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Player:
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Carlsen,Magnus
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Sellen, Ian
FIDE
:
FIDE Card
Years
:
2009-2023
Number of games
:
210
Number of wins
:
91
Number of draws
:
49
Number of losses
:
70
White score
:
55½/108 (51.39% - Average Elo: 1959.08)
Black score
:
60/102 (58.82% - Average Elo: 1931.67)
Rating progression
Games
White wins
White draws
White losses
Black wins
Black draws
Black losses
Top wins
Sellen, Ian (2033) - Ker, Anthony F (2452), Wellington CC Summer Cup, Wellington (B09) - 2013
Sellen, Ian (1983) - Nijman, Brian (2123), Wellington CC-chA, Wellington (D15) - 2013
Sellen, Ian (1988) - Nijman, Brian (2120), Wellington CC-chA, Wellington (A10) - 2012
Nijman, Brian (2205) - Sellen, Ian (2054), Wellington Mazur Memorial, Wellington (A14) - 2011
Van der Hoorn, Mark (2182) - Sellen, Ian (2026), Wellington CC-chA, Wellington (A00) - 2010
Turner, Michael George (2099) - Sellen, Ian (2026), Wellington Mazur Memorial, Wellington (D35) - 2010
Sellen, Ian - ? (55)
Ker, Anthony F (1/10)
Dive, Russell John (0/7)
Nijman, Brian (3/7)
Forster, William (2½/6)
Jackson, L Ross (2½/4)
List, Robert (4/4)
Stoeveken, Peter (3/4)
Stone, Andrew (2/4)
Brockway, Andrew (2½/3)
Croad, Nicholas (0/3)
Marney, John (3/3)
Pomeroy, Arthur (2/3)
Wilkins, Mark (2½/3)
Coghini, Phillip G (2/2)
Farrington, Lawrence B (1/2)
Nyberg, Michael (1½/2)
Rossiter, Philip E (1½/2)
Turner, Michael George (0/2)
Aldridge, Alan L (0/1)
Baker, Jack (½/1)
Barraza Perez, Jesus (½/1)
Benitez, Edgar (1/1)
Clouston, Bevan (0/1)
Cook, John (1/1)
Davis, Justin (1/1)
Drinkwater, Blaise (1/1)
Facchini, Fabrizio (1/1)
Havukkala, Ilkka (0/1)
He, Paul (0/1)
Hupert, Leo (1/1)
Kay, Bruce (1/1)
Knowles, Jeremy (0/1)
Kulkarni, Yogesh (0/1)
Landrain, Marc (1/1)
Marner, Gavin (0/1)
Meravanage, Satwik (1/1)
Meyer, Marany (½/1)
Miriyala, Rama Rao (1/1)
Nicholls, Alistair (1/1)
Nicholls, Leighton (0/1)
Pandey, Alok (1/1)
Perry, Roger (½/1)
Sole, Michael D (1/1)
Sova, Leo (½/1)
Steadman, Mathew (1/1)
Steadman, Michael VR (0/1)
Stracy, Don M (0/1)
Thirkell, Zachary (1/1)
Thomas, Benjamin (½/1)
Timergazi, Layla (½/1)
Van der Hoorn, Mark (0/1)
Wastney, Scott C (0/1)
Whittle, Jonathan (1/1)
Winter, Ryan (1/1)
Yu, Jeffrey (1/1)
? - Sellen, Ian (51)
Nyberg, Michael (7/9)
Jackson, L Ross (3/6)
Aldridge, Alan L (4½/5)
Forster, William (3½/5)
Roberts, Michael H (3½/5)
Stracy, Don M (5/5)
Ker, Anthony F (0/4)
Stone, Andrew (1/4)
Brockway, Andrew (2½/3)
Dive, Russell John (0/3)
Nijman, Brian (1½/3)
Pomeroy, Arthur (½/3)
Van der Hoorn, Mark (1½/3)
Croad, Nicholas (0/2)
Farrington, Lawrence B (2/2)
Rossiter, Philip E (1½/2)
Stoeveken, Peter (2/2)
Wastney, Scott C (½/2)
Wilkins, Mark (1½/2)
Asplet, Mike (1/1)
Barraza Perez, Jesus (0/1)
Dixon, Hamish (1/1)
Findlay, Ian T (½/1)
Frater, Dylan (1/1)
Gao, Hugh Zihuai (½/1)
Hague, Ben (0/1)
He, Jacob (1/1)
Heaton, Ken (½/1)
Heyworth, Nicholas (½/1)
Holdaway, Stewart (1/1)
James, Jack (0/1)
Kay, Bruce (½/1)
Keith, Matthew (0/1)
Kim, Teh Gyu (1/1)
Konakanchi, Sathya Karthi (1/1)
Kulkarni, Yogesh (0/1)
List, Robert (1/1)
Lyall, Simon (½/1)
Noble, Mark Frederick (½/1)
Pandey, Alok (½/1)
Paul, David (1/1)
Perry, Roger (½/1)
Perry, Roger L (0/1)
Roberts, Michael Gerard (1/1)
Salem, Edmund (1/1)
Sknar, Andrew (1/1)
Song, Kate (½/1)
Timergazi, Layla (½/1)
Tionko, Efrain (½/1)
Turner, Michael George (1/1)
Young, Cohen (0/1)
Openings played as White (46)
A21 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2158.45
Result:
1½/11 = 13.64%
A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3)
Average Elo:
1795.56
Result:
6½/9 = 72.22%
A10 English (1.c4)
Average Elo:
1761
Result:
4½/7 = 64.29%
A11 English, Caro-Kann Defensive System (1.c4 c6)
Average Elo:
2146.17
Result:
2/6 = 33.33%
A26 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6)
Average Elo:
1905.4
Result:
3½/5 = 70%
A25 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6)
Average Elo:
2124
Result:
2½/5 = 50%
A22 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
1670.25
Result:
3½/4 = 87.5%
A28 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2237.25
Result:
1/4 = 25%
B09 Pirc, Austrian Attack (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4)
Average Elo:
2397.5
Result:
1/4 = 25%
A37 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1918.67
Result:
2/3 = 66.67%
A17 English (1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6)
Average Elo:
1831
Result:
2/3 = 66.67%
A20 English (1.c4 e5)
Average Elo:
1679.33
Result:
2/3 = 66.67%
E61 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3)
Average Elo:
1914.33
Result:
1/3 = 33.33%
