Barron, Michael
IM
CanadaCAN
ID: 2605120
Chess.com @barron045★

Michael Barron

FIDE ratings

2,032Classical
2,099Rapid
2,049Blitz

Performance

50 games
20% Win
24% Draw
56% Loss

Michael Barron's playing style

Overall score:32%10W 12D 28L over 50 games
Best with 1.e4 as White:38%in 17 games
Struggles in the Dutch Defense as Black:34%in 16 games
In great form:45%6W 6D 8L in last 20 games

Openings as White

Among the openings shown, Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation, Modern Variation has the largest White sample, with 4 games. Select a row to explore its moves and inspect example games below.

Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation, Modern Variation
50%
50%
4g
Caro-Kann Defense: Exchange Variation, Rubinstein Variation
50%
50%
4g
Sicilian Defense: Accelerated Dragon, Maróczy Bind, Gurgenidze Variation
100%
2g
Ruy Lopez: Closed, Breyer Defense
100%
2g
Petrov's Defense: Nimzowitsch Attack
100%
1g

Openings as Black

Among the openings shown, Italian Game: Giuoco Piano has the largest Black sample, with 3 games. These results describe the available sample, not a prediction of the player’s next choice.

Italian Game: Giuoco Piano
100%
3g
Scotch Game: Potter Variation
100%
2g
Ruy Lopez: Closed
100%
2g
Bishop's Opening: Berlin Defense
100%
2g
Dutch Defense: Semi-Leningrad Variation
100%
1g

Repertoire

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

Starting position

17 games in this line · White to move

Results for Barron, Michael as white · Wins / Draws / Losses

W / D / L
18%
41%
41%
Move
17 · 100%
18%
41%
41%

Game History

(50 games)
DateSourceColorOpponentResultLink
Sep 7, 2026
OTB - Mark Crowther
WFMDeepak, Laksshana(1961)
W—
Sep 6, 2026
OTB - Mark Crowther
CMKola, Venkat Karthikeya Reddy(2140)
L—
Sep 5, 2026
OTB - Mark Crowther
IMPlotkin, Mark(2364)
L—
May 15, 2026
OTB - LichessBroadcast
IMKot, Emanuel(2328)
L—
Aug 30, 2025
OTB - TWIC
FMJaferian, Koosha(2285)
D—
Aug 30, 2025
OTB - TWIC
GMGolubka, Petro(2329)
L—
Apr 22, 2025
OTB - TWIC
Zhang, Daniel(1909)
D—
Apr 22, 2025
OTB - TWIC
CMZhang, Daniel(2008)
D—
Apr 21, 2025
OTB - TWIC
Siddeley, Hugh(1923)
W—
Apr 21, 2025
OTB - TWIC
Siddeley, Hugh(1923)
W—

Research Michael Barron’s games and opening repertoire

IM Michael Barron is rated 2032 in standard, 2099 in rapid, 2049 in blitz by FIDE. Michael Barron plays for Canada.

Michael Barron has FIDE ID 2605120.

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