EnglandENG
ID: 406678

Paul J Benson

FIDE ratings

1,903Classical

Performance

50 games
28% Win
40% Draw
32% Loss

Paul J Benson's playing style

Overall score:48%14W 20D 16L over 50 games
Dominates 1.e4 as White:60%in 20 games
In great form:60%8W 8D 4L in last 20 games
Hard to beat — high draw rate:40%of games are draws

Openings as White

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

Philidor Defense
100%
2g
Scotch Game
100%
2g
French Defense: Classical Variation, Steinitz Variation
100%
2g
Caro-Kann Defense
100%
2g
Richter-Veresov Attack: Richter Variation
100%
2g

Openings as Black

Among the openings shown, Sicilian Defense: Hyperaccelerated Fianchetto has the largest Black sample, with 6 games. These results describe the available sample, not a prediction of the player’s next choice.

Sicilian Defense: Hyperaccelerated Fianchetto
100%
6g
Dutch Defense: Staunton Gambit
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Hyperaccelerated Dragon
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Smith-Morra Gambit
100%
2g

Repertoire

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

Starting position

26 games in this line · White to move

Results for Benson, Paul J as white · Wins / Draws / Losses

W / D / L
38%
46%
15%
Move
20 · 77%
40%
40%
20%
4 · 15%
50%
50%
2 · 8%
100%

Game History

(50 games)
DateSourceColorOpponentResultLink
Sep 7, 2019
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Halmkin, Peter(1824)
D—
Sep 7, 2019
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Haglund, Peter
D—
Sep 6, 2019
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Bass, John W(1996)
L—
Sep 6, 2019
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Bass, John W(1996)
L—
Sep 5, 2019
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Nyman, John C H(1766)
W—
Sep 5, 2019
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Nyman, John C H(1766)
W—
Sep 4, 2019
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Ingham, H William(1807)
L—
Sep 4, 2019
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Ingham, H William(1807)
L—
Sep 3, 2019
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Farrar, Gordon(1699)
D—
Sep 3, 2019
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Farrar, Gordon(1699)
D—

Research Paul J Benson’s games and opening repertoire

Paul J Benson is rated 1903 in standard by FIDE. Paul J Benson plays for England.

Paul J Benson has FIDE ID 406678.

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