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Player:
(Eg:
Carlsen,Magnus
)
Hosken, Nigel
Years
:
2003-2017
Number of games
:
133
Number of wins
:
45
Number of draws
:
56
Number of losses
:
32
White score
:
36/65 (55.38% - Average Elo: 2090.46)
Black score
:
37/68 (54.41% - Average Elo: 2115.25)
Rating progression
Games
White wins
White draws
White losses
Black wins
Black draws
Black losses
Top wins
Hosken, Nigel (1989) - Mordue, A Tyson (2292), BCF-chT4 0607 (4NCL), Sunningdale (B96) - 2007
Hosken, Nigel (2124) - Maleki, Emanuel (2284), BCF-chT3 1112 (4NCL), England (D15) - 2012
Hosken, Nigel (2057) - Richmond, Robert (2223), BCF-chT3 0809 (4NCL), Hinckley Island (A56) - 2009
Smith, Alan A (2272) - Hosken, Nigel (2205), BCF-chT4a 0405 (4NCL), Telford (D00) - 2005
Besedin, Pavel (2238) - Hosken, Nigel (2108), BCF-chT2b 1516 (4NCL), England () - 2015
Osborne, Marcus E (2230) - Hosken, Nigel (2105), BCF-chT4 0506 (4NCL), West Bromwich (D18) - 2006
Hosken, Nigel - ? (63)
Gregory, Stephen J (0/2)
Hand, Freddie (1/2)
Abayasekera, Roger (½/1)
Baruch, Andrew JD (½/1)
Bayford, James R (½/1)
Beaumont, Chris (½/1)
Bonafont, Philip (1/1)
Bromilow, Edward (1/1)
Brown, Graham (½/1)
BYE (1/1)
Crombleholme, Alan K (½/1)
Deighton, Simon (½/1)
Dickson, George A (½/1)
Dydak, Mateusz (1/1)
Flynn, David (½/1)
Fowler, Simon (0/1)
Freeman, Richard (½/1)
Galliano, Alexander (0/1)
Gayson, Peter (½/1)
Gooding, Ian R (0/1)
Hadi, Justin (1/1)
Harley Yeo, Gareth (½/1)
Harman, Kenneth B (0/1)
Harris, Michael (½/1)
Hazlehurst, Cory S (½/1)
Headlong, Timothy (½/1)
Horspool, Philip (1/1)
Jones, Richard S (0/1)
Kalyana, Ashwin (1/1)
Kendall, Paul SN (½/1)
Kitchen, Peter J (½/1)
Klingher, Dominic (½/1)
Lang, Heather (½/1)
LeMoir, David A (½/1)
Lutton, Josiah Ezra (1/1)
Maleki, Emanuel (1/1)
Milovanovic, Aleksander (0/1)
Moore, Andrew (1/1)
Mordue, A Tyson (1/1)
Osborne, David C (1/1)
Osborne, Marcus E (½/1)
Page, Mark (1/1)
Pedersen, Carsten (½/1)
Periasamymanjula, Manibharathi (1/1)
Ponter, Ian (1/1)
Punnett, Alan Kenneth (½/1)
Reynolds, D Ian W (1/1)
Richardson, Alex (0/1)
Richmond, Robert (1/1)
Ross, Chris Neil (½/1)
Rutter, Nicholas J (½/1)
Shepley, Julien M (½/1)
Smith, Alan A (½/1)
Staniforth, Matthew (1/1)
Staples, Daniel J (0/1)
Taylor, Graham C (0/1)
Timmins, Chris P (0/1)
Tipper, David (1/1)
Tippleston, Charles E (½/1)
Turner, Caius AW (½/1)
White, Mark (1/1)
Willis, Rupert (0/1)
Zhang, Marco (½/1)
? - Hosken, Nigel (65)
Crouch, Colin S (1/3)
Savage, Nicholas W (1/2)
Adams, Philip (½/1)
Agnew, Alan (½/1)
Arnott, Jonathan (1/1)
Barnes, Michael (½/1)
Besedin, Pavel (1/1)
Brett, Andrew (½/1)
Bucher, Grant (0/1)
Bull, Philip (1/1)
Byron, Alan M (0/1)
Chipanga, Takaedza (1/1)
Collins, Jonathan L (1/1)
Cooley, Oliver Jr (0/1)
Couch, Mark (½/1)
Crockart, George N (1/1)
De Coverly, Roger D (1/1)
Dickinson, Timothy R (1/1)
Dickson, George A (1/1)
Edwards, Simon R (0/1)
Fegan, Chris (½/1)
Fenwick, Hugh (½/1)
Foster, James M (1/1)
Garcia, Jason (½/1)
Gilbert, Jonathan A (0/1)
Girdlestone, Paul C (½/1)
Goodwin, Ed H (½/1)
Graff, Ben (1/1)
Graham, Louis (1/1)
Grant, David J (1/1)
Hagenbach, Udo (0/1)
Hall, Daniel (0/1)
Holes, Michal (½/1)
Horton, Andrew P (½/1)
Kemp, Peter (½/1)
Kendall, Paul SN (1/1)
LeMoir, David A (½/1)
Levicki, Jeffrey P (1/1)
Linford, Charles M (1/1)
Lunn, Matthew (1/1)
Maleki, Manuel (0/1)
McCorry, Robert T (1/1)
Milson, Samuel (0/1)
Nixon, Rodney J (1/1)
Ogunshola, Ben (0/1)
Osborne, Marcus E (1/1)
Paterson, Andrew I (1/1)
Peat, Matthew (1/1)
Richardson, Alex (½/1)
Ruthen, Stephen W (0/1)
Salimbeni, George PW (½/1)
Shaw, David A (0/1)
Sherwin, James T (0/1)
Slinger, Tony J (½/1)
Smith, Alan A (1/1)
Stevenson, James (0/1)
Stimpson, Philip M (½/1)
Sugden, John N (½/1)
Tavares, Shawn P (0/1)
Truman, Richard G (1/1)
Vikanis, Georgs (½/1)
Wademark, Helge (0/1)
White, Ian Graham (0/1)
Williams, Samuel G (1/1)
Wright, Antony J (0/1)
Openings played as White (39)
E31 Nimzo-Indian, Leningrad, Main line (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bg5 h6 5.Bh4 c5 6.d5 d6)
Average Elo:
2092.83
Result:
2½/6 = 41.67%
E73 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2)
Average Elo:
2064.33
Result:
3½/5 = 70%
E30 Nimzo-Indian, Leningrad (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bg5)
Average Elo:
2012.75
Result:
3½/4 = 87.5%
A81 Dutch (1.d4 f5 2.g3)
Average Elo:
2039.33
Result:
2/3 = 66.67%
D48 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, Meran (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 a6)
Average Elo:
2037.33
Result:
1½/3 = 50%
D34 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.g3 Nf6 7.Bg2 Be7)
Average Elo:
2015
Result:
½/3 = 16.67%
A57 Benko Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5)
Average Elo:
1954.33
Result:
