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ID: 2012847

Matthew Bengtson

FIDE ratings

2,250Classical

Performance

50 games
30% Win
32% Draw
38% Loss

Matthew Bengtson's playing style

Overall score:46%15W 16D 19L over 50 games
Best with 1.d4 as White:52%in 21 games
Out of form:35%4W 6D 10L in last 20 games
Hard to beat — high draw rate:32%of games are draws

Openings as White

Among the openings shown, Nimzo-Indian Defense: Rubinstein System, Rubinstein Variation has the largest White sample, with 3 games. Select a row to explore its moves and inspect example games below.

Nimzo-Indian Defense: Rubinstein System, Rubinstein Variation
67%
33%
3g
Benko Gambit Accepted: Fianchetto Variation
50%
50%
2g
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Variation, Bernstein Defense, Exchange Line
100%
2g
Benko Gambit Accepted: Fully Accepted Variation
100%
2g
King's Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation, Bayonet Attack, Sokolov's Line
100%
2g

Openings as Black

Among the openings shown, Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation, Polugaevsky Variation has the largest Black sample, with 4 games. These results describe the available sample, not a prediction of the player’s next choice.

Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation, Polugaevsky Variation
50%
50%
4g
Grünfeld Defense: Russian Variation, Byrne Variation
100%
4g
Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation, Botvinnik-Carls Defense
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: McDonnell Attack, Tal Gambit
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Closed
100%
2g

Repertoire

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

Starting position

21 games in this line · White to move

Results for Bengtson, Matthew as white · Wins / Draws / Losses

W / D / L
33%
38%
29%
Move
21 · 100%
33%
38%
29%

Game History

(50 games)
DateSourceColorOpponentResultLink
Oct 22, 2008
OTB - PGN-Mentor
Krasik, Ilya(2172)
L—
Oct 13, 2008
OTB - Codekiddy
IMHerman, Matthew(2149)
L—
Oct 13, 2008
OTB - Codekiddy
IMHerman, Matthew(2149)
L—
Oct 1, 2008
OTB - PGN-Mentor
Krasik, Ilya(2172)
W—
Sep 19, 2007
OTB - PGN-Mentor
FMZimmer, Raphael(1868)
L—
Sep 11, 2006
OTB - PGN-Mentor
De Nadai, Daniele(1891)
D—
Nov 2, 2005
OTB - PGN-Mentor
Braylovsky, Gregory(2336)
W—
Oct 5, 2005
OTB - PGN-Mentor
Jones, Craig(2225)
L—
Sep 28, 2005
OTB - PGN-Mentor
FMEspino, Miguel(2322)
D—
Dec 28, 2004
OTB - PGNMentor
GMKaufman, Lawrence(2373)
D—

Research Matthew Bengtson’s games and opening repertoire

FM Matthew Bengtson is rated 2250 in standard by FIDE. Matthew Bengtson plays for United States.

Matthew Bengtson has FIDE ID 2012847.

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