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ID: 1803514

John McGregor

FIDE ratings

1,858Classical

Performance

50 games
28% Win
38% Draw
34% Loss

John McGregor's playing style

Overall score:47%14W 19D 17L over 50 games
Best with 1.e4 as White:44%in 26 games
Steady recent form:43%4W 9D 7L in last 20 games
Hard to beat — high draw rate:38%of games are draws

Openings as White

Among the openings shown, Scotch Game: Schmidt Variation has the largest White sample, with 4 games. Select a row to explore its moves and inspect example games below.

Scotch Game: Schmidt Variation
50%
50%
4g
Sicilian Defense: Closed, Traditional
50%
50%
4g
Sicilian Defense: Closed
67%
33%
3g
Sicilian Defense: O'Kelly Variation, Maróczy Bind, Paulsen Line
100%
2g
Italian Game: Classical Variation, Greco Gambit, Moeller-Therkatz Attack
100%
2g

Openings as Black

Among the openings shown, Sicilian Defense: Alapin Variation 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: Alapin Variation
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack
100%
2g
Queen's Gambit Declined
100%
2g
King's Indian Attack: French Variation
100%
2g
Vienna Game: Stanley Variation, Three Knights 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 McGregor, John as white · Wins / Draws / Losses

W / D / L
31%
27%
42%
Move
26 · 100%
31%
27%
42%

Game History

(50 games)
DateSourceColorOpponentResultLink
Apr 21, 2025
OTB - TWIC
Turner, Joseph David(1819)
D—
Apr 21, 2025
OTB - TWIC
Turner, Joseph David(1819)
D—
Apr 21, 2025
OTB - TWIC
Kong, Emma Zihan(1818)
D—
Apr 21, 2025
OTB - TWIC
Kong, Emma Zihan(1818)
D—
Apr 20, 2025
OTB - TWIC
Szakmany, Bence(2017)
L—
Apr 20, 2025
OTB - TWIC
Szakmany, Bence(2017)
L—
Apr 19, 2025
OTB - TWIC
FMToczek, Gabriel(2233)
L—
Apr 19, 2025
OTB - TWIC
CMShevchenko, Danylo(2212)
W—
Apr 19, 2025
OTB - TWIC
FMToczek, Grzegorz(2233)
L—
Apr 19, 2025
OTB - TWIC
Shevchenko, Danylo(1757)
W—

Research John McGregor’s games and opening repertoire

John McGregor is rated 1858 in standard by FIDE. John McGregor plays for Wales.

John McGregor has FIDE ID 1803514.

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