Costello, Alexander
IM
United StatesUSA
ID: 2099659
Chess.com @larax★

Alexander Costello

FIDE ratings

2,265Classical
2,189Blitz

Performance

50 games
32% Win
30% Draw
38% Loss

Alexander Costello's playing style

Overall score:47%16W 15D 19L over 50 games
Best with 1.e4 as White:53%in 15 games
Steady recent form:45%5W 8D 7L in last 20 games
Hard to beat — high draw rate:30%of games are draws

Openings as White

Among the openings shown, French Defense: Winawer Variation, Delayed Exchange Variation has the largest White sample, with 2 games. Select a row to explore its moves and inspect example games below.

French Defense: Winawer Variation, Delayed Exchange Variation
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Accelerated Dragon, Modern Bc4 Variation
100%
2g
Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation, Botvinnik-Carls Defense
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Moscow Variation
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Modern Variations, Main Line
100%
2g

Openings as Black

Among the openings shown, Sicilian Defense: Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack 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: Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack
67%
33%
6g
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Rubinstein System
100%
2g
English Opening: King's English Variation, Two Knights Variation, Smyslov System
100%
2g
Grünfeld Defense: Stockholm Variation
100%
2g
Italian Game: Classical Variation, Giuoco Pianissimo, with a6
100%
2g

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 Costello, Alexander as white · Wins / Draws / Losses

W / D / L
24%
56%
20%
Move
15 · 60%
27%
53%
20%
8 · 32%
75%
25%
2 · 8%
100%

Game History

(50 games)
DateSourceColorOpponentResultLink
Jun 16, 2024
OTB - PGNMentor
Bryant, Jeffrey(1742)
D—
Jun 16, 2024
OTB - PGN-Mentor
GMAli Marandi, Cemil Can(2511)
W—
Jun 16, 2024
OTB - PGNMentor
GMAli,Ali.(2511)
W—
Jun 16, 2024
OTB - PGN-Mentor
Bryant, Jeffrey(2404)
D—
Jun 15, 2024
OTB - TWIC
FMEidelman, Gabriel(2376)
L—
Jun 15, 2024
OTB - PGN-Mentor
IMShlyakhtenko, Robert(2402)
L—
Jun 15, 2024
OTB - PGNMentor
IMShlyakhtenko, Robert(2402)
L—
Jun 14, 2024
OTB - PGN-Mentor
FMHakobyan, Eduard(2297)
L—
Jun 14, 2024
OTB - PGNMentor
GMAkopian, Vladimir(2586)
D—
Jun 14, 2024
OTB - PGN-Mentor
GMAkopian, Vladimir(2586)
D—

Research Alexander Costello’s games and opening repertoire

IM Alexander Costello is rated 2265 in standard, 2189 in blitz by FIDE. Alexander Costello plays for United States.

Alexander Costello has FIDE ID 2099659.

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