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Player:
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Cawston, M John
FIDE
:
FIDE Card
Years
:
2003-2020
Number of games
:
119
Number of wins
:
57
Number of draws
:
29
Number of losses
:
33
White score
:
41½/60 (69.17% - Average Elo: 1731.42)
Black score
:
30/59 (50.85% - Average Elo: 1729.88)
Rating progression
Games
White wins
White draws
White losses
Black wins
Black draws
Black losses
Top wins
Cawston, M John - Seidel, Juergen (2024), Guernsey Holiday op, St Peter Port (D35) - 2003
Cawston, M John - Wynarczyk, Raymond (1965), Isle of Man op, Port Erin (D50) - 2011
Cawston, M John (1856) - Cohen, Gerald M (1953), Harrogate 4NCL op-B 17th, Harrogate (E68) - 2018
Ponchel, Claude (1904) - Cawston, M John (1744), High Wycombe e2e4 op U2050, High Wycombe (B20) - 2013
Holt, David N (1774) - Cawston, M John (1902), Chester e2e4 op-B, Chester (B23) - 2013
Goodfellow, Russell Robert (1742) - Cawston, M John (1850), Harrogate 4NCL op-B 21st, Harrogate (B42) - 2019
Cawston, M John - ? (59)
Potter, Steven (2/2)
Alizada, Eldar (½/1)
Altham, John T (½/1)
Bagley, Andy J (½/1)
Bajorski, Leszek (0/1)
Berg, Rainer (0/1)
Blore, John D (½/1)
Burcham, Tony (1/1)
Chiang, Richard (1/1)
Cohen, Gerald M (1/1)
Collins, Alan (1/1)
Dean, Robert A (0/1)
Drescher, Alexander (1/1)
Ebeling, Leander (1/1)
Falkenhainer, Sven (1/1)
Gardiner, Eric D (½/1)
Ghaznavi, Massoud (0/1)
Gogia, Armaan (1/1)
Heald, Carl (0/1)
Holliday, John K (1/1)
Kuenne, Lutz Dieter (1/1)
Lachnit, Manfred (1/1)
Lang, Michael (1/1)
Lawson, Maurice Elliot (0/1)
Lebermann, Hellmuth (1/1)
Livesey, R Nigel (1/1)
May, Paul (1/1)
Nwachukwu, Chino (1/1)
Orgler, Philipp (½/1)
Ormerod, Stephen (0/1)
Parry, Jacques (1/1)
Pink, Joshua (½/1)
Procter, Colin S (½/1)
Purvis, Anna (1/1)
Pyshny, Anton (1/1)
Roberts, Ben (½/1)
Robinson, Brian (½/1)
Robson, Paul E (1/1)
Ruane, Brendan J (1/1)
Schlumbohm, Nils (1/1)
Schneider, Wolfram (0/1)
Scholz, Bodo (1/1)
Seidel, Juergen (1/1)
Shaddick, John (1/1)
Slinger, Tony J (0/1)
Steppuhn, Simone (1/1)
Szwajkun, Richard (½/1)
Taylor, Robert P (½/1)
Tidy, Norman F (1/1)
Twitchell, David J (1/1)
Valjee, Ashir (½/1)
Villiers, Thomas (½/1)
Volovich, Julia (1/1)
White, Colin (1/1)
Williams, Stephen (0/1)
Wilson, Matthew R (0/1)
Winter, Thomas (1/1)
Woolcock, Craig (½/1)
Wynarczyk, Raymond (1/1)
? - Cawston, M John (59)
Achtmann, Armin Ludwig (½/1)
Asenov, Pavel (½/1)
Bajorski, Leszek (0/1)
Betts, Richard (0/1)
Bridgeman, Matthew (1/1)
Brixel, Christof (½/1)
Buckley, Graeme N (½/1)
Connor, Michael (1/1)
Cross, Glenn (1/1)
Czestochowski, Eddie (1/1)
Derrett, Ben (0/1)
Engel, Jan (0/1)
Fabri, Henrik (½/1)
Gardiner, Eric D (0/1)
Georgiou, Denis (0/1)
Goodfellow, Russell Robert (1/1)
Hamilton, Douglas (0/1)
Hammond, Benjamin (1/1)
Held, Maurice (1/1)
Holi, Sief Al Din (1/1)
Holt, David N (1/1)
Janiszewski, Maciej (½/1)
Kaye, Michael J (1/1)
Khan, Karim (½/1)
Kolani, Arjun (0/1)
Kono, Yasushi (1/1)
Laufenburg, Frank (0/1)
Llewellyn, Alan Mansel (1/1)
Mallon, Gunnar (1/1)
Metcalfe, Charlie P (0/1)
Meyer, Marcel (0/1)
Milewska, Agnieszka (½/1)
Mort, Andrew J (½/1)
Murphy, Ross (0/1)
Ormsby, Alan (1/1)
Patterson, Dave (1/1)
Ponchel, Claude (1/1)
Probert, Malcolm (½/1)
Rowan, Paul (0/1)
Rumsey, Victor B (0/1)
Salisbury, Paul (½/1)
Sandhu, Manvith (1/1)
Teague, David (1/1)
Trafford, John (0/1)
Turner, David (0/1)
Turner, Sam (1/1)
Wagg, Joel (0/1)
Walshaw, David (0/1)
Waschke, Thomas (1/1)
Webster, Richard J (0/1)
Whale, Michael (½/1)
Whitehead, Mark A (0/1)
Williamson, Graham A (0/1)
Wulf, Guenter (1/1)
Zabrocki, Philip (0/1)
Zannoni, Mila (1/1)
Zannoni, Rudolf (1/1)
Zhang, Zheming (½/1)
Zilch, Lothar (½/1)
Openings played as White (48)
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:
1798.67
Result:
2½/3 = 83.33%
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:
1997
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
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:
1743
Result:
2/2 = 100%
A39 English, Symmetrical, Main line with d4 (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.O-O O-O 7.d4)
Average Elo:
1569
Result:
2/2 = 100%
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:
1814
Result:
2/2 = 100%
D30 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6)
Average Elo:
1711.5
Result:
1/2 = 50%
E11 Bogo-Indian Defense (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+)
Average Elo:
1870.5
Result:
1/2 = 50%
A16 English (1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
1947.5
Result:
1/2 = 50%
D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1652.5
Result:
2/2 = 100%
B00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening (1.e4)
Average Elo:
1765.5
Result:
2/2 = 100%
E01 Catalan, Closed (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2)
Average Elo:
1698
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
A94 Dutch, Stonewall with Ba3 (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 e6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O d5 7.b3 c6 8.Ba3)
Average Elo:
1907
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A43 Old Benoni (1.d4 c5)
Average Elo:
1805
Result:
0/1 = 0%
Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo:
1547
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c6 5.Bg5 dxc4)
Average Elo:
2137
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A58 Benko Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6)
Average Elo:
1564
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D23 Queen's Gambit Accepted (1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
1075
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E67 King's Indian, Fianchetto (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 d6 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 Nbd7)
Average Elo:
1805
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A21 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
1939
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C41 Philidor Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6)
Average Elo:
1568
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:
1272
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A34 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
1915
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D52 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.e3 c6 6.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1545
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3)
Average Elo:
1477
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A91 Dutch Defense (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 e6 4.Bg2 Be7)
Average Elo:
1910
