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ID: 4301951

Michael Cowen

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FIDE ratings

1,933Classical
1,866Blitz

Performance

50 games
30% Win
26% Draw
44% Loss

Michael Cowen's playing style

Overall score:43%15W 13D 22L over 50 games
Best with 1.d4 as White:48%in 28 games
Struggles in the French Defense as Black:40%in 15 games
Steady recent form:38%6W 3D 11L in last 20 games

Openings as White

Among the openings shown, Slav Defense: Modern Line has the largest White sample, with 4 games. Select a row to explore its moves and inspect example games below.

Slav Defense: Modern Line
50%
50%
4g
Queen's Gambit Declined: Normal Defense
33%
67%
3g
Benko Gambit Accepted: Pawn Return Variation
100%
2g
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Variation
100%
2g
Queen's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation
100%
2g

Openings as Black

Among the openings shown, French Defense: Winawer Variation, Classical Variation has the largest Black sample, with 6 games. These results describe the available sample, not a prediction of the player’s next choice.

French Defense: Winawer Variation, Classical Variation
33%
33%
33%
6g
French Defense: Exchange Variation
67%
33%
3g
King's Indian Defense: Four Pawns Attack, Dynamic Attack
100%
2g
French Defense: Tarrasch Variation, Chistyakov Defense, Modern Line
100%
2g
French Defense: Advance Variation
100%
2g

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 Cowen, Michael as white · Wins / Draws / Losses

W / D / L
36%
25%
39%
Move
28 · 100%
36%
25%
39%

Game History

(50 games)
DateSourceColorOpponentResultLink
Jan 21, 2006
OTB - PGNMentor
IMDive, Russell John(2359)
L—
Jan 21, 2006
OTB - PGN-Mentor
IMDive, Russell John(2359)
L—
Jan 15, 2006
OTB - PGN-Mentor
Arana Toscano, Camilo(2207)
L—
Jan 15, 2006
OTB - PGNMentor
Caoili, Arianne(2207)
L—
Jun 4, 2005
OTB - AjedrezCorr
Buckley, Patrick A.
L—
Jun 4, 2005
OTB - AjedrezCorr
Patriarca, Giovanni
W—
Jun 4, 2005
OTB - AjedrezCorr
Vieito Ribelles, Mrs. Ariadna
W—
Jun 4, 2005
OTB - AjedrezCorr
Stock, Achim(1821)
L—
Jun 4, 2005
OTB - AjedrezCorr
Gorsek, Gregor(1870)
D—
Jun 4, 2005
OTB - AjedrezCorr
Fric, Pavel(2026)
L—

Research Michael Cowen’s games and opening repertoire

Michael Cowen is rated 1933 in standard, 1866 in blitz by FIDE. Michael Cowen plays for New Zealand.

Michael Cowen has FIDE ID 4301951.

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