Rosenbaum, Danny (1/1)
Roy, Ali (1/1)
Royal, Shreyas (0/1)
Russell, Harry (0/1)
Salter, David A (0/1)
Sedgwick, David (½/1)
Starley, Robert (0/1)
Sutton, Daniel (1/1)
Thomas, Isambard (0/1)
Ulybin, Mikhail (0/1)
Vouldis, Angelos (0/1)
Wall, Tim (0/1)
Walton, A (½/1)
Watson, Philip R (0/1)
Weeramantry, Sunil (0/1)
Willow, Hambel M (1/1)
Wiwatanadate, Poompong (0/1)
Ye, Kevin (½/1)
Openings played as White (49)
E97 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6)
Average Elo:
2022.57
Result:
1½/7 = 21.43%
D37 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1859
Result:
3/5 = 60%
A41 Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6) (1.d4 d6)
Average Elo:
2039.33
Result:
½/3 = 16.67%
E11 Bogo-Indian Defense (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+)
Average Elo:
2045.33
Result:
1½/3 = 50%
D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c6 5.e3)
Average Elo:
2017
Result:
½/3 = 16.67%
E21 Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2093
Result:
0/3 = 0%
D94 Grunfeld (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.e3)
Average Elo:
2028.33
Result:
1½/3 = 50%
A40 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4)
Average Elo:
2143.5
Result:
0/2 = 0%
D41 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c5 5.cxd5)
Average Elo:
2009
Result:
½/2 = 25%
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:
2118.5
Result:
0/2 = 0%
E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2)
Average Elo:
2084.5
Result:
0/2 = 0%
A03 Bird's Opening (1.f4 d5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/2 = 25%
D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6)
Average Elo:
1798.5
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
E76 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f4)
Average Elo:
2198
Result:
0/2 = 0%
D60 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3 Nbd7)
Average Elo:
2230
Result:
1/2 = 50%
D02 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1839
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
D32 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5)
Average Elo:
1889
Result:
0/2 = 0%
A32 English, Symmetrical Variation (1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6)
Average Elo:
2004
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A16 English (1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2316
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A56 Benoni Defense (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5)
Average Elo:
2355
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A57 Benko Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5)
Average Elo:
1975
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A67 Benoni, Taimanov Variation (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.f4 Bg7 8.Bb5+)
Average Elo:
2003
Result:
½/1 = 50%
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:
2048
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A52 Budapest Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4)
Average Elo:
1339
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D12 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5)
Average Elo:
1786
Result:
½/1 = 50%
Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo:
2370
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A99 Dutch, Ilyin-Genevsky Variation with b3 (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 e6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.Nc3 Qe8 8.b3)
Average Elo:
1925
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A69 Benoni, Four Pawns Attack, Main line (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.f4 Bg7 8.Nf3 O-O 9.Be2 Re8)
Average Elo:
1640
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D20 Queen's Gambit Accepted (1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4)
Average Elo:
2117
Result:
0/1 = 0%
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:
1767
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E60 King's Indian Defense (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6)
Average Elo:
2065
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D00 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5)
Average Elo:
1921
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A37 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2083
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A91 Dutch Defense (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 e6 4.Bg2 Be7)
Average Elo:
1993
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A47 Queen's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 b6)
Average Elo:
1561
Result:
1/1 = 100%
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:
1989
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A90 Dutch (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 e6 4.Bg2)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E34 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa Variation (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5)
Average Elo:
1451
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D06 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4)
Average Elo:
1874
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A51 Budapest Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5)
Average Elo:
1913
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D46 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3)
Average Elo:
1926
Result:
1/1 = 100%
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:
2097
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D09 Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 5.g3 (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 d4 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.g3)
Average Elo:
1877
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A87 Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1876
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A50 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4)
Average Elo:
2294
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A38 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D31 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2159
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D53 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7)
Average Elo:
2043
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E14 Queen's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.e3)
Average Elo:
1887
Result:
½/1 = 50%
Openings played as Black (42)
C01 French, Exchange (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bg5)
Average Elo:
1969.6
Result:
5½/8 = 68.75%
C02 French, Advance (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5)
Average Elo:
1746
Result:
2½/5 = 50%
C11 French (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
1936
Result:
4/5 = 80%
A46 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2166.33
Result:
2/5 = 40%
D02 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1785.67
Result:
2½/4 = 62.5%
C14 French, Classical (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7)
Average Elo:
2014.67
Result:
1½/4 = 37.5%
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:
2001.25
Result:
1/4 = 25%
C13 French (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7)
Average Elo:
2067.75
Result:
0/4 = 0%
B81 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.g4)
Average Elo:
2267.5
Result:
1/2 = 50%
D35 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2298
Result:
0/2 = 0%
C07 French, Tarrasch (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5)
Average Elo:
2168.5
Result:
½/2 = 25%
D05 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 e6)
Average Elo:
1897
Result:
1/2 = 50%
C06 French, Tarrasch (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ne2 cxd4 8.cxd4)
Average Elo:
1987.5
Result:
0/2 = 0%
C09 French, Tarrasch, Open Variation, Main line (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 exd5 5.Ngf3 Nc6)
Average Elo:
2297
Result:
1/2 = 50%
B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5)
Average Elo:
1925
Result:
1/2 = 50%
C00 French Defense (1.e4 e6)
Average Elo:
2141
Result:
0/2 = 0%
A13 English (1.c4 e6)
Average Elo:
2082.5
Result:
0/2 = 0%
E10 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1880.5
Result:
1/2 = 50%
D53 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7)
Average Elo:
2285
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B53 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4)
Average Elo:
0
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:
2565
Result:
0/1 = 0%
Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A18 English, Mikenas-Carls (1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.e4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B16 Caro-Kann, Bronstein-Larsen Variation (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ gxf6)
Average Elo:
1886
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6)
Average Elo:
2167
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A05 Reti Opening (1.Nf3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2050
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E02 Catalan, Open, 5.Qa4 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Qa4+)
Average Elo:
2009
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D42 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 7.Bd3 (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e3 Nc6 7.Bd3)
Average Elo:
1811
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C08 French, Tarrasch, Open, 4.ed ed (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 exd5)
Average Elo:
1939
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B11 Caro-Kann, Two Knights, 3...Bg4 (1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 Bg4)
Average Elo:
1846
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A30 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5)
Average Elo:
1878
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E12 Queen's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6)
Average Elo:
2266
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A47 Queen's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 b6)
Average Elo:
1498
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A07 King's Indian Attack (1.Nf3 d5 2.g3)
Average Elo:
2141
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A50 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4)
Average Elo:
2141
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A04 Reti Opening (1.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1874
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D32 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5)
Average Elo:
1595
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D58 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) System (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3 h6 7.Bh4 b6)
Average Elo:
2043
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B18 Caro-Kann, Classical (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5)
Average Elo:
1874
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4)
Average Elo:
1937
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E15 Queen's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3)
Average Elo:
2383
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D30 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6)
Average Elo:
1571
Result:
1/1 = 100%