ChessBites - Player Information and Statistics

Player Profile

Player:

(Eg: Carlsen,Magnus)

Swan, Iain



FIDE:	FIDE Card
Title:	FM
Years:	1983-2017
Number of games:	124
Number of wins:	31
Number of draws:	55
Number of losses:	38
White score:	29/67 (43.28% - Average Elo: 2235.42)
Black score:	29½/57 (51.75% - Average Elo: 2245.94)

Rating progression

Games
White wins
White draws
White losses
Black wins
Black draws
Black losses

Top wins

Swan, Iain (2200) - Grant, Jonathan (2200), Edinburgh op, Edinburgh (B12) - 1988

Swan, Iain (2259) - Rysbayeva, Korlan (2057), SCO-ch 119th, Glasgow (C78) - 2012

Swan, Iain (2130) - Coffey, Tom (1955), SCO-chT Richardson fin, Grangemouth (B01) - 2001

McNab, Colin Anderson (2490) - Swan, Iain (2275), SCO-ch100, St Andrews (A34) - 1993

Basman, Michael J (2365) - Swan, Iain (2270), BCF-ch 79th, Plymouth (A00) - 1992

Bryson, Douglas Marshall (2335) - Swan, Iain, SCO-ch, Troon (C13) - 1990

Swan, Iain - ? (56)

Grant, Jonathan (2½/4)

Muir, Andrew Joseph (1/3)

Dawson, Alastair G (1½/2)

Henderson, John B (1/2)

Holmes, Donald A (½/2)

MacKay, Ian D (1/2)

McNab, Colin Anderson (0/2)

Orr, Mark JL (½/2)

Alvarez Fernandez, Enrique (½/1)

Andre, Gordon (½/1)

Ansell, Simon (0/1)

Baryshpolets, Andrey (0/1)

Beaton, Kenneth S (½/1)

Bejtovic, Jasmin (0/1)

Birkett, Richard (½/1)

Bolt, Graham (½/1)

Bremner, Adam (½/1)

Bryson, Douglas Marshall (½/1)

Coffey, Tom (1/1)

Crouch, Colin S (0/1)

Dempsey, Tony (½/1)

Demuth, Adrien (½/1)

Farrell, Neil (½/1)

Findlay, David John (1/1)

Gibson, Christopher J (0/1)

Gillies, Alex (1/1)

Graf, Felix (½/1)

Greer, Kieran (½/1)

Hassabis, Demis (½/1)

Hera, Imre Jr (0/1)

Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo (½/1)

Kilgour, David A (0/1)

Mannion, Stephen R (½/1)

Martin, Andrew D (0/1)

McEwan, Ken B (1/1)

McKay, Roderick M (½/1)

McKerracher, Douglas (½/1)

Molet, I (0/1)

Montgomery, Jim M (0/1)

Mooney, Graham (1/1)

Mortazavi, Ali (½/1)

Oswald, David C (½/1)

Pritchett, Craig William (0/1)

Pyrich, George D (1/1)

Ridge, Michael (1/1)

Robinson, Stephen (1/1)

Rowson, Jonathan (0/1)

Russell, MKA (½/1)

Rysbayeva, Korlan (1/1)

Spencer, Edwin A (1/1)

Stockwell, Mark B (½/1)

Thomson, Craig SM (0/1)

Upton, Timothy J (0/1)

Viatte, Robert (½/1)

Vladimirov, Yevgeniy (0/1)

Zvara, Petr (0/1)

? - Swan, Iain (48)

Bryson, Douglas Marshall (1/4)

Grant, Jonathan (2½/3)

McNab, Colin Anderson (1½/3)

Buchanan, Walter F (1½/2)

Mannion, Stephen R (1/2)

Abdulla, Murad (½/1)

Basman, Michael J (1/1)

Bathie, Nicol (½/1)

Birkett, Richard (0/1)

Burnett, Andrew (1/1)

Condie, Mark L (0/1)

Dearing, Eddie (½/1)

Fatin, Tarek (0/1)

