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ID: 4307054

John Findlay

FIDE ratings

1,831Classical
1,847Rapid

Performance

36 games
11% Win
36% Draw
53% Loss

John Findlay's playing style

Overall score:29%4W 13D 19L over 36 games
Best with 1.e4 as White:38%in 16 games
Struggles in the Sicilian Defense as Black:23%in 15 games
In great form:40%4W 8D 8L in last 20 games
Hard to beat — high draw rate:36%of games are draws

Openings as White

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

Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen Variation
100%
2g
Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation
100%
2g
French Defense: Tarrasch Variation, Closed Variation
100%
2g
French Defense: Tarrasch Variation
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation
100%
2g

Openings as Black

Among the openings shown, Sicilian Defense: Closed 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: Closed
100%
6g
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Reshevsky Variation
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation, Yugoslav Attack, Belezky Line
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Alapin Variation, Barmen Defense
100%
2g

Repertoire

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

Starting position

16 games in this line · White to move

Results for Findlay, John as white · Wins / Draws / Losses

W / D / L
13%
50%
38%
Move
16 · 100%
13%
50%
38%

Game History

(36 games)
DateSourceColorOpponentResultLink
Jan 22, 2020
OTB - PGNMentor
CMForster, William(1864)
L—
Jan 22, 2020
OTB - PGN-Mentor
CMForster, William(1864)
L—
Jan 20, 2020
OTB - PGNMentor
Pinic, Noel(2054)
L—
Jan 20, 2020
OTB - PGN-Mentor
Pinic, Noel(2054)
L—
Jan 19, 2020
OTB - PGNMentor
IMSandler, Leonid(2226)
L—
Jan 19, 2020
OTB - PGN-Mentor
IMSandler, Leonid(2226)
L—
Jan 18, 2020
OTB - PGNMentor
Fulo, Nunilon III(2017)
W—
Jan 18, 2020
OTB - PGN-Mentor
Fulo, Nunilon III(2017)
W—
Jan 17, 2020
OTB - TWIC
FMReilly, Tim(2098)
D—
Jan 17, 2020
OTB - TWIC
FMReilly, Tim(2098)
D—

Research John Findlay’s games and opening repertoire

John Findlay is rated 1831 in standard, 1847 in rapid by FIDE. John Findlay plays for New Zealand.

John Findlay has FIDE ID 4307054.

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