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Player:
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Holmes, Richard F
FIDE
:
FIDE Card
Years
:
1977-2013
Number of games
:
26
Number of wins
:
8
Number of draws
:
6
Number of losses
:
12
White score
:
4½/12 (37.5% - Average Elo: 2231.09)
Black score
:
6½/14 (46.43% - Average Elo: 2416.5)
Rating progression
Games
White wins
White draws
White losses
Black wins
Black draws
Black losses
Top wins
Holmes, Richard F (2280) - Coleman, David (2270), BCF-ch, Swansea (B93) - 1987
Holmes, Richard F (2270) - Sherwin, James T (2246), 4NCL-chT rapid, Newport Pagnell (D04) - 2010
Holmes, Richard F (2270) - Buckley, David (2237), 4NCL-ch rapid, Newport Pagnell (D94) - 2010
Tisdall, Jonathan D (2410) - Holmes, Richard F (2240), Manchester Benedictine op 5th, Manchester (E93) - 1982
Lind, Jan Olov (2355) - Holmes, Richard F, London Aaronson Masters, London (B78) - 1979
Poobalasingam, Peter (2332) - Holmes, Richard F (2270), 4NCL-chT rapid, Newport Pagnell (E68) - 2010
Holmes, Richard F - ? (12)
Anagnostopoulos, Dimitrios (0/1)
Buckley, David (1/1)
Chan, Nevil (0/1)
Chandler, Murray G (0/1)
Coleman, David (1/1)
Jackson, Sheila (1/1)
McCarthy, Moss (0/1)
Pein, Malcolm (0/1)
Rogers, Jonathan (0/1)
Rossiter, Philip J (0/1)
Sherwin, James T (1/1)
Thipsay, Bagyashree Sathe (½/1)
? - Holmes, Richard F (13)
Hebden, Mark (0/2)
Dunworth, Christopher (½/1)
Gayson, Peter (½/1)
Karpov, Anatoly (0/1)
Lind, Jan Olov (1/1)
Mason, Donald (½/1)
Osborne, David C (½/1)
Plaskett, H James (0/1)
Poobalasingam, Peter (1/1)
Tisdall, Jonathan D (1/1)
Upton, Timothy J (½/1)
Van Mil, Johan (0/1)
Zeidler, Sven P (1/1)
Openings played as White (11)
B07 Pirc (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2310
Result:
0/2 = 0%
A24 English, Bremen System with ...g6 (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 g6)
Average Elo:
2330
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D94 Grunfeld (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.e3)
Average Elo:
2237
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A40 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4)
Average Elo:
2027
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f4)
Average Elo:
2270
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C50 Giuoco Piano (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5)
Average Elo:
2095
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C24 Bishop's Opening (1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D05 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 e6)
Average Elo:
2307
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A18 English, Mikenas-Carls (1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.e4)
Average Elo:
2220
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D04 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3)
Average Elo:
2246
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D32 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5)
Average Elo:
2190
Result:
½/1 = 50%
Openings played as Black (13)
D00 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5)
Average Elo:
2552
Result:
0/2 = 0%
E83 King's Indian, Samisch (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 Nc6)
Average Elo:
2690
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B78 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 10.castle long (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 O-O 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.Bc4 Bd7 10.O-O-O)
Average Elo:
2355
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E93 King's Indian, Petrosian System (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.d5 Nbd7)
Average Elo:
2410
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B70 Sicilian, Dragon Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6)
Average Elo:
2315
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A46 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B73 Sicilian, Dragon, Classical (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.Be2 Nc6 8.O-O)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B23 Sicilian, Closed (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6)
Average Elo:
2475
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B74 Sicilian, Dragon, Classical (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.Be2 Nc6 8.O-O O-O 9.Nb3)
Average Elo:
2280
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B21 Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4 (1.e4 c5 2.f4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E68 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Variation, 8.e4 (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)
Average Elo:
2332
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E73 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2)
Average Elo:
2204
Result:
½/1 = 50%