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ID: 2402068

Stephen Balmer

FIDE ratings

2,010Classical

Performance

50 games
26% Win
24% Draw
50% Loss

Stephen Balmer's playing style

Overall score:38%13W 12D 25L over 50 games
Best with 1.Nf3 as White:42%in 19 games
Struggles in the Zukertort Opening as White:35%in 17 games
Out of form:25%3W 4D 13L in last 20 games

Openings as White

Among the openings shown, Sicilian Defense: Hyperaccelerated Fianchetto has the largest White sample, with 2 games. Select a row to explore its moves and inspect example games below.

Sicilian Defense: Hyperaccelerated Fianchetto
100%
2g
French Defense: Winawer Variation, Poisoned Pawn Variation, Paoli Variation
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack, Fianchetto Variation
100%
2g

Openings as Black

Among the openings shown, English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, Hedgehog System has the largest Black sample, with 4 games. These results describe the available sample, not a prediction of the player’s next choice.

English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, Hedgehog System
100%
4g
Caro-Kann Defense
67%
33%
3g
Old Indian Defense
100%
2g
Queen's Gambit Declined: Baltic Defense
100%
2g
Caro-Kann Defense: Bronstein-Larsen Variation
100%
2g

Repertoire

27 games as white in scope
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Move arrowsfrequency, not engine evaluation

Starting position

27 games in this line · White to move

Results for Balmer, Stephen as white · Wins / Draws / Losses

W / D / L
33%
22%
44%
Move
19 · 70%
37%
11%
53%
6 · 22%
33%
33%
33%
2 · 7%
100%

Game History

(50 games)
DateSourceColorOpponentResultLink
Jun 26, 2005
OTB - ChessScotland
CMGreen, Andrew D(1888)
D—
Jun 26, 2005
OTB - ChessScotland
IMOrr, Mark J L(2305)
L—
Jun 26, 2005
OTB - ChessScotland
CMGreen, Andrew D(1888)
D—
Jun 26, 2005
OTB - ChessScotland
IMOrr, Mark J L(2305)
L—
Jun 25, 2005
OTB - ChessScotland
Berry, Neil M(2207)
L—
Jun 25, 2005
OTB - ChessScotland
Ahmed Berawy, Marwan(2207)
L—
Jan 1, 2003
OTB - Codekiddy
IMPritchett, Craig W(2318)
L—
Jan 1, 2003
OTB - Codekiddy
IMPritchett, Craig W(2318)
L—
Jan 1, 2003
OTB - Codekiddy
Spencer, Edwin A(2197)
D—
Jan 1, 2003
OTB - Codekiddy
Spencer, Edwin A(2197)
D—

Research Stephen Balmer’s games and opening repertoire

Stephen Balmer is rated 2010 in standard by FIDE. Stephen Balmer plays for Scotland.

Stephen Balmer has FIDE ID 2402068.

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