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Player:
(Eg:
Carlsen,Magnus
)
Thomas, Ben
FIDE
:
FIDE Card
Years
:
2007-2017
Number of games
:
170
Number of wins
:
61
Number of draws
:
28
Number of losses
:
81
White score
:
41/87 (47.13% - Average Elo: 1879.8)
Black score
:
34/83 (40.96% - Average Elo: 1868.52)
Rating progression
Games
White wins
White draws
White losses
Black wins
Black draws
Black losses
Top wins
Thomas, Ben (1850) - Kett, Timothy (2219), South Wales op 12th, Cardiff (B07) - 2015
Thomas, Ben (1804) - Sands, David A (2185), WLS-ch 61st, Cardiff (B22) - 2015
Thomas, Ben (1936) - Bullen, Alex (2105), WLS-ch 63rd, Cardiff (B18) - 2017
Varley, Peter (2215) - Thomas, Ben (1793), South Wales op 11th, Cardiff (E73) - 2014
Menadue, Jeremy FS (2145) - Thomas, Ben (1716), South Wales op 10th, Penarth (E70) - 2013
Heap, Gerry (2087) - Thomas, Ben (1952), WLS-chT 1516, Wales (A36) - 2016
Thomas, Ben - ? (74)
Bullen, Alex (1/3)
Adebajo, Olufemi (0/2)
Bevan, Peter M (1/2)
Bridges, Paul (½/2)
Emblem, Mark (2/2)
Kett, Timothy (1/2)
Mulligan, Scott (1½/2)
O'Rourke, Kevin1 (2/2)
Pleasants, Allan J (1½/2)
Shafi, Declan (1/2)
Turner, Joseph David (0/2)
Wills, Alex (1/2)
Albaric, Etienne (0/1)
Altiatasi, Berksan Dogac (½/1)
Baljinnyam, Altangerel (½/1)
Brewer, Callum D (0/1)
Brown, Thomas (0/1)
Brunova, Blanka (1/1)
Buttell, David (1/1)
Chanturia, Nikoloz (1/1)
Choo, Yin Benjamin (0/1)
Civi, Anil (1/1)
Costachi, Mihnea (0/1)
Czupor, Attila (½/1)
Davies, Damon (1/1)
Davis, Lee (½/1)
Dimitrova, Rada (1/1)
Eggleston, David (0/1)
Egyed, Judit (0/1)
Ehsandar, Peter (0/1)
Einarsson, Oskar Long (½/1)
Evans, Nicholas Thomas (0/1)
Fathallah, Joe (0/1)
Fraser, John (1/1)
Gallagher, Daniel GH (0/1)
Guha, Chirag (1/1)
Harley Yeo, Gareth (1/1)
Hollan, Petr (0/1)
Ivanov, Platon Jaan (0/1)
James, Dai (1/1)
Jones, Jeremy (0/1)
Jorge, Rita Maria Osorio (½/1)
Kett, Charles (1/1)
Kett, David (1/1)
Kirby, Peter J (0/1)
Lennartsson, Jan Emrik (1/1)
Levitan, Tal (0/1)
Lunnon, Matthew (0/1)
Lutchman Singh, Karanvir (1/1)
Miles, Richard (½/1)
Morris, Charles F (0/1)
Narva, Mai (0/1)
Quinn, Joseph R (1/1)
Represa Perez, Mireya (1/1)
Rovaretti, David (0/1)
Sands, David A (1/1)
Semonaviciute, Agne (1/1)
Sivarajasingam, Shayanna (1/1)
Sivarajasingam, Venetia (1/1)
Skuhala, Luka (½/1)
Spencer, Douglas (1/1)
Steffens, Olaf (0/1)
Thomas, James M (½/1)
Thompson, Robert (0/1)
Uksini, Bardhyl (0/1)
Van Kemenade, Julie (1/1)
Van Kemenade, Rudy (0/1)
Wells, Peter K (0/1)
Wilkins, William (0/1)
Williams, R (½/1)
Williams, Ron (0/1)
Williams, Vince (0/1)
Zhou, Jerry (½/1)
Zunic, Gregor (1/1)
? - Thomas, Ben (75)
Fathallah, Joe (1/4)
Van Kemenade, Rudy (3/3)
Hickman, John (1/2)
Nussbaumer, Patrick (1/2)
Robinson, David (1/2)
Acosta Cubides, Jorian Jared (½/1)
Adams, Mark (½/1)
Aykol, Can (0/1)
Bennett, Roger (0/1)
Blackburn, Jonathan LB (0/1)
Blackmore, Simon (0/1)
Bover de la Cruz, Pol (0/1)
Braun, Walter (0/1)
Brown, Thomas (0/1)
Camp, Andrew R (1/1)
Camp, Syringa Lyn (1/1)
Chesters, Graham (0/1)
Crowley, Clive (1/1)
Davis, Ashley J (0/1)
Ehsandar, Peter (0/1)
Ellis, Gareth (1/1)
Emblem, Mark (1/1)
Evans, James (1/1)
Fraser, John (1/1)
Freeland, Alex (0/1)
Gencoglu, Onur (0/1)
Greet, Andrew (0/1)
Gu, Sean (0/1)
Guedon, Sosthene (0/1)
Guy, David T (0/1)
Haring, Viktor (0/1)
Hatchett, Paul (½/1)
Heap, Gerry (1/1)
Heaven, Peter (½/1)
Hrib, Andrada Ioana (0/1)
Hurn, Robert AJ (½/1)
Jaaskelainen, Aleksandr (0/1)
Jaunooby, Ali Reza (0/1)
John, Michael (½/1)
Kieffer, Anatole (½/1)
Koehn, Lennart (0/1)
Lee, Gudmundur Kristinn (0/1)
Mapletoft, Alexander J (0/1)
Menadue, Jeremy FS (1/1)
Mulligan, Scott (0/1)
Noormets, Alex Hendrik (0/1)
O'Gorman, Alice (0/1)
O'Gorman, Tom (0/1)
Peczely, Sebastian Zsombor (0/1)
Phillips, William (1/1)
Pye, Jeremy C (1/1)
Ramadani, Sarah (½/1)
Ramaiya, Anshu (0/1)
Rozman, Monika (1/1)
Salim, Arzu (½/1)
Shafi, Declan (0/1)
Shakespeare, John (0/1)
Sivarajasingam, Venetia (1/1)
Smith, Phil M (1/1)
Stuart, Neil (½/1)
Summers, Charles B (½/1)
Taylor, Robert Graham (0/1)
Toelly, Michael (1/1)
Trickey, Andrew John (0/1)
Trickey, Nathan (1/1)
Turner, Joseph David (0/1)
Ucekajova, Veronika (1/1)
Uksini, Bardhyl (½/1)
Varley, Peter (1/1)
Vickery, Steve (½/1)
Waterfield, John (0/1)
Wilen, Eero (0/1)
Williams, Ron (1/1)
Wills, Alex (½/1)
Young, Alan J (1/1)
Openings played as White (45)
B22 Sicilian, Alapin (1.e4 c5 2.c3)
Average Elo:
1977.08
Result:
6½/15 = 43.33%
C01 French, Exchange (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bg5)
