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ID: 416282

Donald Heron

FIDE ratings

1,800Classical

Performance

50 games
24% Win
36% Draw
40% Loss

Donald Heron's playing style

Overall score:42%12W 18D 20L over 50 games
Steady recent 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, Queen's Pawn Game: Torre Attack has the largest White sample, with 3 games. Select a row to explore its moves and inspect example games below.

Queen's Pawn Game: Torre Attack
67%
33%
3g
East Indian Defense
100%
2g
Torre Attack: Classical Defense
100%
2g

Openings as Black

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

French Defense: Rubinstein Variation, Blackburne Defense
67%
33%
3g
King's Indian Attack: Keres Variation
100%
3g
French Defense: Exchange Variation
100%
2g
French Defense: Tarrasch Variation
100%
2g
French Defense: Advance Variation
100%
1g

Repertoire

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

Starting position

23 games in this line · White to move

Results for Heron, Donald as white · Wins / Draws / Losses

W / D / L
13%
30%
57%
Move
14 · 61%
14%
29%
57%
9 · 39%
11%
33%
56%

Game History

(50 games)
DateSourceColorOpponentResultLink
May 25, 2026
OTB - LichessBroadcast
Montgomery, David C(1724)
D—
May 24, 2026
OTB - LichessBroadcast
Uegaki, Haruo(1801)
L—
May 23, 2026
OTB - LichessBroadcast
McRobert, George R(1615)
W—
May 23, 2026
OTB - LichessBroadcast
Flood, Raymond(1611)
D—
May 22, 2026
OTB - LichessBroadcast
Aitchison, A Keith(1739)
W—
May 22, 2026
OTB - LichessBroadcast
McGregor, Donald(1753)
L—
Jul 13, 2025
OTB - TWIC
Clark, Eve(1734)
D—
Jul 13, 2025
OTB - TWIC
Clark, Eve(1734)
D—
Jul 12, 2025
OTB - TWIC
Srivastava, Aditya(1773)
L—
Jul 12, 2025
OTB - TWIC
Srivastava, Aditya(1773)
L—

Research Donald Heron’s games and opening repertoire

Donald Heron is rated 1800 in standard by FIDE. Donald Heron plays for Scotland.

Donald Heron has FIDE ID 416282.

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