3/3 = 100%
A56 Benoni Defense (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5)
Average Elo:
2189
Result:
2/2 = 100%
D85 Grunfeld (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5)
Average Elo:
2078.5
Result:
1/2 = 50%
E90 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2099
Result:
1/2 = 50%
D16 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4)
Average Elo:
2049
Result:
1/2 = 50%
E74 King's Indian, Averbakh, 6...c5 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Bg5 c5)
Average Elo:
2187
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
D07 Queen's Gambit Declined, Chigorin Defense (1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nc6)
Average Elo:
2044
Result:
½/2 = 25%
A41 Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6) (1.d4 d6)
Average Elo:
2089
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2177
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A21 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2336
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D02 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A55 Old Indian, Main line (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Nf3 Nbd7 5.e4)
Average Elo:
2106
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A84 Dutch (1.d4 f5 2.c4)
Average Elo:
2154
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A42 Modern Defense, Averbakh System (1.d4 d6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4)
Average Elo:
2027
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A54 Old Indian, Ukrainian Variation, 4.Nf3 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2155
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A28 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2137
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D17 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5)
Average Elo:
2142
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E70 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4)
Average Elo:
2160
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D52 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.e3 c6 6.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1946
Result:
½/1 = 50%
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:
2332
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D58 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) System (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3 h6 7.Bh4 b6)
Average Elo:
1930
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2284
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A31 English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation (1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4)
Average Elo:
1885
Result:
1/1 = 100%
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:
2292
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E15 Queen's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3)
Average Elo:
2255
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E33 Nimzo-Indian, Classical (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 Nc6)
Average Elo:
2124
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:
2103
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D30 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6)
Average Elo:
1982
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A40 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4)
Average Elo:
2251
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D66 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Bd3 line (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.Rc1 c6 8.Bd3)
Average Elo:
2160
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E05 Catalan, Open, Classical line (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Nf3 Be7)
Average Elo:
2122
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A60 Benoni Defense (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
Openings played as Black (48)
B48 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3)
Average Elo:
2072.33
Result:
3/3 = 100%
B44 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6)
Average Elo:
2005.33
Result:
1/3 = 33.33%
A30 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5)
Average Elo:
2184.33
Result:
1/3 = 33.33%
B12 Caro-Kann Defense (1.e4 c6 2.d4)
Average Elo:
2077.33
Result:
1/3 = 33.33%
B07 Pirc (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2105
Result:
0/2 = 0%
D18 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3)
Average Elo:
2205
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
A21 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2130
Result:
½/2 = 25%
D30 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6)
Average Elo:
2300
Result:
½/2 = 25%