Average Elo:
1853.4
Result:
4½/5 = 90%
B07 Pirc (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2031.5
Result:
4/5 = 80%
C45 Scotch Game (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4)
Average Elo:
1756.8
Result:
2/5 = 40%
C50 Giuoco Piano (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
2½/4 = 62.5%
B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5)
Average Elo:
2017.67
Result:
0/3 = 0%
C55 Two Knights Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
3/3 = 100%
D20 Queen's Gambit Accepted (1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4)
Average Elo:
1555
Result:
2/3 = 66.67%
C41 Philidor Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6)
Average Elo:
2012
Result:
1/3 = 33.33%
B32 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
D37 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1473.5
Result:
1/2 = 50%
C52 Evans Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4 5.c3 Ba5)
Average Elo:
1832
Result:
1/2 = 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:
2072.5
Result:
½/2 = 25%
C42 Petrov Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2023
Result:
1/2 = 50%
A48 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6)
Average Elo:
2002
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D31 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3)
Average Elo:
1884
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B18 Caro-Kann, Classical (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5)
Average Elo:
2105
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C54 Giuoco Piano (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.cxd4)
Average Elo:
1823
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:
1565
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E81 King's Indian, Samisch (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O)
Average Elo:
1969
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B90 Sicilian, Najdorf (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6)
Average Elo:
2318
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f4)
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:
1743
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:
1987
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A01 Nimzovich-Larsen Attack (1.b3)
Average Elo:
2147
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C02 French, Advance (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5)
Average Elo:
2030
Result:
0/1 = 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:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo:
1906
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D51 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Nbd7)
Average Elo:
1585
Result:
0/1 = 0%
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:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D93 Grunfeld, with Bf4 & e3 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3)
Average Elo:
1086
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C29 Vienna Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4)
Average Elo:
2222
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D30 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D52 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.e3 c6 6.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1526
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B06 Robatsch (1.e4 g6)
Average Elo:
1982
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E70 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E83 King's Indian, Samisch (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 Nc6)
Average Elo:
1905
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:
1606
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E41 Nimzo-Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5)
Average Elo:
1473
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C10 French (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3)
Average Elo:
1807
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A84 Dutch (1.d4 f5 2.c4)
Average Elo:
1944
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C57 Two Knights (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5)
Average Elo:
1199
Result:
0/1 = 0%
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:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E10 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
Openings played as Black (45)
B00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening (1.e4)
