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ID: 30947324

Bill Melvin

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FIDE ratings

1,889Classical

Performance

25 games
8% Win
44% Draw
48% Loss

Bill Melvin's playing style

Overall score:30%2W 11D 12L over 25 games
Steady recent form:28%0W 11D 9L in last 20 games
Hard to beat — high draw rate:44%of games are draws

Openings as White

Among the openings shown, French Defense: Advance Variation, Main Line has the largest White sample, with 3 games. Select a row to explore its moves and inspect example games below.

French Defense: Advance Variation, Main Line
100%
3g
Ponziani Opening: Spanish Variation, Harrwitz Attack, Nikitin Gambit
100%
2g

Openings as Black

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

Indian Defense: Knights Variation
100%
4g
Italian Game: Giuoco Pianissimo, Normal
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Closed
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Richter-Rauzer Variation, Classical Variation
100%
2g
English Opening: King's English Variation, Three Knights System
100%
2g

Repertoire

7 games as white in scope
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Starting position

7 games in this line · White to move

Results for Melvin, Bill as white · Wins / Draws / Losses

W / D / L
29%
43%
29%
Move
7 · 100%
29%
43%
29%

Game History

(25 games)
DateSourceColorOpponentResultLink
Jun 21, 2025
OTB - TWIC
CMSantosh, Saharsh(2078)
L—
Jun 21, 2025
OTB - TWIC
CMSantosh, Saharsh(2078)
L—
Jan 1, 1997
OTB - PGN-Mentor
FMShivaji, Shivkuma
D—
Jan 1, 1997
OTB - Codekiddy
Giardelli, Sergio C.(2460)
L—
Jan 1, 1997
OTB - PGN-Mentor
Kirzhner, M.
D—
Jan 1, 1997
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Bent, Scott
D—
Jan 1, 1997
OTB - Codekiddy
Scott, Gordon W
D—
Jan 1, 1997
OTB - PGN-Mentor
FMKamberi, Illyr(2310)
D—
Jan 1, 1997
OTB - PGN-Mentor
FMFriedman, Josef(2295)
L—
Jan 1, 1997
OTB - Codekiddy
Girardelli, Daniel(2460)
L—

Research Bill Melvin’s games and opening repertoire

Bill Melvin is rated 1889 in standard by FIDE. Bill Melvin plays for United States.

Bill Melvin has FIDE ID 30947324.

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