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McMahon, Paul



FIDE:	FIDE Card
Years:	1991-2025
Number of games:	197
Number of wins:	55
Number of draws:	59
Number of losses:	83
White score:	45/94 (47.87% - Average Elo: 1977.45)
Black score:	39½/103 (38.35% - Average Elo: 1988.02)

Rating progression

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White losses
Black wins
Black draws
Black losses

Top wins

McMahon, Paul (1972) - Hynes, Anthony (2164), BCF-chT2a 1314 (4NCL), England (A00) - 2014

McMahon, Paul (2030) - Mercs, Peter J (2123), BCF-ch 86th, Scarborough (B50) - 1999

McMahon, Paul (2043) - Fishburne, Stewart K (2106), BCF-chT2b 0910 (4NCL), England (B06) - 2010

Churm, Rohan (2168) - McMahon, Paul (2030), BCF-ch 86th, Scarborough (C89) - 1999

Buckley, David (2163) - McMahon, Paul (2030), BCF-ch 86th, Scarborough (C36) - 1999

Paterson, Andrew I (2065) - McMahon, Paul (1892), BCF-chT4S 1819 (4NCL), England (A07) - 2019

McMahon, Paul - ? (91)

Campbell, Mark C (1½/2)

Mercs, Peter J (1½/2)

Shearsby, Jude (0/2)

Abhyuday, Santhosh (0/1)

Adaway, William (0/1)

Adebajo, Olufemi (0/1)

Alcock, Graham P (1/1)

Arkell, Nicholas D (0/1)

Auckland, Elliott (½/1)

Bak, Andrew (0/1)

Batchelor, Peter (0/1)

Berkley, Stephen W (1/1)

Betts, Richard (1/1)

Bradbury, Neil H (½/1)

Brooks, Phil J (0/1)

Brusey, Alan W (0/1)

Calvert, David Ian (0/1)

Carter, Gavin (1/1)

Charnley, Bernard J (1/1)

Chiang, Richard (1/1)

Cook, Michael P (1/1)

Cooper, Andrew (½/1)

Couchman, Andrew A (1/1)

Cresswell, Mike J (1/1)

Dalmau, Jorgen Mikael (0/1)

Dilleigh, Stephen P (½/1)

Donaghay, Richard H (½/1)

Duckers, Harvey L (1/1)

Faulkes, Nick (1/1)

Ferrington, Nigel M (0/1)

Fishburne, Stewart K (1/1)

Fletcher, John T (0/1)

Flynn, David (½/1)

Foley, John P (½/1)

Frean, Daniel J (1/1)

French, Angus (½/1)

Gilsson, Asmund (1/1)

Goldsmith, Rory (1/1)

Gooding, Ian R (0/1)

Gray, Mark S (½/1)

Gregory, Stephen J (0/1)

Gunasekera, Asanga (1/1)

Hagesaether, Nina (1/1)

Heidenfeld, Mark (0/1)

Hynes, Anthony (1/1)

Ioannides, Milton (0/1)

Jackson, Sheila (½/1)

Keerthi Kumar, Advait (1/1)

Kiese, Matthias (½/1)

Koneru, Humpy (0/1)

Kourtseva, Julie (1/1)

Larchikov, Maksym (½/1)

Li, Harvey1 (½/1)

Littlehales, Alexander (0/1)

Mack, Andrew (½/1)

MacKenzie, Colin (½/1)

Maguire, Robert (0/1)

Mason, Donald (0/1)

Matthews, Adrian MS (½/1)

Matthews, Chris J (0/1)

McDonnell, Gerard (0/1)

McDonnell, Niall (1/1)

McLaughlin, Noel (0/1)

Mitchell, Robert2 (1/1)

Morris, Charles F (0/1)

Naylor, Michael A (1/1)

Noonan, Frank (1/1)

Okhai, Shabir (0/1)

Perrett, David C (½/1)

Purdon, Colin (½/1)

Ralphs, Nigel (0/1)

Rowan, Daniel (1/1)

