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Player:
(Eg:
Carlsen,Magnus
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O'Donovan, Richard
FIDE
:
FIDE Card
Years
:
1993-2008
Number of games
:
181
Number of wins
:
60
Number of draws
:
38
Number of losses
:
83
White score
:
42½/90 (47.22% - Average Elo: 2256.45)
Black score
:
36½/91 (40.11% - Average Elo: 2247.11)
Rating progression
Games
White wins
White draws
White losses
Black wins
Black draws
Black losses
Top wins
O'Donovan, Richard (2155) - Van der Werf, Mark (2397), EU-Cup 21st, Saint Vincent (B44) - 2005
O'Donovan, Richard (2162) - Kotz, Heinz Peter (2354), EU-Cup 19th, Rethymno (C45) - 2003
O'Donovan, Richard (2155) - Daly, Colm (2343), IRL-ch, Dublin (B02) - 2005
Heidenfeld, Mark (2320) - O'Donovan, Richard (2215), IRL-ch, Dublin (B30) - 1996
Barry, Colm (2275) - O'Donovan, Richard, Kilkenny Masters, Kilkenny (B47) - 1993
Daly, Colm (2265) - O'Donovan, Richard, IRL-ch, Armagh (B33) - 1994
O'Donovan, Richard - ? (70)
Daly, Colm (3/5)
O'Connor, Eddie (3/4)
Brady, Stephen (½/3)
Keogh, Eamon (1/3)
O'Cinneide, Mel (2/3)
Fox, Anthony (1/2)
Gilbert, Jonathan A (1/2)
Nicholson, John (1½/2)
O'Connell, Gerard (½/2)
O'Rourke, Ray (1/2)
Orr, Mark JL (0/2)
Quinn, Mark (0/2)
Baburin, Alexander (0/1)
Bachmann, Axel (0/1)
Bennett, Eric (1/1)
Boyle, Bernard (1/1)
BYE (1/1)
Cafolla, Peter (½/1)
Clarke, Thomas M (0/1)
Connolly, Suzanne (1/1)
De Assis, Carlos Roberto (1/1)
Deiseach, Donald (0/1)
Devenney, Ray (1/1)
Dooley, Michael (0/1)
Egan, Colm (1/1)
Gillen, Stephen (1/1)
Gooding, Ian R (0/1)
Gormally, Daniel (0/1)
Grigoryan, Avetik (0/1)
Hansen, Soren Bech (½/1)
Heidenfeld, Mark (0/1)
Jandel, Marian (0/1)
Jeffares, Simon (0/1)
Johnson, P (1/1)
Joyce, John (½/1)
Kane, Robert (1/1)
Kantsler, Boris (0/1)
Kitchlew, Andrew (0/1)
Kotz, Heinz Peter (1/1)
Lilley, Graham (1/1)
Llorens Hofman, Ivan (½/1)
Lowry O'Reilly, Hannah (1/1)
McCarthy, Jim (1/1)
McCarthy, Tim (1/1)
McGrane, Stephen (0/1)
McShane, Luke J (0/1)
Moreland, Desmond (1/1)
Motylev, Alexander (0/1)
Moynihan, Kieran (0/1)
Murray, David (1/1)
Nikolic, Predrag (0/1)
Norman, Kenneth I (1/1)
O'Shaughnessy, Conor (1/1)
Peart, Alan (½/1)
Porter, Liam (½/1)
Quinn, Ciaran (½/1)
Raoof, Adam (½/1)
Roberts, Danny (1/1)
Ryan, Joseph (0/1)
Salihu, Sami (0/1)
Sandoval Huertas, German Giovanni (0/1)
Sarbay, Alexander (0/1)
Schaufelberger, Heinz (½/1)
Shaughnessy, Elizabeth (0/1)
Sher, Miron Naumovich (0/1)
Shipov, Sergei (0/1)
Short, Philip M (½/1)
Spanton, Timothy (1/1)
Van der Werf, Mark (1/1)
Warren, Alexander (1/1)
? - O'Donovan, Richard (73)
Clarke, Thomas M (2/6)
Ryan, Joseph (2/4)
Short, Philip M (1/3)
Brady, Stephen (½/2)
Cafolla, Peter (0/2)
Daly, Colm (1/2)
Fox, Anthony (1½/2)
Heidenfeld, Mark (1½/2)
Keogh, Eamon (0/2)
McMahon, Daire (1/2)
O'Toole, Lorcan (1/2)
Abeln, Michiel (0/1)
Adams, Michael (0/1)
Arkell, Keith C (0/1)
Baburin, Alexander (0/1)
Barry, Colm (1/1)
Bennett, Eric (1/1)
Benson, Paul J (1/1)
Beveridge, Allan (1/1)
Brady, Cormac A (½/1)
Butler, Kevin J (½/1)
Conlon, Joseph P (½/1)
Connolly, Suzanne (1/1)
Dawson, Gary B (½/1)
De Bruin, Victor (1/1)
Dearing, Eddie (0/1)
Delaney, Paul (0/1)
Dooley, Michael (½/1)
Duncan, Christopher R (0/1)
English, Kieran (½/1)
Erdogdu, Mert (0/1)
Fitzpatrick, C (½/1)
Freeman, Gordon (½/1)
Gooding, Ian R (½/1)
Harpur, Colin A (½/1)
Hebden, Mark (0/1)
Heffernan, S (0/1)
Holmsten, Aleksei (0/1)
Joyce, John (0/1)
Kelly, Adam (1/1)
King, Daniel J (0/1)
Kovacevic, Slobodan (0/1)
Landenberger, Martin (½/1)
Larsen, Hans Haagen (½/1)
Lovelace, Randy C (½/1)
McElligott, Gerry (½/1)
McKeown, Paul (½/1)
McPhillips, Karl (0/1)
McShane, Luke J (0/1)
Miroshnichenko, Yaroslav (1/1)
Moynihan, Kieran (0/1)
O'Cinneide, Mel (0/1)
O'Connell, Gerard (1/1)
O'Driscoll, Kieran (1/1)
O'Rourke, Ray (0/1)
Orr, Mark JL (0/1)
O'Shaughnessy, Conor (½/1)
Player, Edmund C (0/1)
Prifti, Viktor (1/1)
Quillan, Gary (0/1)
Roberts, Danny (1/1)
Salter, David A (1/1)
Scannell, Steven (½/1)
Schneider, Bernd (0/1)
Shaw, John (0/1)
Skelton, Adrian (1/1)
Sogaard, Soren (½/1)
Sutton, Ian (0/1)
Thiruchelvam, Murugan (0/1)
Trifunovic, Aleksandar (½/1)
Whitehead, Mark A (1/1)
Winfridsson, Ola (½/1)
Zelcic, Robert (0/1)
Openings played as White (41)
C02 French, Advance (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5)
Average Elo:
2285.33
Result:
4½/13 = 34.62%
B22 Sicilian, Alapin (1.e4 c5 2.c3)
Average Elo:
2173.33
Result:
3/7 = 42.86%
B08 Pirc, Classical (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2292.2
Result:
2/6 = 33.33%
B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2)
Average Elo:
2378.33
Result:
2/4 = 50%
