EnglandENG
ID: 444227

Bryan Harkness

FIDE ratings

1,947Classical

Performance

49 games
16% Win
45% Draw
39% Loss

Bryan Harkness's playing style

Overall score:39%8W 22D 19L over 49 games
Best with 1.e4 as White:31%in 27 games
Struggles in the French Defense as White:30%in 15 games
In great form:48%4W 11D 5L in last 20 games
Hard to beat — high draw rate:45%of games are draws

Openings as White

Among the openings shown, French Defense: Advance Variation has the largest White sample, with 5 games. Select a row to explore its moves and inspect example games below.

French Defense: Advance Variation
80%
20%
5g
Ruy Lopez: Exchange Variation, Gligoric Variation
50%
50%
4g
Sicilian Defense: Closed
100%
2g
French Defense: Winawer Variation, Bogoljubow Variation
100%
2g
Ruy Lopez: Exchange Variation, Alapin Gambit
100%
2g

Openings as Black

Among the openings shown, Torre Attack: Fianchetto Defense has the largest Black sample, with 3 games. These results describe the available sample, not a prediction of the player’s next choice.

Torre Attack: Fianchetto Defense
100%
3g
Grünfeld Defense: Three Knights Variation
100%
2g
English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, Anglo-Grünfeld Variation
100%
2g
Grünfeld Defense: Three Knights Variation, Petrosian System
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Moscow Variation
100%
1g

Repertoire

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

Starting position

27 games in this line · White to move

Results for Harkness, Bryan as white · Wins / Draws / Losses

W / D / L
7%
48%
44%
Move
27 · 100%
7%
48%
44%

Game History

(49 games)
DateSourceColorOpponentResultLink
Oct 26, 2025
OTB - TWIC
Layhe, Simon(1881)
D—
Oct 26, 2025
OTB - TWIC
Barwick, Carmel(1919)
D—
Oct 25, 2025
OTB - TWIC
Booth, Steven B(1874)
W—
Oct 25, 2025
OTB - TWIC
Samarasinghe Jude, Ranga(1978)
L—
Oct 24, 2025
OTB - TWIC
Milson, Samuel A(2096)
L—
Feb 9, 2025
OTB - TWIC
Surtees, Mike J(2083)
W—
Feb 8, 2025
OTB - TWIC
Hamer, Martyn(2053)
L—
Feb 10, 2024
OTB - PGN-Mentor
Williamson, Roger G(2151)
L—
Feb 10, 2024
OTB - PGNMentor
Williamson, Roger G(2151)
L—
Oct 29, 2023
OTB - PGN-Mentor
Dilleigh, Stephen P(2031)
D—

Research Bryan Harkness’s games and opening repertoire

Bryan Harkness is rated 1947 in standard by FIDE. Bryan Harkness plays for England.

Bryan Harkness has FIDE ID 444227.

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