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Player:
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Carlsen,Magnus
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Heron, Donald
FIDE
:
FIDE Card
Years
:
1984-2023
Number of games
:
60
Number of wins
:
16
Number of draws
:
12
Number of losses
:
32
White score
:
13½/31 (43.55% - Average Elo: 1953.89)
Black score
:
8½/29 (29.31% - Average Elo: 2001.14)
Rating progression
Games
White wins
White draws
White losses
Black wins
Black draws
Black losses
Top wins
Heron, Donald (1714) - O'Neil, Jim (1967), SCO-ch 122nd, Edinburgh (A36) - 2015
Heron, Donald (1778) - Smith, Rachel Lorna (1402), SCO-ch op 123rd, Glasgow (A25) - 2016
Heron, Donald (1800) - Smith, Mark J (1046), Commonwealth-ch, Glasgow (A14) - 2014
Ford, Nikodem (1160) - Heron, Donald (1837), 128th ch-SCO Open 2023, Dunfermline SCO (C10) - 2023
Kynoch, Richard - Heron, Donald, Troon Centenery op, Troon (C29) - 1984
Shaw, Kevin F - Heron, Donald, Glenrothes op, Glenrothes (C18) - 1996
Heron, Donald - ? (31)
Bennett, Owen (0/1)
Bielby, Paul R (0/1)
Birkett, Richard (0/1)
Brown, Steven A (0/1)
Doris, Peter (1/1)
Ferry, Edward (0/1)
Grove, Michael (½/1)
Hamilton, Douglas Gibson (½/1)
Harkins, Mike (1/1)
Harrold, Bruce T (1/1)
Henderson, John B (0/1)
Hope, Iain (1/1)
Kouwenhoven, Marisca (0/1)
MacGilchrist, Siegrun (½/1)
MacKenzie, Donald (1/1)
Mannion, Stephen R (0/1)
Maxwell, Daniel N (0/1)
Mcdonald, Kevin (0/1)
McLay, John (0/1)
McNab, IA (0/1)
O'Neil, Jim (1/1)
Quinn, David (½/1)
Quinn, Deborah (1/1)
Rattray, Gordon (0/1)
Siddharth, Berera (1/1)
Smith, Alan A (½/1)
Smith, Mark J (1/1)
Smith, Peter R (½/1)
Smith, Rachel Lorna (1/1)
Taylor, Robert Keith (½/1)
Volland, Ben (0/1)
? - Heron, Donald (29)
Abrahams, Daniel (0/1)
Adeyemi, Bola (0/1)
Benderac, Ana (0/1)
Bengafer, Moh (0/1)
Brown, Steven A (0/1)
D Costa, Leston (0/1)
Davies, AW (½/1)
Farrell, Neil (0/1)
Forbes, Alistair (0/1)
Ford, Nikodem (1/1)
Gallagher, A (0/1)
Gilfillan, Andrew (0/1)
Gillies, Alex (1/1)
Hall, David G (0/1)
Harrold, Bruce T (0/1)
Kafka, Graeme (0/1)
Kynoch, Richard (1/1)
Lennox, C Jonathan (0/1)
Mannion, Stephen R (0/1)
McKay, D (0/1)
Mitchell, Martin (0/1)
Mitchell, Robert G (1/1)
O'Brien, Robert J (½/1)
Orr, Mark JL (½/1)
Pattinson, T (½/1)
Pritchett, Craig William (0/1)
Shaw, Kevin F (1/1)
Thomas, Philip (½/1)
Thompson, Connor (1/1)
Openings played as White (27)
A46 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2170
Result:
½/2 = 25%
A14 English (1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.O-O)
Average Elo:
1557.5
Result:
1/2 = 50%
A36 English (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3)
Average Elo:
2015.5
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
A25 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6)
Average Elo:
1402
Result:
2/2 = 100%
A51 Budapest Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
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:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D70 Neo-Grunfeld Defense (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 d5)
Average Elo:
2120
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%
E91 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D03 Torre Attack (Tartakower Variation) (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bg5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E54 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Nf3 d5 6.Bd3 c5 7.O-O dxc4 8.Bxc4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A59 Benko Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 Bxa6 6.Nc3 d6 7.e4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A57 Benko Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5)
Average Elo:
2343
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D31 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2240
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A48 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6)
Average Elo:
2240
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D04 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B08 Pirc, Classical (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1865
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A56 Benoni Defense (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5)
Average Elo:
2020
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E41 Nimzo-Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5)
Average Elo:
2055
Result:
0/1 = 0%
Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo:
1688
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:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A37 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A26 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6)
Average Elo:
2053
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A38 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
1975
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A10 English (1.c4)
Average Elo:
1605
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A13 English (1.c4 e6)
Average Elo:
2139
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A15 English (1.c4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2063
Result:
½/1 = 50%
Openings played as Black (19)
C19 French, Winawer, Advance (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7)
Average Elo:
2280
Result:
0/3 = 0%
A90 Dutch (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 e6 4.Bg2)
Average Elo:
2035.5
Result:
1/3 = 33.33%
C18 French, Winawer (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
2/2 = 100%
A85 Dutch, with c4 & Nc3 (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2201
Result:
½/2 = 25%
D02 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
C00 French Defense (1.e4 e6)
Average Elo:
1990
Result:
0/2 = 0%
A13 English (1.c4 e6)
Average Elo:
2348
Result:
0/2 = 0%
C10 French (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3)
Average Elo:
1160
Result:
2/2 = 100%
C29 Vienna Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D75 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.cd Nxd5, 7.O-O c5, 8.dxc5 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.O-O c5 8.dxc5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C01 French, Exchange (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bg5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C17 French, Winawer, Advance (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
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:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
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:
2200
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D05 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 e6)
Average Elo:
2296
Result:
0/1 = 0%
Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo:
1564
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C02 French, Advance (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5)
Average Elo:
2042
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C05 French, Tarrasch (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2317
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B23 Sicilian, Closed (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
1557
Result:
0/1 = 0%