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Player:
(Eg:
Carlsen,Magnus
)
Delaney, Paul
FIDE
:
FIDE Card
Title
:
FM
Years
:
1975-2000
Number of games
:
92
Number of wins
:
37
Number of draws
:
27
Number of losses
:
28
White score
:
25/44 (56.82% - Average Elo: 2293.29)
Black score
:
25½/48 (53.12% - Average Elo: 2366.32)
Rating progression
Games
White wins
White draws
White losses
Black wins
Black draws
Black losses
Top wins
Delaney, Paul (2305) - Quinn, Mark (2377), Kilkenny Masters, Kilkenny (B32) - 1999
Delaney, Paul (2305) - Heidenfeld, Mark (2368), Kilkenny Masters, Kilkenny (C62) - 1999
Delaney, Paul (2301) - Dunworth, Christopher (2293), EU-Cup 16th, Neum () - 2000
Nevednichy, Vladislav (2582) - Delaney, Paul (2301), EU-Cup 16th, Neum () - 2000
Bellin, Jana (2163) - Delaney, Paul (2305), Kilkenny Masters, Kilkenny (A48) - 1999
Vang, Frank Lennart (2123) - Delaney, Paul (2301), Dublin Classic op, Dublin (A03) - 2000
Delaney, Paul - ? (43)
Hurley, John (2/2)
Bernstein, David (½/1)
Broomes, Maurice (1/1)
Bueno Perez, Lazaro A (1/1)
Camilleri, Henry (1/1)
Clarke, Thomas M (1/1)
Dempsey, Paul (1/1)
Devenney, Ray (0/1)
Dienavorian Lacherian, Manuel (½/1)
Dunne, David Joseph (½/1)
Dunworth, Christopher (1/1)
Frey Beckman, Kenneth (½/1)
Hartoch, Robert G (0/1)
Healy, Denis (½/1)
Hebden, Mark (0/1)
Hegarty, Liam (½/1)
Heidenfeld, Mark (1/1)
Hessenbruch, Arne (1/1)
Hoi, Carsten (1/1)
Howell, David (0/1)
Jackson, Greg (1/1)
Kennedy, John (½/1)
Lepine, Robert (½/1)
Linhart, G (1/1)
Makropoulos, Georgios (0/1)
McDaid, Adrian (1/1)
McShane, Luke J (½/1)
Meulders, Richard (½/1)
Milbers, Paul (½/1)
Mortensen, Erling (0/1)
Myagmarsuren, Lhamsuren (1/1)
O'Donovan, Richard (1/1)
Orr, Mark JL (½/1)
O'Siochru, Mairead Maura (1/1)
Penttinen, Jarkko (0/1)
Quinn, Mark (1/1)
Rafael, John (1/1)
Schacher, Gerd (0/1)
Shaw, John (0/1)
Summerscale, Aaron (0/1)
Villarreal, Jose Felix (0/1)
Vincent, Stephane (0/1)
Wiedenkeller, Michael (0/1)
? - Delaney, Paul (47)
O'Connell, Gerard (1/2)
Al Atar, S Salim (1/1)
Avgoustianos, Avgousti (0/1)
Barlov, Dragan (0/1)
Bellin, Jana (1/1)
Butler, Kevin J (½/1)
Chaivichit, Suchart (½/1)
Chandler, Murray G (0/1)
Cobb, James (0/1)
Cornford, Lindsay H (1/1)
Delaney, John Anthony (1/1)
Dempsey, Paul (½/1)
Devenney, Ray (½/1)
Gaspar, Vache (½/1)
Gooding, Ian R (1/1)
Goormachtigh, Johan (½/1)
Harpur, Colin A (1/1)
Heidenfeld, Mark (½/1)
Hort, Vlastimil (½/1)
Howell, David (½/1)
Iskov, Gert (0/1)
Kernan, Bernard (0/1)
Kuligowski, Adam (0/1)
Littleton, Michael Flannan (½/1)
Liu, Wenzhe (0/1)
Llorens Hofman, Ivan (1/1)
Manik, Mikulas (0/1)
Moynihan, Kieran (½/1)
Mrva, Martin (0/1)
Nevednichy, Vladislav (1/1)
Nunn, John DM (0/1)
O'Connor, Eddie (1/1)
Orr, Mark JL (1/1)
Povah, Nigel Edward (½/1)
Rochev, Yuri (½/1)
Safarzadeh, Esmail (1/1)
Shaughnessy, Elizabeth (1/1)
Slimani, Abdelhamid (1/1)
Sobrado, Hernan (1/1)
Sunye Neto, Jaime (0/1)
Taylor, M (1/1)
Tikkanen, Kari (0/1)
Toth, Bela (0/1)
Trisa Ard, Nakorn (1/1)
Van Herck, Marcel (½/1)
Vang, Frank Lennart (1/1)
Zichichi, Alvise (½/1)
Openings played as White (29)
Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo:
2345.29
Result:
4/8 = 50%
B33 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4)
Average Elo:
2327.5
Result:
2½/3 = 83.33%
B08 Pirc, Classical (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1½/3 = 50%
B04 Alekhine's Defense, Modern (1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
C02 French, Advance (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/2 = 25%
C45 Scotch Game (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/2 = 50%
B32 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5)
Average Elo:
2406
Result:
1/2 = 50%
C34 King's Gambit Accepted (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E66 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav Panno (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 d6 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 c5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C00 French Defense (1.e4 e6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A07 King's Indian Attack (1.Nf3 d5 2.g3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C36 King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defense (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 d5)
Average Elo:
0
