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Player:
(Eg:
Carlsen,Magnus
)
MacPhail, John
FIDE
:
FIDE Card
Title
:
FM
Years
:
1971-2005
Number of games
:
92
Number of wins
:
40
Number of draws
:
26
Number of losses
:
26
White score
:
27½/47 (58.51% - Average Elo: 2284.25)
Black score
:
25½/45 (56.67% - Average Elo: 2302.75)
Rating progression
Games
White wins
White draws
White losses
Black wins
Black draws
Black losses
Top wins
MacPhail, John (2339) - Tseitlin, Mark D (2484), Guelph op 3rd, Guelph (B68) - 2004
MacPhail, John (2305) - Hamilton, Robert (2429), Guelph Futurity schev, Guelph (A08) - 2005
MacPhail, John (2300) - Dzera, Victor (2258), Toronto, Toronto (B00) - 1981
Stone, Raymond (2336) - MacPhail, John (2300), Toronto, Toronto (A77) - 1981
Morrison, Robert (2304) - MacPhail, John (2313), Toronto, Toronto (E05) - 1981
Meng, Ang (2175) - MacPhail, John (2339), CAN-ch, Toronto (B24) - 2004
MacPhail, John - ? (42)
Thavandiran, Shiyam (1½/3)
Dzera, Victor (1/2)
Fuster, Geza (2/2)
Ivanov, Igor Vasilievich (0/2)
Allan, Denis (½/1)
Berry, Jonathan (1/1)
Bolduc, Steve (½/1)
Boyd, Stephen (1/1)
Campos Ruiz, Alberto (1/1)
Charbonneau, Pascal (0/1)
Coudari, Camille (0/1)
Cross, Robert Gary (1/1)
Day, Lawrence A (0/1)
De Jonghe, Bruno (1/1)
Ehrenfeucht, Wojciech (½/1)
Hamilton, Robert (1/1)
Harper, Ryan (½/1)
Jiganchine, Roman (1/1)
Kaminker, Harry (1/1)
Kernan, Bernard (1/1)
Kuprejanov, George (0/1)
Macskasy, Elod (0/1)
Marjanovic, Slavoljub (0/1)
Muniz, Juan Luis (1/1)
Murray, Peter (½/1)
Noritsyn, Nikolay (½/1)
Panjwani, Raja (0/1)
Patterson, Roger (1/1)
Podzielny, Karl Heinz (½/1)
Rohanchuk, Edward (1/1)
Ross, David (½/1)
Seidler, Aldo Emilio (1/1)
Semokoff, Aleks (1/1)
Smook, Roger (1/1)
Spassky, Boris Vasilievich (0/1)
Spraggett, Kevin (1/1)
Stean, Michael F (0/1)
Stevens, Christian (½/1)
Stoll, Drew Lamb (1/1)
Tseitlin, Mark D (1/1)
Urquhart, Eddie (½/1)
Zuk, Robert D (0/1)
? - MacPhail, John (41)
Vranesic, Zvonko (1/3)
Nurmi, Peter (1½/2)
Tyomkin, Dimitri (1/2)
Akkari, Safwan (0/1)
Amos, Bruce M (0/1)
Arencibia Rodriguez, Walter (½/1)
Berry, Jonathan (0/1)
Biriescu, Ioan (1/1)
Biyiasas, Peter (½/1)
Cazelais, Marc (1/1)
Christiansen, Larry Mark (1/1)
Feoktistov, Dmitri (½/1)
Filipovich, David (½/1)
Freile Martin, Javier (0/1)
Gudmundsson, Kristjan (½/1)
Hamilton, Robert (½/1)
Hebert, Jean (½/1)
Hoffner, D (1/1)
Kourkounakis, Ilias (0/1)
Kret, Ted (1/1)
Labelle, Jacques (0/1)
Markov, Bozidar (1/1)
Meng, Ang (1/1)
Morenz, Robert (1/1)
Morrison, Robert (1/1)
Murray, Peter (1/1)
Noritsyn, Nikolay (0/1)
Panjwani, Raja (0/1)
Piasetski, Leon David (0/1)
Rorvall, Goran (1/1)
Scheichel, Herbert (0/1)
Selick, Paul (½/1)
Sinclair, Ian (1/1)
Spacek, Petr (½/1)
Stone, Raymond (1/1)
Thavandiran, Shiyam (½/1)
Urquhart, Eddie (½/1)
Wachtel, Robert (1/1)
Witt, Laszlo (½/1)
Zeidaks, Andris (1/1)
Zuntaks, Alvis (1/1)
Openings played as White (37)
B00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening (1.e4)
Average Elo:
2258
Result:
2/5 = 40%
C68 Ruy Lopez, Exchange (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6)
Average Elo:
2204.5
Result:
2/3 = 66.67%
B42 Sicilian, Kan (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3)
Average Elo:
2224.67
Result:
2/3 = 66.67%
B60 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5)
Average Elo:
2402.5
Result:
½/2 = 25%
C18 French, Winawer (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3)
Average Elo:
2103
Result:
1/2 = 50%
B57 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bc4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B80 Sicilian, Scheveningen (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C94 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer Defense (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 Nb8)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A75 Benoni, Classical with ...a6 and 10...Bg4 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.Nf3 Bg7 8.Be2 O-O 9.O-O a6 10.a4 Bg4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A42 Modern Defense, Averbakh System (1.d4 d6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B02 Alekhine's Defense (1.e4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B05 Alekhine's Defense, Modern (1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 Bg4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C60 Ruy Lopez (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C74 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.c3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B97 Sicilian, Najdorf (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Qb6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E80 King's Indian, Samisch Variation (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E86 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox, 7.Nge2 c6 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 e5 7.Nge2 c6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D60 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)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A20 English (1.c4 e5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A36 English (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A25 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C80 Ruy Lopez, Open (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C95 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer (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 Nb8 10.d4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B06 Robatsch (1.e4 g6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B08 Pirc, Classical (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2218
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B34 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nxc6)
Average Elo:
2259
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B76 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 O-O)
