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Player:
(Eg:
Carlsen,Magnus
)
Root, Douglas
FIDE
:
FIDE Card
Title
:
IM
Years
:
1978-2023
Number of games
:
170
Number of wins
:
85
Number of draws
:
48
Number of losses
:
37
White score
:
55½/83 (66.87% - Average Elo: 2381.75)
Black score
:
53½/87 (61.49% - Average Elo: 2379.11)
Rating progression
Games
White wins
White draws
White losses
Black wins
Black draws
Black losses
Top wins
Root, Douglas (2469) - Kaidanov, Gregory S (2563), ch-USA Seniors 2023, Saint Louis USA (C44) - 2023
Root, Douglas (2469) - Dlugy, Maxim (2524), ch-USA Seniors 2023, Saint Louis USA (E94) - 2023
Root, Douglas - Lein, Anatoly (2505), USA, USA (C02) - 1978
Dzindzichashvili, Roman (2570) - Root, Douglas (2360), Lone Pine op Louis D. Statham Masters, Lone Pine (A30) - 1980
Ivanov, Igor Vasilievich (2550) - Root, Douglas (2370), Anaheim Labate, Anaheim (E99) - 1984
McCambridge, Vincent (2465) - Root, Douglas (2370), Anaheim Labate, Anaheim (A34) - 1984
Root, Douglas - ? (79)
Silman, Jeremy D (1½/3)
Browne, Walter Shawn (½/2)
Ivanov, Igor Vasilievich (0/2)
Abbott, William (½/1)
Alburt, Lev O (½/1)
Anderson, Alan J (1/1)
Au, Leslie (1/1)
Bailey, Ben (1/1)
Beelby, Matthew A (½/1)
Benjamin, Joel (½/1)
Bernat, Miguel (1/1)
Birkel, Jeff A (1/1)
Biyiasas, Peter (½/1)
Bjarnason, Saevar (1/1)
Brown, Tony R (1/1)
Burnett, Kevin (1/1)
Campora, Daniel Hugo (1/1)
Choobak, Khosrow (1/1)
Chow, Albert (1/1)
Davis, Loal W (1/1)
Dean, Jim H (1/1)
Dejmek, Mark W (0/1)
Dlugy, Maxim (1/1)
Domont, Alexandre (0/1)
Dorsey, Philip A (1/1)
Feldman, Steven (1/1)
Frias Pablaza, Victor J (1/1)
Fullbrook, Nigel (1/1)
Gibson, Jack (1/1)
Gurevich, D (0/1)
Gurevich, Dmitry (½/1)
Gutman, Lev (0/1)
Haskel, Jeffrey (½/1)
Ivanov, Alexander (½/1)
Johnson, Chuck (1/1)
Kaidanov, Gregory S (1/1)
Kopec, Danny (½/1)
Larsen, Kenneth (½/1)
Lein, Anatoly (1/1)
Lemon, Robert (1/1)
Ligterink, Gert (½/1)
Longren, William B (1/1)
Lputian, Smbat G (0/1)
Lucky, David N (1/1)
Madsen, Craig (½/1)
Mallela, Abhishek (½/1)
Matros, Alexander (1/1)
McClintock, Doug (1/1)
Micayabas, Marlo (1/1)
Morris, Charles F (½/1)
Murshed, Niaz (1/1)
Muskath, Robert (1/1)
Novikov, I (½/1)
Peters, Jack (0/1)
Rachels, Stuart (½/1)
Rajkovic, Dusan (0/1)
Remlinger, Larry (½/1)
Reshevsky, Samuel Herman (½/1)
Rodas Martini, Pablo (0/1)
Rowley, Robert (½/1)
Rubin, Sidney J (1/1)
Sanchez, Gabriel (1/1)
Shabalov, Alexander (0/1)
Siff, Boris (1/1)
Simms, Gary M (1/1)
Simpson, Ronald (1/1)
Skidmore, Mike (1/1)
Stearns, Aaron (1/1)
Stein, Kurt W (½/1)
Strugatsky, Vladimir (½/1)
Szpisjak, Steven (1/1)
Tarjan, James Edward (0/1)
Uesugi, Shinsaku (1/1)
Van Buskirk, Charles Anthony (1/1)
Van Riemsdijk, Herman Claudius (½/1)
Watson, John L (0/1)
Weinberger, Tibor (1/1)
Weinstein, Norman (½/1)
Wieckiewicz, Krystina (1/1)
? - Root, Douglas (78)
Silman, Jeremy D (2½/4)
Christiansen, Larry Mark (1/3)
Dzindzichashvili, Roman (1/2)
Ivanov, Igor Vasilievich (1/2)
Lower, Spencer R (2/2)
Youngworth, Perry (1/2)
Adam, William (1/1)
Akopian, Vladimir (0/1)
Almeida, Alfonso S (½/1)
Andrade, A (1/1)
Atlas, Robert (1/1)
Barkan, Ozdal I (1/1)
Bass, Charles (1/1)
Batsaikhan, Orgil (½/1)
Beelby, Matthew A (1/1)
Benjamin, Joel (½/1)
Bischoff, Klaus (0/1)
Blanco Fernandez, Alvaro (1/1)
Bradford, Joseph M (0/1)
Brooks, Michael A (1/1)
Carlin, Nick (1/1)
Comp Lache (1/1)
Cotreau, Kevin L (1/1)
Da Cunha, Marcos Paolozzi (0/1)
D'Aloisio, Tony (1/1)
Donaldson, John W (0/1)
Eckert, Doug D (1/1)
Enkhbat, Tegshsuren (0/1)
Fairclough, Neil (1/1)
Galant, Sergey (1/1)
Gheorghiu, Florin (0/1)
Gufeld, Eduard (½/1)
Gulko, Boris F (½/1)
Gurevich, Dmitry (0/1)
Hanken, Jerome B (1/1)
Hawkes, Rob (½/1)
Hebden, Mark (0/1)
Ivanov, Alexander (½/1)
Izquierdo, Daniel (0/1)
Izumikawa, Burt (½/1)
Jacobs, John N (1/1)
Kastner, Jeffrey (½/1)
Kelson, Richard (1/1)
Khachiyan, Melikset (0/1)
Kogan, Boris Markovich (½/1)
Kudrin, Sergey (½/1)
Liberzon, Vladimir Mikhailovi (0/1)
Mann, Richard (1/1)
McCambridge, Vincent (1/1)
Meyer, E (0/1)
Michaelides, Evan (1/1)
Miguel, Alain (0/1)
Miniboeck, Guenter (1/1)
Mulyar, Michael A (0/1)
Patty, John (1/1)
Peters, Jack (½/1)
Pfleger, Helmut (0/1)
Raicevic, Vladimir (1/1)
Ramirez, Juan Manuel (1/1)
Rogers, Ian (½/1)
Rohde, Michael A (1/1)
Rowley, Robert (½/1)
Saidy, Anthony Fred (1/1)
Savereide, Diane (1/1)
Schroer, Jonathan (0/1)
Sigurjonsson, Gudmundur (0/1)
Soltis, Andrew E (½/1)
Stepp, Robert V (1/1)
Strauss, David J (½/1)
Tomkins, Ken (½/1)