B30 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6)
Average Elo:
2310
Result:
1/4 = 25%
C36 King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defense (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 d5)
Average Elo:
2131.33
Result:
2/4 = 50%
B01 Scandinavian (1.e4 d5)
Average Elo:
2295
Result:
1½/3 = 50%
B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5)
Average Elo:
2250
Result:
2/3 = 66.67%
C45 Scotch Game (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4)
Average Elo:
2284
Result:
2/3 = 66.67%
C34 King's Gambit Accepted (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2315
Result:
1½/3 = 50%
C32 King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4 d5 3.exd5 e4 4.d3 Nf6 )
Average Elo:
2235
Result:
1½/3 = 50%
B12 Caro-Kann Defense (1.e4 c6 2.d4)
Average Elo:
2224
Result:
1/3 = 33.33%
B32 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
2/2 = 100%
B33 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4)
Average Elo:
2074.5
Result:
1/2 = 50%
B31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6)
Average Elo:
2180
Result:
1/2 = 50%
B70 Sicilian, Dragon Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6)
Average Elo:
2532
Result:
½/2 = 25%
C31 King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4 d5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/2 = 50%
B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+)
Average Elo:
2598
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B03 Alekhine's Defense (1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B29 Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2320
Result:
0/1 = 0%
Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A31 English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation (1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4)
Average Elo:
2275
Result:
0/1 = 0%
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:
2275
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B48 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3)
Average Elo:
2295
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B02 Alekhine's Defense (1.e4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2343
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B76 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)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6)
Average Elo:
2205
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B16 Caro-Kann, Bronstein-Larsen Variation (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ gxf6)
Average Elo:
2147
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B91 Sicilian, Najdorf, Zagreb (Fianchetto) Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.g3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A10 English (1.c4)
Average Elo:
2035
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C35 King's Gambit Accepted, Cunningham (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 Be7)
Average Elo:
2205
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E61 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2255
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A38 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2170
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B23 Sicilian, Closed (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2180
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C29 Vienna Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening (1.e4)
Average Elo:
2070
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B07 Pirc (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2185
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B59 Sicilian, Boleslavsky Variation, 7.Nb3 (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3)
Average Elo:
2510
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C30 King's Gambit Declined (1.e4 e5 2.f4)
Average Elo:
2080
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B44 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6)
Average Elo:
2397
Result:
1/1 = 100%
Openings played as Black (46)
A45 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2184.43
Result:
2½/8 = 31.25%
B30 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6)
Average Elo:
2321
Result:
4½/7 = 64.29%
B33 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4)
Average Elo:
2219
Result:
3½/6 = 58.33%
A57 Benko Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5)
Average Elo:
2143.8
Result:
2/6 = 33.33%
A43 Old Benoni (1.d4 c5)
Average Elo:
2450.67
Result:
1/4 = 25%
D03 Torre Attack (Tartakower Variation) (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bg5)
Average Elo:
2150
Result:
3/4 = 75%
B22 Sicilian, Alapin (1.e4 c5 2.c3)
