England

ID: 402982

C Paul Botham

FIDE ratings

1,959Classical

Performance

50 games

24% Win

44% Draw

32% Loss

C Paul Botham's playing style

Overall score:46%12W 22D 16L over 50 games

Best with 1.c4 as White:50%in 22 games

Out of form:30%4W 4D 12L in last 20 games

Hard to beat — high draw rate:44%of games are draws

Openings as White

Among the openings shown, English Opening: King's English Variation, Reversed Closed Sicilian has the largest White sample, with 2 games. Select a row to explore its moves and inspect example games below.

English Opening: King's English Variation, Reversed Closed Sicilian

100%

English Opening: King's English Variation, Two Knights Variation, Keres Variation

100%

English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation, Flexible Line

100%

English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, Queen's Knight Variation

100%

English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Fianchetto Variation

100%

Openings as Black

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

Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation, Classical Variation

100%

Neo-Grünfeld Defense: Goglidze Attack

100%

East Indian Defense

100%

Grünfeld Defense: Russian Variation, Szabo Variation

100%

Alekhine Defense: Exchange Variation

100%

Repertoire

22 games as white in scope

Move arrowsfrequency, not engine evaluation

Starting position

22 games in this line · White to move

Results for Botham, C Paul as white · Wins / Draws / Losses

W / D / L

18%

64%

18%

Move
	22 · 100%	5y ago	18% 64% 18%

Game History

(50 games)

Date	Source	Opponent	Result	Time	Event	Opening	Link
Mar 27, 2022	OTB - Britbase	Westrap, Christian F(2039)	L	Classical	4NCL Division 3 South	D70Neo-Grünfeld Defense: Goglidze Attack	—
Mar 27, 2022	OTB - Britbase	Westrap, Christian F(2039)	L	Classical	4NCL Division 3 South	D70Neo-Grünfeld Defense: Goglidze Attack	—
Oct 8, 2021	OTB - Britbase	CMDargan, Paul A G(2075)	D	Classical	GBR-ch107 Over 50	A25eEnglish Opening: King's English Variation, Reversed Closed Sicilian	—
Oct 8, 2021	OTB - Britbase	CMDargan, Paul A G(2075)	D	Classical	GBR-ch107 Over 50	A25eEnglish Opening: King's English Variation, Reversed Closed Sicilian	—
Oct 7, 2021	OTB - Britbase	Kett, Timothy J(2156)	L	Classical	GBR-ch107 Over 50	B02Alekhine Defense	—
Oct 7, 2021	OTB - Britbase	Kett, Timothy J(2156)	L	Classical	GBR-ch107 Over 50	B02Alekhine Defense	—
Oct 6, 2021	OTB - Britbase	Williamson, Kevin J(1859)	D	Classical	GBR-ch107 Over 50	A13English Opening: Agincourt Defense	—
Oct 6, 2021	OTB - Britbase	Williamson, Kevin J(1859)	D	Classical	GBR-ch107 Over 50	A13English Opening: Agincourt Defense	—
Oct 5, 2021	OTB - Britbase	Kenning, Paul H(1805)	W	Classical	GBR-ch107 Over 50	A45cIndian Defense: Accelerated London System	—
Oct 5, 2021	OTB - Britbase	Kenning, Paul H(1805)	W	Classical	GBR-ch107 Over 50	A45cIndian Defense: Accelerated London System	—

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C Paul Botham is rated 1959 in standard by FIDE. C Paul Botham plays for England.

C Paul Botham has FIDE ID 402982.

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C Paul Botham

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C Paul Botham's playing style

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Openings as Black

Repertoire

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