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ID: 2501562

John Loughran

FIDE ratings

1,789Classical
1,746Rapid
1,848Blitz

Performance

50 games
24% Win
34% Draw
42% Loss

John Loughran's playing style

Overall score:41%12W 17D 21L over 50 games
Strongest in classical:42%in 49 games
Steady recent form:40%6W 4D 10L in last 20 games
Hard to beat — high draw rate:34%of games are draws

Openings as White

Among the openings shown, Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation, Tal Variation has the largest White sample, with 2 games. Select a row to explore its moves and inspect example games below.

Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation, Tal Variation
100%
2g
King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Immediate Fianchetto
100%
2g
French Defense: Advance Variation, Paulsen Attack
100%
2g
Queen's Gambit Declined
100%
2g
Blumenfeld Countergambit: Duz-Khotimirsky Variation
100%
2g

Openings as Black

Among the openings shown, Sicilian Defense: French Variation 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: French Variation
100%
4g
Sicilian Defense: French Variation, Westerinen Attack
100%
2g
King's Gambit Accepted: Fischer Defense
100%
2g
King's Indian Defense: Makogonov Variation
100%
2g
Queen's Gambit Declined: Baltic Defense, Queen Attack
100%
2g

Repertoire

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

Starting position

26 games in this line · White to move

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

W / D / L
27%
46%
27%
Move
14 · 54%
36%
29%
36%
10 · 38%
20%
60%
20%
2 · 8%
100%

Game History

(50 games)
DateSourceColorOpponentResultLink
May 28, 2026
OTB - LichessBroadcast
Bayrak, Beril(1700)
L—
May 28, 2026
OTB - LichessBroadcast
Baczkowski, Piotr(1756)
D—
May 28, 2026
OTB - LichessBroadcast
Kelly, Hugh(1722)
W—
May 28, 2026
OTB - LichessBroadcast
Kavanagh, James(1874)
L—
May 28, 2026
OTB - LichessBroadcast
Smoliarenko, Illia(1855)
L—
May 31, 2025
OTB - LichessBroadcast
Baczkowski, Piotr(1707)
L—
Feb 4, 2025
OTB - LichessBroadcast
Fitzsimons, Pat(1795)
W—
Feb 4, 2025
OTB - LichessBroadcast
Fitzsimons, Pat(1795)
W—
Mar 31, 2024
OTB - LichessBroadcast
FMDelaney, John(2186)
L—
Mar 30, 2024
OTB - LichessBroadcast
Armstrong, Fred(1803)
L—

Research John Loughran’s games and opening repertoire

John Loughran is rated 1789 in standard, 1746 in rapid, 1848 in blitz by FIDE. John Loughran plays for Ireland.

John Loughran has FIDE ID 2501562.

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