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ID: 4301277

Paul Macdonald

FIDE ratings

1,918Classical
1,964Rapid

Performance

50 games
32% Win
26% Draw
42% Loss

Paul Macdonald's playing style

Overall score:45%16W 13D 21L over 50 games
In great form:55%8W 6D 6L in last 20 games

Openings as White

Among the openings shown, King's Indian Defense: Four Pawns Attack, Normal Attack has the largest White sample, with 2 games. Select a row to explore its moves and inspect example games below.

King's Indian Defense: Four Pawns Attack, Normal Attack
100%
2g
Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation
100%
2g
Indian Defense: Anti-Nimzo-Indian
100%
1g
Benoni Defense: Semi-Benoni
100%
1g
King's Indian Defense: Four Pawns Attack
100%
1g

Openings as Black

Among the openings shown, English Opening: King's English Variation, Reversed Sicilian has the largest Black sample, with 1 games. These results describe the available sample, not a prediction of the player’s next choice.

English Opening: King's English Variation, Reversed Sicilian
100%
1g
Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation
100%
1g
Pirc Defense: Kholmov System
100%
1g
French Defense: Classical Variation, Rubinstein Variation
100%
1g
Indian Defense: Budapest Defense
100%
1g

Repertoire

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

Starting position

23 games in this line · White to move

Results for Macdonald, Paul as white · Wins / Draws / Losses

W / D / L
26%
30%
43%
Move
14 · 61%
21%
50%
29%
7 · 30%
29%
71%
1 · 4%
100%
1 · 4%
100%

Game History

(50 games)
DateSourceColorOpponentResultLink
Jan 12, 2020
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
WFMBraganza, Nadia(1643)
W—
Jan 11, 2020
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Cooper, Nigel(1595)
W—
Jan 10, 2020
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
CMLim, Benjamin U(1898)
L—
Jan 9, 2020
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
FMGibbons, Robert(1866)
D—
Jan 8, 2020
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
CMNagorski, Alex(1874)
L—
Jan 7, 2020
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Ha, Timothy Huy Minh(1675)
W—
Jan 6, 2020
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
CMNing, Isabelle Yixuan(1662)
W—
Jan 5, 2020
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
McDougall, Euan(1679)
W—
Jan 4, 2020
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
CMMeng, Richard(1826)
L—
Jan 12, 2019
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
WFMChibnall, Alana(1944)
L—

Research Paul Macdonald’s games and opening repertoire

Paul Macdonald is rated 1918 in standard, 1964 in rapid by FIDE. Paul Macdonald plays for New Zealand.

Paul Macdonald has FIDE ID 4301277.

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