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Player:
(Eg:
Carlsen,Magnus
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Szymanski, Mark
FIDE
:
FIDE Card
Years
:
2007-2021
Number of games
:
170
Number of wins
:
50
Number of draws
:
51
Number of losses
:
69
White score
:
38/86 (44.19% - Average Elo: 1870.51)
Black score
:
37½/84 (44.64% - Average Elo: 1832)
Rating progression
Games
White wins
White draws
White losses
Black wins
Black draws
Black losses
Top wins
Szymanski, Mark (1814) - Talbot, Mark (2080), BCF-ch Week1 AM op, Aberystwyth (A29) - 2014
Szymanski, Mark (1823) - Hunt, Malcolm A (2073), BCF-ch Seniors 50, Coventry (C55) - 2015
Szymanski, Mark (1823) - Howell, Christopher (2044), BCF-ch Seniors 50, Coventry (A48) - 2015
Vickery, Jim (2055) - Szymanski, Mark (1823), BCF-ch Seniors 50, Coventry (B37) - 2015
Gregory, Andrew M (1960) - Szymanski, Mark (1867), BCF-chT4 1516 (4NCL), England (D02) - 2016
Wood, Peter R (1950) - Szymanski, Mark (1814), BCF-ch Seniors, Aberystwyth (B25) - 2014
Szymanski, Mark - ? (85)
Vachtfeidl, Petr (½/2)
Adebajo, Olufemi (0/1)
Ansari, Athar (1/1)
Barnett, Douglas J (½/1)
Birkin, Mark (½/1)
Blackburn, Suzie G (0/1)
Blencowe, Ian P (½/1)
Byron, Robert P (1/1)
Clapham, Michael JW (0/1)
Clark, Robert (½/1)
Collins, Jonathan L (0/1)
Cox, Ben (1/1)
Cresswell, Mike J (1/1)
Davidson, Laura (1/1)
Davies, Peter L (½/1)
Davis, Lee (0/1)
De Coverly, Roger D (0/1)
Dodwell, Philip (0/1)
Doran, Chris (½/1)
Dossett, Christopher S (½/1)
Dupre, Paul Donald (½/1)
Foster, Chantelle (½/1)
Fowler, David W (1/1)
Goodhew, Finn (½/1)
Graham, William M (0/1)
Grenham, Sarah M (½/1)
Hany Kamal, Mohamed (0/1)
Hardy, Roger (1/1)
Harle, Bill (½/1)
Hendy, Jerry (0/1)
Hewitt, Sean (0/1)
Higgs, Anthony (1/1)
Hodge, Steve R (0/1)
Holt, David N (1/1)
Horton, Andrew P (0/1)
Howell, Christopher (1/1)
Hubbard, Michael (0/1)
Hunt, Malcolm A (1/1)
Jackson, Gary (0/1)
Jones, Tibor (½/1)
Keane, Graham Dennis (0/1)
Kett, Timothy (0/1)
Leeson, Chris (1/1)
Lewis, Christopher (1/1)
Lilley, Graham (½/1)
Maguire, Robert (0/1)
Makkar, Rajat (0/1)
McAleenan, Charles T (½/1)
Medworth, Andrew (½/1)
Nayak, Raghav (1/1)
Neale, George (½/1)
Neatherway, A Philip (0/1)
Nitz, Tomos (½/1)
Olutola, Taiwo (1/1)
Payne, Matthew (0/1)
Peach, Clifford B (1/1)
Peck, Silas (½/1)
Punnett, Alan Kenneth (½/1)
Ressel, Eva (1/1)
Richmond, Peter A (½/1)
Robson, Paul E (½/1)
Ruthen, Stephen W (0/1)
Salmons, Calum (1/1)
Scott, David A (0/1)
Simpson, Derek (0/1)
Smith, Simon C (1/1)
Stembridge, Edward (0/1)
Talbot, Mark (1/1)
Taylor, John Paul (1/1)
Terry, Sean (0/1)
Trevelyan, John (½/1)
Turvey, Steven S (1/1)
Valentine, Brian J (0/1)
Van Kemenade, Rudy (0/1)
Vassiliou, Chris (1/1)
Wager, John D (0/1)
Waterfield, John (0/1)
Webster, Peter AN (½/1)
Willmoth, Robert (½/1)
Willow, Jonah B (0/1)
Winter, Malcolm J (½/1)
Woodcock, Keith D (1/1)
Wootton, Stephen G (0/1)
Wright, Jonathan (½/1)
Yiamakis, Albert (0/1)
? - Szymanski, Mark (79)
Jaszkiwskyj, Peter (½/3)
Alcock, Graham P (1½/2)
Pink, Joshua (1/2)
Wood, Peter R (1½/2)
Alizada, Eldar (0/1)
Anderson, Paul W (½/1)
Anderson, Peter F (0/1)
Annetts, Ivor S (1/1)
Atar, Efecan (1/1)
Balakrishnan, Kathirvel (1/1)
Bansal, Saahil (½/1)
Barr, Gabriel (1/1)
Bramson, Mike (0/1)
Bridges, Paul (0/1)
Burke, Mitchell R (0/1)
Burnell, Stephen (0/1)
Cavendish, Joshua (½/1)
Chandler, Clifford R (0/1)
Chong, Kimberly (0/1)
Clarke, Brandon GI (0/1)
Coates, David H (0/1)
Conway, Paul Bernard (½/1)
Crombleholme, Alan K (0/1)
Dixon, Chris (½/1)
Donaghay, Richard H (½/1)
Duffell, Andrew (0/1)
Eagleton, Greg T (0/1)
Foster, James C (0/1)
Froom, Oliver (0/1)
Gamble, Raymond J (½/1)
Gostelow, David W (½/1)
Graff, Coby (½/1)
Gregory, Andrew M (1/1)
Gribben, Chris (1/1)
Griffiths, Hywel (1/1)
Guanqun, Gai1 (0/1)
Habershon, Paul F (0/1)
Hendy, Jerry (½/1)
Hibbitt, Arthur M (1/1)
Hill, Maurice J (1/1)
Hizarci, Bora (1/1)
Holroyd Doveton, Nathaniel (½/1)
Horlock, Peter J (½/1)
Idle, Oscar J (0/1)
Ireland, David J (0/1)
Jaberansari, Daniel (1/1)
Jeffries, Majid (0/1)
Jones, Timothy M (0/1)
Kane, Brendan (0/1)
Kreuzer, Christopher RL (½/1)
Leggett, Peter AW (1/1)
McCarthy, Damian (0/1)
Meade, Philip J (1/1)
Melsom, Jonathan T (0/1)
Moore, Gerald C (0/1)
Neatherway, A Philip (½/1)
Nield, Robert C (0/1)
Ociepka, Dominika (0/1)
Orgler, Philipp (0/1)
Parekh, Rajen M (1/1)
Paul, Nathanael (1/1)
Payne, Matthew (0/1)
Potter, Karl (½/1)
Purdon, Colin (½/1)
Rabbitte, Michael J (0/1)
Ross, David C (1/1)
Sharma, Sivakumar (1/1)
Song, Anwen (1/1)
Stampe, Chris F (0/1)
Staniland, Philip (½/1)
Tarr, Steve (1/1)
Taylor, Geoffrey P (½/1)
Thompson, Brian (½/1)
Valjee, Ashir (0/1)
Vickery, Jim (1/1)
Watson, Jacob (1/1)
Wood, Philip RC (1/1)
Woodruff, David G (1/1)
Woolgar, Stephen (½/1)
Openings played as White (45)
D05 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 e6)
Average Elo:
1861
Result:
3½/5 = 70%
