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Player:
(Eg:
Carlsen,Magnus
)
Rao, Vivek
FIDE
:
FIDE Card
Title
:
IM
Years
:
1986-2002
Number of games
:
101
Number of wins
:
38
Number of draws
:
30
Number of losses
:
33
White score
:
28/49 (57.14% - Average Elo: 2392.49)
Black score
:
25/52 (48.08% - Average Elo: 2416.13)
Rating progression
Games
White wins
White draws
White losses
Black wins
Black draws
Black losses
Top wins
Rao, Vivek (2370) - Kamsky, Gata (2595), National op, Chicago (D87) - 1991
Rao, Vivek (2452) - Gurevich, Ilya (2584), Massachusetts op 58th, Worcester (A61) - 1989
Rao, Vivek (2370) - Iashvili, Akaki (2465), World op 19th, Philadelphia (E97) - 1991
Gurevich, Ilya (2582) - Rao, Vivek (2459), Harvard op 17th, Cambridge (B56) - 1989
Shirazi, Kamran (2530) - Rao, Vivek (2452), Massachusetts op 58th, Worcester (E06) - 1989
Ardaman, Miles (2385) - Rao, Vivek (2420), Philadelphia Int 4th, Philadelphia (B25) - 1993
Rao, Vivek - ? (42)
Fishbein, Alexander (1/3)
Gurevich, Ilya (2½/3)
Finegold, Benjamin (½/2)
Song, Paul (2/2)
Wolff, Patrick G (0/2)
Alpert, D (1/1)
Belakovskaia, Anjelina (1/1)
Burnett, Ronald (0/1)
Denker, Arnold Sheldon (½/1)
Edelman, Daniel (1/1)
Ehlvest, Jaan (0/1)
Findlay, Ian T (1/1)
Forster, Andy (1/1)
Gold, Bruce (1/1)
Gulko, Boris F (½/1)
Gurevich, Dmitry (0/1)
Harmon, Clark R (1/1)
Iashvili, Akaki (1/1)
Ivanov, Igor Vasilievich (0/1)
Kamsky, Gata (1/1)
Karklins, Andrew (½/1)
Kasparov, Garry (0/1)
Kaushansky, Leonid (1/1)
Kudrin, Sergey (½/1)
Lief, Adam (0/1)
Martinovsky, Eugene Simeon (½/1)
McCarthy, Brian (½/1)
Paschall, William M (1/1)
Popovych, Orest (½/1)
Psakhis, Lev (½/1)
Rachels, Stuart (½/1)
Rogers, Norman (1/1)
Rolletschek, Heinrich (½/1)
Salman, Joel (½/1)
Schoonmaker, Nicholas (½/1)
Serotta, Anthony (0/1)
Shabalov, Alexander (0/1)
Sherzer, Alex (1/1)
Shtern, Igor (1/1)
Stein, Bernd (1/1)
Van Meter, Lester (1/1)
Wilder, Michael (0/1)
? - Rao, Vivek (48)
Gurevich, Ilya (1/2)
Lief, Adam (½/2)
Rachels, Stuart (1½/2)
Shirazi, Kamran (1½/2)
Alburt, Lev O (½/1)
Ardaman, Miles (1/1)
Barcenilla, Rogelio (0/1)
Belakovskaia, Anjelina (1/1)
Benjamin, Joel (0/1)
Bingaman, Albert C (½/1)
Browne, Walter Shawn (0/1)
Burnett, Ronald (½/1)
Carballea, G (1/1)
Chernin, Alexander (0/1)
Chesney, Bill (0/1)
Chiu, Herman B (1/1)
Christiansen, Larry Mark (0/1)
Cid, Marino Alejandro (0/1)
Cusi, Ronald (½/1)
Edelman, Daniel (0/1)
Fedorowicz, John P (0/1)
Finegold, Benjamin (½/1)
Frenkel, Filipp (1/1)
Hobart, Steve (½/1)
Ivanov, Alexander (0/1)
Izumikawa, Burt (1/1)
Kamsky, Gata (0/1)
Kasparov, Garry (0/1)
Kelson, Richard (0/1)
Kreckler, Warren (1/1)
Litvinchuk, John (½/1)
Oliveira, Paulo Sergio De Cas (1/1)
Rahman, Ziaur (0/1)
Rogers, Norman (1/1)
Rolletschek, Heinrich (½/1)
Sarkar, Justin (0/1)
Schain, Randolph (1/1)
Schiller, Eric Andrew (1/1)
Schuyler, James (½/1)
Seward, Steve (½/1)
Sherzer, Alex (0/1)
Smagin, Sergey (0/1)
Steinfeld, Bruce (1/1)
Umezinwa, George (1/1)
Weeramantry, Sunil (1/1)
Wolff, Patrick G (0/1)
Yermolinsky, Alex (½/1)
Yu, Peter (1/1)
Openings played as White (33)
E94 King's Indian, Orthodox (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O)
Average Elo:
2350
Result:
3/5 = 60%
A46 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2345
Result:
1/3 = 33.33%
E90 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2279
Result:
2½/3 = 83.33%
A40 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4)
Average Elo:
2620
Result:
1/2 = 50%
A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2507.5
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
A75 Benoni, Classical with ...a6 and 10...Bg4 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.Nf3 Bg7 8.Be2 O-O 9.O-O a6 10.a4 Bg4)
Average Elo:
2430
Result:
1/2 = 50%
E91 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2)
Average Elo:
2270
Result:
1/2 = 50%
E15 Queen's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3)
Average Elo:
2400
Result:
1/2 = 50%
D31 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2345
Result:
1/2 = 50%
E18 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 7.Nc3 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2265
Result:
½/2 = 25%
A57 Benko Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5)
Average Elo:
2372.5
Result:
1/2 = 50%
D43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c6)
Average Elo:
2290
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D32 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5)
Average Elo:
2300
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E92 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5)
Average Elo:
2355
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:
2375
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A43 Old Benoni (1.d4 c5)
Average Elo:
2350
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D24 Queen's Gambit Accepted (1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E38 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5)
Average Elo:
2575
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A61 Benoni (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nf3 g6)
Average Elo:
2584
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E97 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6)
Average Elo:
2465
Result:
1/1 = 100%
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:
2595
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:
2750
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D85 Grunfeld (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5)
Average Elo:
2550
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D37 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2280
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E95 King's Indian, Orthodox, 7...Nbd7, 8.Re1 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nbd7 8.Re1)
