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ID: 2401673

David Kelly

FIDE ratings

1,998Classical

Performance

50 games
10% Win
42% Draw
48% Loss

David Kelly's playing style

Overall score:31%5W 21D 24L over 50 games
Best with 1.e4 as White:29%in 19 games
Strongest in classical:31%in 44 games
Steady recent form:38%5W 5D 10L in last 20 games
Hard to beat — high draw rate:42%of games are draws

Openings as White

Among the openings shown, Sicilian Defense: Moscow Variation, Main Line has the largest White sample, with 4 games. Select a row to explore its moves and inspect example games below.

Sicilian Defense: Moscow Variation, Main Line
100%
4g
Vienna Game: Stanley Variation
100%
4g
Pirc Defense: Classical Variation, Quiet System
100%
3g
Vienna Game: Anderssen Defense
100%
2g
Bishop's Opening: Berlin Defense
100%
2g

Openings as Black

Among the openings shown, French Defense: Tarrasch Variation, Chistyakov Defense, Modern Line has the largest Black sample, with 6 games. These results describe the available sample, not a prediction of the player’s next choice.

French Defense: Tarrasch Variation, Chistyakov Defense, Modern Line
33%
67%
6g
Benoni Defense
100%
2g
French Defense: Classical Variation, Frankfurt Variation
100%
2g
English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Normal Variation
100%
2g
Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation, Short 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 Kelly, David as white · Wins / Draws / Losses

W / D / L
7%
48%
44%
Move
19 · 70%
58%
42%
6 · 22%
33%
67%
2 · 7%
100%

Game History

(50 games)
DateSourceColorOpponentResultLink
Feb 8, 2026
OTB - LichessBroadcast
Comey, John
W—
Feb 8, 2026
OTB - LichessBroadcast
Savchenko, Volodymyr
L—
Feb 8, 2026
OTB - LichessBroadcast
Punuru, Karthik Srikrishna(1625)
L—
Feb 8, 2026
OTB - LichessBroadcast
Gavin, Tom
L—
Feb 8, 2026
OTB - LichessBroadcast
Smith, Neil
L—
Feb 5, 2026
OTB - LichessBroadcast
Kelly, Leo
W—
Feb 4, 2024
OTB - LichessBroadcast
Gilgunn, Eoghan(1661)
L—
Feb 4, 2024
OTB - LichessBroadcast
Loison, Pearse
L—
Feb 3, 2024
OTB - LichessBroadcast
Agarwal, Riyansh(1623)
L—
Feb 3, 2024
OTB - LichessBroadcast
O`connor, Vincent(1483)
L—

Research David Kelly’s games and opening repertoire

David Kelly is rated 1998 in standard by FIDE. David Kelly plays for Scotland.

David Kelly has FIDE ID 2401673.

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