McLaren, Brian
CanadaCAN
ID: 2604612
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Brian McLaren

FIDE ratings

1,977Classical
2,132Rapid
2,132Blitz

Performance

50 games
40% Win
18% Draw
42% Loss

Brian McLaren's playing style

Overall score:49%20W 9D 21L over 50 games
Best with 1.e4 as White:41%in 17 games
Strongest in classical:51%in 48 games
Steady recent form:48%8W 3D 9L in last 20 games

Openings as White

Among the openings shown, Sicilian Defense: Closed has the largest White sample, with 4 games. Select a row to explore its moves and inspect example games below.

Sicilian Defense: Closed
25%
75%
4g
Caro-Kann Defense: Exchange Variation
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Closed, Fianchetto Variation
100%
2g
Bishop's Opening
100%
2g
Bishop's Opening: Lewis Gambit
100%
2g

Openings as Black

Among the openings shown, Queen's Gambit Declined has the largest Black sample, with 6 games. These results describe the available sample, not a prediction of the player’s next choice.

Queen's Gambit Declined
33%
67%
6g
Alekhine Defense: Exchange Variation
50%
50%
4g
English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Three Knights Variation
100%
2g
King's Indian Attack
100%
2g
Alekhine Defense: Four Pawns Attack
100%
1g

Repertoire

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

Starting position

21 games in this line · White to move

Results for McLaren, Brian as white · Wins / Draws / Losses

W / D / L
24%
29%
48%
Move
17 · 81%
29%
24%
47%
2 · 10%
100%
2 · 10%
100%

Game History

(50 games)
DateSourceColorOpponentResultLink
Jun 27, 2026
OTB - LichessBroadcast
Servant, Michel(1659)
W—
Jun 27, 2026
OTB - LichessBroadcast
IMCummings, David H.(2233)
L—
Jun 27, 2026
OTB - LichessBroadcast
Leighton, Lindsey
W—
Jun 27, 2026
OTB - LichessBroadcast
FMSafarzadeh, Esmail(2203)
D—
Sep 2, 2024
OTB - Canada
CMLiu, Zachary Hankun(2022)
L—
Sep 2, 2024
OTB - Canada
Yang, Nathan Yi-Hsin(1699)
W—
Sep 2, 2024
OTB - Canada
CMLiu, Zachary Hankun(2022)
L—
Sep 2, 2024
OTB - Canada
Yang, Nathan Yi-Hsin(1699)
W—
Sep 1, 2024
OTB - Canada
CMDoknjas, Neil(2249)
L—
Sep 1, 2024
OTB - Canada
Zhang, Jasper(1644)
W—

Research Brian McLaren’s games and opening repertoire

Brian McLaren is rated 1977 in standard, 2132 in rapid, 2132 in blitz by FIDE. Brian McLaren plays for Canada.

Brian McLaren has FIDE ID 2604612.

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