Gormally, Daniel (½/1)

Grant, Alan (½/1)

Hamitevici, Vladimir (½/1)

Hampton, Paul DJ (½/1)

Holmes, Donald A (½/1)

Hookham, James (1/1)

Howell, James C (0/1)

Kalavannan, Koby (1/1)

Kilgour, David A (1/1)

Kulovana, Eva (1/1)

Lopez Martinez, Josep Manuel (0/1)

MacKay, Ian D (0/1)

Marks, Ian Alexander (1/1)

Martin, Andrew D (0/1)

McFarland, Robert S (0/1)

Muir, Andrew Joseph (1/1)

Mullen, Ian D (½/1)

Newton, Andrew (1/1)

Orton, Stephen LA (1/1)

Page, Mark (½/1)

Petesch, Gabriel Nicholas (0/1)

Pritchett, Craig William (0/1)

Quinn, David (1/1)

Ridge, Michael (1/1)

Roberts, Paul (1/1)

Robertson, Ian C (0/1)

Russell, Luke (½/1)

Sabol, Marian (0/1)

Shields, Callum T (1/1)

Steckner, Johannes (½/1)

Steil Antoni, Fiona (½/1)

Sverrisson, Nokkvi (½/1)

Thomson, Craig SM (½/1)

Tukmakov, Vladimir B (0/1)

Walker, David John (½/1)

Openings played as White (48)

B07 Pirc (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6)
Average Elo: 2392.33
Result: 1½/5 = 30%

B01 Scandinavian (1.e4 d5)
Average Elo: 2041
Result: 3/4 = 75%

B36 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.c4)
Average Elo: 1940.67
Result: 2/3 = 66.67%

B12 Caro-Kann Defense (1.e4 c6 2.d4)
Average Elo: 2216.67
Result: 2/3 = 66.67%

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: 2277.5
Result: 1/3 = 33.33%

B14 Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6)
Average Elo: 2319
Result: 1/2 = 50%

B06 Robatsch (1.e4 g6)
Average Elo: 2357
Result: 1/2 = 50%

C11 French (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6)
Average Elo: 2295
Result: ½/2 = 25%

B47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7)
Average Elo: 2456.5
Result: 0/2 = 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: 1982
Result: 1½/2 = 75%

C78 Ruy Lopez (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O)
Average Elo: 2233
Result: 1/2 = 50%

B28 Sicilian, O'Kelly Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 a6)
Average Elo: 2377
Result: ½/1 = 50%

A31 English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation (1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4)
Average Elo: 2305
Result: 0/1 = 0%

B67 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7 (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)
Average Elo: 2474
Result: 0/1 = 0%

C12 French, McCutcheon (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Bb4)
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: 2408
Result: 0/1 = 0%

C72 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.O-O)
Average Elo: 1934
Result: ½/1 = 50%

C14 French, Classical (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7)
Average Elo: 2425
Result: 0/1 = 0%

B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3)
Average Elo: 1861
Result: 1/1 = 100%

B86 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Bc4)
Average Elo: 2200
Result: ½/1 = 50%

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: 2463
Result: ½/1 = 50%

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

C30 King's Gambit Declined (1.e4 e5 2.f4)
Average Elo: 0
Result: 1/1 = 100%

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

C01 French, Exchange (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bg5)
Average Elo: 2352
Result: ½/1 = 50%

B50 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6)
Average Elo: 0
Result: ½/1 = 50%

B45 Sicilian, Taimanov (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3)
Average Elo: 2200
Result: ½/1 = 50%

B03 Alekhine's Defense (1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4)
Average Elo: 0
Result: ½/1 = 50%

A27 English, Three Knights System (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3)
Average Elo: 2260
Result: ½/1 = 50%

C18 French, Winawer (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3)
Average Elo: 0
Result: 0/1 = 0%

A13 English (1.c4 e6)
Average Elo: 0
Result: ½/1 = 50%

B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6)
Average Elo: 2360
Result: ½/1 = 50%

A34 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo: 2345
Result: ½/1 = 50%