Simons, Martin J (½/1)

Somerfield, Adrian P (0/1)

Southcott Moyers, Indy (0/1)

Stayt, James N (1/1)

Stockwell, Mark B (0/1)

Tarr, Steve (½/1)

Taylor, Adam C (0/1)

Taylor, Mark V (½/1)

Tippleston, Charles E (0/1)

Towers, Nigel S (½/1)

Truran, Michael C (0/1)

Vallis, Nicholas J (1/1)

Ward, Cian (½/1)

Watson, Mikey J (½/1)

Webster, Paul (1/1)

Williamson, Kevin J (½/1)

Woodhouse, Stephen V (½/1)

Xu, Jiarui (1/1)

Zhang, Marco (0/1)

? - McMahon, Paul (97)

Brett, Andrew (0/2)

Jackson, Oliver A (½/2)

Jaszkiwskyj, Peter (1/2)

Josse, Mark (0/2)

Majer, Christopher (1½/2)

Stewart, Ashley (1/2)

Ackley, Peter JE (0/1)

Archer, Richard (½/1)

Ball, Anthony (0/1)

Berkley, Stephen W (½/1)

Berry, Neil (0/1)

Bharat Kumar, Balahari (½/1)

Bourne, Johnathan (1/1)

Buckley, David (1/1)

Buckley, Simon T (0/1)

Burrows, Nick (0/1)

Cairns, Stephen (0/1)

Chan, Michelle Ngo Yu (½/1)

Chapman, Terry PD (0/1)

Churm, Rohan (1/1)

Clancy, Martin J (1/1)

Clarke, Brandon GI (½/1)

Cole, Graham (½/1)

Cooke, Charlie (1/1)

Cowan, Xavier (½/1)

Crocker, Philip J (½/1)

Crombleholme, Alan K (½/1)

Cumbers, Paul (0/1)

Daly, Colm (0/1)

Dasgupta, Avyukt (0/1)

De Coverly, Roger D (0/1)

Deighton, Simon (½/1)

Dhemrait, Jagdeep (1/1)

Donaghay, Richard H (1/1)

Elwin, Adrian G (0/1)

Fegan, Chris (1/1)

Fink Nunn, Petra (½/1)

Fowler, David W (1/1)

Galer, Sebastian (1/1)

Galvan Cipriani, Viviana (½/1)

Gardiner, Eric D (0/1)

Gostelow, David W (0/1)

Green, George DA (½/1)

Hermes, Geoff R (1/1)

Hodgson, John H (0/1)

Hutchinson, Paul A (½/1)

Ireland, David J (½/1)

Jackson, Sheila (½/1)

Jamieson, Ian M (0/1)

Jerzynek, Neil (1/1)

Jones, Rupert William (1/1)

Jones, Tibor (0/1)

Keerthi Kumar, Advait (0/1)

Kenning, Paul H (0/1)

Khoury, Theo (0/1)

Kingston, Ian (½/1)

Lilley, Graham (0/1)

Lishoy Gengis Paratazham, Dildarav (0/1)

Littlejohns, David (½/1)

Lutton, J Arnold (1/1)

Lutton, Josiah Ezra (½/1)

McDonnell, James J (1/1)

McHugh, Kevin (0/1)

Miller, George (½/1)

Neale, George (0/1)

Nelson, Omowale (0/1)

O'Connell, Gerard (0/1)

Ogunshola, Ben (0/1)

Painter Kooiman, David (0/1)

Panzhina, Jekaterina (½/1)

Paterson, Andrew I (1/1)

Peck, Silas (½/1)

Pleasants, Allan J (0/1)

Richardson, Alan (0/1)

Roberts, Malcolm A (1/1)

Sands, David A (½/1)

Short, Philip M (0/1)

Sivarajasingam, Shayanna (½/1)

Spice, Alan (0/1)

Staniforth, Matthew (½/1)

Steiners, Emils (0/1)

Stepanyan, Henrik (0/1)

Stephenson, David W (1/1)