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:
2050
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C77 Ruy Lopez (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
1681
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A10 English (1.c4)
Average Elo:
1759
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E18 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 7.Nc3 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3)
Average Elo:
1563
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5)
Average Elo:
1509
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E08 Catalan, Closed (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O Nbd7 7.Qc2)
Average Elo:
1442
Result:
1/1 = 100%
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:
1566
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A30 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5)
Average Elo:
1897
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:
1857
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D35 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2024
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C12 French, McCutcheon (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Bb4)
Average Elo:
1667
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 d6 5.g3)
Average Elo:
1859
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B01 Scandinavian (1.e4 d5)
Average Elo:
1574
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D02 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1673
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E10 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
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:
1462
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:
2173
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:
1651
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3)
Average Elo:
1724
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B48 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3)
Average Elo:
1728
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A25 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6)
Average Elo:
1140
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D53 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7)
Average Elo:
1894
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D50 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5)
Average Elo:
1965
Result:
1/1 = 100%
Openings played as Black (34)
A34 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
1593.5
Result:
4/7 = 57.14%
B42 Sicilian, Kan (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3)
Average Elo:
1707.2
Result:
1½/5 = 30%
B23 Sicilian, Closed (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
1770.25
Result:
2½/4 = 62.5%
A45 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
1957
Result:
1/3 = 33.33%
A50 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4)
Average Elo:
1625.67
Result:
3/3 = 100%
A57 Benko Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5)
Average Elo:
1774
Result:
1½/3 = 50%
B22 Sicilian, Alapin (1.e4 c5 2.c3)
Average Elo:
1750
Result:
1½/3 = 50%
A04 Reti Opening (1.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1667
Result:
0/2 = 0%
D00 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5)
Average Elo:
1575
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
D08 Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5)
Average Elo:
1815
Result:
½/2 = 25%
E30 Nimzo-Indian, Leningrad (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bg5)
Average Elo:
1770
Result:
½/2 = 25%
A00 Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo:
1967
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A02 Bird's Opening (1.f4)
Average Elo:
1888
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A08 King's Indian Attack (1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c5 3.Bg2)
Average Elo:
1809
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A31 English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation (1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4)
Average Elo:
1946
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A37 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1862
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A46 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1443
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A48 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6)
Average Elo:
1789
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A58 Benko Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6)
Average Elo:
1687
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A84 Dutch (1.d4 f5 2.c4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A94 Dutch, Stonewall with Ba3 (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 e6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O d5 7.b3 c6 8.Ba3)
Average Elo:
1660
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B20 Sicilian (1.e4 c5)
Average Elo:
1904
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B21 Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4 (1.e4 c5 2.f4)
Average Elo:
1981
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B25 Sicilian, Closed (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6)
Average Elo:
1455
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B40 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6)
Average Elo:
1920
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B41 Sicilian, Kan (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6)
Average Elo:
1631
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B49 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.Be2)
Average Elo:
1739
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B72 Sicilian, Dragon (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3)
Average Elo:
1578
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C01 French, Exchange (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bg5)
Average Elo:
1564
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D01 Richter-Veresov Attack (1.d4 d5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bg5)
Average Elo:
1612
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D04 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D07 Queen's Gambit Declined, Chigorin Defense (1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nc6)
Average Elo:
1661
Result:
½/1 = 50%
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:
1921
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D20 Queen's Gambit Accepted (1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4)
Average Elo:
1551
Result:
1/1 = 100%