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MacDonald, Paul



FIDE:	FIDE Card
Years:	1997-2020
Number of games:	165
Number of wins:	64
Number of draws:	45
Number of losses:	56
White score:	42½/81 (52.47% - Average Elo: 1925.32)
Black score:	44/84 (52.38% - Average Elo: 1966.75)

Rating progression

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

Top wins

MacDonald, Paul (1986) - Ptak, Pavel (2120), Prague Prucha Memorial, Prague (A06) - 2017

MacDonald, Paul (1989) - Ang, Alphaeus Wei Ern (2087), George Trundle Qualifiers, Auckland (A69) - 2016

MacDonald, Paul (1989) - Gibbons, Robert (2008), George Trundle Qualifiers, Auckland (A01) - 2016

Salac, Jiri (2084) - MacDonald, Paul (1986), Prague Prucha Memorial, Prague (A41) - 2017

Huang, Alex (2048) - MacDonald, Paul (1992), Auckland North Shore op 41st, Auckland (B08) - 2014

Riha, Vojtech (2032) - MacDonald, Paul (1986), Prague Prucha Memorial, Prague (B07) - 2017

MacDonald, Paul - ? (69)

Fan, Allen Chi Zhou (1½/3)

Morrell, Gordon (0/3)

Braganza, Nadia (2/2)

Duneas, John (0/2)

Eade, Don (1/2)

Goodhue, Nathan (½/2)

Lim, Benjamin U (1/2)

Taylor, Richard (1/2)

Wang, Aaron Ziwen (2/2)

Yan, Caroline (2/2)

Aman, Chahal (½/1)

Ang, Alphaeus Wei Ern (1/1)

Armstrong, Malcolm J (½/1)

Atako, Chino (0/1)

Batchelor, Aaron (0/1)

Brown, Martin (0/1)

Browne, Jeremy (0/1)

Chen, Wei Kai (1/1)

Cilia Vincenti, David (0/1)

Cooper, Nigel (½/1)

Croad, Nicholas (0/1)

Fereday, Anthony (1/1)

Forster, William (½/1)

Gibbons, Robert (1/1)

Gong, Daniel Hanwen (0/1)

Ha, Huy Minh (1/1)

Holdaway, Steven (1/1)

Holdo, Karl (1/1)

Jackson, L Ross (½/1)

Lobo, Richard A (½/1)

Lourenco, Eva (1/1)

Lyall, Simon (1/1)

Martin Buss, Sean (0/1)

McDougall, Euan (1/1)

McNally, Ian (1/1)

Milligan, Helen (0/1)

Mukkattu, Philip (1/1)

Nagorski, Alex (1/1)

Nicholls, Leighton (1/1)

Novacek, Josef (½/1)

Pribyl, Viktor (1/1)

Ptak, Pavel (1/1)

Punsalan, Vyanla M (0/1)

Qin, Joy Shu Yan (1/1)

Qin, Nicole Shu Yu (½/1)

Rahulan, Thivyaa (½/1)

Richmond, Peter A (0/1)

Rossiter, Philip E (½/1)

Runcan, Daniel Ioan (1/1)

Seabrook, Roy (1/1)

Smith, Robert Wayne (0/1)

Steadman, Michael VR (0/1)

Stojic, Dusan (0/1)

Taylor, Edward H (½/1)

Thilaganathan, Jessica (0/1)

Tsagarakis, Angelo (½/1)

Vasli, Aref (0/1)

Wang, Puchen (1/1)

Ward, Keith (½/1)

Weeks, Manuel William (½/1)

White, Howard GA (1/1)

Zarkovic, Boris (½/1)

Zhang, Jasmine Haomo (½/1)

Zhu, Leo Lei (1/1)

Zulfic, Fedja (½/1)

? - MacDonald, Paul (67)

Nagorski, Alex (2½/4)

Cooper, Nigel (2½/3)

Milligan, Helen (1½/3)

Nyberg, Michael (1½/3)

Steadman, Michael VR (0/3)

Bennett, Hilton Petrie (½/2)

Fan, Allen Chi Zhou (0/2)

Gold, Hamish R (1½/2)

Gong, Daniel Hanwen (0/2)

Krstev, Antonio (2/2)

Timergazi, Layla (1½/2)

Akshay, Sharma (1/1)

Almond, Richard (½/1)

Beach, Paul K (½/1)

Boyd, Tristan (½/1)