Stevenson, James (0/1)

Sui, Yueyue (1/1)

Tavares, Shawn P (0/1)

Taylor, Geoffrey P (½/1)

Thomas, Richard Huw (0/1)

Trevelyan, John (1/1)

Tucker, Andrew (0/1)

Turvey, Steven S (½/1)

Walton, Alan J (0/1)

Webster, Richard J (½/1)

Wilson, Edgar (0/1)

Wilson, Kevin J (½/1)

Winchcombe, Andrew W (0/1)

Zarev, Dragomir (1/1)

Openings played as White (33)

A00 Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo: 1984.84
Result: 10/20 = 50%

C01 French, Exchange (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bg5)
Average Elo: 1922.75
Result: 7/12 = 58.33%

B50 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6)
Average Elo: 2054.71
Result: 2/7 = 28.57%

B08 Pirc, Classical (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3)
Average Elo: 1943.83
Result: 2½/6 = 41.67%

B06 Robatsch (1.e4 g6)
Average Elo: 1922.4
Result: 1½/5 = 30%

B10 Caro-Kann (1.e4 c6)
Average Elo: 1912.25
Result: 3½/5 = 70%

B23 Sicilian, Closed (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo: 2167.67
Result: ½/3 = 16.67%

Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo: 2202
Result: ½/3 = 16.67%

B22 Sicilian, Alapin (1.e4 c5 2.c3)
Average Elo: 1791.33
Result: 3/3 = 100%

B11 Caro-Kann, Two Knights, 3...Bg4 (1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 Bg4)
Average Elo: 1834
Result: 1/3 = 33.33%

A04 Reti Opening (1.Nf3)
Average Elo: 1943.5
Result: ½/2 = 25%

B01 Scandinavian (1.e4 d5)
Average Elo: 1729
Result: 2/2 = 100%

B00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening (1.e4)
Average Elo: 1877
Result: 2/2 = 100%

B07 Pirc (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6)
Average Elo: 1988.5
Result: 1/2 = 50%

B27 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3)
Average Elo: 1922
Result: 0/1 = 0%

C10 French (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3)
Average Elo: 2041
Result: 0/1 = 0%

B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5)
Average Elo: 2006
Result: 0/1 = 0%

C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6)
Average Elo: 1976
Result: 1/1 = 100%

A05 Reti Opening (1.Nf3 Nf6)
Average Elo: 1995
Result: 0/1 = 0%

C02 French, Advance (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5)
Average Elo: 1907
Result: ½/1 = 50%

C42 Petrov Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6)
Average Elo: 1795
Result: 1/1 = 100%

C96 Ruy Lopez, Closed (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)
Average Elo: 1973
Result: 1/1 = 100%

A31 English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation (1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4)
Average Elo: 2280
Result: 0/1 = 0%

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: 2063
Result: ½/1 = 50%

A46 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3)
Average Elo: 1815
Result: 1/1 = 100%

B02 Alekhine's Defense (1.e4 Nf6)
Average Elo: 2203
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: 2290
Result: 0/1 = 0%

E60 King's Indian Defense (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6)
Average Elo: 0
Result: 1/1 = 100%

C00 French Defense (1.e4 e6)
Average Elo: 2148
Result: 0/1 = 0%

A52 Budapest Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4)
Average Elo: 0
Result: 1/1 = 100%

C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed (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.d4)
Average Elo: 2104
Result: 0/1 = 0%

D00 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5)
Average Elo: 2001
Result: 0/1 = 0%

A30 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5)
Average Elo: 1911
Result: ½/1 = 50%

Openings played as Black (49)

B01 Scandinavian (1.e4 d5)
Average Elo: 1923.63
Result: 8/20 = 40%

A52 Budapest Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4)
Average Elo: 1941
Result: 2/6 = 33.33%

D02 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3)
Average Elo: 1932.4
Result: ½/5 = 10%

C10 French (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3)
Average Elo: 2265
Result: 1/3 = 33.33%

