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ID: 14302047

Dale Pon

FIDE ratings

1,980Classical

Performance

43 games
53% Win
14% Draw
33% Loss

Dale Pon's playing style

Strong overall score:60%23W 6D 14L over 43 games
Dominates 1.e4 as White:75%in 20 games
Steady recent form:55%10W 2D 8L in last 20 games

Openings as White

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

French Defense: Tarrasch Variation, Closed Variation
100%
4g
Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, Opocensky Variation
100%
2g
Ruy Lopez: Closed, Breyer Defense, Zaitsev Hybrid
100%
2g
French Defense: Tarrasch Variation, Open System, Euwe-Keres Line
100%
2g
Ruy Lopez: Steinitz Defense
100%
2g

Openings as Black

Among the openings shown, Sicilian Defense: Closed 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: Closed
50%
50%
4g
Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation, Levenfish Variation
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation, Classical Variation
100%
2g
English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, Queen's Knight Variation
100%
2g
King's Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation, Normal Defense
100%
2g

Repertoire

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

Starting position

20 games in this line · White to move

Results for Pon, Dale as white · Wins / Draws / Losses

W / D / L
70%
10%
20%
Move
20 · 100%
70%
10%
20%

Game History

(43 games)
DateSourceColorOpponentResultLink
May 5, 2007
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
IMGkoumas, Georgios NA(2126)
L—
May 5, 2007
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
IMGkoumas, Georgios(2109)
L—
May 4, 2007
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Karaoulanis, Dimitrios(1844)
W—
May 4, 2007
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Karaoulanis, Dimitrios(1848)
W—
May 3, 2007
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Ramsurrup, Pratish Premjith(1809)
D—
May 3, 2007
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Ramsurrup, Pratish Premjith(1809)
D—
May 1, 2007
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Tsialas, Panayotis(2017)
L—
May 1, 2007
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Tsialas, Panayotis(2017)
L—
Apr 30, 2007
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
FMPena, Alfredo(2274)
L—
Apr 30, 2007
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
FMPena, Alfredo(2255)
L—

Research Dale Pon’s games and opening repertoire

Dale Pon is rated 1980 in standard by FIDE. Dale Pon plays for South Africa.

Dale Pon has FIDE ID 14302047.

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