A20 English (1.c4 e5)
Average Elo:
1829.8
Result:
1½/5 = 30%
A48 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6)
Average Elo:
1982.5
Result:
3/4 = 75%
A10 English (1.c4)
Average Elo:
1749.75
Result:
3/4 = 75%
A25 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6)
Average Elo:
2050
Result:
1/4 = 25%
E61 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3)
Average Elo:
1909
Result:
½/3 = 16.67%
A24 English, Bremen System with ...g6 (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 g6)
Average Elo:
1973
Result:
½/3 = 16.67%
A37 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1911.67
Result:
½/3 = 16.67%
A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3)
Average Elo:
1810
Result:
2/3 = 66.67%
A83 Dutch, Staunton Gambit (1.d4 f5 2.e4 fxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5)
Average Elo:
1995.5
Result:
1/2 = 50%
D02 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1490
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
A47 Queen's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 b6)
Average Elo:
1914
Result:
0/2 = 0%
D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1881
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
A22 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
1666.5
Result:
½/2 = 25%
A41 Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6) (1.d4 d6)
Average Elo:
1878
Result:
½/2 = 25%
A16 English (1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
1832.5
Result:
1/2 = 50%
A26 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6)
Average Elo:
1953
Result:
½/2 = 25%
A36 English (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3)
Average Elo:
1993
Result:
0/2 = 0%
A14 English (1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.O-O)
Average Elo:
1713
Result:
1/2 = 50%
A38 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
1929
Result:
0/2 = 0%
A27 English, Three Knights System (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1903.5
Result:
½/2 = 25%
A13 English (1.c4 e6)
Average Elo:
1906
Result:
½/2 = 25%
A15 English (1.c4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
1822
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
A23 English, Bremen System, Keres Variation (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 c6)
Average Elo:
1780
Result:
1/2 = 50%
A11 English, Caro-Kann Defensive System (1.c4 c6)
Average Elo:
1884.5
Result:
½/2 = 25%
B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5)
Average Elo:
2026
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D12 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5)
Average Elo:
2034
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E60 King's Indian Defense (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6)
Average Elo:
2027
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D07 Queen's Gambit Declined, Chigorin Defense (1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nc6)
Average Elo:
0
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:
1736
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A85 Dutch, with c4 & Nc3 (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3)
Average Elo:
1940
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A46 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A54 Old Indian, Ukrainian Variation, 4.Nf3 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1680
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A34 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2024
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C55 Two Knights Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2073
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E90 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2016
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E68 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Variation, 8.e4 (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)
Average Elo:
1676
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E66 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav Panno (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 d6 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 c5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5)
Average Elo:
2159
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D08 Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5)
Average Elo:
2082
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E10 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1742
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A58 Benko Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6)
Average Elo:
1700
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E00 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6)
Average Elo:
1656
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A64 Benoni, Fianchetto, 11...Re8 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nf3 g6 7.g3 Bg7 8.Bg2 O-O 9.O-O Nbd7 10.Nd2 a6 11.a4 Re8)
