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Menzies, Colin



FIDE:	FIDE Card
Title:	FM
Years:	2009-2024
Number of games:	94
Number of wins:	41
Number of draws:	18
Number of losses:	35
White score:	25/48 (52.08% - Average Elo: 2143.15)
Black score:	25/46 (54.35% - Average Elo: 2158.61)

Rating progression

Games
White wins
White draws
White losses
Black wins
Black draws
Black losses

Top wins

Menzies, Colin (2150) - Merry, Alan B (2422), London Classic rapid op, London (A26) - 2017

Menzies, Colin (2132) - Paterek, Michal (2328), London Classic op 10th, London (A11) - 2018

Menzies, Colin (2132) - Merriman, John (2261), London Classic op 10th, London (A13) - 2018

Zakarian, David (2346) - Menzies, Colin (2150), London Classic rapid op, London (B30) - 2017

Zakarian, David (2343) - Menzies, Colin (2176), London Classic Weekend op 11th, London (A07) - 2019

Roe, Simon J (2165) - Menzies, Colin (2187), BCF-chT2 2324 (4NCL), England (A50) - 2024

Menzies, Colin - ? (47)

Merriman, John (1½/2)

Aguera Naredo, Javier (0/1)

Andreasson, Ingvar (0/1)

Baburin, Alexander (0/1)

Bowcott Terry, Finlay (0/1)

Braeutigam, Alexander (1/1)

Brown, Alan M (0/1)

Budima, Armend (0/1)

Camp, Imogen AL (1/1)

Casaschi, Paolo (1/1)

Daly, Justin (½/1)

Davey, Mark (1/1)

Delchev, Aleksander (0/1)

Doyle, Hugh (0/1)

Fathallah, Joe (1/1)

Gibbs, Dominic V (1/1)

Gilevich, Artem (0/1)

Gogia, Armaan (1/1)

Homer, Stephen J (1/1)

Hookham, James (1/1)

Jones, Iolo Cerredig (½/1)

Kosmo, Santul (0/1)

Le Roux, Jean Pierre (0/1)

Lewis, Andrew P (0/1)

Li, Henry (0/1)

Longson, Alexander (0/1)

Lyons, Brendan (1/1)

Maciol, Ryszard (0/1)

Marzano, Carlo (½/1)

McDougall, William M (1/1)

Merry, Alan B (1/1)

Mihasi, Lime (1/1)

Nataraj, Nakul (1/1)

Nettleton, Charlie (½/1)

Orr, Mark JL (½/1)

Pantzar, Milton (0/1)

Paterek, Michal (1/1)

Pedersen, Carsten (½/1)

Putar, Lara (1/1)

Quinn, Rory (0/1)

Remenyik, David (1/1)

Ribbegren, Karl Johan (1/1)

Saidmurodov, Shahjahon (1/1)

Shepherd, David (1/1)

Taylor, Martin R (½/1)

Thorfinnsson, Bjorn (0/1)

Wells, Peter K (0/1)

? - Menzies, Colin (42)

Kennedy, Craig (2/2)

Pein, Jonathan (1/2)

Wells, Peter K (0/2)

Zakarian, David (2/2)

Baker, Chris W (0/1)

Batchelor, Peter (½/1)

Bucher, Grant (1/1)

Bus, Tom (1/1)

Byklum, Bjornar (0/1)

Byron, Alan M (½/1)

Cooksey, Paul S (0/1)

Cooper, Lawrence (½/1)

Fischer, Daniel1 (½/1)

Foisor, Mihaela Veronica (½/1)

Fraser Mitchell, Jeremy N (1/1)

Ghukasyan, Siranush (½/1)

Gonzalez Gonzalez, Alfonso (0/1)

Gschnitzer, Adrian (0/1)

Lisko, Frantisek (0/1)

Mannion, Stephen R (½/1)

Mueller, Jens (1/1)

Nicholas, Koichi B (½/1)

O'Brien, Kieran (1/1)

O'Donnell, Conor (0/1)

Purton, Benjamin (1/1)

Ramondino, Renzo (0/1)

Robertson, J Stuart (0/1)

Roe, Simon J (1/1)

Scallan, Fiachra (1/1)

Short, Philip M (0/1)

Villiers, Thomas (0/1)

Wu, Haotian (1/1)

Young, William (1/1)

Openings played as White (36)

A13 English (1.c4 e6)
Average Elo: 2271
Result: 2/4 = 50%

D35 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6)
Average Elo: 2159.75
Result: 2½/4 = 62.5%

A45 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 Nf6)
Average Elo: 1920.33
Result: 1/3 = 33.33%

A46 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3)
Average Elo: 2046.5
Result: 1/2 = 50%

A15 English (1.c4 Nf6)
Average Elo: 2407
Result: 0/2 = 0%

A11 English, Caro-Kann Defensive System (1.c4 c6)
Average Elo: 2323
Result: 1/2 = 50%

A12 English with b3 (1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.b3)
Average Elo: 2123.5
Result: 1½/2 = 75%

A21 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo: 2390
Result: 0/1 = 0%

A05 Reti Opening (1.Nf3 Nf6)
Average Elo: 2334
Result: 0/1 = 0%

A14 English (1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.O-O)
Average Elo: 2552
Result: 0/1 = 0%