D35 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6)
Average Elo: 1945
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: 2107
Result: ½/3 = 16.67%

C54 Giuoco Piano (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.cxd4)
Average Elo: 2086.33
Result: 1/3 = 33.33%

C56 Two Knights (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.O-O Nxe4)
Average Elo: 1920.67
Result: 2/3 = 66.67%

A00 Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo: 2067
Result: ½/3 = 16.67%

A51 Budapest Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5)
Average Elo: 1957.5
Result: 1/3 = 33.33%

D53 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7)
Average Elo: 1798.67
Result: 2/3 = 66.67%

C55 Two Knights Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6)
Average Elo: 2050.5
Result: ½/2 = 25%

C36 King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defense (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 d5)
Average Elo: 2202.5
Result: 1/2 = 50%

C86 Ruy Lopez, Worrall Attack (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Qe2)
Average Elo: 1994
Result: 2/2 = 100%

A07 King's Indian Attack (1.Nf3 d5 2.g3)
Average Elo: 2064.5
Result: 1/2 = 50%

A01 Nimzovich-Larsen Attack (1.b3)
Average Elo: 1975.5
Result: 0/2 = 0%

D00 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5)
Average Elo: 1928.5
Result: 2/2 = 100%

A18 English, Mikenas-Carls (1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.e4)
Average Elo: 1930.5
Result: 1½/2 = 75%

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: 2021.5
Result: 0/2 = 0%

D55 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3)
Average Elo: 1964.5
Result: 1/2 = 50%

D37 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3)
Average Elo: 1913.5
Result: ½/2 = 25%

C02 French, Advance (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5)
Average Elo: 0
Result: 0/1 = 0%

D63 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 7.Rc1)
Average Elo: 0
Result: 0/1 = 0%

C89 Ruy Lopez, Marshall (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 d5)
Average Elo: 2168
Result: 1/1 = 100%

A22 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6)
Average Elo: 2040
Result: 0/1 = 0%

C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7)
Average Elo: 2090
Result: ½/1 = 50%

C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed (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)
Average Elo: 2002
Result: ½/1 = 50%

E90 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3)
Average Elo: 2238
Result: ½/1 = 50%

A45 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 Nf6)
Average Elo: 2175
Result: 0/1 = 0%

A49 King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4 (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3)
Average Elo: 2014
Result: ½/1 = 50%

E60 King's Indian Defense (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6)
Average Elo: 2197
Result: 0/1 = 0%

D80 Grunfeld (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5)
Average Elo: 1956
Result: 0/1 = 0%

A03 Bird's Opening (1.f4 d5)
Average Elo: 2029
Result: 0/1 = 0%

D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c6 5.Bg5 dxc4)
Average Elo: 1872
Result: 0/1 = 0%

C77 Ruy Lopez (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6)
Average Elo: 1905
Result: 1/1 = 100%

C46 Three Knights (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3)
Average Elo: 1826
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: 1849
Result: 1/1 = 100%

A13 English (1.c4 e6)
Average Elo: 2081
Result: ½/1 = 50%

C28 Vienna Game (1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bc4 Nc6)
Average Elo: 1939
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: 1897
Result: 1/1 = 100%

E09 Catalan, Closed (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O Nbd7 7.Qc2 c6 8.Nbd2)
Average Elo: 1946
Result: 0/1 = 0%

E01 Catalan, Closed (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2)
Average Elo: 2200
Result: 0/1 = 0%

A53 Old Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6)
Average Elo: 1947
Result: 1/1 = 100%

C78 Ruy Lopez (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O)
Average Elo: 1802
Result: 1/1 = 100%

C34 King's Gambit Accepted (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3)
Average Elo: 1998
Result: ½/1 = 50%

A34 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo: 2046
Result: 0/1 = 0%

A14 English (1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.O-O)
Average Elo: 2163
Result: 0/1 = 0%

A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3)
Average Elo: 2137
Result: ½/1 = 50%

C68 Ruy Lopez, Exchange (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6)
Average Elo: 2142
Result: 0/1 = 0%