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Smith, Alan A



FIDE:	FIDE Card
Years:	1978-2008
Number of games:	150
Number of wins:	65
Number of draws:	35
Number of losses:	50
White score:	40½/74 (54.73% - Average Elo: 2228.65)
Black score:	42/76 (55.26% - Average Elo: 2240.28)

Rating progression

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Black wins
Black draws
Black losses

Top wins

Smith, Alan A - Pytel, Krzysztof (2400), Manchester Benedictine op 5th, Manchester (E76) - 1982

Smith, Alan A (2280) - Teichmann, Erik Oskar Michael (2310), BCF-ch, Southampton (A41) - 1986

Smith, Alan A - Neat, Kenneth P (2305), Manchester Benedictine op-04, Manchester (B30) - 1981

Gurevich, Vladimir (2445) - Smith, Alan A (2225), EU-Cup 12th Group7, Bratislava (B82) - 1996

Kraidman, Yair (2440) - Smith, Alan A, Manchester Benedictine op 5th, Manchester (E16) - 1982

Giddins, Stephen (2375) - Smith, Alan A (2235), BCF-chT 9798 (4NCL), England (B00) - 1997

Smith, Alan A - ? (69)

Richmond, Peter A (2½/4)

Moskovic, David M (2/2)

Motwani, Paul (1/2)

Alfred, Nathan (1/1)

Anderton, Matthew (0/1)

Beckett, Christopher J (½/1)

Belov, Vladimir (0/1)

Buckley, Simon T (0/1)

Chaplin, Peter Edward (½/1)

Cherniaev, Alexander (0/1)

Clapham, Robert (0/1)

Clarke, Peter Hugh (0/1)

Cooper, Lawrence (½/1)

Denton, John (1/1)

Dickenson, Neil F (½/1)

Eames, Robert (1/1)

Flear, Glenn C (½/1)

Giles, Benjamin (1/1)

Giulian, Philip Maurice (1/1)

Goodger, Martyn (½/1)

Hanreck, Alan E (1/1)

Hardman, Michael (1/1)

Hempson, Peter W (1/1)

Hosken, Nigel (0/1)

Houska, Mario (1/1)

Humphreys, Jerry (1/1)

Johansen, Darryl Keith (0/1)

Knox, Victor W (½/1)

Kosten, Anthony C (0/1)

Li, Mann Kee (1/1)

Linton, William A (0/1)

Lund, D Brett (0/1)

McNab, Colin Anderson (0/1)

Morrison, Graham (0/1)

Murshed, Niaz (0/1)

Neat, Kenneth P (1/1)

Orr, Mark JL (1/1)

Panagiotopoulos, Nikolaos (1/1)

Payne, Nicholas (1/1)

Payne, Oliver (1/1)

Pritchard, David Brine (0/1)

Pytel, Krzysztof (1/1)

Regan, Natasha (1/1)

Richards, Heather (1/1)

Richardson, Alex (0/1)

Richmond, Jane (1/1)

Roktim, Bandyopadhyay (0/1)

Russell, David (½/1)

Sellars, Martyn (1/1)

Short, Nigel D (0/1)

Smith, Andrew Philip (0/1)

Spanton, Timothy (½/1)

Stephenson, F Norman (½/1)

Stojanovic, Mihajlo (0/1)

Teichmann, Erik Oskar Michael (1/1)

Thomas, Ian L (½/1)

Thomas, Nicholas (1/1)

Townsend, M Paul (0/1)

Twyble, Michael (½/1)

Winfridsson, Hakan (1/1)

Young, Craig A (1/1)

? - Smith, Alan A (73)

Byway, Paul V (1½/2)

Crouch, Colin S (½/2)

Forintos, Gyozo Victor (0/2)

Alfred, Nathan (1/1)

Arkell, Keith C (0/1)

Ashton, Adam (0/1)

Baker, Chris W (½/1)

Basman, Michael J (0/1)

Bass, Leonid (½/1)

Burgess, Graham (½/1)

Burnell, Stephen (1/1)

Burnett, Leon P (1/1)

Chapman, Terry PD (1/1)

Chin, Francis (½/1)

Cifuentes Parada, Roberto (0/1)

Coates, Kenneth G (½/1)

Dearing, Eddie (0/1)

Djabri, Katherine (½/1)

Dunworth, Christopher (½/1)

Eichner, Daniel (1/1)

Finn, Simon (1/1)

Forbes, Cathy (1/1)

Fowler, Simon (0/1)

Freeman, Michael Joseph (1/1)

Gallagher, Ian G (1/1)

Giddins, Stephen (1/1)

Giulian, Philip Maurice (1/1)

Gregory, Stephen J (1/1)

Grossett, Duncan (1/1)

Gurevich, Vladimir (1/1)

Haslinger, Stewart (1/1)

Heasman, Richard (1/1)

Heidenfeld, Mark (0/1)

Heron, Donald (½/1)

Hills, KB (1/1)

Hodgson, Julian M (0/1)

Hogarth, Mark J (1/1)

Horton, Justin (½/1)