Toolin, Christopher (1/1)
Van Buskirk, Charles Anthony (1/1)
Vickers, Keith (1/1)
Villanueva, Hugo (1/1)
Wharton, William (1/1)
Winslow, Elliott C (1/1)
Wolff, Patrick G (½/1)
Wolski, Thomas (1/1)
Openings played as White (40)
D05 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 e6)
Average Elo:
2353.91
Result:
13/18 = 72.22%
C44 King's Pawn Game (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6)
Average Elo:
2333.75
Result:
5½/6 = 91.67%
B20 Sicilian (1.e4 c5)
Average Elo:
2473.33
Result:
3/6 = 50%
A43 Old Benoni (1.d4 c5)
Average Elo:
2520
Result:
3/5 = 60%
C03 French, Tarrasch (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
3/3 = 100%
A01 Nimzovich-Larsen Attack (1.b3)
Average Elo:
2316.67
Result:
2½/3 = 83.33%
A46 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2284.67
Result:
1½/3 = 50%
D12 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
2/2 = 100%
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:
2444.5
Result:
2/2 = 100%
B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+)
Average Elo:
2525
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
C02 French, Advance (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5)
Average Elo:
2505
Result:
2/2 = 100%
A06 Reti Opening (1.Nf3 d5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/2 = 50%
Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo:
2265
Result:
½/2 = 25%
C10 French (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B04 Alekhine's Defense, Modern (1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2260
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B58 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be2)
Average Elo:
2575
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:
2355
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E31 Nimzo-Indian, Leningrad, Main line (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bg5 h6 5.Bh4 c5 6.d5 d6)
Average Elo:
2540
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B07 Pirc (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D02 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2364
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D77 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O)
Average Elo:
2450
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C42 Petrov Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
1857
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B01 Scandinavian (1.e4 d5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E63 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 d6 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 Nc6 7.O-O a6)
Average Elo:
2440
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A57 Benko Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D85 Grunfeld (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5)
Average Elo:
2570
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B06 Robatsch (1.e4 g6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E60 King's Indian Defense (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c6 5.e3)
Average Elo:
2527
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B24 Sicilian, Closed (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3)
Average Elo:
2460
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B50 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6)
Average Elo:
2490
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B16 Caro-Kann, Bronstein-Larsen Variation (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ gxf6)
Average Elo:
2380
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E14 Queen's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.e3)
Average Elo:
2490
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E11 Bogo-Indian Defense (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+)
Average Elo:
2390
Result:
½/1 = 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:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A04 Reti Opening (1.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2535
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D95 Grunfeld (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.e3 O-O 6.Qb3)
Average Elo:
2227
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B22 Sicilian, Alapin (1.e4 c5 2.c3)
Average Elo:
2430
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D94 Grunfeld (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.e3)
Average Elo:
2050
Result:
1/1 = 100%
Openings played as Black (44)
