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ID: 2619792

Derek Ma

FIDE ratings

2,002Classical

Performance

50 games
44% Win
32% Draw
24% Loss

Derek Ma's playing style

Strong overall score:60%22W 16D 12L over 50 games
Best with 1.e4 as White:58%in 26 games
Steady recent form:60%10W 4D 6L in last 20 games
Hard to beat — high draw rate:32%of games are draws

Openings as White

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

Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation, Polugaevsky Variation
50%
50%
4g
Bishop's Opening
100%
2g
Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation, Tal Variation
100%
2g
Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Modern Bishop's Opening
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation, Yugoslav Attack
100%
2g

Openings as Black

Among the openings shown, Sicilian Defense: Closed 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: Closed
50%
50%
4g
Dutch Defense: Semi-Leningrad Variation
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation, Polugaevsky Variation
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation, Modern Variation
100%
2g
Benoni Defense: Modern Variation
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 Ma, Derek as white · Wins / Draws / Losses

W / D / L
46%
23%
31%
Move
26 · 100%
46%
23%
31%

Game History

(50 games)
DateSourceColorOpponentResultLink
Mar 28, 2024
OTB - LichessBroadcast
CMTerry, Joshua
W—
Mar 27, 2024
OTB - TWIC
CMTerry, Joshua(2213)
W—
Mar 26, 2023
OTB - PGNMentor
Toliver, James(1839)
L—
Mar 26, 2023
OTB - PGN-Mentor
Toliver, James(1839)
L—
Mar 25, 2023
OTB - PGN-Mentor
Massick, Sam(2012)
L—
Mar 25, 2023
OTB - PGNMentor
Massick, Sam(2012)
L—
Mar 25, 2023
OTB - PGNMentor
Li, William(1444)
D—
Mar 25, 2023
OTB - PGN-Mentor
Li, William(2106)
D—
Mar 24, 2023
OTB - PGN-Mentor
IMChandran, Kapil(2361)
W—
Mar 24, 2023
OTB - PGNMentor
IMChandran, Kapil(2361)
W—

Research Derek Ma’s games and opening repertoire

Derek Ma is rated 2002 in standard by FIDE. Derek Ma plays for Canada.

Derek Ma has FIDE ID 2619792.

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