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ID: 437492

Graham Chesters

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FIDE ratings

1,948Classical
1,888Rapid
1,829Blitz

Performance

50 games
34% Win
44% Draw
22% Loss

Graham Chesters's playing style

Strong overall score:56%17W 22D 11L over 50 games
Dominates 1.c4 as White:72%in 18 games
Out of form:40%4W 8D 8L 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, Kramnik-Shirov Counterattack 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, Kramnik-Shirov Counterattack
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2g
English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, Queen's Knight Variation
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Alapin Variation
100%
2g

Openings as Black

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

Caro-Kann Defense: Bronstein-Larsen Variation
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2g
Sicilian Defense: Closed, Fianchetto Variation
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: French Variation, Normal
100%
2g
Indian Defense: Knights Variation
100%
2g
Caro-Kann Defense: Exchange Variation
100%
1g

Repertoire

26 games as white in scope
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Starting position

26 games in this line · White to move

Results for Chesters, Graham as white · Wins / Draws / Losses

W / D / L
31%
62%
8%
Move
18 · 69%
44%
56%
4 · 15%
50%
50%
4 · 15%
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Game History

(50 games)
DateSourceColorOpponentResultLink
Sep 10, 2023
OTB - Britbase
Pal, Rohan(1910)
L—
Sep 10, 2023
OTB - Britbase
Walker, Jack(1811)
D—
Sep 10, 2023
OTB - Britbase
Pal, Rohan(1910)
L—
Sep 10, 2023
OTB - Britbase
Walker, Jack(1811)
D—
Sep 9, 2023
OTB - Britbase
Rich, Ben S(1835)
L—
Sep 9, 2023
OTB - Britbase
Rich, Ben S(1835)
L—
Sep 8, 2023
OTB - Britbase
Ther, Mate(1988)
L—
Sep 8, 2023
OTB - Britbase
Ther, Mate(1988)
L—
Aug 4, 2018
OTB - Britbase
Moore, Geoffrey R(1980)
W—
Aug 4, 2018
OTB - Britbase
Moore, Geoffrey R(1980)
W—

Research Graham Chesters’s games and opening repertoire

Graham Chesters is rated 1948 in standard, 1888 in rapid, 1829 in blitz by FIDE. Graham Chesters plays for England.

Graham Chesters has FIDE ID 437492.

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