A80 Dutch (1.d4 f5)
Average Elo: 2016
Result: 0/1 = 0%

A34 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo: 2104
Result: 1/1 = 100%

D04 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3)
Average Elo: 2090
Result: 0/1 = 0%

D30 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6)
Average Elo: 1896
Result: 1/1 = 100%

A47 Queen's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 b6)
Average Elo: 1980
Result: 1/1 = 100%

A30 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5)
Average Elo: 2561
Result: 0/1 = 0%

A40 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4)
Average Elo: 2001
Result: 1/1 = 100%

B07 Pirc (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6)
Average Elo: 1909
Result: 1/1 = 100%

A65 Benoni, 6.e4 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4)
Average Elo: 1891
Result: 1/1 = 100%

B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+)
Average Elo: 2001
Result: 1/1 = 100%

A57 Benko Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5)
Average Elo: 2237
Result: 0/1 = 0%

D00 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5)
Average Elo: 2287
Result: 0/1 = 0%

A43 Old Benoni (1.d4 c5)
Average Elo: 2125
Result: 0/1 = 0%

A09 Reti Opening (1.Nf3 d5 2.c4)
Average Elo: 2222
Result: ½/1 = 50%

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: 2082
Result: 1/1 = 100%

E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3)
Average Elo: 2223
Result: ½/1 = 50%

A26 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6)
Average Elo: 2422
Result: 1/1 = 100%

B52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7)
Average Elo: 2039
Result: 1/1 = 100%

C00 French Defense (1.e4 e6)
Average Elo: 1746
Result: 1/1 = 100%

C45 Scotch Game (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4)
Average Elo: 2004
Result: ½/1 = 50%

D94 Grunfeld (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.e3)
Average Elo: 1641
Result: 1/1 = 100%

D02 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3)
Average Elo: 2036
Result: 0/1 = 0%

E05 Catalan, Open, Classical line (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Nf3 Be7)
Average Elo: 1798
Result: 1/1 = 100%

B02 Alekhine's Defense (1.e4 Nf6)
Average Elo: 2248
Result: 1/1 = 100%

A88 Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with c6 (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.Nc3 c6)
Average Elo: 2353
Result: ½/1 = 50%

D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3)
Average Elo: 2399
Result: 0/1 = 0%

Openings played as Black (32)

A50 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4)
Average Elo: 2281.25
Result: 2/5 = 40%

B29 Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6)
Average Elo: 2169.25
Result: 2/4 = 50%

B18 Caro-Kann, Classical (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5)
Average Elo: 2120.67
Result: 2/3 = 66.67%

A42 Modern Defense, Averbakh System (1.d4 d6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4)
Average Elo: 2279
Result: 0/2 = 0%

A45 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 Nf6)
Average Elo: 2052.5
Result: 1/2 = 50%

B12 Caro-Kann Defense (1.e4 c6 2.d4)
Average Elo: 2312.5
Result: ½/2 = 25%

E12 Queen's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6)
Average Elo: 2393.5
Result: 0/2 = 0%

E16 Queen's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Bb4+)
Average Elo: 2041.5
Result: 1/2 = 50%

A07 King's Indian Attack (1.Nf3 d5 2.g3)
Average Elo: 2343
Result: 1/1 = 100%

A17 English (1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6)
Average Elo: 2080
Result: 1/1 = 100%

A26 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6)
Average Elo: 2177
Result: ½/1 = 50%

A48 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6)
Average Elo: 2026
Result: ½/1 = 50%

A65 Benoni, 6.e4 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4)
Average Elo: 2126
Result: 0/1 = 0%

B06 Robatsch (1.e4 g6)
Average Elo: 2234
Result: 0/1 = 0%

B11 Caro-Kann, Two Knights, 3...Bg4 (1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 Bg4)
Average Elo: 2067
Result: 1/1 = 100%

B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5)
Average Elo: 2131
Result: 1/1 = 100%

B20 Sicilian (1.e4 c5)
Average Elo: 2245
Result: ½/1 = 50%

B23 Sicilian, Closed (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo: 1929
Result: 1/1 = 100%

B28 Sicilian, O'Kelly Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 a6)
Average Elo: 2156
Result: ½/1 = 50%

B30 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6)
Average Elo: 2346
Result: 1/1 = 100%

B31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6)
Average Elo: 1899
Result: 1/1 = 100%

B40 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6)
Average Elo: 1897
Result: 1/1 = 100%

C25 Vienna (1.e4 e5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo: 2313
Result: ½/1 = 50%

C34 King's Gambit Accepted (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3)
Average Elo: 1744
Result: 1/1 = 100%

C50 Giuoco Piano (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5)
Average Elo: 2351
Result: 0/1 = 0%

C63 Ruy Lopez, Schliemann Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5)
Average Elo: 0
Result: 1/1 = 100%

D02 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3)
Average Elo: 2097
Result: 1/1 = 100%

E10 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3)
Average Elo: 1973
Result: 1/1 = 100%

E20 Nimzo-Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4)
Average Elo: 2274
Result: 0/1 = 0%

E30 Nimzo-Indian, Leningrad (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bg5)
Average Elo: 2062
Result: 1/1 = 100%

E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2)
Average Elo: 2330
Result: 0/1 = 0%

E43 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6)
Average Elo: 1857
Result: 1/1 = 100%