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Houston, David A



Years:	1980-2025
Number of games:	61
Number of wins:	17
Number of draws:	20
Number of losses:	24
White score:	14½/32 (45.31% - Average Elo: 2264.55)
Black score:	12½/29 (43.1% - Average Elo: 2226.28)

Rating progression

Games
White wins
White draws
White losses
Black wins
Black draws
Black losses

Top wins

Houston, David A - Littlewood, John Eric (2395), British CF-68 Championship, Morecambe Lancashire (B90) - 1981

Houston, David A - King, Daniel J (2320), British CF-68 Championship, Morecambe Lancashire (B33) - 1981

Houston, David A (2225) - Micalizzi, Giovanni (2205), Lloyds Bank op 14th, London (B21) - 1990

Li, Henry (2150) - Houston, David A (2219), Bunratty Masters op 24th, Bunratty (C50) - 2017

McCarthy, Jim (2135) - Houston, David A (2235), IRL-chT interprovincials, Drogheda (C99) - 1999

Mojzis, Jaroslav (2089) - Houston, David A (2235), WchT Seniors 65, Prague (E69) - 2025

Houston, David A - ? (31)

Lane, Gary William (0/2)

Bellin, Robert (0/1)

Branford, John W (0/1)

Burgess, Graham (½/1)

Chin, Francis (½/1)

Claesen, Jeroen (0/1)

Cullip, Stephen (0/1)

Fox, Anthony (½/1)

Gillen, Adrian (1/1)

Hebden, Mark (0/1)

Hodgson, Julian M (1/1)

Holst, Per (½/1)

Hugentobler, Patrick (0/1)

Kennedy, Michael (1/1)

King, Daniel J (1/1)

Large, Peter G (0/1)

Law, Andrew P (0/1)

Littlewood, John Eric (1/1)

McCarthy, Moss (0/1)

Micalizzi, Giovanni (1/1)

Milligan, Thomas (1/1)

Moynihan, Kieran (½/1)

Noden, Nicolas (½/1)

Nokes, Roger I (½/1)

Renman, Nils Gustaf (½/1)

Shipov, Sergei (0/1)

Spirek, Adam (0/1)

Wells, Ian Duncan (½/1)

Winfridsson, Ola (1/1)

Wolferink, Frans (1/1)

Zoernpfenning, Siegfried (1/1)

? - Houston, David A (29)

Calderwood, Stephen (0/1)

Campbell, Eoin S (1/1)

Chandler, Murray G (0/1)

Czerwonski, Aleksander (½/1)

Fuller, Maxwell L (0/1)

Garcia Palermo, Carlos H (0/1)

Grant, Jonathan (1/1)

Mojzis, Jaroslav (1/1)

Mulligan, Scott (½/1)

Murray, David (½/1)

NN (½/1)

O'Gorman, Tom (0/1)

Plaskett, H James (0/1)

Pushkedra, Frank (0/1)

Rahman, Almasur (1/1)

Short, Nigel D (0/1)

Skulte, Christopher (½/1)

Tirziman, Rudolf (1/1)

Wells, Peter K (½/1)

Openings played as White (24)

C07 French, Tarrasch (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5)
Average Elo: 2276
Result: ½/3 = 16.67%

B21 Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4 (1.e4 c5 2.f4)
Average Elo: 2271.67
Result: 1/3 = 33.33%

B59 Sicilian, Boleslavsky Variation, 7.Nb3 (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3)
Average Elo: 2440
Result: ½/2 = 25%

C47 Four Knights (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6)
Average Elo: 2080
Result: 1/2 = 50%

B22 Sicilian, Alapin (1.e4 c5 2.c3)
Average Elo: 0
Result: 1½/2 = 75%

C45 Scotch Game (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4)
Average Elo: 2290.5
Result: 1/2 = 50%

C05 French, Tarrasch (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6)
Average Elo: 0
Result: 0/1 = 0%

B03 Alekhine's Defense (1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4)
Average Elo: 2335
Result: ½/1 = 50%

