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Player:
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Gostelow, David W
FIDE
:
FIDE Card
Years
:
1987-2021
Number of games
:
267
Number of wins
:
77
Number of draws
:
105
Number of losses
:
85
White score
:
74/132 (56.06% - Average Elo: 1950.04)
Black score
:
55½/135 (41.11% - Average Elo: 1987.62)
Rating progression
Games
White wins
White draws
White losses
Black wins
Black draws
Black losses
Top wins
Gostelow, David W (2023) - Midonet, Matthieu (2211), Gibraltar Challengers-B 14th, Caleta (D02) - 2016
Gostelow, David W (1970) - Bendayan Claros, Aaron Arturo (2128), Gibraltar Challenger op-A, Caleta (B13) - 2017
Gostelow, David W (1915) - Scott, David A (2122), BCF-chT1 1920 (4NCL) online, Lichess.org INT (D02) - 2020
Makepeace, Philip (2103) - Gostelow, David W (2042), BCF-chT3S 1314 (4NCL), England (D11) - 2014
Manelidou, Maria (2093) - Gostelow, David W (2072), BCF-chT3Sa 1516 (4NCL), England (B32) - 2016
Stolniceanu, Victor Dumitru (2074) - Gostelow, David W (1901), Gibraltar Challengers op-A, Caleta (B31) - 2020
Gostelow, David W - ? (125)
Bendayan Claros, Aaron Arturo (1½/2)
Chapman, Terry PD (½/2)
Cross, Glenn (1½/2)
De Coverly, Roger D (½/2)
Dydak, Mateusz (1/2)
Smith, Simon C (2/2)
Stuhlmann, Alexander (1½/2)
Ajele, Rotimi (0/1)
Al Khateeb, Taher (0/1)
Almazedi, Firas (1/1)
Anilkumar, Anantha P (0/1)
Armstrong, William G (1/1)
Balasundaram, Sivasatyan (1/1)
Bielby, Paul R (½/1)
Bin Suhayl, Ieysaa (0/1)
Blake, J Morgan (½/1)
Boron, Anthony (½/1)
Bottema, Martin (½/1)
Boyce, G Michael (½/1)
Brackmann, Hendrik (1/1)
Brown, Martin (0/1)
Burnett, Jim (0/1)
Burrows, Nick (½/1)
Campbell, Mark C (1/1)
Chen, Daniel Xingyu (½/1)
Chesters, Timothy (½/1)
Christophe Hayot, Romain (1/1)
Clancy, Martin J (1/1)
Cox, Leon (1/1)
Crowther, Mark D (½/1)
De Mooi, Connagh Joseph (1/1)
Djabri, Katherine (½/1)
Doherty, Paul D (1/1)
Fallowfield, Nicholas (½/1)
Fegan, Chris (½/1)
Fisher, C Phillip (1/1)
Fitzsimons, David (0/1)
Freeman, Richard (½/1)
Fryer, David William (1/1)
Gant, Chris (½/1)
Gardiner, Eric D (½/1)
Gaudeau, Valentin (0/1)
Gibson, Christopher A (½/1)
Goater, Kevin (1/1)
Grabow, Pouelsten Holm (½/1)
Graham, David Bruce (0/1)
Guerra Reig, Juan (½/1)
Hanscombe, Richard (1/1)
Haslinger, J Mike (1/1)
Hatchett, Paul (½/1)
Headlong, Timothy (½/1)
Herzwurm, Robert (0/1)
Hladik, Lumir (1/1)
Hodgskin, Paul (½/1)
Holton, Jake (1/1)
Horlock, Peter J (1/1)
Hynes, Anthony (½/1)
Ingram, Keith R (½/1)
Jaszkiwskyj, Peter (1/1)
John, Joshua (1/1)
Johnson, Michael D (½/1)
Juciute, Einora (0/1)
Karamazondo, Ernest (1/1)
Kennedy, Craig (0/1)
Kozarcanin, Sead (1/1)
Lawson, Dominic Ralph (½/1)
Livesey, R Nigel (1/1)
Lowry O'Reilly, Hannah (½/1)
Lung, Liviu Catalin (0/1)
Madina Yadarola, Martin (0/1)
Mahoney, Nicholas (½/1)
Mansson, James C (0/1)
Mashayekh, Majid (½/1)
McMahon, Paul (1/1)
Midonet, Matthieu (1/1)
Miller, George (½/1)
Mircov, Nicola Alexandru (0/1)
Moore, Gerald C (½/1)
Murphy, Ross (0/1)
Neatherway, A Philip (1/1)
Needham, Sabrina (1/1)
Nicholas, Koichi B (½/1)
Niedbal, Piotr (1/1)
Ocana, Jeremy (1/1)
Okhai, Shabir (1/1)
Orton, Stephen LA (0/1)
Page, Mark (0/1)
Pal, Rohan (1/1)
Perez Beltran, Salvador (1/1)
Phillips, David A (½/1)
Pickard, Charles W (0/1)
Piper, Stephen J (1/1)
Prasath, Malola TS (1/1)
Rhodes, Lawrence (1/1)
Rowan, Paul (0/1)