Average Elo:
1677
Result:
0/1 = 0%
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:
1992
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:
1448
Result:
1/1 = 100%
Openings played as Black (41)
B12 Caro-Kann Defense (1.e4 c6 2.d4)
Average Elo:
1842.56
Result:
4/10 = 40%
B01 Scandinavian (1.e4 d5)
Average Elo:
1932.86
Result:
3/9 = 33.33%
D02 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1880
Result:
3/5 = 60%
D15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3)
Average Elo:
1914.75
Result:
2/4 = 50%
A57 Benko Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5)
Average Elo:
1775
Result:
1/4 = 25%
B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5)
Average Elo:
1621.25
Result:
2/4 = 50%
D00 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5)
Average Elo:
1783
Result:
2/4 = 50%
A03 Bird's Opening (1.f4 d5)
Average Elo:
1791.67
Result:
1½/3 = 50%
B10 Caro-Kann (1.e4 c6)
Average Elo:
1821.33
Result:
1/3 = 33.33%
A59 Benko Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 Bxa6 6.Nc3 d6 7.e4)
Average Elo:
1927
Result:
1/2 = 50%
C42 Petrov Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
1802
Result:
½/2 = 25%
A48 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6)
Average Elo:
1707
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6)
Average Elo:
1678.5
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
B14 Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6)
Average Elo:
1691.5
Result:
½/2 = 25%
B11 Caro-Kann, Two Knights, 3...Bg4 (1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 Bg4)
Average Elo:
1536
Result:
1/2 = 50%
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:
2141
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A00 Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo:
1693
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C56 Two Knights (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.O-O Nxe4)
Average Elo:
2001
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D12 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5)
Average Elo:
1953
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1802
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:
2068
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7)
Average Elo:
1450
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A12 English with b3 (1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.b3)
Average Elo:
2002
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D13 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.cxd5 cxd5)
Average Elo:
1912
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A16 English (1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
1607
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B23 Sicilian, Closed (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
1863
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A05 Reti Opening (1.Nf3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E14 Queen's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.e3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A45 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2101
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B25 Sicilian, Closed (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6)
Average Elo:
1950
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B07 Pirc (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
1935
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E64 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav System (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 d6 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 c5)
Average Elo:
1953
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A35 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C80 Ruy Lopez, Open (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4)
Average Elo:
1703
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B30 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6)
Average Elo:
1847
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D70 Neo-Grunfeld Defense (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 d5)
Average Elo:
2128
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B37 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.c4 Bg7)
Average Elo:
2055
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B18 Caro-Kann, Classical (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5)
Average Elo:
1832
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D04 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3)
Average Elo:
1535
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A58 Benko Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6)
Average Elo:
1958
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A11 English, Caro-Kann Defensive System (1.c4 c6)
Average Elo:
1938
Result:
0/1 = 0%