EnglandENG
ID: 411990

Charles M Linford

FIDE ratings

2,145Classical
2,086Blitz

Performance

50 games
30% Win
38% Draw
32% Loss

Charles M Linford's playing style

Overall score:49%15W 19D 16L over 50 games
Best with 1.e4 as White:58%in 18 games
Steady recent form:53%5W 11D 4L in last 20 games
Hard to beat — high draw rate:38%of games are draws

Openings as White

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

French Defense: Tarrasch Variation, Closed Variation, Main Line
50%
50%
4g
Scotch Game: Classical Variation, Intermezzo Variation
100%
3g
Sicilian Defense: Taimanov Variation, Bastrikov Variation, Ponomariov Gambit
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Modern Variations, Main Line
100%
2g
French Defense: Tarrasch Variation, Closed Variation
100%
2g

Openings as Black

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

Sicilian Defense: Taimanov Variation
33%
33%
33%
6g
Indian Defense: Knights Variation
50%
50%
4g
Queen's Indian Defense: Kasparov-Petrosian Variation
100%
2g
Catalan Opening
100%
2g
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical Variation, Keres Defense
100%
2g

Repertoire

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

Starting position

20 games in this line · White to move

Results for Linford, Charles M as white · Wins / Draws / Losses

W / D / L
35%
35%
30%
Move
18 · 90%
39%
39%
22%
2 · 10%
100%

Game History

(50 games)
DateSourceColorOpponentResultLink
Oct 26, 2026
OTB - Mark Crowther
GMAdams, Michael(2597)
L—
Sep 6, 2026
OTB - Mark Crowther
Ruse, Jake(1915)
W—
Sep 6, 2026
OTB - Mark Crowther
Mesropyan, Hayk(2138)
W—
Sep 5, 2026
OTB - Mark Crowther
Acres, Joshua(2064)
D—
Sep 5, 2026
OTB - Mark Crowther
Niccoli, Tony(2031)
L—
Sep 4, 2026
OTB - Mark Crowther
Barton, John(1944)
W—
Feb 11, 2018
OTB - Britbase
WIMSucikova, Svetlana(2100)
D—
Feb 11, 2018
OTB - Britbase
WIMSucikova, Svetlana(2100)
D—
Feb 10, 2018
OTB - Britbase
Disu, Kayode(1917)
D—
Feb 10, 2018
OTB - Britbase
Disu, Kayode(1917)
D—

Research Charles M Linford’s games and opening repertoire

Charles M Linford is rated 2145 in standard, 2086 in blitz by FIDE. Charles M Linford plays for England.

Charles M Linford has FIDE ID 411990.

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