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ID: 2505355

David Houston

FIDE ratings

2,220Classical

Performance

50 games
28% Win
46% Draw
26% Loss

David Houston's playing style

Overall score:51%14W 23D 13L over 50 games
Best with 1.e4 as White:52%in 27 games
Steady recent form:48%5W 9D 6L in last 20 games
Hard to beat — high draw rate:46%of games are draws

Openings as White

Among the openings shown, Scotch Game: Schmidt Variation has the largest White sample, with 3 games. Select a row to explore its moves and inspect example games below.

Scotch Game: Schmidt Variation
67%
33%
3g
French Defense: Tarrasch Variation, Open System, Euwe-Keres Line
50%
50%
2g
Petrov's Defense: Modern Attack, Center Variation
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Open
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Modern Variations, Tartakower
100%
2g

Openings as Black

Among the openings shown, Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense has the largest Black sample, with 5 games. These results describe the available sample, not a prediction of the player’s next choice.

Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense
20%
40%
40%
5g
Italian Game: Hungarian Defense
50%
50%
2g
Scotch Game: Schmidt Variation
50%
50%
2g
King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Debrecen Defense
100%
1g
King's Indian Defense: Normal Variation, Standard Development
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 Houston, David as white · Wins / Draws / Losses

W / D / L
26%
52%
22%
Move
27 · 100%
26%
52%
22%

Game History

(50 games)
DateSourceColorOpponentResultLink
Feb 26, 2025
OTB - TWIC
FMHugentobler, Patrick(2242)
L—
Feb 25, 2025
OTB - TWIC
Zoernpfenning, Siegfried(2063)
W—
Feb 24, 2025
OTB - TWIC
FMKozak, Mi(2047)
D—
Feb 23, 2025
OTB - TWIC
GMGarcia Palermo, Carlos Horacio(2412)
L—
Feb 21, 2025
OTB - TWIC
IMRenman, Nils-Gustaf(2306)
D—
Feb 20, 2025
OTB - TWIC
FMMojzis, Jar(2089)
W—
Feb 19, 2025
OTB - TWIC
Holst, Per(2037)
D—
Nov 1, 2018
OTB - AjedrezCorr
CMThurlow, Kevin J(2021)
L—
Nov 1, 2018
OTB - AjedrezCorr
CMThurlow, Kevin J(2021)
D—
Feb 19, 2017
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Li, Henry III(1273)
W—

Research David Houston’s games and opening repertoire

David Houston is rated 2220 in standard by FIDE. David Houston plays for Ireland.

David Houston has FIDE ID 2505355.

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