Cannon, Raymond Charles (½/1)

Casilang, Arthur (½/1)

Chibnall, Alana (0/1)

Chudinovskikh, Alexander M (0/1)

Dale, Hannah (0/1)

Davies, Robert E (0/1)

Dive, Russell John (0/1)

Eade, Don (1/1)

Forsythe, Robert (½/1)

Gibbons, Robert (½/1)

Gilmour, Mark (1/1)

Goodger, Martyn (0/1)

Goodhue, Nathan (½/1)

Krishnan, Anand J (½/1)

Kulashko, Aleksei (0/1)

Lalic, Peter (½/1)

Lambert, John F (½/1)

McLaren, Leonard (0/1)

Meng, Richard (0/1)

Nicholls, Leighton (1/1)

Ning, Isabelle Yixuan (1/1)

Picken, Oliver (1/1)

Polishchuk, Kirill (½/1)

Qin, Nicole Shu Yu (1/1)

Reuben, Stewart (½/1)

Richards, Heather (0/1)

Rider, Brett (1/1)

Riha, Vojtech (1/1)

Salac, Jiri (1/1)

Sheppard, Derek Alan (1/1)

Short, Nigel D (0/1)

Smith, Robert Wayne (0/1)

Smith, Vivian J (1/1)

Stark, John (0/1)

Steadman, Mathew (1/1)

Towers, Brian (0/1)

Wang, Tony (½/1)

Wells, Clinton A (1/1)

Wevers, Alexis (1/1)

Zhang, Jasmine Haomo (1/1)

Zhu, Karl Kai (0/1)

Zhu, Leo Lei (1/1)

Openings played as White (44)

A01 Nimzovich-Larsen Attack (1.b3)
Average Elo: 1937.83
Result: 6½/12 = 54.17%

A69 Benoni, Four Pawns Attack, Main line (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.f4 Bg7 8.Nf3 O-O 9.Be2 Re8)
Average Elo: 2024.14
Result: 4½/8 = 56.25%

A06 Reti Opening (1.Nf3 d5)
Average Elo: 1815.88
Result: 6½/8 = 81.25%

E76 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f4)
Average Elo: 1610.75
Result: 3½/5 = 70%

D85 Grunfeld (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5)
Average Elo: 2167.33
Result: ½/3 = 16.67%

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: 2028.5
Result: ½/2 = 25%

A68 Benoni, Four Pawns Attack (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.f4 Bg7 8.Nf3 O-O)
Average Elo: 1918.5
Result: 0/2 = 0%

A07 King's Indian Attack (1.Nf3 d5 2.g3)
Average Elo: 1750.5
Result: 1½/2 = 75%

D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3)
Average Elo: 1893.5
Result: 1/2 = 50%

A13 English (1.c4 e6)
Average Elo: 1785
Result: 1/2 = 50%

E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2)
Average Elo: 1845.5
Result: 1½/2 = 75%

A80 Dutch (1.d4 f5)
Average Elo: 2181
Result: 0/1 = 0%

E70 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4)
Average Elo: 0
Result: 0/1 = 0%

E40 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3)
Average Elo: 0
Result: 1/1 = 100%

A85 Dutch, with c4 & Nc3 (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3)
Average Elo: 2090
Result: 0/1 = 0%

A05 Reti Opening (1.Nf3 Nf6)
Average Elo: 1587
Result: ½/1 = 50%

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: 2100
Result: 0/1 = 0%

D35 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6)
Average Elo: 0
Result: 1/1 = 100%

A30 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5)
Average Elo: 1865
Result: 1/1 = 100%

A41 Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6) (1.d4 d6)
Average Elo: 2295
Result: 0/1 = 0%

A10 English (1.c4)
Average Elo: 1952
Result: ½/1 = 50%

A44 Old Benoni Defense (1.d4 c5 2.d5 e5)
Average Elo: 1939
Result: 0/1 = 0%

E54 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Nf3 d5 6.Bd3 c5 7.O-O dxc4 8.Bxc4)
Average Elo: 0
Result: 1/1 = 100%

B50 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6)
Average Elo: 2062
Result: 0/1 = 0%

B09 Pirc, Austrian Attack (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4)
Average Elo: 2283
Result: ½/1 = 50%

A67 Benoni, Taimanov Variation (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.f4 Bg7 8.Bb5+)
Average Elo: 0
Result: 1/1 = 100%

