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Player:
(Eg:
Carlsen,Magnus
)
Lam, Paul GM
Years
:
1976-2020
Number of games
:
127
Number of wins
:
43
Number of draws
:
39
Number of losses
:
45
White score
:
36/60 (60% - Average Elo: 2131.2)
Black score
:
26½/67 (39.55% - Average Elo: 2208.09)
Rating progression
Games
White wins
White draws
White losses
Black wins
Black draws
Black losses
Top wins
Lam, Paul GM (2123) - Palliser, Richard (2444), BCF-chT 1415 (4NCL), England (B53) - 2015
Lam, Paul GM - Fernando, Lakshan (2265), Asia-chT final 8th, Genting Highlands (D03) - 1989
Lam, Paul GM (2016) - Shaw, David A (2197), Coventry op, Coventry (C78) - 2005
Khantuev, Alexander (2286) - Lam, Paul GM (2070), BCF-chT3 0506 (4NCL), Birmingham (B03) - 2006
Richmond, Peter A (2248) - Lam, Paul GM (2096), BCF-chT3 0607 (4NCL), Sunningdale (B02) - 2006
House, Glenn (2240) - Lam, Paul GM (1973), Coventry op 1st, Coventry (B04) - 2004
Lam, Paul GM - ? (60)
Ahluwalia, Amardip (1/1)
Allor, Chuckwuka (1/1)
Anandajeyarajah, Similan J (1/1)
Anderton, David William (1/1)
Arakhamia Grant, Ketevan (0/1)
Barua, Dibyendu (0/1)
Bourne, Johnathan (1/1)
Broomfield, Matthew (0/1)
Byron, Alan M (1/1)
Calzetta Ruiz, Monica (0/1)
Chernikov, Alexei (1/1)
Chia, Chee Seng (0/1)
Coates, David H (1/1)
Coathup, Roger (1/1)
Davis, Lee (1/1)
Edward Dappa, Rachel (1/1)
Eggleston, David (0/1)
Farkas, Gabor (0/1)
Fernando, Lakshan (1/1)
Forster, Matthew (1/1)
Fryer, David William (1/1)
Garnett, John S (0/1)
Gayson, Peter (1/1)
Gray, Mark S (0/1)
Grieve, Harry (1/1)
Hillarp Persson, Tiger (½/1)
Kanai, A (0/1)
Kato, Tomihisa (1/1)
Kwiatkowski, Feliks Jerzy (0/1)
Ledger, Stephen C (½/1)
Lewyk, Ihor (1/1)
Littlewood, Paul E (0/1)
MacKenzie, Colin (0/1)
McPhillips, Karl (0/1)
Mort, Andrew J (½/1)
Mottart, Florian (1/1)
Naylor, John (½/1)
Oswald, Graeme (½/1)
Palliser, Richard (1/1)
Patrick, David A (0/1)
Phillips, Owen S (1/1)
Reid, John (½/1)
Richards, Heather (½/1)
Richardson, Keith Bevin (½/1)
Selway, Richard P (1/1)
Shaw, David A (1/1)
Shepherd, Katherine M (1/1)
Slade, Theodore (1/1)
Stewart, Joseph (1/1)
Stokes, Ivan (½/1)
Suarez Real, Alberto (½/1)
Tavares, Shawn P (½/1)
Toma, Katarzyna (0/1)
Trisha, Kanyamarala (1/1)
Twyble, Michael (½/1)
Wells, Daniel J (1/1)
Whetton, M (0/1)
Willmoth, Robert (½/1)
Willson, Ollie (½/1)
Winfridsson, Ola (1/1)
? - Lam, Paul GM (63)
Birtwistle, Nigel (1/2)
Storey, Charles (0/2)
Wall, Gavin (½/2)
Williams, Samuel G (1/2)
Adair, James R (0/1)
Al Giran, Fares (1/1)
Allison, Conrad (1/1)
Arnold, Christopher (1/1)
Batchelor, Peter (0/1)
Bentley, John L (½/1)
Berry, Neil (0/1)
Bourne, Johnathan (0/1)
Ciuksyte, Dagne (0/1)
Dineley, Richard (0/1)
Egginton, David C (½/1)
Fitzsimons, David (0/1)
Fraser Mitchell, Jeremy N (0/1)
Garcia Castro, Pablo (0/1)
Gaudeau, Valentin (0/1)
Green, Andrew (½/1)
Greet, Andrew (½/1)
Hagesaether, Arne (1/1)
Hagesaether, Halvard (½/1)
Hammond, Andrew JC (0/1)
Hanley, Craig (0/1)
Hansell, Christopher (½/1)
Holes, Michal (½/1)
House, Glenn (1/1)
Izod, Chris (½/1)
Jackson, James P (0/1)
Kalavannan, Koby (1/1)
Karayiannis, Costas (½/1)
Kemp, Peter (½/1)
Kett, Timothy (½/1)
Khantuev, Alexander (1/1)
Kostjoerin, Anatole (½/1)
Ledger, Stephen C (½/1)
Levenson, G (1/1)
Lindner, Daniel (½/1)
Luther, Thomas (0/1)
Moss, Guy (0/1)
Mountford, Corinne (1/1)
Pein, Malcolm (0/1)
Rabbitte, Dominic M (½/1)
Rabbitte, Liam F (0/1)
Radovanovic, Jovica (0/1)
Rayner, Francis (½/1)
Reichgeld, H (½/1)
Richardson, Keith Bevin (0/1)
Richmond, Peter A (1/1)
Rivera, Louie (1/1)
Rodriguez Lopez, Rafael (½/1)
Rush, Steven (½/1)
Rushbrooke, Remy (1/1)
Snape, Ian L (0/1)
Sobrado, Hernan (0/1)
Sowray, Peter John (0/1)
Van Eijk, Sander (½/1)
Varnam, Liam (½/1)
Verma, Aditya (½/1)
Walker, Nicholas P (0/1)
Weaving, Richard (½/1)
Zhu, Richard (½/1)
Openings played as White (36)
C00 French Defense (1.e4 e6)
Average Elo:
2041.8
Result:
3/7 = 42.86%
B53 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4)
Average Elo:
2169.8
Result:
4½/5 = 90%
D03 Torre Attack (Tartakower Variation) (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bg5)
Average Elo:
2331.67
Result:
1/3 = 33.33%
B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+)
Average Elo:
2095
Result:
1½/3 = 50%
A00 Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo:
2039.33
Result:
1½/3 = 50%
B03 Alekhine's Defense (1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/2 = 0%
D00 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5)
Average Elo:
2161
Result:
1/2 = 50%
A46 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2277.5
Result:
0/2 = 0%
B06 Robatsch (1.e4 g6)
Average Elo:
2271
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
A45 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2202.5
Result:
½/2 = 25%
B24 Sicilian, Closed (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3)
Average Elo:
1878
Result:
2/2 = 100%
B07 Pirc (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2145
Result:
1/2 = 50%
B80 Sicilian, Scheveningen (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6)
Average Elo:
2136.5
Result:
2/2 = 100%
D32 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B26 Sicilian, Closed, 6.Be3 (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6 6.Be3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C47 Four Knights (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B11 Caro-Kann, Two Knights, 3...Bg4 (1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 Bg4)
Average Elo:
2057
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C64 Ruy Lopez, Classical (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Bc5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C78 Ruy Lopez (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O)
Average Elo:
2197
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening (1.e4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B16 Caro-Kann, Bronstein-Larsen Variation (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ gxf6)
Average Elo:
2017
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B01 Scandinavian (1.e4 d5)
Average Elo:
2091
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B30 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6)
Average Elo:
2408
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A41 Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6) (1.d4 d6)
Average Elo:
2153
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A06 Reti Opening (1.Nf3 d5)
Average Elo:
2087
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D01 Richter-Veresov Attack (1.d4 d5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bg5)
Average Elo:
2191
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C26 Vienna (1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2261
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B20 Sicilian (1.e4 c5)
Average Elo:
1899
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E60 King's Indian Defense (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6)
Average Elo:
2220
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A26 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6)
Average Elo:
2056
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B08 Pirc, Classical (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1952
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5)
Average Elo:
1995
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A04 Reti Opening (1.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2369
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B27 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1856
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A47 Queen's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 b6)
Average Elo:
2152
Result:
½/1 = 50%
Openings played as Black (34)
B00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening (1.e4)
Average Elo:
2177.56
Result:
6/16 = 37.5%
B03 Alekhine's Defense (1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4)
Average Elo:
2277.5
Result:
2½/6 = 41.67%
B04 Alekhine's Defense, Modern (1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2198.75
Result:
3/4 = 75%
A80 Dutch (1.d4 f5)
Average Elo:
2162.75
Result:
1½/4 = 37.5%
D00 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5)
Average Elo:
2100
Result:
½/2 = 25%
A85 Dutch, with c4 & Nc3 (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2313
Result:
1/2 = 50%
B02 Alekhine's Defense (1.e4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2330.5
Result:
1/2 = 50%
A21 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2092.5
Result:
½/2 = 25%
A90 Dutch (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 e6 4.Bg2)
Average Elo:
2210.5
Result:
½/2 = 25%
B08 Pirc, Classical (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2144
Result:
0/2 = 0%
A40 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4)
Average Elo:
2162
Result:
1/2 = 50%
C72 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.O-O)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A02 Bird's Opening (1.f4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D35 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C68 Ruy Lopez, Exchange (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D30 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C50 Giuoco Piano (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A96 Dutch, Classical Variation (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 e6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O d6)
Average Elo:
2389
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A53 Old Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6)
Average Elo:
2239
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A28 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2195
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A91 Dutch Defense (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 e6 4.Bg2 Be7)
Average Elo:
2227
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C04 French, Tarrasch, Guimard Main line (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nc6 4.Ngf3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2325
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 d6 5.g3)
Average Elo:
2312
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A05 Reti Opening (1.Nf3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2390
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E61 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3)
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:
2376
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A41 Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6) (1.d4 d6)
Average Elo:
2253
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A54 Old Indian, Ukrainian Variation, 4.Nf3 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1869
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B07 Pirc (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2304
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B12 Caro-Kann Defense (1.e4 c6 2.d4)
Average Elo:
2170
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A03 Bird's Opening (1.f4 d5)
Average Elo:
2054
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A01 Nimzovich-Larsen Attack (1.b3)
Average Elo:
2441
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E91 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2)
Average Elo:
1943
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A22 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2228
Result:
0/1 = 0%