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Player:
(Eg:
Carlsen,Magnus
)
Lip, Michael
FIDE
:
FIDE Card
Years
:
1995-2006
Number of games
:
139
Number of wins
:
70
Number of draws
:
37
Number of losses
:
32
White score
:
48½/70 (69.29% - Average Elo: 1912.86)
Black score
:
40/69 (57.97% - Average Elo: 1900.31)
Rating progression
Games
White wins
White draws
White losses
Black wins
Black draws
Black losses
Top wins
Lip, Michael - Smerdon, David (2173), AUS-ch Schools op Secondary, Canberra (C00) - 1999
Lip, Michael - Stawski, Nikolai (2075), Australian op, Suncoast (A40) - 1999
Lip, Michael (2058) - Ikeda, Junta (1971), Doeberl Cup 43rd, Canberra (D32) - 2005
Smerdon, David (2304) - Lip, Michael (1984), AUS-ch U18, Canberra (B08) - 2001
Urban, Sylvester (2155) - Lip, Michael, AUS-ch U18, Hervey Bay (B09) - 1999
Hursky, Karel P (1907) - Lip, Michael (1944), Doeberl Cup Major 39th, Canberra (D95) - 2001
Lip, Michael - ? (61)
Smerdon, David (1/3)
Sonter, Matthew (2/3)
Bourmistrov, Denis (2/2)
Froehlich, Peter (½/2)
Obst, James (1½/2)
Richards, Allan (1½/2)
Saint, Andrew (1½/2)
Bastian, N (1/1)
Belletty, Malcolm (1/1)
Brockman, Roland (1/1)
Butler, Brian J (½/1)
Carmichael, Stuart (1/1)
Castor, David (1/1)
Chow, Michael (0/1)
Cormick, Peter (1/1)
Cronan, James (1/1)
Davies, Shaun (1/1)
De Noskowski, Adrian (½/1)
Dizdarevic, Mehmedalija (½/1)
Dragicevic, Domagoj (½/1)
Fitzpatrick, Andrew (1/1)
Fitzpatrick, Brian (1/1)
Frost, Peter (1/1)
Fry, Peter (½/1)
Harp, Joel (1/1)
Hellmann, Oscar (1/1)
Hughes, Mark (1/1)
Hui, Jonathan (1/1)
Humphreys, Lincoln (½/1)
Ikeda, Junta (1/1)
Jones, Brian (½/1)
Jovanovic, Peter (½/1)
Jovanovich, Nicholas (1/1)
Juszczynski, Mathew (1/1)
Kimura, Toshi (1/1)
Krawcheni, Andrei (½/1)
Lane, Clive (1/1)
Lane, Nancy (1/1)
Lau, Vincent (½/1)
Leskiewicz, Maksymilian (0/1)
McDonald, Julian (1/1)
Mista, Aleksander (½/1)
Morris, James (1/1)
Nissen, Amir (1/1)
Papadinis, Jim (½/1)
Pizzato, Charles (0/1)
Poon, Timbi (1/1)
Rafizadeh, Shervin (½/1)
Rej, Tomek (1/1)
Rogers, Ian (0/1)
Rujevic, Mirko (0/1)
Soloveychik, Sasha (1/1)
Stawski, Nikolai (1/1)
Stephson, David (0/1)
Stojic, Dusan (0/1)
Stojic, Svetozar (1/1)
Szuveges, Grant (0/1)
Tsagarakis, Angelo (1/1)
Van Riel, Bas (½/1)
Yu, Hennessy (1/1)
Zhao, Zong Yuan (½/1)
? - Lip, Michael (61)
Bourmistrov, Denis (1½/3)
Charles, Gareth (½/2)
Laugery, David (2/2)
Pyke, Malcolm (1½/2)
Smerdon, David (1/2)
Sonter, Matthew (1½/2)
Tulevski, Vasil (½/2)
Baltagis, George (0/1)
Bird, Andrew (0/1)
Bond, Richard (1/1)
Bowen, Leon (½/1)
Broekhuijse, Paul (½/1)
Cheung, Ernest (0/1)
Clarke, Daniel (1/1)
Cowley, Robert (½/1)
Davies, Shaun (0/1)
Dickson, Ian C (0/1)
Dizdarevic, Mehmedalija (½/1)
Dunne, Sebastien (1/1)
Fitzpatrick, Andrew (1/1)
Flitney, Adrian (0/1)
Hacche, David (½/1)
Halpin, Patrick (0/1)
Hardegen, Andrew (1/1)
Harp, Joel (1/1)
Hawkins, Mitchell (1/1)
Hunter, Daniel (1/1)
Hursky, Karel P (1/1)
Jones, Evan (1/1)
Korda, Gus (1/1)
Lip, Catherine (0/1)
Marsden, John A (1/1)
Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios (0/1)
McCart, Richard (1/1)
Montague, Ivor (½/1)
Mortensen, Henrik (½/1)
Oliver, Gareth (½/1)
Oliver, Shannon (1/1)
Park, Robin (1/1)
Petty, Russell (1/1)
Poon, Nick (0/1)
Poulton, Chris (1/1)
Ramakrishna, Gogulapati (1/1)
Rona, Jonathan (1/1)
Rout, Ian Clive (1/1)
Saint, Andrew (1/1)
Sarai, Slavica (0/1)
Savelieff, Geoffrey (1/1)
Shelton, John (1/1)
Skiotis, Pano (0/1)
Smith, Jeremy (1/1)
Solomon, Stephen J (0/1)
Suttor, Vincent (0/1)
Tan, Justin (0/1)
Taylor, Leon (½/1)
Urban, Sylvester (1/1)
Van der Wal, Fritz W (0/1)
Wang, Zhengbo (1/1)
Weller, Tony (½/1)
Wright, Ian (½/1)
Xie, George Wendi (0/1)
Openings played as White (38)
D02 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1764
Result:
7/8 = 87.5%
B08 Pirc, Classical (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1844
Result:
4½/6 = 75%
D00 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5)
Average Elo:
1954
Result:
3/5 = 60%
A04 Reti Opening (1.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2149.75
Result:
2/5 = 40%
A08 King's Indian Attack (1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c5 3.Bg2)
Average Elo:
1960
Result:
2½/3 = 83.33%
A07 King's Indian Attack (1.Nf3 d5 2.g3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
2/2 = 100%
C54 Giuoco Piano (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.cxd4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
E19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3 Ne4 8.Qc2 Nxc3)
Average Elo:
1868.5
Result:
1/2 = 50%
D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1719
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
B06 Robatsch (1.e4 g6)
Average Elo:
1771.5
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
E18 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 7.Nc3 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3)
Average Elo:
1657
Result:
2/2 = 100%
A03 Bird's Opening (1.f4 d5)
Average Elo:
1443.5
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
A05 Reti Opening (1.Nf3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2177.5
Result:
0/2 = 0%
C00 French Defense (1.e4 e6)
Average Elo:
1983.5
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
A40 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4)
Average Elo:
1926.5
Result:
2/2 = 100%
A47 Queen's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 b6)
Average Elo:
1750
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C03 French, Tarrasch (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c6)
Average Elo:
1759
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A80 Dutch (1.d4 f5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
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:
1895