Rushbrooke, Remy (½/1)
Safarian, Alek (½/1)
Santos, Joao Artur Almeida (0/1)
Sanz Wawer, Daniel (0/1)
Scharrer, Patrick (0/1)
Scott, David A (1/1)
Sedgwick, David (1/1)
Shearsby, Jude (½/1)
Simons, Martin J (0/1)
Spencer, Edwin A (0/1)
Sprong, Pia (1/1)
Stai, Sondre (1/1)
Stern, Robert C (1/1)
Sutton, Daniel (0/1)
Sygnowski, Tomasz (0/1)
Szymanski, Mark (½/1)
Taylor, Mike (½/1)
Tennyson, John (½/1)
Tkadlecek, Petr (1/1)
Tortolero Hernandez, Cesar Aug (1/1)
Towers, Brian (1/1)
Townsend, M Paul (0/1)
Tuerk, Philipp (0/1)
Van Kemenade, Rudy (1/1)
Vedder, Richard (0/1)
Weatherlake, John P (1/1)
Weeramantry, Sunil (0/1)
Williamson, Kevin J (½/1)
Wynarczyk, Raymond (½/1)
Young, Alan J (½/1)
? - Gostelow, David W (132)
Bryant, Richard BE (1/2)
Hodge, Steve R (0/2)
Payne, Oliver (1/2)
Adewole, Adeyinka (1/1)
Agnew, Alan (½/1)
Algars, Olle (0/1)
Alizada, Eldar (½/1)
Ansari, Athar (0/1)
Barton, R Alan (½/1)
Bendayan Claros, Aaron Arturo (0/1)
Bennett, Rhys (½/1)
Berendsen, David (½/1)
Bevan, Peter M (1/1)
Blackburn, Jonathan LB (0/1)
Bolt, Graham (0/1)
Braham, Peter (1/1)
Broom, Mark (½/1)
Buckley, David (0/1)
Bullen, Alex (½/1)
Burgoyne, Peter (½/1)
Burke, Mitchell R (0/1)
BYE (1/1)
Campbell, Charles (0/1)
Carleton, John Joseph (½/1)
Cheal, Barry A (0/1)
Chen, Daniel Xingyu (0/1)
Collins, Andrew (1/1)
Collins, Jonathan L (1/1)
Constantinou, Peter (½/1)
Cooley, Oliver Jr (0/1)
Costello, John (½/1)
Cowan, Richard M (0/1)
Cox, John J (0/1)
Crickmore, Neil EG (½/1)
Crocker, Philip J (0/1)
Cutmore, David A (½/1)
Daly, Patrick (½/1)
De Coverly, Roger D (½/1)
De Verdier, Michael Carl Adam (0/1)
Deighton, Simon (½/1)
Dolzhikova, Olga (0/1)
Dupre, Paul Donald (½/1)
Elishev, Ivan (0/1)
Fabri, Henrik (0/1)
Fegan, Chris (0/1)
Fernandez, Michael (0/1)
Ferrie, Peter (1/1)
Fodor, Tamas Jr (0/1)
Forman, Karl (½/1)
Friedgood, David (0/1)
Gallagher, Daniel GH (0/1)
Gardiner, Eric D (½/1)
Goater, Kevin (0/1)
Gonzalez Gonzalez, Alfonso (0/1)
Goodhead, James W (½/1)
Gordon, Stephen J (0/1)
Graff, Ben (1/1)
Granat, Russell (0/1)
Gregory, Keith D (½/1)
Haddock, Paul (1/1)
Hall, Alan (½/1)
Hall, Antony C (½/1)
Hand, Freddie (0/1)
Haug, Johannes (0/1)
Hermes, Geoff R (0/1)
Herzwurm, Robert (½/1)
Hng, Mei En Emmanuelle (0/1)
Homolka, Vincent (1/1)
Hughes, Gavin James (1/1)
Humphreys, Jerry (½/1)
Hunt, Malcolm A (½/1)
Ibbitson, Anthony (½/1)
Jackson, Carl (0/1)
Kanbier, Max (½/1)
Kee, Steve (0/1)
Kendall, Paul SN (½/1)
Kett, Timothy (½/1)
Khalilov, Rauf (1/1)
Lentzos, Ioanis (½/1)
Levens, David G (1/1)
Longa Yauca, Javier (0/1)
Lowe, Chris (0/1)
Lukosius, Rolandas (½/1)
Lyth, John D (½/1)
Macklin, Paul (½/1)
Mai, Alexander Oliver (1/1)
Makepeace, Philip (1/1)
Manelidou, Maria (1/1)
Manjula, Manibhar (1/1)
Mann, Lev (½/1)
Mason, Donald (0/1)
McIntosh, Doreen (1/1)
Miah, Zahed (0/1)
Millward, Kevin P (½/1)
Mircov, Nicola Alexandru (0/1)
Moore, Gerald C (½/1)
Myall, Ivan J (½/1)
Nwachukwu, Chino (0/1)
Ohlsson, Mikael (1/1)
Peters, John A (1/1)
Potter, Steven (1/1)
Punnett, Alan Kenneth (½/1)
Radovanovic, Jovica (½/1)
Roberts, Elizabeth (1/1)
Roberts, Malcolm A (1/1)
Rodriguez Boado, Martin (0/1)
Royset, Pal (0/1)
Savage, Neil (1/1)
Schouten, Freek (½/1)
Slavin, Alexei (0/1)
Slinger, Tony J (½/1)
Spacapan, Simon (½/1)
Srivastava, Arnav (½/1)
Stepanyan, Henrik (0/1)
Stephenson, David W (½/1)
Stolniceanu, Victor Dumitru (1/1)
Taylor, Dale C (½/1)
