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Player:
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Herring, Samuel
FIDE
:
FIDE Card
Years
:
2012-
Number of games
:
131
Number of wins
:
46
Number of draws
:
45
Number of losses
:
40
White score
:
34/64 (53.12% - Average Elo: 1899.36)
Black score
:
34½/67 (51.49% - Average Elo: 1874.03)
Rating progression
Games
White wins
White draws
White losses
Black wins
Black draws
Black losses
Top wins
Herring, Samuel (1945) - Davey, Mark (2048), BCF-chT2a 1516 (4NCL), England (C18) - 2016
Herring, Samuel (1773) - Pozimski, Szymon (1948), Birmingham 4NCL op-B 3rd, Birmingham (B00) - 2015
Herring, Samuel (1773) - Calderon, Paul (1918), GBR-ch Major 102nd, Coventry (E44) - 2015
Eckersley Waites, Tom (2302) - Herring, Samuel (1960), British Rapidplay 2024, Peterborough ENG (C02) - 2024
Malik, Faraz (1893) - Herring, Samuel (1773), Birmingham 4NCL op-B 3rd, Birmingham (C18) - 2015
Patel, Keatan (1888) - Herring, Samuel (1960), British Rapidplay 2024, Peterborough ENG (D36) - 2024
Herring, Samuel - ? (64)
Akeya Price, Robert A (½/1)
Anbukumar, Hajane (½/1)
Bains Gillespie, Ethan (1/1)
Batchelor, Guy J (0/1)
Bernardini, Francesco (1/1)
Bevis, Noah (1/1)
Bin Suhayl, Ieysaa (0/1)
Bingham, James T (½/1)
Boswell, Jacob Connor (0/1)
Bowcott-Terry, Finlay (0/1)
Calderon, Paul (1/1)
Campbell, Eoin S (0/1)
Catalano, Enzo (1/1)
Clanchy, Nicholas (½/1)
Claridge Hansen, William (0/1)
Cocks, Elliot (1/1)
Croasdale, Harry J (0/1)
Davey, Mark (1/1)
Duncan, P (0/1)
Eagleton, Greg T (0/1)
French, Max (1/1)
Gill, Oliver (½/1)
Goater, Kevin (½/1)
Golding, James (0/1)
Goodfellow, Russell Robert (1/1)
Graham, Cassie M (1/1)
Graham, Neil (1/1)
Grey, Nicholas D (1/1)
Hodge, Nicholas A (1/1)
Howell, Matthew G (½/1)
Iyengar, Ilya (½/1)
Jackson, J (0/1)
Jackson, Oliver (½/1)
Jackson, Paul G (½/1)
Jermy, Jaden (0/1)
Jina, Taran (½/1)
Larkin, Benjamin (½/1)
Llorente Zaro, Alfonso (0/1)
McCarthy, Damian (½/1)
McDonnell, James J (½/1)
Moreby, James (½/1)
Norman, Nigel (0/1)
O'Gorman, Brendan (½/1)
Okhai, Shabir (0/1)
Peters, Alexander John (0/1)
Ponchel, Claude (1/1)
Pozimski, Szymon (1/1)
Pride, Stephen C (½/1)
Reed, Karim (1/1)
Robinson, James M (1/1)
Sagues, Vincent (1/1)
Sandhu, Manvith (½/1)
Shaw, John S (1/1)
Sisupalan, Beni (1/1)
Snook Lumb, Chris (1/1)
Sutton, Daniel (1/1)
Truman, Richard G (0/1)
Twigge Molecey, Billy (½/1)
Van Kemenade, Julie (1/1)
Wadsworth, Matthew J (0/1)
Whitehead, Mark A (½/1)
Willmoth, Robert (0/1)
Wilson, Ewan (½/1)
Zabrocki, Philip (½/1)
? - Herring, Samuel (66)
Mahoney, Nicholas (2/2)
Arby, Timothee (0/1)
Ashworth, Michael (½/1)
Bin Suhayl, Yousuf (½/1)
Bullock, Lee (1/1)
Burke, Mitchell R (½/1)
BYE (1/1)
Chan, Nevil (0/1)
Clayton, Tristan (0/1)
Connor, Stephen J (0/1)
Crockart, Scott A (0/1)
Davis, Holden (½/1)
De Silva, Sithun (½/1)
Dydak, Mateusz (½/1)
Eckersley Waites, Tom (1/1)
Foster, Timothy (1/1)
Gupta, Arul (0/1)
Harborne, Matthew J (0/1)
Hassall, Mark (½/1)
Hepworth, Peter (1/1)
Higgs, Joshua (½/1)
Horlock, Peter J (½/1)
Ivekovic, Tihana (½/1)
Jacklin, Sam (1/1)
Jones, Chris S (½/1)
Kane, Robert (½/1)
Lawson, Maurice Elliot (0/1)
Lees, Fraser A (0/1)
Lenderman, Aleksandr (0/1)
Lewis, Christopher (1/1)
Liu, David J (½/1)
Macklin, Paul (½/1)
Majer, Christopher (0/1)
Malik, Faraz (1/1)
McCusker, Andrew (0/1)
Meszaros, Gyula (0/1)
Miller, Jacob (0/1)
Milson, Amy F (1/1)
Osiyemi, Lara (1/1)
Patel, Keatan (1/1)
Pert, Max (1/1)
Ramesh, Vignesh (1/1)
Ressel, Eva (1/1)
Riley, Adrian K (1/1)
Robinson, Owen (1/1)
Rushbrooke, Tibo (1/1)
Sheerin, Alex (1/1)
Shepley, Julien M (0/1)
Simpson, Derek (½/1)
Staples, Daniel J (0/1)
Stern, Robert C (½/1)
Stewart, Ashley (0/1)
Stimpson, Philip M (½/1)
Talbot, Mark (0/1)
Tarr, Steve (0/1)
Taylor, Robert Keith (½/1)
Taylor, William J (½/1)
Varney, Zoe (1/1)
Wallis, Ian J (0/1)
Weaver, Lauren (½/1)
Wells, D (½/1)
Willow, Hambel M (1/1)
Willson, Ollie (1/1)
Wilson, Matthew R (½/1)
Woollard, John (½/1)
Young, Daniel (0/1)
Openings played as White (46)
A05 Reti Opening (1.Nf3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2041.5
Result:
1½/6 = 25%
A85 Dutch, with c4 & Nc3 (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3)
Average Elo:
1816.75
Result:
1/4 = 25%
E46 Nimzo-Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O)
Average Elo:
1790
Result:
2/3 = 66.67%
E44 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation, 5.Ne2 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Ne2)
Average Elo:
1964.33
Result:
2/3 = 66.67%
A57 Benko Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5)
Average Elo:
1875.33
Result:
1½/3 = 50%
D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6)
Average Elo:
1793
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