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A10 English (1.c4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A34 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D32 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5)
Average Elo:
1971
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 d6 5.g3)
Average Elo:
2197
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A36 English (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3)
Average Elo:
1848
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B50 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6)
Average Elo:
1658
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E65 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav, 7.O-O (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 d6 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 c5 7.O-O)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B18 Caro-Kann, Classical (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C05 French, Tarrasch (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6)
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:
1896
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A57 Benko Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5)
Average Elo:
2594
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D79 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O, Main line (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O c6 7.cxd5 cxd5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E08 Catalan, Closed (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O Nbd7 7.Qc2)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C02 French, Advance (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E01 Catalan, Closed (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A30 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D77 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O)
Average Elo:
2200
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A43 Old Benoni (1.d4 c5)
Average Elo:
2012
Result:
0/1 = 0%
Openings played as Black (35)
B07 Pirc (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2024.62
Result:
9/18 = 50%
B08 Pirc, Classical (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1946
Result:
5½/7 = 78.57%
B01 Scandinavian (1.e4 d5)
Average Elo:
2031.67
Result:
3/5 = 60%
A57 Benko Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5)
Average Elo:
1804
Result:
4/4 = 100%
D02 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1781.33
Result:
1½/3 = 50%
A42 Modern Defense, Averbakh System (1.d4 d6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4)
Average Elo:
2216
Result:
0/2 = 0%
A40 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4)
Average Elo:
1891.5
Result:
1/2 = 50%
C24 Bishop's Opening (1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C46 Three Knights (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C01 French, Exchange (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bg5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D51 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Nbd7)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A30 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A48 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A00 Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
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:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B09 Pirc, Austrian Attack (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4)
Average Elo:
2155
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C30 King's Gambit Declined (1.e4 e5 2.f4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A31 English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation (1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A41 Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6) (1.d4 d6)
Average Elo:
1523
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A17 English (1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6)
Average Elo:
1516
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening (1.e4)
Average Elo:
1801
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B15 Caro-Kann (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3)
Average Elo:
1558
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A15 English (1.c4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
1754
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D95 Grunfeld (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.e3 O-O 6.Qb3)
Average Elo:
1907
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D31 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3)
Average Elo:
1815
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D94 Grunfeld (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.e3)
Average Elo:
2052
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:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B21 Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4 (1.e4 c5 2.f4)
Average Elo:
1777
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:
1914
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B06 Robatsch (1.e4 g6)
Average Elo:
1917
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:
1845
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A45 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2141
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A21 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
1732
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A14 English (1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.O-O)
Average Elo:
1828
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A90 Dutch (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 e6 4.Bg2)
Average Elo:
1796
Result:
1/1 = 100%