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ID: 39908682

Robert Lance Banta

FIDE ratings

1,730Classical

Performance

50 games
4% Win
40% Draw
56% Loss

Robert Lance Banta's playing style

Overall score:24%2W 20D 28L over 50 games
Best with 1.c4 as White:34%in 22 games
Struggles in the English Opening as White:34%in 22 games
Out of form:15%0W 6D 14L in last 20 games
Hard to beat — high draw rate:40%of games are draws

Openings as White

Among the openings shown, English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, Queen's Knight Variation has the largest White sample, with 5 games. Select a row to explore its moves and inspect example games below.

English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, Queen's Knight Variation
40%
60%
5g
English Opening: King's English Variation, Two Knights Variation, Fianchetto Line
100%
2g
English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, Hedgehog System
100%
2g
English Opening: King's English Variation, Two Knights Variation
100%
2g
English Opening: King's English Variation, Reversed Closed Sicilian
100%
2g

Openings as Black

Among the openings shown, Sicilian Defense: Taimanov Variation has the largest Black sample, with 8 games. These results describe the available sample, not a prediction of the player’s next choice.

Sicilian Defense: Taimanov Variation
25%
75%
8g
Indian Defense: Knights Variation
57%
43%
7g
Benko Gambit: Zaitsev System
100%
4g
Sicilian Defense: Delayed Alapin Variation, with e6
100%
3g
Catalan Opening
100%
2g

Repertoire

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

Starting position

22 games in this line · White to move

Results for Banta, Robert Lance as white · Wins / Draws / Losses

W / D / L
9%
50%
41%
Move
22 · 100%
9%
50%
41%

Game History

(50 games)
DateSourceColorOpponentResultLink
Mar 31, 2026
OTB - TWIC
Gilbert, Michael A(1960)
L—
Mar 31, 2026
OTB - TWIC
Gilbert, Michael A(1960)
L—
Mar 31, 2026
OTB - TWIC
Gilbert, Michael A(1960)
L—
Mar 29, 2026
OTB - TWIC
Akeborg, Jonatan(2000)
L—
Mar 29, 2026
OTB - TWIC
Akeborg, Jonatan(1942)
L—
Mar 29, 2026
OTB - TWIC
Akeborg, Jonatan(1942)
L—
Mar 28, 2026
OTB - TWIC
Petursson, Gudni(2027)
D—
Mar 28, 2026
OTB - TWIC
Petursson, Gudni(2027)
D—
Mar 28, 2026
OTB - TWIC
Petursson, Gudni(2027)
D—
Mar 27, 2026
OTB - TWIC
Bathula, Abhinav Reddy(2020)
L—

Research Robert Lance Banta’s games and opening repertoire

Robert Lance Banta is rated 1730 in standard by FIDE. Robert Lance Banta plays for United States.

Robert Lance Banta has FIDE ID 39908682.

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