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:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5)
Average Elo:
2205
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A30 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B06 Robatsch (1.e4 g6)
Average Elo:
2405
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C03 French, Tarrasch (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B85 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Classical (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be2 a6 7.O-O Qc7 8.f4 Nc6)
Average Elo:
2245
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B96 Sicilian, Najdorf (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B56 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2089
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B91 Sicilian, Najdorf, Zagreb (Fianchetto) Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.g3)
Average Elo:
2245
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C05 French, Tarrasch (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2105
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B07 Pirc (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2423
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:
2510
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6)
Average Elo:
2368
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B90 Sicilian, Najdorf (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6)
Average Elo:
2095
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C13 French (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7)
Average Elo:
2309
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B12 Caro-Kann Defense (1.e4 c6 2.d4)
Average Elo:
2045
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B05 Alekhine's Defense, Modern (1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 Bg4)
Average Elo:
2111
Result:
1/1 = 100%
Openings played as Black (26)
B33 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4)
Average Elo:
2498
Result:
7/10 = 70%
Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo:
2456
Result:
2/6 = 33.33%
A57 Benko Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5)
Average Elo:
2465
Result:
1½/4 = 37.5%
B08 Pirc, Classical (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/2 = 50%
E80 King's Indian, Samisch Variation (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3)
Average Elo:
2140
Result:
1/2 = 50%
A22 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2505
Result:
½/2 = 25%
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:
2395
Result:
1/2 = 50%
A48 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6)
Average Elo:
2165.5
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
B07 Pirc (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B03 Alekhine's Defense (1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B34 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nxc6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A42 Modern Defense, Averbakh System (1.d4 d6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E73 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B35 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Modern Variation with Bc4 (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4)
Average Elo:
0
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%
E96 King's Indian, Orthodox, 7...Nbd7, Main line (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nbd7 8.Re1 c6 9.Bf1 a5)
Average Elo:
2275
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A25 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A58 Benko Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6)
Average Elo:
0
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:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
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:
2201
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A45 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2360
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B22 Sicilian, Alapin (1.e4 c5 2.c3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B40 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A03 Bird's Opening (1.f4 d5)
Average Elo:
2123
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B44 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6)
Average Elo:
2375
Result:
½/1 = 50%