B33 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4)
Average Elo:
2050
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
D02 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2192.5
Result:
½/2 = 25%
B22 Sicilian, Alapin (1.e4 c5 2.c3)
Average Elo:
2099
Result:
2/2 = 100%
D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2096.5
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
B11 Caro-Kann, Two Knights, 3...Bg4 (1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 Bg4)
Average Elo:
2159
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
B10 Caro-Kann (1.e4 c6)
Average Elo:
2064
Result:
1/2 = 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:
2032.5
Result:
1/2 = 50%
A47 Queen's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 b6)
Average Elo:
2077
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
D19 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O O-O 9.Qe2)
Average Elo:
2388
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D70 Neo-Grunfeld Defense (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 d5)
Average Elo:
2179
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6)
Average Elo:
2093
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D00 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5)
Average Elo:
2272
Result:
1/1 = 100%
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:
1920
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7)
Average Elo:
2080
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C12 French, McCutcheon (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Bb4)
Average Elo:
2130
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D48 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, Meran (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 a6)
Average Elo:
2195
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B80 Sicilian, Scheveningen (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6)
Average Elo:
2201
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4)
Average Elo:
2260
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A26 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6)
Average Elo:
2035
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D07 Queen's Gambit Declined, Chigorin Defense (1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nc6)
Average Elo:
1865
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A03 Bird's Opening (1.f4 d5)
Average Elo:
1915
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B30 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6)
Average Elo:
2090
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D16 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4)
Average Elo:
2040
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B20 Sicilian (1.e4 c5)
Average Elo:
2127
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B49 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.Be2)
Average Elo:
2134
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B23 Sicilian, Closed (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2023
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D46 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3)
Average Elo:
2236
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A02 Bird's Opening (1.f4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A05 Reti Opening (1.Nf3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
1930
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7)
Average Elo:
2131
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A16 English (1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2182
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A08 King's Indian Attack (1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c5 3.Bg2)
Average Elo:
2285
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E21 Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2140
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E12 Queen's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6)
Average Elo:
2168
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D76 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.cd Nxd5, 7.O-O Nb6 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.O-O Nb6)
Average Elo:
2161
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A36 English (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3)
Average Elo:
2044
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A45 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
0
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:
1968
Result:
½/1 = 50%
Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo:
2238
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C02 French, Advance (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5)
Average Elo:
2092
Result:
0/1 = 0%