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: 1979
Result: ½/1 = 50%

E41 Nimzo-Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5)
Average Elo: 0
Result: 0/1 = 0%

E03 Catalan, Open (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Qa4+ Nbd7 6.Qxc4)
Average Elo: 2044
Result: 0/1 = 0%

A46 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3)
Average Elo: 2159
Result: ½/1 = 50%

A04 Reti Opening (1.Nf3)
Average Elo: 1892
Result: 0/1 = 0%

A03 Bird's Opening (1.f4 d5)
Average Elo: 1685
Result: 1/1 = 100%

D43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c6)
Average Elo: 0
Result: ½/1 = 50%

D08 Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5)
Average Elo: 2284
Result: 0/1 = 0%

A42 Modern Defense, Averbakh System (1.d4 d6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4)
Average Elo: 2072
Result: ½/1 = 50%

E43 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6)
Average Elo: 1871
Result: 1/1 = 100%

B20 Sicilian (1.e4 c5)
Average Elo: 1821
Result: 0/1 = 0%

E78 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack, with Be2 and Nf3 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f4 O-O 6.Be2 c5 7.Nf3)
Average Elo: 1855
Result: ½/1 = 50%

A52 Budapest Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4)
Average Elo: 0
Result: 0/1 = 0%

E77 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f4 O-O 6.Be2)
Average Elo: 1579
Result: 1/1 = 100%

D06 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4)
Average Elo: 0
Result: 1/1 = 100%

D13 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.cxd5 cxd5)
Average Elo: 0
Result: 1/1 = 100%

B00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening (1.e4)
Average Elo: 0
Result: ½/1 = 50%

B02 Alekhine's Defense (1.e4 Nf6)
Average Elo: 1989
Result: 1/1 = 100%

Openings played as Black (29)

B07 Pirc (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6)
Average Elo: 2086.18
Result: 4½/13 = 34.62%

A41 Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6) (1.d4 d6)
Average Elo: 1948.17
Result: 8½/12 = 70.83%

B08 Pirc, Classical (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3)
Average Elo: 2072.5
Result: 2½/7 = 35.71%

A21 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo: 2048.43
Result: 2½/7 = 35.71%

B01 Scandinavian (1.e4 d5)
Average Elo: 1939
Result: 1½/5 = 30%

B09 Pirc, Austrian Attack (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4)
Average Elo: 1919.33
Result: 3½/4 = 87.5%

A02 Bird's Opening (1.f4)
Average Elo: 1779.75
Result: 3/4 = 75%

A48 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6)
Average Elo: 1714
Result: 3/3 = 100%

D13 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.cxd5 cxd5)
Average Elo: 1744.5
Result: 1/3 = 33.33%

A51 Budapest Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5)
Average Elo: 1857.33
Result: 2/3 = 66.67%

D04 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3)
Average Elo: 0
Result: 1/2 = 50%

B35 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Modern Variation with Bc4 (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4)
Average Elo: 1934
Result: 1½/2 = 75%

C42 Petrov Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6)
Average Elo: 2054
Result: ½/2 = 25%

A01 Nimzovich-Larsen Attack (1.b3)
Average Elo: 1732.5
Result: 1½/2 = 75%

C15 French, Winawer (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4)
Average Elo: 0
Result: 1/1 = 100%

A52 Budapest Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4)
Average Elo: 0
Result: 0/1 = 0%

D15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3)
Average Elo: 2101
Result: ½/1 = 50%

A12 English with b3 (1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.b3)
Average Elo: 2144
Result: ½/1 = 50%

B31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6)
Average Elo: 2093
Result: 0/1 = 0%

A00 Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo: 1910
Result: 1/1 = 100%

A04 Reti Opening (1.Nf3)
Average Elo: 1944
Result: ½/1 = 50%

D08 Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5)
Average Elo: 2252
Result: 0/1 = 0%

B38 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Maroczy Bind, 6.Be3 (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.c4 Bg7 6.Be3)
Average Elo: 2007
Result: 1/1 = 100%

C14 French, Classical (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7)
Average Elo: 1860
Result: 1/1 = 100%

D85 Grunfeld (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5)
Average Elo: 2223
Result: 0/1 = 0%

Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo: 1986
Result: 1/1 = 100%

A34 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo: 1826
Result: 0/1 = 0%

A45 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 Nf6)
Average Elo: 1662
Result: 1/1 = 100%

A31 English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation (1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4)
Average Elo: 1874
Result: 0/1 = 0%