South AfricaRSA
ID: 534004653

Richard Collins

FIDE ratings

No FIDE ratings available.

Performance

50 games
62% Win
30% Draw
8% Loss

Richard Collins's playing style

Strong overall score:77%31W 15D 4L over 50 games
Dominates e4 vs 1.e4/1.d4 as Black:87%in 15 games
Strongest in classical:77%in 49 games
Steady recent form:73%12W 5D 3L in last 20 games
Hard to beat — high draw rate:30%of games are draws

Openings as White

Among the openings shown, French Defense: Exchange Variation has the largest White sample, with 3 games. Select a row to explore its moves and inspect example games below.

French Defense: Exchange Variation
33%
67%
3g
Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Modern Steinitz Defense
50%
50%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Prins Variation
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Open
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation
100%
1g

Openings as Black

Among the openings shown, Sicilian Defense: O'Kelly Variation, Normal System 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: O'Kelly Variation, Normal System
83%
17%
6g
Queen's Pawn Game: Zukertort Variation
50%
50%
2g
Sicilian Defense: O'Kelly Variation
100%
2g
King's Indian Attack: Double Fianchetto
100%
1g
Italian Game: Hungarian Defense
100%
1g

Repertoire

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

Starting position

25 games in this line · White to move

Results for Collins, Richard as white · Wins / Draws / Losses

W / D / L
52%
36%
12%
Move
21 · 84%
57%
29%
14%
2 · 8%
100%
1 · 4%
100%
1 · 4%
100%

Game History

(50 games)
DateSourceColorOpponentResultLink
Mar 10, 2020
OTB - Britbase
Hymer, Barry J
D—
Mar 1, 2020
OTB - PGNMentor
Stoica, Savas Marin(1829)
D—
Feb 29, 2020
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Thatte, Nishchal(1879)
L—
Feb 18, 2020
OTB - Britbase
Chibnall, John
W—
Feb 12, 2020
OTB - Britbase
Blade, Norman T
W—
Feb 9, 2020
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Tarr, Steve F(1668)
D—
Feb 8, 2020
OTB - Britbase
Hackett, Thomas(1698)
W—
Jan 21, 2020
OTB - Britbase
McMenamin, Danny(1921)
W—
Jan 14, 2020
OTB - Britbase
Elliott, Mathew
W—
Jan 12, 2020
OTB - Britbase
Bramson, Mike(1786)
L—

Research Richard Collins’s games and opening repertoire

Richard Collins plays for South Africa.

Richard Collins has FIDE ID 534004653.

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