ScotlandSCO
ID: 2407264

John W McLay

FIDE ratings

No FIDE ratings available.

Performance

26 games
23% Win
46% Draw
31% Loss

John W McLay's playing style

Overall score:46%6W 12D 8L over 26 games
Steady recent form:48%5W 9D 6L in last 20 games
Hard to beat — high draw rate:46%of games are draws

Openings as White

Among the openings shown, Sicilian Defense: Modern Variations has the largest White sample, with 2 games. Select a row to explore its moves and inspect example games below.

Sicilian Defense: Modern Variations
100%
2g
Ruy Lopez: Schliemann Defense
100%
2g
Ruy Lopez: Exchange Variation, Bronstein Variation
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack, Fianchetto Variation
100%
2g
Caro-Kann Defense
100%
2g

Openings as Black

Among the openings shown, English Opening: King's English Variation, Reversed Closed Sicilian has the largest Black sample, with 2 games. These results describe the available sample, not a prediction of the player’s next choice.

English Opening: King's English Variation, Reversed Closed Sicilian
100%
2g
Benoni Defense: Czech Benoni Defense
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Old Sicilian
100%
2g
Indian Defense: Spielmann-Indian
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Lasker-Pelikan Variation
100%
2g

Repertoire

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

Starting position

12 games in this line · White to move

Results for McLay, John W as white · Wins / Draws / Losses

W / D / L
17%
33%
50%
Move
12 · 100%
17%
33%
50%

Game History

(26 games)
DateSourceColorOpponentResultLink
Apr 17, 2010
OTB - ChessScotland
Stalker, Adrian G
L—
Apr 17, 2010
OTB - ChessScotland
Stalker, Adrian G
L—
May 18, 2002
OTB - Codekiddy
Mather, Walter(2090)
D—
May 18, 2002
OTB - Codekiddy
Mather, Walter(2090)
D—
May 17, 2002
OTB - Codekiddy
Heron, Donald(1714)
W—
May 17, 2002
OTB - Codekiddy
Heron, Donald(1714)
W—
Jan 1, 2000
OTB - Codekiddy
Robertson, Ian C.(2202)
W—
Jan 1, 2000
OTB - Codekiddy
Beaton, Kenneth S.(2137)
D—
Jan 1, 2000
OTB - Codekiddy
Henderson, John B.(2180)
L—
Jan 1, 2000
OTB - Codekiddy
Brown, Stuart C(2250)
D—

Research John W McLay’s games and opening repertoire

John W McLay plays for Scotland.

John W McLay has FIDE ID 2407264.

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