Thoday, Francis (1/1)
Thomas, Joseff (½/1)
Trueman, Glenn (½/1)
Truman, Richard G (½/1)
Turner, Sam (½/1)
Valdes Escobar, Alvaro Daniel (0/1)
Vanheirzeele, Daniel (½/1)
Vega Gutierrez, Belinda Vidina (0/1)
Verneuil, Pascal (0/1)
Vila Dupla, Aurelio (0/1)
Walker, Andrew N (½/1)
Walker, Nicholas A (½/1)
Walkusz, Miroslaw (0/1)
Wilcox, Charlotte (½/1)
Ye, Kevin (½/1)
Openings played as White (21)
D02 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1922.21
Result:
26½/38 = 69.74%
D00 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5)
Average Elo:
1892.8
Result:
7/17 = 41.18%
A48 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6)
Average Elo:
2021.73
Result:
4½/15 = 30%
A80 Dutch (1.d4 f5)
Average Elo:
1790
Result:
8½/11 = 77.27%
A47 Queen's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 b6)
Average Elo:
2003.38
Result:
3½/8 = 43.75%
A41 Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6) (1.d4 d6)
Average Elo:
2076
Result:
3/6 = 50%
E61 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3)
Average Elo:
1982.8
Result:
3/6 = 50%
B08 Pirc, Classical (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1822.2
Result:
4/5 = 80%
A45 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2056
Result:
1/4 = 25%
B06 Robatsch (1.e4 g6)
Average Elo:
2076
Result:
2½/4 = 62.5%
A46 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2018
Result:
1½/3 = 50%
B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5)
Average Elo:
1989
Result:
2½/3 = 83.33%
A40 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4)
Average Elo:
2052.5
Result:
2/2 = 100%
A90 Dutch (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 e6 4.Bg2)
Average Elo:
1955.5
Result:
1/2 = 50%
B07 Pirc (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
1873.5
Result:
1/2 = 50%
A85 Dutch, with c4 & Nc3 (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3)
Average Elo:
1923
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening (1.e4)
Average Elo:
2214
Result:
0/1 = 0%
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:
2142
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A56 Benoni Defense (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5)
Average Elo:
1992
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6)
Average Elo:
1954
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A84 Dutch (1.d4 f5 2.c4)
Average Elo:
1855
Result:
1/1 = 100%
Openings played as Black (41)
B22 Sicilian, Alapin (1.e4 c5 2.c3)
Average Elo:
1937.31
Result:
5/13 = 38.46%
B32 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5)
Average Elo:
1956
Result:
6/13 = 46.15%
B31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6)
Average Elo:
2041.64
Result:
5/11 = 45.45%
B23 Sicilian, Closed (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
1931.88
Result:
4/8 = 50%
D15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2081.75
Result:
2½/8 = 31.25%
D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2105.4
Result:
3/6 = 50%
D12 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5)
Average Elo:
1828.33
Result:
4/6 = 66.67%
A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3)
Average Elo:
1938.17
Result:
2½/6 = 41.67%
D02 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1920.8
Result:
2/5 = 40%
D00 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5)
Average Elo:
1974.2
Result:
2/5 = 40%
