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Player Profile
Player:
(Eg:
Carlsen,Magnus
)
Van Meter, Lester
FIDE
:
FIDE Card
Title
:
FM
Years
:
1982-2021
Number of games
:
102
Number of wins
:
30
Number of draws
:
25
Number of losses
:
47
White score
:
20/46 (43.48% - Average Elo: 2246.37)
Black score
:
22½/56 (40.18% - Average Elo: 2361.81)
Rating progression
Games
White wins
White draws
White losses
Black wins
Black draws
Black losses
Top wins
Van Meter, Lester - Watson, John L (2420), US Open-85, Fort Worth (E61) - 1984
Van Meter, Lester (2353) - Morrison, Robert (2397), Canadian op, Winnipeg (D35) - 1986
Van Meter, Lester (2260) - Salman, Nachum (2215), Midwest Masters, Chicago (B06) - 1985
Zilberstein, Dmitry (2392) - Van Meter, Lester (2240), Dake Memorial, McMinnville (B43) - 2004
Blocker, Calvin (2380) - Van Meter, Lester (2260), Midwest Masters op, Chicago (D28) - 1986
Thinnsen, James A (2305) - Van Meter, Lester, US Open-85, Fort Worth (D16) - 1984
Van Meter, Lester - ? (45)
Wallach, Kenneth (1½/2)
Arkell, Keith C (0/1)
Ashton, Jeff (0/1)
Berry, Jonathan (0/1)
Bungo, Gregory (0/1)
Campbell, Matthew (1/1)
Chachere, Lawrence (0/1)
De Fotis, Gary (0/1)
Echeverry, Alex M (1/1)
Epstein, David (½/1)
Giles, Morris (0/1)
Gulko, Boris F (½/1)
Gurtner, Daniel (1/1)
Harmon, Clark R (½/1)
Harrold, A (1/1)
Hynes, Kilian A (1/1)
Jussupow, Artur (½/1)
Kacheishvili, Giorgi (0/1)
Kenkre, Niman V (½/1)
Kudrin, Sergey (0/1)
Kupreichik, Viktor D (½/1)
Land, Chris K (0/1)
Martinovsky, Eugene Simeon (0/1)
Megibow, Gordon (½/1)
Morrison, Robert (1/1)
Nguyen, James Le (0/1)
Nonchev, Kalin K (0/1)
Payne, Fred R (0/1)
Perelshteyn, Mikhail (0/1)
Rapoport, Alex (1/1)
Raptis, Nick (0/1)
Redman, Timothy P (1/1)
Roper, David C (0/1)
Rowley, Robert (½/1)
Sailer, Mike L (½/1)
Salman, Nachum (1/1)
Shaffer, Alexander (1/1)
Shtern, Igor (0/1)
Sneed, John L (0/1)
Thomas, Rodney (1/1)
Watson, John L (1/1)
Yeager, Daniel A (½/1)
Yeh, Albert (0/1)
Young, Steven D (½/1)
Zingheim, Scott (1/1)
? - Van Meter, Lester (55)
Simms, Gary M (2/2)
Andrianov, Nikolai Ivanovich (½/1)
Anka, Emil (0/1)
Annakov, Babakuli (0/1)
Avery, Robert William (0/1)
Bachler, Kevin L (0/1)
Bauer, Richard N (½/1)
Benjamin, Joel (0/1)
Blehm, Pawel (0/1)
Blocker, Calvin (1/1)
Campbell, Matthew (1/1)
Chachere, Lawrence (½/1)
Clark, Robert William (1/1)
Clawitter, Craig (0/1)
Danlag, Donald M (½/1)
De Andres, Jesus (0/1)
Dokuchayev, Andrey (1/1)
Donaldson, John W (½/1)
Du, Digeng (1/1)
Finegold, Benjamin (0/1)
Golod, Vitali (0/1)
Handoko, Edhi (0/1)
Hanken, Jerome B (0/1)
Hendricks, M (0/1)
Irby, Drew J (0/1)
Jarrett, John M (1/1)
John, David C (½/1)
Kamberi, Sonny (0/1)
Kaminski, Marcin (½/1)
Kelleher, Jeff (0/1)
Kuroda, Paul (0/1)
Langer, Mikhail (0/1)
Magness, Trevor (0/1)
Mercuri, Louis A (0/1)
Michaelides, Michail (0/1)
Mills, James A (½/1)
Nguyen, Dung (½/1)
Ogunmefun, Adekunle (1/1)
Pickard, Sid B (1/1)
Rao, Vivek (0/1)
Rawlinson, Aidan (0/1)
Rhine, Frederick (½/1)
Rohland, Marshall (1/1)
Rolletschek, Heinrich (0/1)
Sandrin, Angelo (½/1)
Secheli, Gheorghe (1/1)
Shih, Justin (1/1)
Sigurjonsson, Gudmundur (0/1)
Smith, Bryan G (½/1)
Stanford, Mike (0/1)
Szuk, Balazs (½/1)
Thinnsen, James A (1/1)
Unger, Thomas (0/1)
Wallach, Kenneth (1/1)
Zilberstein, Dmitry (1/1)
Openings played as White (35)
A00 Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo:
2377
Result:
1/5 = 20%
D35 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2149
Result:
2/3 = 66.67%
B07 Pirc (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
1911.5
Result:
2/3 = 66.67%
E61 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2420
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
A57 Benko Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
2/2 = 100%
E90 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2262
Result:
1/2 = 50%
A06 Reti Opening (1.Nf3 d5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A49 King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4 (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D42 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 7.Bd3 (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e3 Nc6 7.Bd3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E44 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation, 5.Ne2 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Ne2)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B06 Robatsch (1.e4 g6)
Average Elo:
2215
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E99 King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Ne1 Nd7 10.f3 f5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B14 Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6)
Average Elo:
2410
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E11 Bogo-Indian Defense (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A80 Dutch (1.d4 f5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A90 Dutch (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 e6 4.Bg2)
Average Elo:
2660
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D34 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.g3 Nf6 7.Bg2 Be7)
Average Elo:
2188
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D31 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2490
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E46 Nimzo-Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O)
Average Elo:
2525
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B80 Sicilian, Scheveningen (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6)
Average Elo:
2161
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B34 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nxc6)
Average Elo:
2496
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:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C30 King's Gambit Declined (1.e4 e5 2.f4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B70 Sicilian, Dragon Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A04 Reti Opening (1.Nf3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A08 King's Indian Attack (1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c5 3.Bg2)
Average Elo:
2370
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C29 Vienna Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4)
Average Elo:
1957
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A86 Dutch (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3)
Average Elo:
1948
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A03 Bird's Opening (1.f4 d5)
Average Elo:
2159
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A42 Modern Defense, Averbakh System (1.d4 d6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4)
Average Elo:
2255
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A81 Dutch (1.d4 f5 2.g3)
Average Elo:
2292
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E12 Queen's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6)
Average Elo:
2184
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A13 English (1.c4 e6)
Average Elo:
2171
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A11 English, Caro-Kann Defensive System (1.c4 c6)
Average Elo:
2335
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E01 Catalan, Closed (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2)
Average Elo:
1902
Result:
0/1 = 0%
Openings played as Black (33)
B01 Scandinavian (1.e4 d5)
Average Elo:
2425.2
Result:
3/10 = 30%
B15 Caro-Kann (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2280
Result:
2/5 = 40%
D16 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4)
Average Elo:
2305
Result:
1½/3 = 50%
B42 Sicilian, Kan (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3)
Average Elo:
2299
Result:
0/3 = 0%
D14 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bf4 Bf5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/2 = 50%
A11 English, Caro-Kann Defensive System (1.c4 c6)
Average Elo:
2215
Result:
½/2 = 25%
A05 Reti Opening (1.Nf3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2271
Result:
2/2 = 100%
A13 English (1.c4 e6)
Average Elo:
2337
Result:
1/2 = 50%
E44 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation, 5.Ne2 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Ne2)
Average Elo:
1762
Result:
1/2 = 50%
A18 English, Mikenas-Carls (1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.e4)
Average Elo:
2446
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
E16 Queen's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Bb4+)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D31 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3)
Average Elo:
0
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:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B21 Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4 (1.e4 c5 2.f4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D28 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical (1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.O-O a6 7.Qe2)
Average Elo:
2380
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2609
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B14 Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6)
Average Elo:
2490
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E80 King's Indian, Samisch Variation (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D01 Richter-Veresov Attack (1.d4 d5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bg5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A36 English (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3)
Average Elo:
2225
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A57 Benko Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5)
Average Elo:
2410
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A43 Old Benoni (1.d4 c5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
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:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B12 Caro-Kann Defense (1.e4 c6 2.d4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E33 Nimzo-Indian, Classical (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 Nc6)
Average Elo:
2600
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E43 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B22 Sicilian, Alapin (1.e4 c5 2.c3)
Average Elo:
2429
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B40 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6)
Average Elo:
2281
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:
2392
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D94 Grunfeld (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.e3)
Average Elo:
2552
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E31 Nimzo-Indian, Leningrad, Main line (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bg5 h6 5.Bh4 c5 6.d5 d6)
Average Elo:
2563
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E01 Catalan, Closed (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2)
Average Elo:
2073
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B23 Sicilian, Closed (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2425
Result:
½/1 = 50%