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Player:
(Eg:
Carlsen,Magnus
)
McMahon, Paul
FIDE
:
FIDE Card
Years
:
1991-2020
Number of games
:
151
Number of wins
:
42
Number of draws
:
44
Number of losses
:
65
White score
:
31/71 (43.66% - Average Elo: 1989.17)
Black score
:
33/80 (41.25% - Average Elo: 1993.61)
Rating progression
Games
White wins
White draws
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-chT2 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 - ? (69)
Campbell, Mark C (1½/2)
Mercs, Peter J (1½/2)
Adaway, William (0/1)
Adebajo, Olufemi (0/1)
Arkell, Nicholas D (0/1)
Auckland, Elliott (½/1)
Bak, Andrew (0/1)
Batchelor, Peter (0/1)
Brooks, Phil J (0/1)
Brusey, Alan W (0/1)
Carter, Gavin (1/1)
Charnley, Bernard J (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)
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)
Goldsmith, Rory (1/1)
Gooding, Ian R (0/1)
Gray, Mark S (½/1)
Gregory, Stephen J (0/1)
Heidenfeld, Mark (0/1)
Hynes, Anthony (1/1)
Ioannides, Milton (0/1)
Jackson, Sheila (½/1)
Koneru, Humpy (0/1)
Kourtseva, Julie (1/1)
Littlehales, Alexander (0/1)
Mack, Andrew (½/1)
MacKenzie, Colin (½/1)
Maguire, Robert (0/1)
Mason, Donald (0/1)
Matthews, Chris J (0/1)
McDonnell, Gerard (0/1)
McDonnell, Niall (1/1)
McLaughlin, Noel (0/1)
Morris, Charles F (0/1)
Naylor, Michael A (1/1)
Noonan, Frank (1/1)
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)
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)
Watson, Mikey J (½/1)
Webster, Paul (1/1)
Williamson, Kevin J (½/1)
Woodhouse, Stephen V (½/1)
Zhang, Marco (0/1)
? - McMahon, Paul (76)
Jackson, Oliver (½/2)
Jaszkiwskyj, Peter (1/2)
Majer, Christopher (1½/2)
Stewart, Ashley (1/2)
Ackley, Peter JE (0/1)
Archer, Richard (½/1)
Berry, Neil (0/1)
Bourne, Johnathan (1/1)
Buckley, David (1/1)
Buckley, Simon T (0/1)
Burrows, Nick (0/1)
Cairns, Stephen (0/1)
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)
Crombleholme, Alan K (½/1)
Cumbers, Paul (0/1)
Daly, Colm (0/1)
De Coverly, Roger D (0/1)
Deighton, Simon (½/1)
Dhemrait, Jagdeep (1/1)
Donaghay, Richard H (1/1)
Fegan, Chris (1/1)
Fink Nunn, Petra (½/1)
Fowler, David W (1/1)
Galer, Sebastian (1/1)
Gostelow, David W (0/1)
Green, George DA (½/1)
Hermes, Geoff R (1/1)
Hodgson, John H (0/1)
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)
Josse, Mark (0/1)
Kenning, Paul H (0/1)
Kingston, Ian (½/1)
Lilley, Graham (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)
Neale, George (0/1)
Nelson, Omowale (0/1)
O'Connell, Gerard (0/1)
Ogunshola, Ben (0/1)
Painter Kooiman, David (0/1)
Paterson, Andrew I (1/1)
Pleasants, Allan J (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)
Stepanyan, Henrik (0/1)
Stephenson, David W (1/1)
Stevenson, James (0/1)
Tavares, Shawn P (0/1)
Taylor, Geoffrey P (½/1)
Thomas, Richard Huw (0/1)
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 (28)
A00 Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo:
1979.88
Result:
9½/17 = 55.88%
C01 French, Exchange (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bg5)
Average Elo:
1993.62
Result:
4/8 = 50%
B50 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6)
Average Elo:
2054.67
Result:
1½/6 = 25%
B08 Pirc, Classical (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1975.8
Result:
1½/5 = 30%
B06 Robatsch (1.e4 g6)
Average Elo:
1922.4
Result:
1½/5 = 30%
Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo:
2202
Result:
½/3 = 16.67%
B11 Caro-Kann, Two Knights, 3...Bg4 (1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 Bg4)
Average Elo:
1834
Result:
1/3 = 33.33%
B07 Pirc (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
1988.5
Result:
1/2 = 50%
A04 Reti Opening (1.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1943.5
Result:
½/2 = 25%
B00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening (1.e4)
Average Elo:
1877
Result:
2/2 = 100%
A31 English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation (1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4)
Average Elo:
2280
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:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E60 King's Indian Defense (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A52 Budapest Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
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%
B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5)
Average Elo:
2006
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C00 French Defense (1.e4 e6)
Average Elo:
2148
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C10 French (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2041
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%
D00 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5)
Average Elo:
2001
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A05 Reti Opening (1.Nf3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
1995
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B22 Sicilian, Alapin (1.e4 c5 2.c3)
Average Elo:
1712
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B01 Scandinavian (1.e4 d5)
Average Elo:
1700
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B27 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1922
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A30 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5)
Average Elo:
1911
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:
2063
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C02 French, Advance (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5)
Average Elo:
1907
Result:
½/1 = 50%
Openings played as Black (43)
B01 Scandinavian (1.e4 d5)
Average Elo:
1937.5
Result:
7½/17 = 44.12%
A52 Budapest Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4)
Average Elo:
1956
Result:
1½/5 = 30%
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%
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%
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%
D02 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1993.5
Result:
0/2 = 0%
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%
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:
2235
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A22 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2040
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C54 Giuoco Piano (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.cxd4)
Average Elo:
2041
Result:
½/1 = 50%
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%
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%
A18 English, Mikenas-Carls (1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.e4)
Average Elo:
1765
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D53 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7)
Average Elo:
1531
Result:
½/1 = 50%
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%