B20 Sicilian (1.e4 c5)
Average Elo:
1926.75
Result:
1½/4 = 37.5%
D13 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.cxd5 cxd5)
Average Elo:
1950.25
Result:
1½/4 = 37.5%
A28 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2338
Result:
0/4 = 0%
B25 Sicilian, Closed (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6)
Average Elo:
1717
Result:
1½/3 = 50%
D06 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4)
Average Elo:
2326.33
Result:
½/3 = 16.67%
A01 Nimzovich-Larsen Attack (1.b3)
Average Elo:
2094
Result:
1/2 = 50%
B21 Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4 (1.e4 c5 2.f4)
Average Elo:
1941
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
D04 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3)
Average Elo:
1616
Result:
2/2 = 100%
Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/2 = 50%
A11 English, Caro-Kann Defensive System (1.c4 c6)
Average Elo:
2091
Result:
1/2 = 50%
B30 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6)
Average Elo:
1836.5
Result:
1/2 = 50%
D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6)
Average Elo:
2102
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
C00 French Defense (1.e4 e6)
Average Elo:
1900
Result:
0/2 = 0%
B40 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6)
Average Elo:
1890.5
Result:
1/2 = 50%
D36 Queen's Gambit Declined, Exchange, Positional line, 6.Qc2 (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.Qc2)
Average Elo:
1949.5
Result:
½/2 = 25%
D35 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
1808
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D50 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5)
Average Elo:
2102
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A09 Reti Opening (1.Nf3 d5 2.c4)
Average Elo:
1961
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D31 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2035
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E01 Catalan, Closed (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2)
Average Elo:
2008
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D63 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 7.Rc1)
Average Elo:
2020
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A04 Reti Opening (1.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2105
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B83 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be2)
Average Elo:
2215
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6)
Average Elo:
1893
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B24 Sicilian, Closed (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3)
Average Elo:
2198
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A06 Reti Opening (1.Nf3 d5)
Average Elo:
2298
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D94 Grunfeld (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.e3)
Average Elo:
1870
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A07 King's Indian Attack (1.Nf3 d5 2.g3)
Average Elo:
2070
Result:
0/1 = 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:
2092
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A03 Bird's Opening (1.f4 d5)
Average Elo:
1972
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A12 English with b3 (1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.b3)
Average Elo:
2150
Result:
½/1 = 50%