D35 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
2/2 = 100%
A80 Dutch (1.d4 f5)
Average Elo:
1669
Result:
2/2 = 100%
D00 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5)
Average Elo:
1617.5
Result:
1/2 = 50%
A44 Old Benoni Defense (1.d4 c5 2.d5 e5)
Average Elo:
1807
Result:
½/1 = 50%
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:
1803
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D07 Queen's Gambit Declined, Chigorin Defense (1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nc6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E90 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1904
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A41 Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6) (1.d4 d6)
Average Elo:
2142
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D98 Grunfeld, Russian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 O-O 7.e4 Bg4)
Average Elo:
1953
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D96 Grunfeld, Russian Variation (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3)
Average Elo:
1935
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E80 King's Indian, Samisch Variation (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3)
Average Elo:
1551
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A40 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4)
Average Elo:
2029
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E84 King's Indian, Samisch, Panno Main line (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 Nc6 7.Nge2 a6 8.Qd2 Rb8)
Average Elo:
2034
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening (1.e4)
Average Elo:
1948
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D06 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4)
Average Elo:
1856
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E40 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3)
Average Elo:
1855
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E85 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox Variation (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 e5)
Average Elo:
2049
Result:
½/1 = 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:
1161
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D31 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3)
Average Elo:
1901
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E81 King's Indian, Samisch (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O)
Average Elo:
1996
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C18 French, Winawer (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3)
Average Elo:
2048
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c6 5.Bg5 dxc4)
Average Elo:
1787
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A45 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
1802
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B12 Caro-Kann Defense (1.e4 c6 2.d4)
Average Elo:
1669
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D87 Grunfeld, Exchange (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 O-O 8.Ne2 c5)
Average Elo:
1756
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B21 Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4 (1.e4 c5 2.f4)
Average Elo:
1892
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C41 Philidor Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6)
Average Elo:
2461
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B07 Pirc (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
1985
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C30 King's Gambit Declined (1.e4 e5 2.f4)
Average Elo:
1812
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B27 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2128
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A61 Benoni (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nf3 g6)
Average Elo:
2298
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D12 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5)
Average Elo:
1884
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C06 French, Tarrasch (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ne2 cxd4 8.cxd4)
Average Elo:
1981
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B04 Alekhine's Defense, Modern (1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1877
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A63 Benoni, Fianchetto, 9...Nbd7 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nf3 g6 7.g3 Bg7 8.Bg2 O-O 9.O-O Nbd7)
Average Elo:
2136
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D30 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6)
Average Elo:
1682
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A55 Old Indian, Main line (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Nf3 Nbd7 5.e4)
