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Player:
(Eg:
Carlsen,Magnus
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Upton, Ian J
FIDE
:
FIDE Card
Years
:
1988-2015
Number of games
:
112
Number of wins
:
28
Number of draws
:
62
Number of losses
:
22
White score
:
28½/50 (57% - Average Elo: 2212.8)
Black score
:
30½/62 (49.19% - Average Elo: 2228.07)
Rating progression
Games
White wins
White draws
White losses
Black wins
Black draws
Black losses
Top wins
Upton, Ian J (2250) - Lewis, Andrew P (2295), Hastings op 8889, Hastings (B30) - 1988
Upton, Ian J (2235) - Granat, Russell (2265), BCF-chT 9697 (4NCL), England (D06) - 1997
Upton, Ian J (2270) - Adams, David M (2232), BCF-chT2 0607 (4NCL), Sunningdale (D07) - 2007
Moskovic, David M (2284) - Upton, Ian J (2259), BCF-chT2 0506 (4NCL), Birmingham (A07) - 2006
Smith, Andrew Philip (2274) - Upton, Ian J (2225), BCF-chT 9899 (4NCL), England (C10) - 1999
Richardson, Keith Bevin (2219) - Upton, Ian J (2224), BCF-chT2 0304 (4NCL), West Bromwich (A21) - 2004
Upton, Ian J - ? (47)
Burnett, Jim (1½/2)
Granat, Russell (1/2)
Okike, David (2/2)
Adams, David M (1/1)
Adams, Mark (1/1)
Almond, Richard (1/1)
Barrett, Stephen J (½/1)
Blackburn, Jonathan LB (½/1)
Brown, Paul (1/1)
Buckley, Graeme N (0/1)
BYE (1/1)
Byway, Paul V (½/1)
Cleveland, Richard (1/1)
Connolly, Suzanne (½/1)
Cooper, Lawrence (½/1)
Dickinson, Timothy R (1/1)
Eames, Robert (½/1)
Gayson, Peter (0/1)
Goris, Ton (0/1)
Gregory, Philip J (1/1)
Gruettner, Ralf (½/1)
Hagesaether, Arne (½/1)
Hanley, Craig (½/1)
Harley, Andrew D (½/1)
Hassabis, Demis (½/1)
Hewson, Brian Wr (½/1)
Houska, Miroslav (½/1)
Howell, David (½/1)
Hughes, Howard R (½/1)
Hunt, Harriet (½/1)
Knott, Simon JB (½/1)
Kwiatkowski, Feliks Jerzy (½/1)
Lewis, Andrew P (1/1)
Littlewood, Paul E (½/1)
Moore, Gerald C (½/1)
Nelson, Jonathan (½/1)
Plant, Paul RJ (½/1)
Purdon, Colin (½/1)
Rawlinson, Aidan (1/1)
Rosen, Daniel B (0/1)
Swanson, Stephen (½/1)
Tebb, David (0/1)
Toothill, John A (½/1)
Trevelyan, John (½/1)
Van den Boogaart, Jan Maarten (½/1)
Wall, Gavin (½/1)
Werle, Jan (0/1)
? - Upton, Ian J (60)
Emms, John M (½/2)
Moskovic, David M (1/2)
Akhsharumova, Anna M (0/1)
Anderton, Matthew (½/1)
Armstrong, Malcolm J (1/1)
Ashton, Adam (½/1)
Bennet, William (½/1)
Bhatia, Kanwal K (½/1)
Bibby, Simon (½/1)
Bigg, Andrew J (1/1)
Brown, Alan M (½/1)
Chandler, Murray G (½/1)
Churm, Rohan (½/1)
Clarke, Stuart (0/1)
Coates, Kenneth G (½/1)
Coleman, David (½/1)
Collinson, Adam (½/1)
Curtis, John (½/1)
Devereaux, Maxim (0/1)
Dighton, Simon (½/1)
Duncan, Christopher R (0/1)
Eckersley Waites, Tom (1/1)
Ethelontis, Alexandros N (1/1)
Frostick, Clive A (½/1)
Gilbert, Jonathan A (1/1)
Helbig, Paul (1/1)
Hunt, Malcolm A (½/1)
James, David J (½/1)
Johnstone, Paul Ellis (½/1)
Kelly, Brian (0/1)
Kilpatrick, Callum (½/1)
Kinsman, Andrew PH (0/1)
Lee, Graham D (½/1)
Littlewood, John Eric (½/1)
Mack, Andrew (½/1)
Markos, Jan (0/1)
McMichael, Richard (½/1)
Mestel, A Jonathan (0/1)
Milovanovic, Aleksander (1/1)
Mutton, Jonathan B (1/1)
Norman, Kenneth I (½/1)
Norris, Alan J (½/1)
Phillips, Owen S (1/1)
Pinter, Gabor (½/1)
Pritchard, David Brine (½/1)
Punnett, Alan Kenneth (0/1)
Richardson, John R (½/1)
Richardson, Keith Bevin (1/1)
Rosen, Daniel B (½/1)
Rowson, Jonathan (0/1)
Ruston, Mark (1/1)
Sands, David A (½/1)
Saunders, John C (0/1)
Sherwin, James T (0/1)
Smith, Andrew Philip (1/1)
Spanton, Timothy (1/1)
Thomas, Nicholas (½/1)
Tucker, Alex (½/1)
Van de Griendt, Jan Willem (½/1)
Von Schlippe, Nick (0/1)
Openings played as White (36)
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:
2149.75
Result:
3/4 = 75%
A80 Dutch (1.d4 f5)
Average Elo:
2292
Result:
½/3 = 16.67%
E44 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation, 5.Ne2 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Ne2)
Average Elo:
2187
Result:
2½/3 = 83.33%
E91 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2)
Average Elo:
2204
Result:
2/3 = 66.67%
D06 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4)
Average Elo:
2246
Result:
1/2 = 50%
D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2003
Result:
1/2 = 50%
B07 Pirc (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2117.5
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
D85 Grunfeld (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5)
Average Elo:
2221
Result:
½/2 = 25%
D12 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5)
Average Elo:
2019.5
Result:
1/2 = 50%
B30 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6)
Average Elo:
2295
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C17 French, Winawer, Advance (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5)
Average Elo:
2265
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D32 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5)
Average Elo:
2100
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E74 King's Indian, Averbakh, 6...c5 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Bg5 c5)
Average Elo:
2250
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E54 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Nf3 d5 6.Bd3 c5 7.O-O dxc4 8.Bxc4)
Average Elo:
2430
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A84 Dutch (1.d4 f5 2.c4)
Average Elo:
2176
Result:
½/1 = 50%
Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B28 Sicilian, O'Kelly Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 a6)
Average Elo:
2090
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E41 Nimzo-Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5)
Average Elo:
2293
Result:
½/1 = 50%
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:
2327
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B06 Robatsch (1.e4 g6)
Average Elo:
2053
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c6 5.e3)
