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ID: 4305574

John Pakenham

FIDE ratings

1,529Classical
1,622Rapid
1,548Blitz

Performance

50 games
34% Win
6% Draw
60% Loss

John Pakenham's playing style

Overall score:37%17W 3D 30L over 50 games
Best with 1.d4 as White:36%in 18 games
Strongest in classical:37%in 45 games
Steady recent form:30%5W 2D 13L in last 20 games

Openings as White

Among the openings shown, Queen's Gambit Declined has the largest White sample, with 5 games. Select a row to explore its moves and inspect example games below.

Queen's Gambit Declined
40%
60%
5g
King's Gambit Accepted: King's Knight's Gambit
100%
2g
Benko Gambit Accepted
100%
2g
King's Indian Defense
100%
2g
Slav Defense
100%
2g

Openings as Black

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

Sicilian Defense: Nimzowitsch Variation, Closed Variation
100%
4g
Sicilian Defense: Nimzowitsch Variation, Advance Variation
100%
3g
Alekhine Defense: Exchange Variation
100%
2g
Réti Opening
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Grand Prix Attack
100%
1g

Repertoire

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

Starting position

27 games in this line · White to move

Results for Pakenham, John as white · Wins / Draws / Losses

W / D / L
37%
4%
59%
Move
18 · 67%
33%
6%
61%
5 · 19%
80%
20%
2 · 7%
100%
2 · 7%
100%

Game History

(50 games)
DateSourceColorOpponentResultLink
Jan 1, 1
OTB - LichessBroadcast
Heard, Billy(250)
W—
Jan 1, 1
OTB - LichessBroadcast
CMMetge, J. Nigel(1898)
L—
Jan 1, 1
OTB - LichessBroadcast
Heard, Billy(250)
W—
Jan 1, 1
OTB - LichessBroadcast
CMMetge, J. Nigel
L—
Jun 20, 2026
OTB - LichessBroadcast
Sussex, Taylor(1596)
D—
Jun 20, 2026
OTB - LichessBroadcast
Price, Robert
D—
Jun 20, 2026
OTB - LichessBroadcast
Sun, Oliver(1799)
L—
Apr 13, 2026
OTB - LichessBroadcast
Zhou, Caius(1432)
L—
Apr 13, 2026
OTB - LichessBroadcast
Sun, Oliver(1819)
L—
Feb 6, 2026
OTB - LichessBroadcast
Gunn, Neil J(1800)
L—

Research John Pakenham’s games and opening repertoire

John Pakenham is rated 1529 in standard, 1622 in rapid, 1548 in blitz by FIDE. John Pakenham plays for New Zealand.

John Pakenham has FIDE ID 4305574.

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