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ID: 343402100

Donald Macfarlane

FIDE ratings

2,189Classical

Performance

50 games
28% Win
44% Draw
28% Loss

Donald Macfarlane's playing style

Overall score:50%14W 22D 14L over 50 games
Best with 1.c4 as White:54%in 26 games
Strongest in classical:52%in 48 games
Out of form:35%2W 10D 8L in last 20 games
Hard to beat — high draw rate:44%of games are draws

Openings as White

Among the openings shown, English Opening: King's English Variation, Reversed Sicilian has the largest White sample, with 4 games. Select a row to explore its moves and inspect example games below.

English Opening: King's English Variation, Reversed Sicilian
50%
50%
4g
English Opening: King's English Variation, Three Knights System
100%
2g
English Opening: King's English Variation, Reversed Closed Sicilian
100%
2g

Openings as Black

Among the openings shown, Sicilian Defense: Taimanov Variation, Bastrikov Variation, English Attack has the largest Black sample, with 2 games. These results describe the available sample, not a prediction of the player’s next choice.

Sicilian Defense: Taimanov Variation, Bastrikov Variation, English Attack
100%
2g
Catalan Opening
100%
2g
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical Variation
100%
2g
Philidor Defense: Lion Variation
100%
2g
Bogo-Indian Defense: Vitolins 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 Macfarlane, Donald as white · Wins / Draws / Losses

W / D / L
46%
15%
38%
Move
26 · 100%
46%
15%
38%

Game History

(50 games)
DateSourceColorOpponentResultLink
May 6, 2024
OTB - Britbase
IMBazakutsa, Svyatoslav(2423)
L—
May 6, 2024
OTB - Britbase
IMBazakutsa, Svyatoslav(2473)
L—
May 5, 2024
OTB - Britbase
FMBerry, Neil(2260)
D—
May 5, 2024
OTB - Britbase
FMBerry, Neil(2260)
D—
May 4, 2024
OTB - Britbase
IMMacak, Stefan(2301)
D—
May 4, 2024
OTB - Britbase
IMMacak, Stefan(1488)
D—
Feb 11, 2024
OTB - Britbase
Townsend, M Paul(2260)
D—
Feb 11, 2024
OTB - Britbase
Townsend, M Paul(2152)
D—
Feb 10, 2024
OTB - LichessBroadcast
GMSvane, Frederik(2618)
L—
Feb 10, 2024
OTB - LichessBroadcast
GMSvane, Frederik(2618)
L—

Research Donald Macfarlane’s games and opening repertoire

Donald Macfarlane is rated 2189 in standard by FIDE. Donald Macfarlane plays for England.

Donald Macfarlane has FIDE ID 343402100.

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