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Player:
(Eg:
Carlsen,Magnus
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Cowan, Richard M
FIDE
:
FIDE Card
Years
:
2011-2019
Number of games
:
147
Number of wins
:
58
Number of draws
:
28
Number of losses
:
61
White score
:
42/75 (56% - Average Elo: 1879.8)
Black score
:
30/72 (41.67% - Average Elo: 1939.85)
Rating progression
Games
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White draws
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Black wins
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Top wins
Cowan, Richard M (1865) - Janiszewski, Maciej (2130), GBR-ch Major 105th, Hull (B01) - 2018
Cowan, Richard M (1878) - Jennings, Roger (2094), BCF-chT3N 1415 (4NCL), England (B06) - 2015
Cowan, Richard M (1892) - Edwards, Simon R (2087), BCF-chT3N 1617 (4NCL), England (B26) - 2017
Jones, Stephen L (2285) - Cowan, Richard M (1897), BCF-chT2 1011 (4NCL) North, England (B13) - 2011
Cooper, John Grantley (2192) - Cowan, Richard M (1865), GBR-ch Major 105th, Hull (B22) - 2018
Adams, Philip (2057) - Cowan, Richard M (1892), BCF-chT3N 1617 (4NCL), England (A09) - 2017
Cowan, Richard M - ? (73)
Hannecart, Marc (1/2)
Raghavendra, Mahima (2/2)
Abbas, Daniel Karim (0/1)
Bak, Andrew (0/1)
Baker, Patrick (1/1)
Bates, Ian W (1/1)
Bennion, David (0/1)
Bimpson, Tom (1/1)
Birkin, Mark (1/1)
Blackburn, Jon E (1/1)
Boog, Stefan (1/1)
Bramson, Mike (1/1)
Bromley, Graham J (1/1)
Burnett, Jim (½/1)
Chilton, James I (1/1)
Cotter, Len (0/1)
Crowther, Mark D (0/1)
Cusick, Peter W (½/1)
Dean, Robert A (1/1)
Dodds, Edward P (0/1)
Donnelly, Andrew J (0/1)
Doran, Chris (0/1)
Dossett, Christopher S (½/1)
Edwards, Simon R (1/1)
Fabri, Henrik (1/1)
Feavyour, John (½/1)
Flynn, David (½/1)
Forster, Matthew (1/1)
Garcia Castro, Veronica (½/1)
Gardiner, Eric D (½/1)
Gervasoni, Michele (0/1)
Gostelow, David W (1/1)
Grahl, Arvid (0/1)
Green, Anthony J (1/1)
Grindrod, John (1/1)
Hamer, Martyn (½/1)
Harman, George (1/1)
Hilton, Tim (0/1)
Holowczak, Alex (0/1)
Janiszewski, Maciej (1/1)
Jayawarna, Nugith (0/1)
Jennings, Roger (1/1)
Kutschker, Alexander (0/1)
Lau, Jason (1/1)
Li, Harry (½/1)
Moan, Francis E (0/1)
Naylor, Michael A (½/1)
Newton, Robert (0/1)
Norbury, Kenneth (0/1)
Ogunshola, Ben (0/1)
Oliver, Bruce R (1/1)
Pattni, Kishan (1/1)
Philp, Steven (1/1)
Rahulan, Thivyaa (1/1)
Reed, John (1/1)
Renshaw, Lucas (0/1)
Richardson, Alex (½/1)
Robertson, Jim (1/1)
Robson, Paul E (0/1)
Samworth Calvier, Juju (½/1)
Sentissi, Yassine (1/1)
Sheikh, Anum (0/1)
Slinger, Tony J (1/1)
Somton, Anita (0/1)
Staniforth, Matthew (0/1)
Stephens, Ian Paul (1/1)
Tait, Bill (½/1)
Tavoularis, Nicholas (0/1)
Thoday, Francis (½/1)
Trueman, Glenn (½/1)
Turner, John M (½/1)
Whale, Michael (1/1)
Zhang, Marco (1/1)
? - Cowan, Richard M (68)
Adam, David W (2/2)
Gogia, Armaan (0/2)
Kreuzer, Christopher RL (½/2)
Nicholson, Jim WR (2/2)
Acey, Gerald (½/1)
Adams, Philip (1/1)
Allis, Richard (0/1)
Armstrong, Malcolm J (0/1)
Ashcroft, Graham J (1/1)
Atara, Omeet J (1/1)
Braham, Peter (½/1)
Bramson, Mike (1/1)
Brown, Tom (0/1)
Bryant, Richard BE (0/1)
Burke, Steven J (0/1)
Cocks, Elliot (½/1)
Connor, Stephen J (0/1)
Cooper, John Grantley (1/1)
Cresswell, Michael (½/1)
Crocker, Philip J (½/1)
Edwards, Simon R (0/1)
Eggleston, David (0/1)
Evans, Helen I (0/1)
Freeman, Gordon (0/1)
Gardiner, Eric D (0/1)
Hanscombe, Richard (½/1)
Haschka, Peter (1/1)
Howell, Oliver W (0/1)
Jamieson, Ian M (0/1)
Jaques, Andrew (0/1)
Jones, Neil T (1/1)
Jones, Stephen L (1/1)
Jyothilal, Narayanan (0/1)
Kalerwa, Edwin M (0/1)
Lau, Jason (½/1)
Lenier, Jude (0/1)
Lim, Mark (0/1)
Lodes, Hermann (0/1)
Marzano, Carlo (0/1)
Mavinkurve, Anuj (1/1)
May, Paul (0/1)
Meszaros, Gyula (½/1)
Milewska, Agnieszka (1/1)
Millward, Kevin P (1/1)
Mize, Dylan (1/1)
Ormsby, Alan (1/1)
Pardoe, David (½/1)
Pocevicius, Dovydas (0/1)
Pollard, Matthew B (1/1)
Potter, Steven (½/1)
Press, Harry (0/1)
Ruzicka, Zdenek (0/1)
Saravanan, Karthik (0/1)
Scattergood, Ben (1/1)
Smith, Andrew Philip (0/1)
Stoyanov, Boris1 (1/1)
Stoyanov, Viktor (0/1)
Stuttard, David (0/1)
Taylor, Robert Graham (0/1)
Tomitz, Hermann (½/1)
Tozer, Philip (0/1)
Trueman, Glenn (1/1)
Tyton, Adam (1/1)
Vandenbroeck, Michel (1/1)
Waterfield, John (0/1)
Williamson, Roger G (0/1)
Yee, John Y (1/1)
Yoon, Jacob D (0/1)
Openings played as White (44)
C02 French, Advance (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5)
Average Elo:
1819.2
Result:
3/7 = 42.86%
