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Player:
(Eg:
Carlsen,Magnus
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Melkonian, Sam
Years
:
1976-1980
Number of games
:
73
Number of wins
:
32
Number of draws
:
16
Number of losses
:
25
White score
:
18½/35 (52.86% - Average Elo: 1884.62)
Black score
:
21½/38 (56.58% - Average Elo: 1808.33)
Rating progression
Games
White wins
White draws
White losses
Black wins
Black draws
Black losses
Top wins
Melkonian, Sam (1838) - Williams, Leo (2203), Quebec op, Montreal (B03) - 1978
Melkonian, Sam (1733) - Levtchouk, George (1979), Montreal WinterHiver op, Montreal (A42) - 1980
Melkonian, Sam (1883) - Leveille, Francois (1944), Montreal Festival, Montreal (C95) - 1980
Roy, Guy (1948) - Melkonian, Sam (1733), Montreal WinterHiver op, Montreal (B33) - 1980
Leimanis, Eriks (1877) - Melkonian, Sam (1733), Montreal WinterHiver op, Montreal (D94) - 1980
Dorion, Paul (1836) - Melkonian, Sam (2032), Quebec op, Montreal (B23) - 1980
Melkonian, Sam - ? (33)
Leveille, Francois (1/2)
Williams, Leo (1/2)
Barbeau, Sylvain (½/1)
Beauchamp, Jean Pierre (0/1)
Berger, Barry (1/1)
Berry, Jonathan (0/1)
Bouthillier, Serge (1/1)
Breton, Nikolai (½/1)
Castonguay, Rejean (0/1)
Chalest, Daniel (½/1)
D'Auteuil, Maurice (0/1)
De Lagrave, Sylvain (1/1)
Dorion, Paul (½/1)
Ethier, Bertrand (1/1)
Gersho, Jack (1/1)
Hagopian, Christian (1/1)
Lacroix, Serge (1/1)
Levtchouk, George (1/1)
L'Heureux, Bernard (1/1)
Maheux, Pierre (1/1)
McCrea, Grant (0/1)
Morin, Louis (½/1)
Nolin, Nicolas (1/1)
Pelts, Roman (0/1)
Phaneuf, Pierre Marc (1/1)
Pregent, Guy (0/1)
Reshevsky, Samuel Herman (0/1)
Robillard, Jean Philippe (0/1)
Rousseau, Daniel (0/1)
Spraggett, Jim (½/1)
Tremblay, Martin (½/1)
Zapata, Eduardo (1/1)
Zolfaghari, Houman (0/1)
? - Melkonian, Sam (36)
Desautels, Mario (2/2)
Frappier, Clement (½/2)
Aubry, Claude (½/1)
Barbeau, Sylvain (½/1)
Benson, Daniel (½/1)
Billyard, Ron (0/1)
Bogle, Bill (½/1)
Brodie, Hugh (0/1)
Coudari, Camille (0/1)
Coupal, Pierre (1/1)
Cuerrier, Alain (1/1)
Degarris, Jean Yves (½/1)
Dicecco, Giovanni (1/1)
Dorion, Paul (1/1)
Drysdale, Richard (1/1)
Dupuis, Stephane (½/1)
Finta, Robert (0/1)
Garon, Pierre (0/1)
Hart, Kevin (1/1)
Kachroo, Leeladher (0/1)
Lakdawala, Cyrus (½/1)
Leimanis, Eriks (1/1)
McCrea, Grant (½/1)
Newman, Douglas (1/1)
Pankhurst, John (1/1)
Pregent, Guy (1/1)
Richard, Daniel (1/1)
Roy, Guy (1/1)
Saint Amand, Paul (0/1)
Spraggett, Kevin (0/1)
Sylvain, Gabriel (0/1)
Veltmann, Martin (1/1)
Vezina, Michel (1/1)
Vineberg, Harold (0/1)
Williams, Leo (0/1)
Zalys, Ignas (1/1)
Openings played as White (27)
C18 French, Winawer (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3)
Average Elo:
1814
Result:
1/2 = 50%
B07 Pirc (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
1745
Result:
½/2 = 25%
B79 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 12.h4 (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 Qa5 11.Bb3 Rfc8 12.h4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
B41 Sicilian, Kan (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6)
Average Elo:
2503
Result:
0/2 = 0%
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:
1/2 = 50%
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:
1405
Result:
2/2 = 100%
C41 Philidor Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6)
Average Elo:
1418
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
B33 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/2 = 25%
B60 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B95 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6...e6 (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6)
Average Elo:
2000
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B01 Scandinavian (1.e4 d5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C60 Ruy Lopez (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5)
Average Elo:
2320
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O d6)
Average Elo:
1730
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6)
Average Elo:
0
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:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B98 Sicilian, Najdorf (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Be7)
Average Elo:
1600
Result:
1/1 = 100%
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:
1944
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A42 Modern Defense, Averbakh System (1.d4 d6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4)
Average Elo:
1979
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B45 Sicilian, Taimanov (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3)
Average Elo:
1491
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E81 King's Indian, Samisch (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B96 Sicilian, Najdorf (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4)
Average Elo:
2510
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B66 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B85 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Classical (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be2 a6 7.O-O Qc7 8.f4 Nc6)
Average Elo:
1700
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B12 Caro-Kann Defense (1.e4 c6 2.d4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B61 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, Larsen Variation, 7.Qd2 (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 Bd7 7.Qd2)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B03 Alekhine's Defense (1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4)
Average Elo:
2203
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B70 Sicilian, Dragon Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6)
Average Elo:
1792
Result:
0/1 = 0%
Openings played as Black (25)
C64 Ruy Lopez, Classical (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Bc5)
Average Elo:
1550
Result:
4½/7 = 64.29%
B33 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4)
Average Elo:
1790.67
Result:
4/7 = 57.14%
A04 Reti Opening (1.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1777
Result:
½/2 = 25%
A31 English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation (1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4)
Average Elo:
1184
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:
1827
Result:
1/1 = 100%
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:
½/1 = 50%
A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A44 Old Benoni Defense (1.d4 c5 2.d5 e5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A26 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C41 Philidor Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C44 King's Pawn Game (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A14 English (1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.O-O)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D73 Neo-Grunfeld, 5.Nf3 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1313
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D91 Grunfeld, 5.Bg5 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bg5)
Average Elo:
2325
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D51 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Nbd7)
Average Elo:
1696
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A13 English (1.c4 e6)
Average Elo:
1645
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C52 Evans Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4 5.c3 Ba5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B22 Sicilian, Alapin (1.e4 c5 2.c3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B30 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6)
Average Elo:
2389
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D94 Grunfeld (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.e3)
Average Elo:
1877
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A08 King's Indian Attack (1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c5 3.Bg2)
Average Elo:
1697
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D09 Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 5.g3 (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 d4 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.g3)
Average Elo:
2053
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D04 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3)
Average Elo:
1721
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A09 Reti Opening (1.Nf3 d5 2.c4)
Average Elo:
2288
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B23 Sicilian, Closed (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
1836
Result:
1/1 = 100%