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ID: 343419917

Paul Butterworth

FIDE ratings

1,723Classical

Performance

50 games
28% Win
38% Draw
34% Loss

Paul Butterworth's playing style

Overall score:47%14W 19D 17L over 50 games
Best with 1.d4 as White:40%in 26 games
Steady recent form:45%3W 12D 5L in last 20 games
Hard to beat — high draw rate:38%of games are draws

Openings as White

Among the openings shown, Indian Defense: Knights Variation has the largest White sample, with 10 games. Select a row to explore its moves and inspect example games below.

Indian Defense: Knights Variation
40%
30%
30%
10g
Benko Gambit Accepted: Pawn Return Variation
50%
50%
4g
King's Indian Defense: Normal Variation, King's Knight Variation
100%
3g
Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation, Modern Exchange Variation
100%
3g
Queen's Pawn Game: Symmetrical Variation
67%
33%
3g

Openings as Black

Among the openings shown, French Defense: Exchange Variation has the largest Black sample, with 3 games. These results describe the available sample, not a prediction of the player’s next choice.

French Defense: Exchange Variation
100%
3g
Queen's Pawn Game: Zukertort Variation
100%
3g
French Defense: Classical Variation
100%
3g
French Defense: Tarrasch Variation
100%
1g

Repertoire

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

Starting position

28 games in this line · White to move

Results for Butterworth, Paul as white · Wins / Draws / Losses

W / D / L
14%
46%
39%
Move
26 · 93%
15%
50%
35%
2 · 7%
100%

Game History

(50 games)
DateSourceColorOpponentResultLink
Mar 31, 2026
OTB - TWIC
Karlinder, Lovis Neo(1866)
D—
Mar 31, 2026
OTB - TWIC
Karlinder, Lovis Neo(1866)
D—
Mar 31, 2026
OTB - TWIC
Karlinder, Lovis Neo(1903)
D—
Mar 30, 2026
OTB - TWIC
Hallmundarson, Birkir(1949)
L—
Mar 30, 2026
OTB - TWIC
Hallmundarson, Birkir(1827)
L—
Mar 30, 2026
OTB - TWIC
Hallmundarson, Birkir(1827)
L—
Mar 29, 2026
OTB - TWIC
Gilbert, Michael A(1960)
D—
Mar 29, 2026
OTB - TWIC
Gilbert, Michael A(1960)
D—
Mar 29, 2026
OTB - TWIC
Gilbert, Michael A(1960)
D—
Mar 28, 2026
OTB - TWIC
Hublitz, Jakob Johannes(1639)
W—

Research Paul Butterworth’s games and opening repertoire

Paul Butterworth is rated 1723 in standard by FIDE. Paul Butterworth plays for England.

Paul Butterworth has FIDE ID 343419917.

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