Average Elo:
1719
Result:
1/1 = 100%
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%
A08 King's Indian Attack (1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c5 3.Bg2)
Average Elo:
2081
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A37 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2260
Result:
½/1 = 50%
Openings played as Black (40)
C06 French, Tarrasch (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ne2 cxd4 8.cxd4)
Average Elo:
1925.71
Result:
1½/7 = 21.43%
C01 French, Exchange (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bg5)
Average Elo:
1826.6
Result:
2/5 = 40%
C02 French, Advance (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5)
Average Elo:
1879.25
Result:
4/5 = 80%
C10 French (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3)
Average Elo:
1852
Result:
2/4 = 50%
C18 French, Winawer (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3)
Average Elo:
1796.67
Result:
2½/3 = 83.33%
D05 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 e6)
Average Elo:
1659
Result:
1½/3 = 50%
A03 Bird's Opening (1.f4 d5)
Average Elo:
1928
Result:
1/2 = 50%
C07 French, Tarrasch (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5)
Average Elo:
1771.5
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
D37 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1767
Result:
1/2 = 50%
D52 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.e3 c6 6.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1670
Result:
2/2 = 100%
E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1875
Result:
2/2 = 100%
E33 Nimzo-Indian, Classical (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 Nc6)
Average Elo:
2022.5
Result:
½/2 = 25%
Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo:
1622
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A06 Reti Opening (1.Nf3 d5)
Average Elo:
1772
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A09 Reti Opening (1.Nf3 d5 2.c4)
Average Elo:
1839
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A12 English with b3 (1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.b3)
Average Elo:
2063
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3)
Average Elo:
2019
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A34 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A45 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
1686
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A46 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1397
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B12 Caro-Kann Defense (1.e4 c6 2.d4)
Average Elo:
2020
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5)
Average Elo:
2350
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B15 Caro-Kann (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3)
Average Elo:
1786
Result:
½/1 = 50%
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:
1704
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C00 French Defense (1.e4 e6)
Average Elo:
2010
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C11 French (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
1952
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C12 French, McCutcheon (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Bb4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C15 French, Winawer (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4)
Average Elo:
1947
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C17 French, Winawer, Advance (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C45 Scotch Game (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4)
Average Elo:
1997
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D01 Richter-Veresov Attack (1.d4 d5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bg5)
Average Elo:
2030
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D04 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3)
Average Elo:
1843
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2271
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D30 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6)
Average Elo:
2627
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:
1888
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c6)
Average Elo:
1572
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c6 5.Bg5 dxc4)
Average Elo:
1832
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E01 Catalan, Closed (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2)
Average Elo:
1630
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E21 Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2039
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E60 King's Indian Defense (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6)
Average Elo:
1992
Result:
0/1 = 0%