South AfricaRSA
ID: 14360420

Christopher Russell

FIDE ratings

No FIDE ratings available.

Performance

50 games
38% Win
36% Draw
26% Loss

Christopher Russell's playing style

Strong overall score:56%19W 18D 13L over 50 games
Dominates 1.e4 as White:73%in 24 games
Strongest in classical:56%in 48 games
Steady recent form:60%9W 6D 5L in last 20 games
Hard to beat — high draw rate:36%of games are draws

Openings as White

Among the openings shown, Vienna Game: Mieses Variation has the largest White sample, with 4 games. Select a row to explore its moves and inspect example games below.

Vienna Game: Mieses Variation
50%
50%
4g
Sicilian Defense: Alapin Variation
100%
4g
Caro-Kann Defense
67%
33%
3g
Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Modern Bishop's Opening
50%
50%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack, Fianchetto Variation
100%
1g

Openings as Black

Among the openings shown, French Defense: Advance Variation, Euwe Variation has the largest Black sample, with 2 games. These results describe the available sample, not a prediction of the player’s next choice.

French Defense: Advance Variation, Euwe Variation
50%
50%
2g
French Defense: Tarrasch Variation, Chistyakov Defense
100%
1g
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Variation
100%
1g
French Defense: Exchange Variation
100%
1g
French Defense: Tarrasch Variation, Open System, Süchting Line
100%
1g

Repertoire

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

Starting position

26 games in this line · White to move

Results for Russell, Christopher as white · Wins / Draws / Losses

W / D / L
54%
31%
15%
Move
24 · 92%
58%
29%
13%
1 · 4%
100%
1 · 4%
100%

Game History

(50 games)
DateSourceColorOpponentResultLink
Jun 14, 2025
OTB - TWIC
WIMNurgaliyeva, Zarina(2252)
L—
Jun 14, 2025
OTB - TWIC
WCMCamp, Imogen A L(1915)
W—
Jun 14, 2025
OTB - TWIC
FMSchulze, Lara(2317)
W—
Jun 13, 2025
OTB - TWIC
WFMKueh, Audrey(2054)
L—
Jun 13, 2025
OTB - TWIC
WCMBadescu, Eliza-Ioana(1832)
W—
Jul 28, 2023
OTB - PGN-Mentor
IMAdmiraal, Miguoel(2481)
L—
Apr 24, 2022
OTB - Britbase
Bathula, Abhinav Reddy(1735)
D—
Apr 24, 2022
OTB - Britbase
CMLalic, Peter D(2163)
W—
Apr 23, 2022
OTB - Britbase
CMFinn, Peter(2029)
D—
Apr 23, 2022
OTB - Britbase
Freeland, Alex(1994)
D—

Research Christopher Russell’s games and opening repertoire

Christopher Russell plays for South Africa.

Christopher Russell has FIDE ID 14360420.

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