Hosken, Nigel (½/1)

Houska, Jovanka (0/1)

Jackson, Sheila (½/1)

Kirk, Larry G (0/1)

Kraidman, Yair (1/1)

Lawson, David (½/1)

Lawton, Geoffrey W (0/1)

Levitt, Jonathan (0/1)

Littlewood, Paul E (½/1)

MacKenzie, Colin (½/1)

Majer, Christopher (1/1)

Moore, Gerald C (0/1)

Moore, John C (1/1)

Mortensen, Erling (0/1)

Njobvu, Ignatius (½/1)

O'Reilly, Gerard (1/1)

Pigott, John C (0/1)

Prescott, Adam P (1/1)

Pytel, Krzysztof (0/1)

Ravikumar, Vaidyanathan (1/1)

Ravisekhar, Raja (0/1)

Richardson, John R (0/1)

Sahl, Sheila Barth (½/1)

Savory, Richard J (1/1)

Shaw, John (1/1)

Sheehan, Antony (1/1)

Smith, Andrew Philip (0/1)

Smyth, C (½/1)

Spanton, Timothy (1/1)

Taylor, Geoffrey P (1/1)

Tebb, David (½/1)

Tippleston, Charles E (1/1)

Tisdall, Jonathan D (0/1)

Wall, Tim (0/1)

Webster, Ian (1/1)

Openings played as White (54)

B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+)
Average Elo: 2221
Result: 4/4 = 100%

B30 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6)
Average Elo: 2322
Result: 2/4 = 50%

B52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7)
Average Elo: 2250.67
Result: 2/3 = 66.67%

C45 Scotch Game (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4)
Average Elo: 2078.67
Result: 1½/3 = 50%

A80 Dutch (1.d4 f5)
Average Elo: 2287.5
Result: 1½/3 = 50%

B50 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6)
Average Elo: 2166
Result: 2/2 = 100%

D00 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5)
Average Elo: 2305
Result: 0/2 = 0%

B12 Caro-Kann Defense (1.e4 c6 2.d4)
Average Elo: 2008
Result: 1½/2 = 75%

A00 Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo: 1817
Result: 2/2 = 100%

C54 Giuoco Piano (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.cxd4)
Average Elo: 2175
Result: 2/2 = 100%

B07 Pirc (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6)
Average Elo: 2357.5
Result: 0/2 = 0%

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: 2232.5
Result: 1/2 = 50%

C11 French (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6)
Average Elo: 2130
Result: 1/2 = 50%

C17 French, Winawer, Advance (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5)
Average Elo: 2175
Result: 0/1 = 0%

A27 English, Three Knights System (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3)
Average Elo: 2110
Result: ½/1 = 50%

B31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6)
Average Elo: 2250
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: 0
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: 2105
Result: 0/1 = 0%

A13 English (1.c4 e6)
Average Elo: 2060
Result: ½/1 = 50%

B00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening (1.e4)
Average Elo: 0
Result: 0/1 = 0%

A30 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5)
Average Elo: 2325
Result: ½/1 = 50%

C19 French, Winawer, Advance (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7)
Average Elo: 2250
Result: ½/1 = 50%

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: 0
Result: ½/1 = 50%

C07 French, Tarrasch (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5)
Average Elo: 2240
Result: 1/1 = 100%

C16 French, Winawer (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5)
Average Elo: 2490
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: 0
Result: ½/1 = 50%

A12 English with b3 (1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.b3)
Average Elo: 2455
Result: 0/1 = 0%

E77 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f4 O-O 6.Be2)
Average Elo: 0
Result: 0/1 = 0%

A04 Reti Opening (1.Nf3)
Average Elo: 2270
Result: 0/1 = 0%

A18 English, Mikenas-Carls (1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.e4)
Average Elo: 2380
Result: 0/1 = 0%

D37 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3)
Average Elo: 0
Result: 1/1 = 100%

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%

C01 French, Exchange (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bg5)
Average Elo: 2082
Result: 1/1 = 100%

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

E76 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f4)
Average Elo: 2400
Result: 1/1 = 100%

C29 Vienna Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4)
Average Elo: 2155
Result: 1/1 = 100%

A48 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6)
Average Elo: 0
Result: 0/1 = 0%

D03 Torre Attack (Tartakower Variation) (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bg5)
Average Elo: 0
Result: 1/1 = 100%

Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo: 2215
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: 2240
Result: ½/1 = 50%

A05 Reti Opening (1.Nf3 Nf6)
Average Elo: 0
Result: ½/1 = 50%

A40 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4)
Average Elo: 0
Result: 1/1 = 100%

B95 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6...e6 (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6)
Average Elo: 2660
Result: 0/1 = 0%

C41 Philidor Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6)
Average Elo: 2290
Result: 0/1 = 0%

C60 Ruy Lopez (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5)
Average Elo: 2060
Result: ½/1 = 50%

B81 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.g4)
Average Elo: 2215
Result: ½/1 = 50%

C02 French, Advance (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5)
Average Elo: 2465
Result: 0/1 = 0%

