SwitzerlandSUI
ID: 1365797

Gil Cotton

FIDE ratings

1,991Classical
1,884Rapid

Performance

44 games
32% Win
18% Draw
50% Loss

Gil Cotton's playing style

Overall score:41%14W 8D 22L over 44 games
Dominates 1.Nf3 as White:70%in 20 games
Struggles in the Caro-Kann Defense as Black:21%in 19 games
In great form:57%10W 3D 7L in last 20 games

Openings as White

Among the openings shown, Réti Opening: Advance Variation, Michel Gambit has the largest White sample, with 7 games. Select a row to explore its moves and inspect example games below.

Réti Opening: Advance Variation, Michel Gambit
43%
57%
7g

Openings as Black

Among the openings shown, Caro-Kann Defense: Tartakower Variation has the largest Black sample, with 4 games. These results describe the available sample, not a prediction of the player’s next choice.

Caro-Kann Defense: Tartakower Variation
100%
4g
Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation
100%
4g
Caro-Kann Defense: Exchange Variation
100%
4g
Caro-Kann Defense: Exchange Variation, Rubinstein Variation
100%
4g
Caro-Kann Defense: Main Line
100%
3g

Repertoire

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

Starting position

20 games in this line · White to move

Results for Cotton, Gil as white · Wins / Draws / Losses

W / D / L
70%
30%
Move
20 · 100%
70%
30%

Game History

(44 games)
DateSourceColorOpponentResultLink
Mar 21, 2026
OTB - LichessBroadcast
Gontsul, Artem(2070)
W—
Mar 21, 2026
OTB - LichessBroadcast
Dietiker, Manuel(1993)
L—
Mar 21, 2026
OTB - LichessBroadcast
Gontsul, Artem(2070)
W—
Mar 21, 2026
OTB - LichessBroadcast
Dietiker, Manuel(1993)
L—
Mar 21, 2026
OTB - LichessBroadcast
Pfaltz, Niklas(1600)
W—
Mar 21, 2026
OTB - LichessBroadcast
Gontsul, Artem(2115)
W—
Mar 21, 2026
OTB - LichessBroadcast
Pfaltz, Niklas(1622)
W—
Mar 21, 2026
OTB - LichessBroadcast
Dietiker, Manuel(1989)
L—
Mar 21, 2026
OTB - LichessBroadcast
Pfaltz, Niklas(1600)
W—
Feb 22, 2026
OTB - LichessBroadcast
Pees, Hans(1786)
W—

Research Gil Cotton’s games and opening repertoire

Gil Cotton is rated 1991 in standard, 1884 in rapid by FIDE. Gil Cotton plays for Switzerland.

Gil Cotton has FIDE ID 1365797.

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