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Player:
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Byrn, Carsten
FIDE
:
FIDE Card
Years
:
1998-
Number of games
:
133
Number of wins
:
38
Number of draws
:
34
Number of losses
:
61
White score
:
31/67 (46.27% - Average Elo: 2065.56)
Black score
:
24/66 (36.36% - Average Elo: 2064.31)
Rating progression
Games
White wins
White draws
White losses
Black wins
Black draws
Black losses
Top wins
Byrn, Carsten - Hansen, Sune Berg (2480), Politiken Cup 20th, Copenhagen () - 1998
Byrn, Carsten - Li, Li (2244), Biel MTO op, Biel (A52) - 1999
Byrn, Carsten - Spiess, Thomas (2230), Politiken Cup 20th, Copenhagen (D43) - 1998
Palm, Nikolaj (2255) - Byrn, Carsten, Politiken Cup 20th, Copenhagen (B45) - 1998
Petersen, Steen (2166) - Byrn, Carsten, Politiken Cup 21st, Copenhagen (B33) - 1999
Petersen, Steen (2130) - Byrn, Carsten, Politiken Cup 20th, Copenhagen (D76) - 1998
Byrn, Carsten - ? (67)
Arkell, Keith C (0/1)
Batchelor, Paul A (1/1)
Bosch, Jeroen (½/1)
Brouwer, Willem (0/1)
Brozel, Sacha (0/1)
Carrascoso Morales, Abel (½/1)
Chidi, Lovinia Sylvia (1/1)
Chilton, James I (1/1)
Cichy, Michael (½/1)
Coleman, David (½/1)
Damodaran, Patrick (1/1)
Dasaolu, Adeoye (½/1)
Demac, Elias (½/1)
Derakhshani, Borna (0/1)
Elishev, Ivan (1/1)
Ferreira, Oscar Vieira (½/1)
Flanagan, Samuel (1/1)
Galvan, Jesus (0/1)
Gimenez Menchon, Cesar (0/1)
Gonzalvez Perales, Jose Luis (½/1)
Gormally, Daniel (0/1)
Graham, Cassie M (½/1)
Groffen, Hans (½/1)
Grosse Honebrink, Brigitte (1/1)
Hansen, Erik Svaerke (1/1)
Hansen, Sune Berg (1/1)
Hjelm, Niclas (½/1)
Hoffmann, Hendrik (½/1)
Hoi, Carsten (0/1)
Hubbard, Michael (0/1)
Hutton, Jack (0/1)
Jacobsen, Fredrik Beer (1/1)
Jameson, David (1/1)
Javakhishvili, Lela (0/1)
Jurdao Perez, Marcos Ernesto (1/1)
Karavade, Eesha (0/1)
Kearsley, Raymond J (1/1)
Kim, Yongjoo (0/1)
Koskela, Niina (0/1)
Kurmann, Oliver (0/1)
Li, Li (1/1)
Lochte, Szilvia (½/1)
Loh, Zachary (0/1)
Mahoney, Ian (½/1)
Mathiesen, Erik (0/1)
Mulleady, Peter J (1/1)
Neumanova, Monika (1/1)
Nicolaisen, Erik (0/1)
Nielsen, Morten (0/1)
Peek, Marcel (0/1)
Rankpar, Jonas (1/1)
Rasmussen, Morten (½/1)
Ruane, Brendan J (0/1)
Sammalvuo, Tapani (0/1)
Seo, Juwon (0/1)
Sevillano Leal, Julio (1/1)
Sinkbaek, Aage (0/1)
Skage, Oystein Aagedal (½/1)
Sommerhalder, Eric (1/1)
Spiess, Thomas (1/1)
Sumit, Kumar1 (0/1)
Thatte, Nishchal (½/1)
Van der Elburg, Freddie (½/1)
Veltkamp, Gerben (0/1)
Verneuil, Pascal (0/1)
Wilson, Matthew R (1/1)
Zanetti, Bruno (1/1)
? - Byrn, Carsten (65)
Petersen, Steen (2/2)
Algars, Olle (½/1)
Bekker Jensen, David (0/1)
Bekker Jensen, Simon (0/1)
Boyer Censore, Giuseppe Enmanuel (0/1)
Bryant, Marc A (1/1)
Bullock, Lee (½/1)
Byron, Alan M (½/1)
Canonne, Antoine (½/1)
Carstensen, Jacob (0/1)
Carulla Pons, Carlos (1/1)
Christophe Hayot, Romain (0/1)
Comellas Blanchart, Jordi (0/1)
Curado, Manuel Joao Ferro (1/1)
Diaz Velandia, Jose Manuel (0/1)
Dolzhikova, Olga (0/1)
Fawole, John Oyeyemi (0/1)
Frey, Matthias (½/1)
Gluckman, David (0/1)
Gonzalez Perez, Arian (0/1)
Graham, David Bruce (0/1)
Gravett, Alan David (½/1)
Gu, In Jung (0/1)
Hamer, Martyn (½/1)
Han, Qixuan (1/1)
Harika, Dronavalli (0/1)
Havik, Victor (0/1)
Horrocks, Stephen J (0/1)
Houska, Jovanka (0/1)
Ibarra Jerez, Juan Miguel (0/1)
Juknis, Paulius (0/1)
Kantorik, Marian (0/1)
Khoo Thwe, Louis (0/1)
Kristinsson, Magnus (0/1)
Kulkarni, Chinmay (½/1)
Kumar, Soham (0/1)
Machlik, Edit (½/1)
Metcalfe, Charlie P (1/1)
Mortensen, Jan (1/1)
Nilsson, Nils Specht (0/1)
Openshaw, David (0/1)
Othman, Mustapha (½/1)
Paehtz, Thomas Sr (0/1)
Palm, Nikolaj (1/1)
Pendlebury, Ian G (1/1)
Pettersen, Joar Gullestad (1/1)
Press, Harry (0/1)
Schmidt, Horst Hubert (½/1)
Simonsen, Hans Kristian (1/1)
Skage, Oystein Aagedal (½/1)
Sorensen, Torben (0/1)
Spanton, Timothy (½/1)
Stanek, Stanislav (½/1)
Stebbings, Anthony (0/1)
Steiners, Emils (1/1)
Sylvan, Jacob (0/1)
Terentiev, Sergei (0/1)
Thompson, I (0/1)
Tveten, Per (1/1)
Valgardsson, Gudjon Heidar (1/1)
Vea, Odin Blikra (0/1)
Viana, Dirceu (½/1)
Wiedersich, Jens (½/1)
Womacka, Mathias (0/1)
Zyde, Fadmal (1/1)
Openings played as White (46)
E12 Queen's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6)
Average Elo:
1956
Result:
½/3 = 16.67%
D85 Grunfeld (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5)
Average Elo:
2171
Result:
2/3 = 66.67%
A57 Benko Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5)
Average Elo:
2103
Result:
½/3 = 16.67%
A86 Dutch (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3)
Average Elo:
2067.33
Result:
2/3 = 66.67%
E01 Catalan, Closed (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2)
Average Elo:
1997
Result:
3/3 = 100%
A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3)
Average Elo:
2044.33
Result:
½/3 = 16.67%
Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo:
2150
Result:
2/2 = 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:
2236
Result:
½/2 = 25%