D34 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.g3 Nf6 7.Bg2 Be7)
Average Elo:
1569.33
Result:
3/3 = 100%
A15 English (1.c4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
1896.5
Result:
1/2 = 50%
A36 English (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3)
Average Elo:
2014.5
Result:
1/2 = 50%
A45 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
1782.5
Result:
0/2 = 0%
D15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2138
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
D71 Neo-Grunfeld (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 d5)
Average Elo:
1965
Result:
½/2 = 25%
A91 Dutch Defense (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 e6 4.Bg2 Be7)
Average Elo:
2144
Result:
1/2 = 50%
A30 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5)
Average Elo:
1934
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A13 English (1.c4 e6)
Average Elo:
2368
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B04 Alekhine's Defense, Modern (1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2460
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A35 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6)
Average Elo:
1600
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E17 Queen's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7)
Average Elo:
1986
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E72 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.g3)
Average Elo:
1959
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:
1670
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A47 Queen's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 b6)
Average Elo:
1562
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E07 Catalan, Closed (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O Nbd7)
Average Elo:
1620
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D41 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c5 5.cxd5)
Average Elo:
1610
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E91 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2)
Average Elo:
2065
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A14 English (1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.O-O)
Average Elo:
1938
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A40 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4)
Average Elo:
2150
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A38 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2041
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A16 English (1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2015
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E90 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2099
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A86 Dutch (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3)
Average Elo:
1498
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A27 English, Three Knights System (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1829
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A24 English, Bremen System with ...g6 (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 g6)
Average Elo:
1920
Result:
½/1 = 50%
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:
1763
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D40 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c5)
Average Elo:
2099
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2088
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D38 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Bb4)
Average Elo:
2369
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A54 Old Indian, Ukrainian Variation, 4.Nf3 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1917
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E01 Catalan, Closed (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2)
Average Elo:
1969
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6)
Average Elo:
1761
Result:
1/1 = 100%
Openings played as Black (48)
D35 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
1964.33
Result:
6/10 = 60%
C02 French, Advance (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5)
Average Elo:
1739.5
Result:
5½/10 = 55%
D55 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1781
Result:
4/5 = 80%
D36 Queen's Gambit Declined, Exchange, Positional line, 6.Qc2 (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.Qc2)
Average Elo:
2053.75
Result:
2/4 = 50%
D58 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) System (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3 h6 7.Bh4 b6)
Average Elo:
1891.5
Result:
3/4 = 75%
A13 English (1.c4 e6)
Average Elo:
2157.67
Result:
1/3 = 33.33%
B23 Sicilian, Closed (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
