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Player:
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McTavish, David
FIDE
:
FIDE Card
Years
:
1985-2009
Number of games
:
134
Number of wins
:
51
Number of draws
:
39
Number of losses
:
44
White score
:
35/62 (56.45% - Average Elo: 2235.95)
Black score
:
35½/72 (49.31% - Average Elo: 2273.52)
Rating progression
Games
White wins
White draws
White losses
Black wins
Black draws
Black losses
Top wins
McTavish, David (2217) - Golts, Roman (2216), CAN-ch, Toronto (C10) - 2004
McTavish, David - Elieff, Kosta, London CAN op2, London,Canada (B40) - 1991
McTavish, David (2180) - Elieff, Kosta, London,Canada-chA, London,Canada (D05) - 1993
Vranesic, Zvonko (2315) - McTavish, David (2180), Toronto Class op, Toronto (D94) - 1993
Livshits, Ron (2310) - McTavish, David, Toronto, Toronto (D87) - 1992
Bailey, Doug (2283) - McTavish, David (2217), CAN-ch, Toronto (C10) - 2004
McTavish, David - ? (51)
Elieff, Kosta (2/3)
Ochkoos, Jura (2/3)
Angelov, Georgi (0/2)
Filipovich, David (½/2)
Haley, Philip G (2/2)
Jackson, David (2/2)
Jung, Hans Rudolf (½/2)
Peckford, William (1/2)
Rutter, Blair A (1½/2)
Arencibia Rodriguez, Walter (½/1)
Brajkovic, Nikola (0/1)
Casinathan, Uma (½/1)
Day, Lawrence A (½/1)
Dougherty, Michael J (½/1)
Ferguson, Philip (½/1)
Findlay, Michael A (1/1)
Fortin, Jean2 (1/1)
Gentes, Kevin (1/1)
Golts, Roman (1/1)
Gravel, Simon M (½/1)
Gregorz, Ralph (½/1)
Herron, Mike (0/1)
Howarth, Anthony (1/1)
Huber, Gregory (½/1)
Huda, Rehan (0/1)
Hurley, Paul (1/1)
Hyttinen, Paul (1/1)
Johnson, Tyler (0/1)
Johnstone, Glenn (½/1)
Lamb, Bryan (0/1)
Littke, Adam (½/1)
Marshall, Peter (0/1)
Nabi, Shahin (1/1)
Nickoloff, Bryon (½/1)
Nikouline, Alexandre (½/1)
Paduch, Andrew (1/1)
Palacios, Bobby (1/1)
Patterson, Roger (1/1)
Predescu, Sebastian (½/1)
Puri, Vinny (0/1)
Redden, S (1/1)
Ristovic, Nenad (0/1)
Rositsan, Boris (0/1)
Southam, Todd (1/1)
Struthers, Matthew (1/1)
Surlan, Dan (½/1)
Teodoro, Eduardo (0/1)
Tipu, Vincent (½/1)
Van de Ven, Anthony (1/1)
Zendrowski, Jay (½/1)
Zugic, Igor (½/1)
? - McTavish, David (55)
Southam, David (2/3)
Southam, Todd (½/3)
Surlan, Dan (1½/3)
Zendrowski, Jay (½/3)
Deiseach, Donal (1/2)
Elieff, Kosta (0/2)
Fortin, Jean2 (1½/2)
Jung, Hans Rudolf (1½/2)
Livshits, Ron (1/2)
Ochkoos, Jura (1/2)
Riley, Kelly (2/2)
Schleifer, Michael (0/2)
Spraggett, Kevin (0/2)
Bailey, Doug (1/1)
Balinas, Rosendo Carrean (0/1)
Basanta, Gary (1/1)
Bosenius, Bob (½/1)
Brice, Ron (0/1)
Cheah, Eugene (½/1)
Crnilovic, Grisha (1/1)
Day, Lawrence A (½/1)
Divljan, Igor (0/1)
Ehrman, Carl (½/1)
Federkevic, Dan (1/1)
Frilles, Ruperto (1/1)
Gillanders, Robert (1/1)
Gordon, Don (½/1)
Hall, John2 (0/1)
Hart, John (1/1)
Jarmasz, Mark (0/1)
Kiviaho, Bob (0/1)
Kohalmi, Andy (1/1)
Kuznetsov, Andrey (0/1)
Lawson, Eric (½/1)
Lesiege, Alexandre (½/1)
Long, Robert (½/1)
Mikanovic, Goran (0/1)
Norton, Glen (1/1)
Oraha, Zaki (1/1)
Palacios, Bobby (1/1)
Pitre, Ron (0/1)
Polacek, Jozef (0/1)
Samano, B (1/1)
Schlosser, Emil (0/1)
Spraggett, Grant (½/1)
Teodoro, Eduardo (0/1)
Teodoro, Roderick (½/1)
Thiele, Frank (1/1)
Van de Ven, Anthony (1/1)
Van Wyk, Joseph (1/1)
Velasquez, Manuel A (0/1)
Vranesic, Zvonko (1/1)
Walker, Ben (½/1)
Wharton, William (½/1)
Zaczek, Jonathon (1/1)
Openings played as White (48)
C06 French, Tarrasch (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ne2 cxd4 8.cxd4)
Average Elo:
2165.33
Result:
2½/4 = 62.5%
B87 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin with ...a6 and ...b5 (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Bc4 a6 7.Bb3 b5)
Average Elo:
2205
Result:
1/3 = 33.33%
C05 French, Tarrasch (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2300
Result:
1½/3 = 50%
C34 King's Gambit Accepted (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2411
Result:
1/2 = 50%
B41 Sicilian, Kan (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
C15 French, Winawer (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
C10 French (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2216
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
C36 King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defense (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 d5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/2 = 50%
B33 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/2 = 0%
B03 Alekhine's Defense (1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
C07 French, Tarrasch (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B20 Sicilian (1.e4 c5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B40 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D05 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 e6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5)
Average Elo:
2205
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B09 Pirc, Austrian Attack (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4)
Average Elo:
2215
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C37 King's Gambit Accepted (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Nc3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A25 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D89 Grunfeld (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 O-O 8.Ne2)
Average Elo:
2256
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B15 Caro-Kann (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B06 Robatsch (1.e4 g6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B19 Caro-Kann, Classical (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nd7)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B42 Sicilian, Kan (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3)
Average Elo:
2219
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C31 King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4 d5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B22 Sicilian, Alapin (1.e4 c5 2.c3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B56 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A30 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B02 Alekhine's Defense (1.e4 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:
2255
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A46 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2240
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A27 English, Three Knights System (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B88 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Bc4 Nc6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+)
Average Elo:
2400
