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ID: 45117721

John Kennedy

FIDE ratings

1,938Classical
1,881Rapid

Performance

50 games
20% Win
32% Draw
48% Loss

John Kennedy's playing style

Overall score:36%10W 16D 24L over 50 games
Best with 1.Nf3 as White:42%in 19 games
Struggles in the Sicilian Defense as Black:31%in 16 games
Steady recent form:43%6W 5D 9L in last 20 games
Hard to beat — high draw rate:32%of games are draws

Openings as White

Among the openings shown, King's Indian Attack has the largest White sample, with 3 games. Select a row to explore its moves and inspect example games below.

King's Indian Attack
67%
33%
3g
Sicilian Defense: McDonnell Attack
100%
1g
King's Indian Attack: Double Fianchetto
100%
1g
English Opening: King's English Variation, Reversed Sicilian
100%
1g
English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, Queen's Knight Variation
100%
1g

Openings as Black

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

Sicilian Defense: Closed
80%
20%
5g
King's Indian Defense: Normal Variation, King's Knight Variation
50%
50%
2g
Indian Defense: Budapest Defense, Fajarowicz Variation
50%
50%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Old Sicilian
100%
2g
Benoni Defense: Semi-Benoni
100%
1g

Repertoire

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

Starting position

25 games in this line · White to move

Results for Kennedy, John as white · Wins / Draws / Losses

W / D / L
28%
20%
52%
Move
19 · 76%
32%
21%
47%
5 · 20%
20%
20%
60%
1 · 4%
100%

Game History

(50 games)
DateSourceColorOpponentResultLink
Apr 26, 2026
OTB - LichessBroadcast
Alice O' Gorman
L—
Apr 26, 2026
OTB - LichessBroadcast
Alice O' Gorman
L—
Apr 25, 2026
OTB - LichessBroadcast
Dunne, Thomas Junior(1921)
D—
Apr 25, 2026
OTB - LichessBroadcast
Dunne, Thomas Junior(1930)
D—
Jul 27, 2019
OTB - PGNMentor
IMKirk, Ezra(2420)
L—
Jul 13, 2001
OTB - Codekiddy
Duffy, Seamus(2113)
W—
Jul 10, 2001
OTB - Codekiddy
Bennett, Eric(1967)
L—
Jul 9, 2001
OTB - Codekiddy
Fox, Anthony(2112)
L—
Jul 8, 2001
OTB - Codekiddy
Lyons, Brendan(2135)
W—
Jul 7, 2001
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Clarke, Thomas(2178)
L—

Research John Kennedy’s games and opening repertoire

John Kennedy is rated 1938 in standard, 1881 in rapid by FIDE. John Kennedy plays for France.

John Kennedy has FIDE ID 45117721.

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