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ID: 420859

Samuel Gaffney

FIDE ratings

1,788Classical
1,754Rapid

Performance

50 games
32% Win
40% Draw
28% Loss

Samuel Gaffney's playing style

Overall score:52%16W 20D 14L over 50 games
Best with 1.d4 as White:50%in 26 games
Steady recent form:45%4W 10D 6L in last 20 games
Hard to beat — high draw rate:40%of games are draws

Openings as White

Among the openings shown, Indian Defense: Knights Variation has the largest White sample, with 6 games. Select a row to explore its moves and inspect example games below.

Indian Defense: Knights Variation
67%
33%
6g
Indian Defense: Wade-Tartakower Defense
50%
50%
4g
Indian Defense: Czech-Indian
100%
2g
Queen's Gambit Declined: Charousek Variation
100%
2g
Queen's Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit, Normal Line
100%
2g

Openings as Black

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

Torre Attack: Classical Defense
100%
2g
Queen's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Nimzowitsch Variation
100%
2g
Queen's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Check Variation
100%
2g

Repertoire

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

Starting position

26 games in this line · White to move

Results for Gaffney, Samuel as white · Wins / Draws / Losses

W / D / L
23%
54%
23%
Move
26 · 100%
23%
54%
23%

Game History

(50 games)
DateSourceColorOpponentResultLink
Apr 13, 2025
OTB - Britbase
Woods, Timothy J(1669)
D—
Apr 13, 2025
OTB - Britbase
Woods, Timothy J(1669)
D—
Apr 12, 2025
OTB - Britbase
McCarthy, Damian(1908)
D—
Apr 12, 2025
OTB - Britbase
McCarthy, Damian(1921)
D—
Feb 16, 2025
OTB - Britbase
Rubeck, Jonathan(1841)
D—
Feb 16, 2025
OTB - Britbase
Rubeck, Jonathan(1892)
D—
Feb 15, 2025
OTB - Britbase
De Lange, Elijah(1636)
W—
Feb 15, 2025
OTB - Britbase
De Lange, Elijah(1636)
W—
Jan 12, 2025
OTB - Britbase
Cresswell, Mike J(1743)
W—
Jan 12, 2025
OTB - Britbase
Cresswell, Mike J(1743)
W—

Research Samuel Gaffney’s games and opening repertoire

Samuel Gaffney is rated 1788 in standard, 1754 in rapid by FIDE. Samuel Gaffney plays for England.

Samuel Gaffney has FIDE ID 420859.

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