Average Elo:
1836.54
Result:
7/13 = 53.85%
B33 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4)
Average Elo:
1815.33
Result:
2½/9 = 27.78%
E12 Queen's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6)
Average Elo:
2042
Result:
1/4 = 25%
A80 Dutch (1.d4 f5)
Average Elo:
1471.5
Result:
1/3 = 33.33%
A48 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6)
Average Elo:
1935
Result:
2/3 = 66.67%
B22 Sicilian, Alapin (1.e4 c5 2.c3)
Average Elo:
1980
Result:
0/2 = 0%
B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+)
Average Elo:
1725.5
Result:
2/2 = 100%
B50 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6)
Average Elo:
1298.5
Result:
1/2 = 50%
B40 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6)
Average Elo:
1542
Result:
½/2 = 25%
E73 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2)
Average Elo:
2067
Result:
1/2 = 50%
E70 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4)
Average Elo:
2020.5
Result:
2/2 = 100%
C02 French, Advance (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5)
Average Elo:
1665
Result:
1/2 = 50%
C01 French, Exchange (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bg5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/2 = 50%
A36 English (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3)
Average Elo:
2087
Result:
1/2 = 50%
B94 Sicilian, Najdorf (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5)
Average Elo:
2086
Result:
½/2 = 25%
C55 Two Knights Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2074.5
Result:
½/2 = 25%
B32 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5)
Average Elo:
1219
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B30 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B21 Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4 (1.e4 c5 2.f4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B45 Sicilian, Taimanov (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A85 Dutch, with c4 & Nc3 (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A16 English (1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
1782
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B23 Sicilian, Closed (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
1956
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C08 French, Tarrasch, Open, 4.ed ed (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 exd5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D04 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A04 Reti Opening (1.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1998
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:
2098
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:
1748
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C07 French, Tarrasch (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5)
Average Elo:
1622
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 d6 5.g3)
Average Elo:
1929
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:
1933
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B08 Pirc, Classical (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1984
Result:
1/1 = 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:
1964
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C11 French (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
1971
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:
2427
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B77 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 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.Bc4)
Average Elo:
1959
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E87 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 e5 7.d5)
Average Elo:
1943
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E61 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3)
Average Elo:
1392
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D37 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1940
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A40 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4)
Average Elo:
1908
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B90 Sicilian, Najdorf (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6)
Average Elo:
1952
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6)
Average Elo:
2056
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A38 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2022
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6)
Average Elo:
1925
Result:
½/1 = 50%