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:
2366.5
Result:
4½/10 = 45%
B00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening (1.e4)
Average Elo:
2371.67
Result:
4½/6 = 75%
A40 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4)
Average Elo:
2505
Result:
3½/6 = 58.33%
C14 French, Classical (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7)
Average Elo:
2228.33
Result:
4/5 = 80%
C05 French, Tarrasch (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2531.67
Result:
2½/4 = 62.5%
E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 d6 5.g3)
Average Elo:
2369.5
Result:
1/3 = 33.33%
E80 King's Indian, Samisch Variation (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3)
Average Elo:
2415
Result:
½/3 = 16.67%
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:
2381.67
Result:
3/3 = 100%
Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
2/3 = 66.67%
E11 Bogo-Indian Defense (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+)
Average Elo:
2247.5
Result:
2/2 = 100%
A05 Reti Opening (1.Nf3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2400
Result:
1/2 = 50%
D30 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6)
Average Elo:
2432.5
Result:
½/2 = 25%
B03 Alekhine's Defense (1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4)
Average Elo:
2244
Result:
2/2 = 100%
A17 English (1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6)
Average Elo:
2395
Result:
1/2 = 50%
C11 French (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2281
Result:
1/2 = 50%
A16 English (1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2465
Result:
0/2 = 0%
D31 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2360
Result:
½/2 = 25%
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:
2380
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:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A30 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5)
Average Elo:
2570
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A36 English (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3)
Average Elo:
2485
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D06 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E43 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6)
Average Elo:
2505
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A15 English (1.c4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2435
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A47 Queen's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 b6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A07 King's Indian Attack (1.Nf3 d5 2.g3)
Average Elo:
2230
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A10 English (1.c4)
Average Elo:
2200
Result:
1/1 = 100%
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:
½/1 = 50%
A00 Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A85 Dutch, with c4 & Nc3 (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E74 King's Indian, Averbakh, 6...c5 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Bg5 c5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A34 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2465
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E61 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2410
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A48 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E70 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4)
Average Elo:
2455
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C02 French, Advance (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5)
Average Elo:
2460
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C50 Giuoco Piano (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A84 Dutch (1.d4 f5 2.c4)
Average Elo:
2390
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E73 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2)
Average Elo:
2390
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D00 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5)
Average Elo:
2225
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C01 French, Exchange (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bg5)
Average Elo:
1972
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:
1/1 = 100%
C67 Ruy Lopez (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4)
Average Elo:
2500
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C47 Four Knights (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2403
Result:
0/1 = 0%