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:
1947
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B78 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 10.castle long (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 O-O 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.Bc4 Bd7 10.O-O-O)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B77 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 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.Bc4)
Average Elo:
2240
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D13 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.cxd5 cxd5)
Average Elo:
2255
Result:
½/1 = 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%
B86 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Bc4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B21 Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4 (1.e4 c5 2.f4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B90 Sicilian, Najdorf (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6)
Average Elo:
2221
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B44 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A80 Dutch (1.d4 f5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C30 King's Gambit Declined (1.e4 e5 2.f4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A21 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A90 Dutch (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 e6 4.Bg2)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B28 Sicilian, O'Kelly Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 a6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D33 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.g3)
Average Elo:
2194
Result:
½/1 = 50%
Openings played as Black (45)
B90 Sicilian, Najdorf (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6)
Average Elo:
2310.33
Result:
1½/5 = 30%
D87 Grunfeld, Exchange (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 O-O 8.Ne2 c5)
Average Elo:
2322
Result:
2/5 = 40%
A20 English (1.c4 e5)
Average Elo:
2422.5
Result:
2/4 = 50%
A16 English (1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1½/3 = 50%
D91 Grunfeld, 5.Bg5 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bg5)
Average Elo:
2259
Result:
0/3 = 0%
B06 Robatsch (1.e4 g6)
Average Elo:
2255
Result:
1½/3 = 50%
B08 Pirc, Classical (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2520
Result:
0/3 = 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:
1/2 = 50%
B28 Sicilian, O'Kelly Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 a6)
Average Elo:
2250
Result:
1/2 = 50%
A40 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4)
Average Elo:
2158
Result:
1/2 = 50%
E61 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/2 = 25%
C01 French, Exchange (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bg5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
C45 Scotch Game (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4)
Average Elo:
2355
Result:
½/2 = 25%
D76 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.cd Nxd5, 7.O-O Nb6 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.O-O Nb6)
Average Elo:
2011.5
Result:
1/2 = 50%
D85 Grunfeld (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5)
Average Elo:
2240
Result:
1/2 = 50%
D86 Grunfeld, Exchange (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4)
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:
1/1 = 100%
D83 Grunfeld, Grunfeld Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bf4 Bg7 5.e3 O-O)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A26 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A08 King's Indian Attack (1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c5 3.Bg2)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B20 Sicilian (1.e4 c5)
Average Elo:
2270
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A43 Old Benoni (1.d4 c5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B53 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4)
Average Elo:
2260
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D03 Torre Attack (Tartakower Variation) (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bg5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D97 Grunfeld, Russian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 O-O 7.e4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C31 King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4 d5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B67 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7 (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)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B99 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Be7 8.Qf3 Qc7 9.O-O-O Nbd7)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D82 Grunfeld, 4.Bf4 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bf4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C56 Two Knights (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.O-O Nxe4)
Average Elo:
2255
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A23 English, Bremen System, Keres Variation (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 c6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D75 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.cd Nxd5, 7.O-O c5, 8.dxc5 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.O-O c5 8.dxc5)
Average Elo:
2325
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A04 Reti Opening (1.Nf3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D94 Grunfeld (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.e3)
Average Elo:
2315
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A03 Bird's Opening (1.f4 d5)
Average Elo:
2215
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:
½/1 = 50%
A36 English (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B23 Sicilian, Closed (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2350
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B33 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A34 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2180
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C10 French (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2283
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B22 Sicilian, Alapin (1.e4 c5 2.c3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B87 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin with ...a6 and ...b5 (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Bc4 a6 7.Bb3 b5)
Average Elo:
2029
Result:
1/1 = 100%