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ID: 2601664

John Burstow

FIDE ratings

2,280Classical

Performance

50 games
38% Win
40% Draw
22% Loss

John Burstow's playing style

Strong overall score:58%19W 20D 11L over 50 games
Dominates e4 vs 1.e4/1.d4 as Black:69%in 16 games
Strongest in classical:57%in 46 games
Steady recent 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, Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, Amsterdam Variation has the largest White sample, with 2 games. Select a row to explore its moves and inspect example games below.

Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, Amsterdam Variation
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Open
100%
2g
Petrov's Defense: Modern Attack, Center Attack
100%
2g
Caro-Kann Defense: Panov Attack, Fianchetto Defense, Fianchetto Gambit
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Grand Prix Attack
100%
2g

Openings as Black

Among the openings shown, Sicilian Defense: Accelerated Dragon, Maróczy Bind 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: Accelerated Dragon, Maróczy Bind
100%
6g
Sicilian Defense: Accelerated Dragon, Modern Variation
100%
4g
Grünfeld Defense: Russian Variation, Prins Variation
100%
3g
Grünfeld Defense: Three Knights Variation, Hungarian Variation
100%
2g
Queen's Pawn Game: Barry Attack, Grünfeld Variation
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 Burstow, John as white · Wins / Draws / Losses

W / D / L
38%
19%
43%
Move
21 · 100%
38%
19%
43%

Game History

(50 games)
DateSourceColorOpponentResultLink
Jan 23, 2011
OTB - Canada
Iomdina, Bella(1804)
D—
Jan 23, 2011
OTB - Canada
Zaczek, Jonathon(2119)
W—
Jan 23, 2011
OTB - Canada
Zaczek, Jonathon(2119)
W—
Jan 23, 2011
OTB - Canada
Iomdina, Bella(1544)
D—
Apr 17, 1999
OTB - Codekiddy
Schulz, Manfred
W—
Apr 17, 1999
OTB - Codekiddy
Gibson, Kris
D—
Apr 17, 1999
OTB - Codekiddy
FMBaragar, Fletcher(2310)
W—
Apr 17, 1999
OTB - Codekiddy
FMBaragar, Fletcher(2310)
W—
Apr 17, 1999
OTB - Codekiddy
Gibson, Kris
D—
Apr 17, 1999
OTB - Codekiddy
Schulz, Manfred
W—

Research John Burstow’s games and opening repertoire

John Burstow is rated 2280 in standard by FIDE. John Burstow plays for Canada.

John Burstow has FIDE ID 2601664.

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