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ID: 2606151

Justin McDonald

FIDE ratings

No FIDE ratings available.

Performance

50 games
28% Win
40% Draw
32% Loss

Justin McDonald's playing style

Overall score:48%14W 20D 16L over 50 games
Best with 1.e4 as White:50%in 26 games
Struggles in the Sicilian Defense as White:44%in 18 games
Steady recent form:50%6W 8D 6L in last 20 games
Hard to beat — high draw rate:40%of games are draws

Openings as White

Among the openings shown, Sicilian Defense: McDonnell Attack has the largest White sample, with 14 games. Select a row to explore its moves and inspect example games below.

Sicilian Defense: McDonnell Attack
14%
29%
57%
14g
Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense
100%
2g
Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation, Short Variation
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Hyperaccelerated Fianchetto
100%
2g
French Defense: Advance Variation
100%
2g

Openings as Black

Among the openings shown, Ruy Lopez: Exchange Variation, Gligoric Variation has the largest Black sample, with 4 games. These results describe the available sample, not a prediction of the player’s next choice.

Ruy Lopez: Exchange Variation, Gligoric Variation
100%
4g
Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense
50%
50%
4g
Italian Game: Bird's Attack
100%
2g
Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Wormald Attack
100%
2g
English Opening: King's English Variation, Three Knights System
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 McDonald, Justin as white · Wins / Draws / Losses

W / D / L
31%
38%
31%
Move
26 · 100%
31%
38%
31%

Game History

(50 games)
DateSourceColorOpponentResultLink
Jan 16, 2011
OTB - Canada
Ferreira, Alex(2026)
W—
Jan 16, 2011
OTB - Canada
Lacau-Rodean, Iulia(2027)
W—
Jan 16, 2011
OTB - Canada
Ferreira, Alex(2026)
W—
Jan 16, 2011
OTB - Canada
Lacau-Rodean, Iulia(2027)
W—
Jan 15, 2011
OTB - Canada
Ramaswamy, Kiran(1943)
D—
Jan 15, 2011
OTB - Canada
Riordon, Jason(2049)
D—
Jan 15, 2011
OTB - Canada
Ramaswamy, Kiran(1943)
D—
Jan 15, 2011
OTB - Canada
Riordon, Jason(2049)
D—
Dec 20, 2009
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Nicholson, Matthew(1900)
D—
Dec 20, 2009
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Nicholson, Matthew(1959)
D—

Research Justin McDonald’s games and opening repertoire

Justin McDonald plays for Canada.

Justin McDonald has FIDE ID 2606151.

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