B23 Sicilian, Closed (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
1878.25
Result:
1/4 = 25%
A14 English (1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.O-O)
Average Elo:
2043
Result:
2/4 = 50%
B12 Caro-Kann Defense (1.e4 c6 2.d4)
Average Elo:
2040
Result:
2/4 = 50%
B26 Sicilian, Closed, 6.Be3 (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6 6.Be3)
Average Elo:
1983.75
Result:
2/4 = 50%
B07 Pirc (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2084
Result:
2/3 = 66.67%
A13 English (1.c4 e6)
Average Elo:
1892.67
Result:
2/3 = 66.67%
B06 Robatsch (1.e4 g6)
Average Elo:
1941.33
Result:
2/3 = 66.67%
A38 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
1754.67
Result:
2/3 = 66.67%
A10 English (1.c4)
Average Elo:
1879
Result:
1/2 = 50%
A11 English, Caro-Kann Defensive System (1.c4 c6)
Average Elo:
1891.5
Result:
1/2 = 50%
A04 Reti Opening (1.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1560
Result:
1/2 = 50%
A30 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5)
Average Elo:
1650.5
Result:
1/2 = 50%
B01 Scandinavian (1.e4 d5)
Average Elo:
2065
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2015
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A05 Reti Opening (1.Nf3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
1946
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C30 King's Gambit Declined (1.e4 e5 2.f4)
Average Elo:
1704
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B14 Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2010
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7)
Average Elo:
1951
Result:
½/1 = 50%
Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B19 Caro-Kann, Classical (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nd7)
Average Elo:
1875
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C60 Ruy Lopez (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5)
Average Elo:
1785
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C63 Ruy Lopez, Schliemann Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5)
Average Elo:
1785
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A16 English (1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
1740
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A15 English (1.c4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2029
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D05 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 e6)
Average Elo:
1851
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A37 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2155
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A21 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
1936
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C89 Ruy Lopez, Marshall (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5)
Average Elo:
1808
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A36 English (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3)
Average Elo:
1562
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B02 Alekhine's Defense (1.e4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
1600
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A09 Reti Opening (1.Nf3 d5 2.c4)
Average Elo:
2016
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B22 Sicilian, Alapin (1.e4 c5 2.c3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C86 Ruy Lopez, Worrall Attack (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Qe2)
Average Elo:
2020
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E60 King's Indian Defense (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6)
Average Elo:
2143
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C00 French Defense (1.e4 e6)
Average Elo:
1922
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B28 Sicilian, O'Kelly Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 a6)
Average Elo:
1735
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O d6)
Average Elo:
1990
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A49 King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4 (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3)
Average Elo:
1861
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A34 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
1810
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A08 King's Indian Attack (1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c5 3.Bg2)
Average Elo:
1738
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C77 Ruy Lopez (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