C44 King's Pawn Game (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6)
Average Elo: 2330
Result: 0/1 = 0%

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: 1/1 = 100%

C03 French, Tarrasch (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2)
Average Elo: 2037
Result: ½/1 = 50%

B17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7)
Average Elo: 0
Result: 1/1 = 100%

B33 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4)
Average Elo: 2320
Result: 1/1 = 100%

C36 King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defense (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 d5)
Average Elo: 0
Result: 0/1 = 0%

C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6)
Average Elo: 2385
Result: 0/1 = 0%

C56 Two Knights (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.O-O Nxe4)
Average Elo: 2380
Result: 0/1 = 0%

B90 Sicilian, Najdorf (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6)
Average Elo: 2395
Result: 1/1 = 100%

B09 Pirc, Austrian Attack (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4)
Average Elo: 0
Result: 1/1 = 100%

C09 French, Tarrasch, Open Variation, Main line (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 exd5 5.Ngf3 Nc6)
Average Elo: 2306
Result: ½/1 = 50%

B50 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6)
Average Elo: 2635
Result: 0/1 = 0%

B01 Scandinavian (1.e4 d5)
Average Elo: 2076
Result: 0/1 = 0%

B83 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be2)
Average Elo: 0
Result: ½/1 = 50%

B18 Caro-Kann, Classical (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5)
Average Elo: 2010
Result: 1/1 = 100%

C43 Petrov, Modern Attack (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 exd4 4.e5 Ne4 5.Qxd4)
Average Elo: 2063
Result: 1/1 = 100%

Openings played as Black (25)

C09 French, Tarrasch, Open Variation, Main line (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 exd5 5.Ngf3 Nc6)
Average Elo: 2375
Result: ½/2 = 25%

C45 Scotch Game (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4)
Average Elo: 2013
Result: 2/2 = 100%

C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d6 9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7)
Average Elo: 1997.5
Result: ½/2 = 25%

E69 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Main line (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 c6 9.h3)
Average Elo: 2068
Result: 1½/2 = 75%

D03 Torre Attack (Tartakower Variation) (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bg5)
Average Elo: 2355
Result: 0/1 = 0%

D57 Queen's Gambit Declined, Lasker Defense (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3 h6 7.Bh4 Ne4 8.Bxe7 Qxe7)
Average Elo: 0
Result: 0/1 = 0%

C00 French Defense (1.e4 e6)
Average Elo: 0
Result: 0/1 = 0%

C07 French, Tarrasch (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5)
Average Elo: 0
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: 0
Result: ½/1 = 50%

A81 Dutch (1.d4 f5 2.g3)
Average Elo: 2260
Result: ½/1 = 50%

C13 French (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7)
Average Elo: 2370
Result: 0/1 = 0%

B07 Pirc (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6)
Average Elo: 2455
Result: 0/1 = 0%

D56 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3 h6 7.Bh4)
Average Elo: 0
Result: ½/1 = 50%

A24 English, Bremen System with ...g6 (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 g6)
Average Elo: 0
Result: 1/1 = 100%

D00 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5)
Average Elo: 2460
Result: 0/1 = 0%

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: 0
Result: 0/1 = 0%

C24 Bishop's Opening (1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6)
Average Elo: 0
Result: ½/1 = 50%

E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 d6 5.g3)
Average Elo: 0
Result: 1/1 = 100%

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: 0
Result: 0/1 = 0%

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: 2390
Result: ½/1 = 50%

C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d6 9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.Nbd2 cxd4 13.cxd4)
Average Elo: 2135
Result: 1/1 = 100%

C47 Four Knights (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6)
Average Elo: 2011
Result: ½/1 = 50%

C55 Two Knights Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6)
Average Elo: 2181
Result: ½/1 = 50%

C50 Giuoco Piano (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5)
Average Elo: 2150
Result: 1/1 = 100%

A21 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo: 2412
Result: 0/1 = 0%