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ID: 2026279

Karsten McVay

FIDE ratings

1,921Classical

Performance

50 games
40% Win
12% Draw
48% Loss

Karsten McVay's playing style

Overall score:46%20W 6D 24L over 50 games
Dominates e4 vs 1.e4/1.d4 as Black:63%in 16 games
Steady recent form:45%8W 2D 10L in last 20 games

Openings as White

Among the openings shown, King's Indian Defense: Normal Variation has the largest White sample, with 8 games. Select a row to explore its moves and inspect example games below.

King's Indian Defense: Normal Variation
75%
25%
8g
Indian Defense: Normal Variation
100%
4g
Old Indian Defense
100%
2g
Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation
100%
2g
Old Indian Defense: Normal Variation
100%
2g

Openings as Black

Among the openings shown, Sicilian Defense: Open has the largest Black sample, with 12 games. These results describe the available sample, not a prediction of the player’s next choice.

Sicilian Defense: Open
67%
33%
12g
Sicilian Defense: Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack
100%
4g
Queen's Pawn Game: Chigorin Variation
100%
2g
Queen's Gambit Declined: Chigorin Defense
100%
2g
Queen's Gambit Declined: Chigorin Defense, Exchange Variation
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 McVay, Karsten as white · Wins / Draws / Losses

W / D / L
50%
50%
Move
24 · 100%
50%
50%

Game History

(50 games)
DateSourceColorOpponentResultLink
Jun 22, 2010
OTB - BenBase
Guddahl, Viggo(2053)
L—
Jun 22, 2010
OTB - BenBase
Rodvik, Trym Daniel(1679)
L—
Jun 22, 2010
OTB - BenBase
Guddahl, Viggo(2053)
L—
Jun 22, 2010
OTB - BenBase
Rodvik, Trym Daniel(1679)
L—
Jun 21, 2010
OTB - PGN-Mentor
Skovgaard, Tom(2005)
D—
Jun 21, 2010
OTB - PGNMentor
Skovgaard, Tom(2005)
D—
Jun 20, 2010
OTB - PGNMentor
Skovgaard, Ib(2059)
W—
Jun 20, 2010
OTB - PGN-Mentor
Skovgaard, Ib(2059)
W—
Jun 19, 2010
OTB - PGN-Mentor
CMMihajlov, Svetoslav(2117)
W—
Jun 19, 2010
OTB - PGNMentor
Poteat, Lilia M(1816)
W—

Research Karsten McVay’s games and opening repertoire

Karsten McVay is rated 1921 in standard by FIDE. Karsten McVay plays for United States.

Karsten McVay has FIDE ID 2026279.

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