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ID: 2008351

Mark Kurtzman

FIDE ratings

2,159Classical
2,138Rapid

Performance

50 games
48% Win
28% Draw
24% Loss

Mark Kurtzman's playing style

Strong overall score:62%24W 14D 12L over 50 games
Dominates 1.d4 as White:74%in 23 games
Steady recent form:60%10W 4D 6L in last 20 games

Openings as White

Among the openings shown, King's Indian Defense: Four Pawns Attack has the largest White sample, with 4 games. Select a row to explore its moves and inspect example games below.

King's Indian Defense: Four Pawns Attack
50%
50%
4g
King's Indian Defense: Normal Variation
100%
2g
Slav Defense: Modern Line
100%
2g
Queen's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Nimzowitsch Variation
100%
2g
Dutch Defense: Staunton Gambit
100%
2g

Openings as Black

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

Benoni Defense: Taimanov Variation
100%
4g
Sicilian Defense: Taimanov Variation
33%
67%
3g
Sicilian Defense: Closed
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: French Variation, Westerinen Attack
100%
2g
French Defense: Winawer Variation, Poisoned Pawn Variation Declined
100%
2g

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 Kurtzman, Mark as white · Wins / Draws / Losses

W / D / L
68%
16%
16%
Move
23 · 92%
65%
17%
17%
2 · 8%
100%

Game History

(50 games)
DateSourceColorOpponentResultLink
Feb 15, 2015
OTB - Codekiddy
Li, Dennis Fan
L—
Feb 15, 2015
OTB - Codekiddy
Li, Dennis Fan(2123)
L—
Feb 21, 2011
OTB - BenBase
Howe, Paul
W—
Feb 21, 2011
OTB - BenBase
Howe, Paul
W—
Feb 19, 2011
OTB - MillionBase2.9
Anins, Peteris(1162)
W—
Sep 3, 2006
OTB - Codekiddy
Rohde, Daniel(1886)
W—
Sep 3, 2006
OTB - Codekiddy
Rohde, Daniel(1886)
W—
Sep 2, 2006
OTB - Codekiddy
Katz, Benjamin J(2062)
W—
Sep 2, 2006
OTB - Codekiddy
Michelman, Peter(1902)
W—
Sep 2, 2006
OTB - Codekiddy
Michelman, Peter(1902)
W—

Research Mark Kurtzman’s games and opening repertoire

Mark Kurtzman is rated 2159 in standard, 2138 in rapid by FIDE. Mark Kurtzman plays for United States.

Mark Kurtzman has FIDE ID 2008351.

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