Average Elo:
2207
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B68 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 9...Be7 (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O Bd7 9.f4 Be7)
Average Elo:
2484
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C82 Ruy Lopez, Open (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6 9.c3)
Average Elo:
2193
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A43 Old Benoni (1.d4 c5)
Average Elo:
2472
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B81 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.g4)
Average Elo:
2438
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A08 King's Indian Attack (1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c5 3.Bg2)
Average Elo:
2429
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B39 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Breyer Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.c4 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Nc3 Ng4)
Average Elo:
2376
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A14 English (1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.O-O)
Average Elo:
2257
Result:
½/1 = 50%
Openings played as Black (39)
B52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7)
Average Elo:
2498
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
B00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening (1.e4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/2 = 0%
A36 English (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/2 = 50%
E45 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Bronstein (Byrne) Variation (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Ne2 Ba6)
Average Elo:
2319
Result:
1/2 = 50%
B22 Sicilian, Alapin (1.e4 c5 2.c3)
Average Elo:
2139.5
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
B55 Sicilian, Prins Variation, Venice Attack (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.f3 e5 6.Bb5+)
Average Elo:
2314
Result:
½/2 = 25%
A25 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A04 Reti Opening (1.Nf3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B83 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be2)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D41 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c5 5.cxd5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C27 Vienna Game (1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bc4 Nxe4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C69 Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 6.d4 (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dc 5.O-O f6 6.d4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C93 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Smyslov Defense (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 h6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B25 Sicilian, Closed (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
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:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B28 Sicilian, O'Kelly Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 a6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E46 Nimzo-Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B80 Sicilian, Scheveningen (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B81 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.g4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C44 King's Pawn Game (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C47 Four Knights (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C08 French, Tarrasch, Open, 4.ed ed (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 exd5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C00 French Defense (1.e4 e6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D00 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E20 Nimzo-Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A33 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 Nc6)
Average Elo:
2375
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B08 Pirc, Classical (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2315
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E05 Catalan, Open, Classical line (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Nf3 Be7)
Average Elo:
2304
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A77 Benoni, Classical, 9...Re8, 10.Nd2 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.Nf3 Bg7 8.Be2 O-O 9.O-O Re8 10.Nd2)
Average Elo:
2336
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B90 Sicilian, Najdorf (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6)
Average Elo:
2098
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B53 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4)
Average Elo:
2438
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A30 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5)
Average Elo:
2210
Result:
½/1 = 50%
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:
2143
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E12 Queen's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6)
Average Elo:
2531
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B48 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3)
Average Elo:
2498
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B24 Sicilian, Closed (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3)
Average Elo:
2175
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B84 Sicilian, Scheveningen (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be2 a6)
Average Elo:
2222
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B60 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5)
Average Elo:
2257
Result:
½/1 = 50%
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:
2429
Result:
½/1 = 50%