1868
Result:
2/3 = 66.67%
A14 English (1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.O-O)
Average Elo:
2069.67
Result:
2/3 = 66.67%
C05 French, Tarrasch (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6)
Average Elo:
1828.33
Result:
3/3 = 100%
C00 French Defense (1.e4 e6)
Average Elo:
2031.33
Result:
2/3 = 66.67%
B22 Sicilian, Alapin (1.e4 c5 2.c3)
Average Elo:
2278.33
Result:
½/3 = 16.67%
C11 French (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2068.33
Result:
1/3 = 33.33%
B90 Sicilian, Najdorf (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6)
Average Elo:
1899.5
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
C19 French, Winawer, Advance (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7)
Average Elo:
1766
Result:
2/2 = 100%
D00 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5)
Average Elo:
2058
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
D60 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3 Nbd7)
Average Elo:
1895
Result:
1/2 = 50%
E01 Catalan, Closed (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2)
Average Elo:
2140
Result:
½/2 = 25%
E14 Queen's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.e3)
Average Elo:
1964.5
Result:
2/2 = 100%
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:
1730
Result:
1/2 = 50%
C14 French, Classical (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7)
Average Elo:
2220.5
Result:
½/2 = 25%
C18 French, Winawer (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3)
Average Elo:
1988
Result:
1/2 = 50%
C07 French, Tarrasch (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5)
Average Elo:
1867
Result:
1/2 = 50%
C17 French, Winawer, Advance (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5)
Average Elo:
1746
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
C13 French (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7)
Average Elo:
2125.5
Result:
0/2 = 0%
A25 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6)
Average Elo:
2362
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2)
Average Elo:
1645
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D02 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1998
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A00 Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo:
2182
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5)
Average Elo:
1804
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B20 Sicilian (1.e4 c5)
Average Elo:
1973
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D37 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1528
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C08 French, Tarrasch, Open, 4.ed ed (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 exd5)
Average Elo:
1766
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:
2061
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A01 Nimzovich-Larsen Attack (1.b3)
Average Elo:
1959
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A06 Reti Opening (1.Nf3 d5)
Average Elo:
1940
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A40 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4)
Average Elo:
1938
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A45 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2250
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C09 French, Tarrasch, Open Variation, Main line (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 exd5 5.Ngf3 Nc6)
Average Elo:
1855
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:
2081
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B30 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6)
Average Elo:
2114
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B21 Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4 (1.e4 c5 2.f4)
Average Elo:
1933
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A09 Reti Opening (1.Nf3 d5 2.c4)
Average Elo:
2441
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D79 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O, Main line (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O c6 7.cxd5 cxd5)
Average Elo:
1430
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c6)
Average Elo:
1757
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C01 French, Exchange (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bg5)
Average Elo:
1544
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:
1621
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B50 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6)
Average Elo:
1300
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B54 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4)
Average Elo:
2088
Result:
0/1 = 0%