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ID: 409430

Sam Essen

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FIDE ratings

2,078Classical

Performance

10 games
10% Win
30% Draw
60% Loss

Sam Essen's playing style

Overall score:25%1W 3D 6L over 10 games
Steady recent form:25%1W 3D 6L in last 10 games
Hard to beat — high draw rate:30%of games are draws

Openings as White

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

Benoni Defense: Classical Variation
100%
2g
Queen's Indian Defense: Kasparov-Petrosian Variation, Kasparov Attack
100%
2g
Ruy Lopez: Marshall Attack, Modern Main Line
100%
1g

Openings as Black

Among the openings shown, East Indian Defense has the largest Black sample, with 2 games. These results describe the available sample, not a prediction of the player’s next choice.

East Indian Defense
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen Variation, Keres Attack
100%
1g

Repertoire

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

Starting position

7 games in this line · White to move

Results for Essen, Sam as white · Wins / Draws / Losses

W / D / L
14%
86%
Move
6 · 86%
100%
1 · 14%
100%

Game History

(10 games)
DateSourceColorOpponentResultLink
Jan 1, 1999
OTB - PGN-Mentor
Anderton, Matthew N(2273)
L—
Jan 1, 1999
OTB - PGNMentor
Anderton, Matthew N(2273)
L—
Dec 19, 1998
OTB - Codekiddy
White, Chris
L—
Dec 19, 1998
OTB - PGNMentor
GMParker, Jonathan F(2510)
L—
Dec 19, 1998
OTB - PGN-Mentor
GMParker, Jonathan F(2510)
L—
Dec 19, 1998
OTB - Codekiddy
Osborne, Marcus E(2205)
D—
Dec 19, 1998
OTB - Masters
White, Chris(1814)
L—
Dec 19, 1998
OTB - Codekiddy
Osborne, Marcus E(2205)
D—
Jan 1, 1987
OTB - Codekiddy
London, Alexander H
D—
Jan 1, 1985
OTB - ICOFyBase
Maur des Fosses city
W—

Research Sam Essen’s games and opening repertoire

Sam Essen is rated 2078 in standard by FIDE. Sam Essen plays for England.

Sam Essen has FIDE ID 409430.

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