E20 Nimzo-Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4)
Average Elo:
2056.5
Result:
½/2 = 25%
D07 Queen's Gambit Declined, Chigorin Defense (1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nc6)
Average Elo:
1967
Result:
1/2 = 50%
E90 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2019.5
Result:
1/2 = 50%
A42 Modern Defense, Averbakh System (1.d4 d6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4)
Average Elo:
2082.5
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
E21 Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2192.5
Result:
½/2 = 25%
D00 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5)
Average Elo:
1599.5
Result:
1/2 = 50%
A27 English, Three Knights System (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1979
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
D18 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3)
Average Elo:
2415
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c6)
Average Elo:
2230
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A75 Benoni, Classical with ...a6 and 10...Bg4 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.Nf3 Bg7 8.Be2 O-O 9.O-O a6 10.a4 Bg4)
Average Elo:
2430
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D27 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical (1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.O-O a6)
Average Elo:
2315
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A52 Budapest Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4)
Average Elo:
2244
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:
2433
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E17 Queen's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
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:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D55 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D61 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.Qc2)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3)
Average Elo:
1787
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A84 Dutch (1.d4 f5 2.c4)
Average Elo:
1978
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A40 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4)
Average Elo:
2231
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D37 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1701
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A61 Benoni (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nf3 g6)
Average Elo:
2456
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D38 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Bb4)
Average Elo:
2017
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E39 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Pirc Variation (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.dxc5 O-O)
Average Elo:
2486
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D17 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5)
Average Elo:
1903
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E27 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch Variation (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 O-O)
Average Elo:
1838
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D20 Queen's Gambit Accepted (1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4)
Average Elo:
2206
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A81 Dutch (1.d4 f5 2.g3)
Average Elo:
2183
Result:
½/1 = 50%
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:
2200
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A21 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2291
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A22 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
1756
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1909
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A20 English (1.c4 e5)
Average Elo:
2219
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A10 English (1.c4)
Average Elo:
1874
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A16 English (1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
1889
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A71 Benoni, Classical, 8.Bg5 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.Nf3 Bg7 8.Bg5)
Average Elo:
1388
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E11 Bogo-Indian Defense (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+)
Average Elo:
2188
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A41 Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6) (1.d4 d6)
Average Elo:
2088
Result:
0/1 = 0%
Openings played as Black (43)
B33 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4)
Average Elo:
2074.5
Result:
3½/6 = 58.33%
A16 English (1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2164.8
Result:
½/5 = 10%
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:
2172.75
Result:
1½/4 = 37.5%
B66 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6)
Average Elo:
2176.67
Result:
0/3 = 0%