Average Elo:
2250.25
Result:
1/4 = 25%
B32 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5)
Average Elo:
2335
Result:
2½/4 = 62.5%
A26 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6)
Average Elo:
2270
Result:
1½/3 = 50%
A25 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6)
Average Elo:
2478.5
Result:
½/3 = 16.67%
B20 Sicilian (1.e4 c5)
Average Elo:
2300
Result:
½/2 = 25%
E68 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Variation, 8.e4 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 d6 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.e4)
Average Elo:
2432.5
Result:
0/2 = 0%
C00 French Defense (1.e4 e6)
Average Elo:
2117.5
Result:
0/2 = 0%
B23 Sicilian, Closed (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2118
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
A48 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6)
Average Elo:
2295
Result:
1/2 = 50%
Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo:
2010
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
D40 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B26 Sicilian, Closed, 6.Be3 (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6 6.Be3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B21 Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4 (1.e4 c5 2.f4)
Average Elo:
2215
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C35 King's Gambit Accepted, Cunningham (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 Be7)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7)
Average Elo:
2275
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6)
Average Elo:
2250
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A39 English, Symmetrical, Main line with d4 (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.O-O O-O 7.d4)
Average Elo:
2225
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D01 Richter-Veresov Attack (1.d4 d5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bg5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E70 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4)
Average Elo:
2260
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6)
Average Elo:
2685
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A07 King's Indian Attack (1.Nf3 d5 2.g3)
Average Elo:
2145
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B80 Sicilian, Scheveningen (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6)
Average Elo:
2310
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E71 King's Indian, Makagonov System (5.h3) (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.h3)
Average Elo:
2215
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B08 Pirc, Classical (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2265
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A04 Reti Opening (1.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2120
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B40 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6)
Average Elo:
2020
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B41 Sicilian, Kan (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6)
Average Elo:
2165
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A31 English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation (1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4)
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:
2295
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A05 Reti Opening (1.Nf3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2084
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A21 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2152
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D00 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5)
Average Elo:
2082
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E48 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E14 Queen's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.e3)
Average Elo:
2225
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D02 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2128
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B42 Sicilian, Kan (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3)
Average Elo:
2403
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A38 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2191
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2522
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C42 Petrov Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E08 Catalan, Closed (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O Nbd7 7.Qc2)
Average Elo:
2329
Result:
0/1 = 0%