Matthews, Michael
IrelandIRL
ID: 2536765
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Michael Matthews

FIDE ratings

No FIDE ratings available.

Performance

50 games
48% Win
32% Draw
20% Loss

Michael Matthews's playing style

Strong overall score:64%24W 16D 10L over 50 games
Best with e4 vs 1.e4/1.d4 as Black:50%in 16 games
Out of form:30%2W 8D 10L in last 20 games
Hard to beat — high draw rate:32%of games are draws

Openings as White

Among the openings shown, Pirc Defense: Austrian Attack, Weiss Variation has the largest White sample, with 2 games. Select a row to explore its moves and inspect example games below.

Pirc Defense: Austrian Attack, Weiss Variation
100%
2g
Elephant Gambit: Paulsen Countergambit
100%
2g
Indian Defense: Knights Variation
100%
2g
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Variation
100%
2g
Queen's Gambit Accepted: Central Variation, Alekhine System
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
Sicilian Defense: McDonnell Attack
100%
2g
Ruy Lopez: Closed, Flohr System
100%
2g
King's Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation, Sämisch Gambit
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Closed
100%
2g

Repertoire

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

Starting position

24 games in this line · White to move

Results for Matthews, Michael as white · Wins / Draws / Losses

W / D / L
42%
33%
25%
Move
12 · 50%
33%
50%
17%
12 · 50%
50%
17%
33%

Game History

(50 games)
DateSourceColorOpponentResultLink
Jun 13, 2006
OTB - Britbase
Abdi, Hassan(1887)
L—
Jun 13, 2006
OTB - Britbase
Hassan, Bill(1887)
L—
May 12, 2006
OTB - Britbase
Wozniak, Zbigniew(1691)
L—
May 12, 2006
OTB - Britbase
Warwaszynski, Zbigniew(2255)
L—
Apr 7, 2006
OTB - Britbase
Mongle, John(1667)
L—
Apr 7, 2006
OTB - Britbase
Mongle, John(1638)
L—
Apr 7, 2006
OTB - Britbase
Mongle, John(1667)
L—
Apr 7, 2006
OTB - Britbase
Mongle, John(1638)
L—
Feb 3, 2006
OTB - Britbase
Malmstroem, Jan Hendrik(2046)
D—
Feb 3, 2006
OTB - Britbase
Futida, Souitiro(2163)
L—

Research Michael Matthews’s games and opening repertoire

Michael Matthews plays for Ireland.

Michael Matthews has FIDE ID 2536765.

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