B15 Caro-Kann (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3)
Average Elo: 2365
Result: 0/1 = 0%

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

B22 Sicilian, Alapin (1.e4 c5 2.c3)
Average Elo: 0
Result: ½/1 = 50%

B33 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4)
Average Elo: 0
Result: 0/1 = 0%

B42 Sicilian, Kan (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3)
Average Elo: 2320
Result: ½/1 = 50%

C02 French, Advance (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5)
Average Elo: 2235
Result: ½/1 = 50%

B11 Caro-Kann, Two Knights, 3...Bg4 (1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 Bg4)
Average Elo: 2255
Result: ½/1 = 50%

A45 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 Nf6)
Average Elo: 2345
Result: 0/1 = 0%

B81 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.g4)
Average Elo: 2345
Result: 0/1 = 0%

B48 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3)
Average Elo: 1908
Result: 1/1 = 100%

C17 French, Winawer, Advance (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5)
Average Elo: 1802
Result: 1/1 = 100%

B87 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin with ...a6 and ...b5 (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Bc4 a6 7.Bb3 b5)
Average Elo: 2345
Result: 0/1 = 0%

C83 Ruy Lopez, Open (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6)
Average Elo: 2095
Result: ½/1 = 50%

C36 King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defense (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 d5)
Average Elo: 2280
Result: 0/1 = 0%

Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo: 2565
Result: 0/1 = 0%

Openings played as Black (31)

B33 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4)
Average Elo: 2282.5
Result: 3/7 = 42.86%

A34 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo: 2196.17
Result: 4½/7 = 64.29%

C07 French, Tarrasch (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5)
Average Elo: 2237
Result: 4/5 = 80%

B40 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6)
Average Elo: 2094.5
Result: 1/3 = 33.33%

B21 Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4 (1.e4 c5 2.f4)
Average Elo: 2230
Result: ½/2 = 25%

B45 Sicilian, Taimanov (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3)
Average Elo: 2465
Result: 1/2 = 50%

A13 English (1.c4 e6)
Average Elo: 2415
Result: 1½/2 = 75%

D48 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, Meran (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 a6)
Average Elo: 2340
Result: 1/2 = 50%

D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c6 5.Bg5 dxc4)
Average Elo: 2537.5
Result: ½/2 = 25%

A00 Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo: 2344
Result: 1/2 = 50%

D02 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3)
Average Elo: 2170.5
Result: 1/2 = 50%

E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Nf3)
Average Elo: 2319.5
Result: 1½/2 = 75%

D46 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3)
Average Elo: 2345
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: 1860
Result: ½/1 = 50%

A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3)
Average Elo: 2310
Result: 0/1 = 0%

B44 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6)
Average Elo: 2200
Result: ½/1 = 50%

E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3)
Average Elo: 2320
Result: ½/1 = 50%

A67 Benoni, Taimanov Variation (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.f4 Bg7 8.Bb5+)
Average Elo: 2310
Result: 1/1 = 100%

B23 Sicilian, Closed (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo: 0
Result: ½/1 = 50%

C13 French (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7)
Average Elo: 2335
Result: 1/1 = 100%

D94 Grunfeld (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.e3)
Average Elo: 2420
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: 2320
Result: ½/1 = 50%

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: 2360
Result: 0/1 = 0%

C11 French (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6)
Average Elo: 2015
Result: ½/1 = 50%

B29 Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6)
Average Elo: 0
Result: 1/1 = 100%

C12 French, McCutcheon (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Bb4)
Average Elo: 2023
Result: ½/1 = 50%

D07 Queen's Gambit Declined, Chigorin Defense (1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nc6)
Average Elo: 1914
Result: 1/1 = 100%

C03 French, Tarrasch (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2)
Average Elo: 1973
Result: ½/1 = 50%

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: 2547
Result: 0/1 = 0%

A30 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5)
Average Elo: 2122
Result: ½/1 = 50%

A32 English, Symmetrical Variation (1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6)
Average Elo: 1983
Result: ½/1 = 50%