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ID: 3200159

Craig Laird

FIDE ratings

2,297Classical

Performance

50 games
58% Win
14% Draw
28% Loss

Craig Laird's playing style

Strong overall score:65%29W 7D 14L over 50 games
Best with e4 vs 1.e4/1.d4 as Black:40%in 20 games
Steady recent form:60%10W 4D 6L in last 20 games

Openings as White

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

Indian Defense: Przepiorka Variation
100%
4g
Sicilian Defense: Old Sicilian
100%
3g
English Opening: King's English Variation, Reversed Closed Sicilian
100%
2g
Caro-Kann Defense: Classical Variation
100%
2g
Benoni Defense: Old Benoni
100%
1g

Openings as Black

Among the openings shown, Sicilian Defense: Accelerated Dragon, Maróczy Bind has the largest Black sample, with 4 games. These results describe the available sample, not a prediction of the player’s next choice.

Sicilian Defense: Accelerated Dragon, Maróczy Bind
50%
50%
4g
Sicilian Defense: Accelerated Dragon, Modern Bc4 Variation
100%
2g
English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation, Fianchetto Line
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Accelerated Dragon, Modern Variation
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack
100%
2g

Repertoire

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

Starting position

24 games in this line · White to move

Results for Laird, Craig as white · Wins / Draws / Losses

W / D / L
79%
13%
8%
Move
11 · 46%
73%
9%
18%
6 · 25%
67%
33%
5 · 21%
100%
2 · 8%
100%

Game History

(50 games)
DateSourceColorOpponentResultLink
Apr 21, 1999
OTB - PGN-Mentor
GMSmerdon, David C(2173)
L—
Apr 21, 1999
OTB - PGNMentor
GMSmerdon, David C(2173)
L—
Apr 20, 1999
OTB - PGNMentor
FMReeves, Tristan(2245)
W—
Apr 20, 1999
OTB - PGN-Mentor
FMReeves, Tristan(2245)
W—
Apr 19, 1999
OTB - PGNMentor
GMJohansen, Darryl K(2490)
L—
Apr 19, 1999
OTB - PGN-Mentor
GMJohansen, Darryl K(2490)
L—
Apr 18, 1999
OTB - Codekiddy
IMWallace, John Paul(2360)
W—
Apr 18, 1999
OTB - Codekiddy
IMWallace, John Paul(2360)
W—
Apr 17, 1999
OTB - PGNMentor
WIMSzuveges, Narelle S(2040)
W—
Apr 17, 1999
OTB - PGN-Mentor
WIMSzuveges, Narelle S
W—

Research Craig Laird’s games and opening repertoire

FM Craig Laird is rated 2297 in standard by FIDE. Craig Laird plays for Australia.

Craig Laird has FIDE ID 3200159.

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