Average Elo:
2270
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C70 Ruy Lopez (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A60 Benoni Defense (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6)
Average Elo:
2590
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c6 5.Bg5 dxc4)
Average Elo:
2360
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D99 Grunfeld Defense, Smyslov (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 O-O 7.e4 Bg4 8.Be3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E17 Queen's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7)
Average Elo:
2225
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D16 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4)
Average Elo:
2260
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E99 King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Ne1 Nd7 10.f3 f5)
Average Elo:
2445
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A91 Dutch Defense (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 e6 4.Bg2 Be7)
Average Elo:
2370
Result:
0/1 = 0%
Openings played as Black (42)
B56 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2456
Result:
2/3 = 66.67%
E69 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Main line (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 c6 9.h3)
Average Elo:
2285
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
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:
2350
Result:
1/2 = 50%
A80 Dutch (1.d4 f5)
Average Elo:
2290
Result:
2/2 = 100%
D85 Grunfeld (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5)
Average Elo:
2575
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
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:
2601.5
Result:
0/2 = 0%
B22 Sicilian, Alapin (1.e4 c5 2.c3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/2 = 50%
A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3)
Average Elo:
2580
Result:
½/2 = 25%
B25 Sicilian, Closed (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6)
Average Elo:
2385
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
A48 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E61 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2555
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B71 Sicilian, Dragon, Levenfish Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.f4)
Average Elo:
2200
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 d6 5.g3)
Average Elo:
2250
Result:
0/1 = 0%
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:
2230
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E90 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2570
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A65 Benoni, 6.e4 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4)
Average Elo:
2500
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B21 Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4 (1.e4 c5 2.f4)
Average Elo:
2280
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+)
Average Elo:
2345
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7)
Average Elo:
2460
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B68 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 9...Be7 (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 9.f4 Be7)
Average Elo:
2338
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A04 Reti Opening (1.Nf3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D94 Grunfeld (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.e3)
Average Elo:
2290
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B72 Sicilian, Dragon (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C02 French, Advance (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5)
Average Elo:
2235
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E98 King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov, 9.Ne1 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Ne1)
Average Elo:
2260
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:
2530
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:
2599
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B50 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6)
Average Elo:
2540
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D93 Grunfeld, with Bf4 & e3 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3)
Average Elo:
2285
Result:
0/1 = 0%
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:
2265
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A13 English (1.c4 e6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B63 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2)
Average Elo:
2455
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B73 Sicilian, Dragon, Classical (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.Be2 Nc6 8.O-O)
Average Elo:
2595
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A46 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A81 Dutch (1.d4 f5 2.g3)
Average Elo:
2595
Result:
½/1 = 50%
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:
2570
Result:
0/1 = 0%
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:
2325
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A03 Bird's Opening (1.f4 d5)
Average Elo:
2225
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B89 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Bc4 Nc6 7.Be3)
Average Elo:
2300
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D12 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5)
Average Elo:
2435
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B86 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Bc4)
Average Elo:
2455
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:
2382
Result:
0/1 = 0%