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ID: 2400227

Donald A Holmes

FIDE ratings

2,295Classical

Performance

50 games
46% Win
36% Draw
18% Loss

Donald A Holmes's playing style

Strong overall score:64%23W 18D 9L over 50 games
Best with d4 vs 1.e4/1.d4 as Black:56%in 16 games
Steady recent form:68%9W 9D 2L in last 20 games
Hard to beat — high draw rate:36%of games are draws

Openings as White

Among the openings shown, Indian Defense: Anti-Grünfeld, Alekhine Variation has the largest White sample, with 2 games. Select a row to explore its moves and inspect example games below.

Indian Defense: Anti-Grünfeld, Alekhine Variation
100%
2g
Queen's Gambit Declined: Three Knights Variation
100%
2g
King's Indian Defense: Accelerated Averbakh Variation
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Closed
100%
2g
Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Modern Steinitz Defense
100%
2g

Openings as Black

Among the openings shown, Réti Opening: Advance Variation has the largest Black sample, with 4 games. These results describe the available sample, not a prediction of the player’s next choice.

Réti Opening: Advance Variation
50%
50%
4g
Sicilian Defense: Taimanov Variation, Szén Variation
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen Variation, Delayed Keres Attack
100%
2g
Catalan Opening
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Grand Prix Attack
100%
2g

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 Holmes, Donald A as white · Wins / Draws / Losses

W / D / L
48%
35%
17%
Move
13 · 57%
38%
46%
15%
8 · 35%
50%
25%
25%
2 · 9%
100%

Game History

(50 games)
DateSourceColorOpponentResultLink
Jul 13, 2012
OTB - Codekiddy
IMBarnaure, Vlad-Victor(2501)
W—
Jul 13, 2012
OTB - Codekiddy
IMBarnaure, Vlad-Victor(2501)
W—
Jul 12, 2012
OTB - Codekiddy
MacQueen, Calum(2217)
W—
Jul 12, 2012
OTB - Codekiddy
MacQueen, Calum(2217)
W—
Jul 10, 2012
OTB - Codekiddy
GMAagaard, Jacob(2517)
L—
Jul 10, 2012
OTB - Codekiddy
GMAagaard, Jacob(2517)
L—
Mar 30, 2012
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
IMMcPhillips, Joseph(2100)
D—
Mar 30, 2012
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
IMMcPhillips, Joseph(2136)
D—
Nov 20, 2011
OTB - ChessScotland
MacQueen, Calum(2219)
D—
Nov 20, 2011
OTB - ChessScotland
FMSreeves, Clement(2247)
W—

Research Donald A Holmes’s games and opening repertoire

FM Donald A Holmes is rated 2295 in standard by FIDE. Donald A Holmes plays for Scotland.

Donald A Holmes has FIDE ID 2400227.

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