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ID: 1577751

David Black

FIDE ratings

1,613Classical
1,713Rapid
1,654Blitz

Performance

50 games
36% Win
42% Draw
22% Loss

David Black's playing style

Strong overall score:57%18W 21D 11L over 50 games
Strongest in classical:62%in 46 games
In great form:65%7W 12D 1L in last 20 games
Hard to beat — high draw rate:42%of games are draws

Openings as White

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

Sicilian Defense: Moscow Variation, Main Line
100%
2g
Petrov's Defense: Karklins-Martinovsky Variation
50%
50%
2g
King's Indian Attack
50%
50%
2g
English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, Queen's Knight Variation
50%
50%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Taimanov Variation, Bastrikov Variation, English Attack
100%
1g

Openings as Black

Among the openings shown, Indian Defense: Normal Variation has the largest Black sample, with 2 games. These results describe the available sample, not a prediction of the player’s next choice.

Indian Defense: Normal Variation
100%
2g
Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation, Short Variation
50%
50%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Richter-Rauzer Variation, Neo-Modern Variation, Early Deviations
50%
50%
2g
Pseudo Queen's Indian Defense
100%
1g
Sicilian Defense: French Variation
100%
1g

Repertoire

27 games as white in scope
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5
4
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Move arrowsfrequency, not engine evaluation

Starting position

27 games in this line · White to move

Results for Black, David as white · Wins / Draws / Losses

W / D / L
37%
37%
26%
Move
9 · 33%
22%
56%
22%
8 · 30%
38%
25%
38%
4 · 15%
50%
25%
25%
4 · 15%
50%
50%
1 · 4%
100%
1 · 4%
100%

Game History

(50 games)
DateSourceColorOpponentResultLink
Apr 30, 2026
OTB - TWIC
GMStella, Andrea(2370)
D—
Apr 30, 2026
OTB - TWIC
GMStella, Andrea(2378)
D—
Apr 29, 2026
OTB - TWIC
IMLumachi, Gabriele(2421)
W—
Apr 29, 2026
OTB - TWIC
IMLumachi, Gabriele(2421)
D—
Apr 28, 2026
OTB - TWIC
GMAgdestein, Simen(2546)
D—
Apr 28, 2026
OTB - TWIC
GMAgdestein, Simen(2562)
D—
Sep 5, 2025
OTB - TWIC
IMNovosel, Lovro(2327)
D—
Sep 4, 2025
OTB - TWIC
GMBrunello, Sabino(2483)
D—
Sep 3, 2025
OTB - TWIC
GMPetrov, Martin(2533)
D—
Sep 2, 2025
OTB - TWIC
WFMSunyuktha C M N(2142)
W—

Research David Black’s games and opening repertoire

David Black is rated 1613 in standard, 1713 in rapid, 1654 in blitz by FIDE. David Black plays for Norway.

David Black has FIDE ID 1577751.

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