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Player Profile
Player:
(Eg:
Carlsen,Magnus
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Walker, Ben
FIDE
:
FIDE Card
Years
:
1983-1997
Number of games
:
82
Number of wins
:
30
Number of draws
:
20
Number of losses
:
32
White score
:
21/42 (50% - Average Elo: 2277.93)
Black score
:
19/40 (47.5% - Average Elo: 2278.47)
Rating progression
Games
White wins
White draws
White losses
Black wins
Black draws
Black losses
Top wins
Walker, Ben (2265) - Stone, Raymond (2365), Ontario-ch, Ontario (C02) - 1993
Walker, Ben (2265) - Livshits, Ron (2310), Toronto, Toronto (E92) - 1993
Walker, Ben - Johnstone, Glenn (2300), Toronto op3, Toronto (B40) - 1992
Livshits, Ron (2310) - Walker, Ben, Toronto, Toronto (C63) - 1992
Palacios, Bobby (2240) - Walker, Ben (2265), Toronto op, Toronto (A56) - 1993
Southam, David (2215) - Walker, Ben (2265), Ontario-ch, Ontario (A37) - 1993
Walker, Ben - ? (27)
Southam, Todd (2½/6)
Livshits, Ron (1/5)
Ochkoos, Jura (1½/3)
Dougherty, Michael J (2/2)
Rakhinshteyn, Fima (2/2)
Southam, David (1/2)
Teodoro, Eduardo (2/2)
Brodie, Hugh (½/1)
Crisan, Ioan (0/1)
Farges, Yves (1/1)
Fiedler, Brian (½/1)
Frialde, Arniel (0/1)
Grumic, Sasha (0/1)
Haessel, Dale R (0/1)
Huber, Walter (0/1)
Johnstone, Glenn (1/1)
Koliada, Timour (0/1)
Loo, Jonathan (1/1)
McGarrett, Ian (1/1)
McTavish, David (½/1)
Nickoloff, Bryon (0/1)
Pacey, Kevin (0/1)
Palacios, Bobby (½/1)
Polacek, Jozef (½/1)
Schleifer, Michael (1/1)
Spraggett, Grant (½/1)
Stone, Raymond (1/1)
? - Walker, Ben (34)
Ochkoos, Jura (½/5)
Kiviaho, Bob (1/2)
Mihaljevic, Josip (½/2)
Alipayo, Rodulfo (1/1)
Angelov, Georgi (½/1)
Bailey, Doug (0/1)
Bekefi, Laszlo (½/1)
Casinathan, Uma (1/1)
Cheah, Eugene (0/1)
Day, Lawrence A (0/1)
Deiseach, Donald (1/1)
Elieff, Kosta (1/1)
Findlay, Ian T (0/1)
Frilles, Ruperto (1/1)
Kanani, Saifudin (1/1)
Lamb, Bryan (1/1)
Livshits, Ron (1/1)
Milicevic, Goran (0/1)
Moffat, Andrei (1/1)
Nock, D (1/1)
Odachowski, Arthur (½/1)
Pacey, Kevin (0/1)
Palacios, Bobby (1/1)
Peckford, William (1/1)
Ristovic, Nenad (0/1)
Rositsan, Boris (½/1)
Snjaric, Darko (0/1)
Southam, David (1/1)
Southam, Todd (0/1)
Stavropoulos, Greg (0/1)
Taschian, Gevork (½/1)
Taylor, Gordon (½/1)
Wu, Howard (1/1)
Yoos, John C (0/1)
Openings played as White (39)
B82 Sicilian, Scheveningen (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.f4)
Average Elo:
2285
Result:
0/3 = 0%
B06 Robatsch (1.e4 g6)
Average Elo:
2205
Result:
0/2 = 0%
B34 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nxc6)
Average Elo:
1902
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B27 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C12 French, McCutcheon (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Bb4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A43 Old Benoni (1.d4 c5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D03 Torre Attack (Tartakower Variation) (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bg5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B22 Sicilian, Alapin (1.e4 c5 2.c3)
Average Elo:
2315
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B21 Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4 (1.e4 c5 2.f4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B40 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6)
Average Elo:
2300
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A26 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A05 Reti Opening (1.Nf3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2310
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E92 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5)
Average Elo:
2310
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B89 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Bc4 Nc6 7.Be3)
Average Elo:
2365
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C01 French, Exchange (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bg5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
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:
½/1 = 50%
C11 French (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2420
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+)
Average Elo:
0
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:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A12 English with b3 (1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.b3)
Average Elo:
2230
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B07 Pirc (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2322
Result:
0/1 = 0%
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:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D02 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2250
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C55 Two Knights Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D06 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
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:
2240
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening (1.e4)
Average Elo:
2270
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A07 King's Indian Attack (1.Nf3 d5 2.g3)
Average Elo:
2270
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C31 King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4 d5)
Average Elo:
2300
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C93 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Smyslov Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d6 9.h3 h6)
Average Elo:
2300
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A36 English (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3)
Average Elo:
2300
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C47 Four Knights (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2325
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B62 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6)
Average Elo:
2325
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C36 King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defense (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 d5)
Average Elo:
2315
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B16 Caro-Kann, Bronstein-Larsen Variation (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ gxf6)
Average Elo:
2280
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C02 French, Advance (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5)
Average Elo:
2365
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A66 Benoni (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.f4)
Average Elo:
2215
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D35 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2215
Result:
1/1 = 100%
Openings played as Black (34)
C63 Ruy Lopez, Schliemann Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5)
Average Elo:
2336.67
Result:
3/5 = 60%
A56 Benoni Defense (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5)
Average Elo:
2240
Result:
1/2 = 50%
A37 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2215
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
C59 Two Knights (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Na5 6.Bb5+ c6 7.dxc6 bxc6 8.Be2 h6)
Average Elo:
2092
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B07 Pirc (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D20 Queen's Gambit Accepted (1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B03 Alekhine's Defense (1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A00 Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D13 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.cxd5 cxd5)
Average Elo:
0
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:
0
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:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A31 English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation (1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A22 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E61 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D30 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6)
Average Elo:
2300
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E76 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E11 Bogo-Indian Defense (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+)
Average Elo:
2340
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A26 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A85 Dutch, with c4 & Nc3 (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c6 5.e3)
Average Elo:
2240
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A80 Dutch (1.d4 f5)
Average Elo:
2325
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E49 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Botvinnik System (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3)
Average Elo:
2240
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B61 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, Larsen Variation, 7.Qd2 (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 Bd7 7.Qd2)
Average Elo:
2200
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A58 Benko Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C45 Scotch Game (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A57 Benko Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C02 French, Advance (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5)
Average Elo:
2315
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B02 Alekhine's Defense (1.e4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2380
Result:
0/1 = 0%
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:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A07 King's Indian Attack (1.Nf3 d5 2.g3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B20 Sicilian (1.e4 c5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A30 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A62 Benoni, Fianchetto Variation (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)
Average Elo:
2280
Result:
0/1 = 0%