B45 Sicilian, Taimanov (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2255
Result:
2/2 = 100%
D92 Grunfeld, 5.Bf4 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bf4)
Average Elo:
2290
Result:
1/2 = 50%
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:
1993
Result:
2/2 = 100%
B44 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6)
Average Elo:
1853
Result:
0/2 = 0%
D85 Grunfeld (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5)
Average Elo:
2056.5
Result:
1/2 = 50%
B30 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6)
Average Elo:
2113
Result:
½/2 = 25%
A48 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6)
Average Elo:
1827
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
A57 Benko Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5)
Average Elo:
1902.5
Result:
½/2 = 25%
A88 Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with c6 (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.Nc3 c6)
Average Elo:
1994
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
D98 Grunfeld, Russian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 O-O 7.e4 Bg4)
Average Elo:
2160
Result:
0/1 = 0%
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:
2436
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D03 Torre Attack (Tartakower Variation) (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bg5)
Average Elo:
1992
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A45 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2007
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A34 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2448
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B20 Sicilian (1.e4 c5)
Average Elo:
1597
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B22 Sicilian, Alapin (1.e4 c5 2.c3)
Average Elo:
2261
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D00 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5)
Average Elo:
2167
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D02 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2514
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D91 Grunfeld, 5.Bg5 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bg5)
Average Elo:
2331
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D90 Grunfeld (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2271
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B88 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Bc4 Nc6)
Average Elo:
1878
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B23 Sicilian, Closed (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2010
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B59 Sicilian, Boleslavsky Variation, 7.Nb3 (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3)
Average Elo:
2238
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B25 Sicilian, Closed (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6)
Average Elo:
2268
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A87 Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1877
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B76 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)
Average Elo:
1744
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2)
Average Elo:
1860
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A47 Queen's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 b6)
Average Elo:
2125
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B87 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin with ...a6 and ...b5 (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Bc4 a6 7.Bb3 b5)
Average Elo:
1960
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B42 Sicilian, Kan (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3)
Average Elo:
2435
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A08 King's Indian Attack (1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c5 3.Bg2)
Average Elo:
2215
Result:
0/1 = 0%
Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo:
1784
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A31 English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation (1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4)
Average Elo:
2186
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E61 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3)
Average Elo:
1743
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B40 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6)
Average Elo:
1798
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A62 Benoni, Fianchetto Variation (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nf3 g6 7.g3 Bg7 8.Bg2 O-O)
Average Elo:
2129
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A00 Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo:
1823
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3)
Average Elo:
1690
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A01 Nimzovich-Larsen Attack (1.b3)
Average Elo:
1603
Result:
1/1 = 100%