Average Elo:
2187
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A48 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6)
Average Elo:
2238
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D18 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3)
Average Elo:
2122
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D51 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Nbd7)
Average Elo:
2213
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D23 Queen's Gambit Accepted (1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2097
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C07 French, Tarrasch (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5)
Average Elo:
2388
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B21 Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4 (1.e4 c5 2.f4)
Average Elo:
2415
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D87 Grunfeld, Exchange (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 O-O 8.Ne2 c5)
Average Elo:
2416
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E58 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with 8...Bxc3 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Nf3 d5 6.Bd3 c5 7.O-O Nc6 8.a3 Bxc3 9.bxc3)
Average Elo:
2457
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E73 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2)
Average Elo:
2397
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:
2214
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A55 Old Indian, Main line (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Nf3 Nbd7 5.e4)
Average Elo:
2238
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D94 Grunfeld (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.e3)
Average Elo:
2307
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D07 Queen's Gambit Declined, Chigorin Defense (1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nc6)
Average Elo:
2232
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:
2390
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B27 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1975
Result:
0/1 = 0%
Openings played as Black (30)
C07 French, Tarrasch (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5)
Average Elo:
2253
Result:
3½/7 = 50%
A80 Dutch (1.d4 f5)
Average Elo:
2185.6
Result:
2/5 = 40%
C13 French (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7)
Average Elo:
2213
Result:
2/4 = 50%
C02 French, Advance (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5)
Average Elo:
2092.75
Result:
2/4 = 50%
C10 French (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2328.5
Result:
2½/4 = 62.5%
A85 Dutch, with c4 & Nc3 (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2174.33
Result:
1½/3 = 50%
A93 Dutch, Stonewall, Botvinnik Variation (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 e6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O d5 7.b3)
Average Elo:
2350.67
Result:
½/3 = 16.67%
C00 French Defense (1.e4 e6)
Average Elo:
2233.33
Result:
1½/3 = 50%
A21 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2228.33
Result:
2/3 = 66.67%
A10 English (1.c4)
Average Elo:
2295
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
A92 Dutch (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 e6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O)
Average Elo:
2290.5
Result:
½/2 = 25%
C12 French, McCutcheon (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Bb4)
Average Elo:
2217
Result:
1/2 = 50%
C11 French (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2364
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:
2200
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
A52 Budapest Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4)
Average Elo:
2385
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A86 Dutch (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3)
Average Elo:
2510
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C04 French, Tarrasch, Guimard Main line (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nc6 4.Ngf3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2240
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A87 Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2318
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A95 Dutch, Stonewall (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 e6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O d5 7.Nc3 c6)
Average Elo:
2252
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2)
Average Elo:
2258
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A25 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6)
Average Elo:
2261
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C01 French, Exchange (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bg5)
Average Elo:
2169
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E11 Bogo-Indian Defense (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+)
Average Elo:
2077
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B22 Sicilian, Alapin (1.e4 c5 2.c3)
Average Elo:
2065
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A06 Reti Opening (1.Nf3 d5)
Average Elo:
1683
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A07 King's Indian Attack (1.Nf3 d5 2.g3)
Average Elo:
2284
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D02 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2367
Result:
0/1 = 0%
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:
2534
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D01 Richter-Veresov Attack (1.d4 d5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bg5)
Average Elo:
1928
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D00 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5)
Average Elo:
1947
Result:
1/1 = 100%