A41 Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6) (1.d4 d6)
Average Elo: 2310
Result: 1/1 = 100%

A47 Queen's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 b6)
Average Elo: 2230
Result: 1/1 = 100%

A49 King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4 (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3)
Average Elo: 2220
Result: 0/1 = 0%

C18 French, Winawer (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3)
Average Elo: 2145
Result: 1/1 = 100%

B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5)
Average Elo: 2330
Result: 0/1 = 0%

C14 French, Classical (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7)
Average Elo: 2102
Result: 1/1 = 100%

Openings played as Black (49)

B00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening (1.e4)
Average Elo: 2196.75
Result: 6/9 = 66.67%

A40 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4)
Average Elo: 2222.5
Result: 2½/6 = 41.67%

A10 English (1.c4)
Average Elo: 2373.5
Result: 2/3 = 66.67%

C41 Philidor Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6)
Average Elo: 2210
Result: 3/3 = 100%

B25 Sicilian, Closed (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6)
Average Elo: 2107
Result: 2½/3 = 83.33%

B42 Sicilian, Kan (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3)
Average Elo: 2203
Result: 2/3 = 66.67%

A34 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo: 2194.5
Result: 1/2 = 50%

A45 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 Nf6)
Average Elo: 2290
Result: ½/2 = 25%

B02 Alekhine's Defense (1.e4 Nf6)
Average Elo: 0
Result: 2/2 = 100%

B07 Pirc (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6)
Average Elo: 2439
Result: 0/2 = 0%

B23 Sicilian, Closed (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo: 2042.5
Result: 1/2 = 50%

B26 Sicilian, Closed, 6.Be3 (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6 6.Be3)
Average Elo: 1970
Result: 1½/2 = 75%

C00 French Defense (1.e4 e6)
Average Elo: 0
Result: 0/1 = 0%

A27 English, Three Knights System (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3)
Average Elo: 0
Result: 1/1 = 100%

A42 Modern Defense, Averbakh System (1.d4 d6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4)
Average Elo: 2410
Result: 0/1 = 0%

A56 Benoni Defense (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5)
Average Elo: 2400
Result: 0/1 = 0%

E16 Queen's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Bb4+)
Average Elo: 2440
Result: 1/1 = 100%

E14 Queen's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.e3)
Average Elo: 2465
Result: ½/1 = 50%

B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+)
Average Elo: 0
Result: ½/1 = 50%

B38 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Maroczy Bind, 6.Be3 (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.c4 Bg7 6.Be3)
Average Elo: 0
Result: 1/1 = 100%

C50 Giuoco Piano (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5)
Average Elo: 2185
Result: ½/1 = 50%

D98 Grunfeld, Russian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 O-O 7.e4 Bg4)
Average Elo: 2405
Result: ½/1 = 50%

B37 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.c4 Bg7)
Average Elo: 2450
Result: 0/1 = 0%

B44 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6)
Average Elo: 0
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: 0
Result: ½/1 = 50%

B49 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.Be2)
Average Elo: 2200
Result: ½/1 = 50%

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: 2075
Result: ½/1 = 50%

A41 Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6) (1.d4 d6)
Average Elo: 2345
Result: 1/1 = 100%

B08 Pirc, Classical (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3)
Average Elo: 2395
Result: 0/1 = 0%

Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo: 2295
Result: ½/1 = 50%

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: 2500
Result: 0/1 = 0%

A30 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5)
Average Elo: 2245
Result: ½/1 = 50%

C22 Center Game (1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.Qxd4 Nc6)
Average Elo: 2280
Result: 0/1 = 0%

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: 2250
Result: 0/1 = 0%

E72 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.g3)
Average Elo: 2395
Result: ½/1 = 50%

B82 Sicilian, Scheveningen (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.f4)
Average Elo: 2445
Result: 1/1 = 100%

B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3)
Average Elo: 2320
Result: 0/1 = 0%

B04 Alekhine's Defense, Modern (1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3)
Average Elo: 2215
Result: 0/1 = 0%

B22 Sicilian, Alapin (1.e4 c5 2.c3)
Average Elo: 0
Result: 1/1 = 100%

A00 Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo: 2350
Result: 0/1 = 0%

C02 French, Advance (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5)
Average Elo: 2260
Result: ½/1 = 50%

E67 King's Indian, Fianchetto (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 d6 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 Nbd7)
Average Elo: 0
Result: 0/1 = 0%

A48 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6)
Average Elo: 0
Result: ½/1 = 50%

A16 English (1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3)
Average Elo: 2187
Result: ½/1 = 50%

B41 Sicilian, Kan (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6)
Average Elo: 2176
Result: 1/1 = 100%

B40 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6)
Average Elo: 1856
Result: 1/1 = 100%

B80 Sicilian, Scheveningen (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6)
Average Elo: 2175
Result: 1/1 = 100%

A08 King's Indian Attack (1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c5 3.Bg2)
Average Elo: 2155
Result: 1/1 = 100%

A04 Reti Opening (1.Nf3)
Average Elo: 2110
Result: ½/1 = 50%