1608
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B04 Alekhine's Defense, Modern (1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1693
Result:
0/1 = 0%
Openings played as Black (38)
B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5)
Average Elo:
1860.83
Result:
4/7 = 57.14%
B19 Caro-Kann, Classical (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nd7)
Average Elo:
2128.2
Result:
2/6 = 33.33%
B12 Caro-Kann Defense (1.e4 c6 2.d4)
Average Elo:
1904.83
Result:
½/6 = 8.33%
D00 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5)
Average Elo:
2041.67
Result:
1/4 = 25%
B14 Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6)
Average Elo:
1890.33
Result:
1/3 = 33.33%
B10 Caro-Kann (1.e4 c6)
Average Elo:
1986.33
Result:
0/3 = 0%
A48 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6)
Average Elo:
2046
Result:
2/3 = 66.67%
B15 Caro-Kann (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3)
Average Elo:
1952
Result:
1/2 = 50%
B18 Caro-Kann, Classical (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5)
Average Elo:
1832
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
A45 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
1929
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
A21 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
1976.5
Result:
1/2 = 50%
A47 Queen's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 b6)
Average Elo:
1767.5
Result:
1/2 = 50%
A00 Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo:
1861.5
Result:
1/2 = 50%
B06 Robatsch (1.e4 g6)
Average Elo:
1944.5
Result:
1/2 = 50%
E11 Bogo-Indian Defense (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+)
Average Elo:
2103.5
Result:
½/2 = 25%
B22 Sicilian, Alapin (1.e4 c5 2.c3)
Average Elo:
1973
Result:
1/2 = 50%
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:
1898
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B11 Caro-Kann, Two Knights, 3...Bg4 (1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 Bg4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E69 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Main line (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 c6 9.h3)
Average Elo:
1946
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A46 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2020
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D91 Grunfeld, 5.Bg5 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bg5)
Average Elo:
2184
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A10 English (1.c4)
Average Elo:
1847
Result:
1/1 = 100%
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:
2026
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A09 Reti Opening (1.Nf3 d5 2.c4)
Average Elo:
2057
Result:
1/1 = 100%
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:
1900
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A36 English (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3)
Average Elo:
1801
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D85 Grunfeld (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5)
Average Elo:
1826
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E91 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2)
Average Elo:
2063
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D03 Torre Attack (Tartakower Variation) (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bg5)
Average Elo:
2132
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A50 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4)
Average Elo:
1778
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E61 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2039
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A16 English (1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
1972
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B40 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6)
Average Elo:
1704
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E21 Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1594
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E00 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6)
Average Elo:
2078
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E20 Nimzo-Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4)
Average Elo:
1832
Result:
0/1 = 0%
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:
1797
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E90 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1513
Result:
1/1 = 100%