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ID: 2008211

Richard A Sand

FIDE ratings

1,702Classical

Performance

50 games
28% Win
52% Draw
20% Loss

Richard A Sand's playing style

Overall score:54%14W 26D 10L over 50 games
Dominates 1.c4 as White:67%in 18 games
In great form:65%8W 10D 2L in last 20 games
Hard to beat — high draw rate:52%of games are draws

Openings as White

Among the openings shown, Slav Defense: Exchange Variation has the largest White sample, with 2 games. Select a row to explore its moves and inspect example games below.

Slav Defense: Exchange Variation
100%
2g
Neo-Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation
100%
2g
Catalan Opening
100%
2g
English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Ultra-Symmetrical Variation
100%
2g

Openings as Black

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

Neo-Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation
50%
50%
4g
King's Indian Defense: Normal Variation, King's Knight Variation
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Closed
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation
100%
2g
English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Botvinnik System Reversed, with Nf3
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 Sand, Richard A as white · Wins / Draws / Losses

W / D / L
33%
67%
Move
18 · 75%
33%
67%
6 · 25%
33%
67%

Game History

(50 games)
DateSourceColorOpponentResultLink
Apr 14, 2019
OTB - TWIC
Sevenyuk, Alexey(1862)
D—
Apr 14, 2019
OTB - TWIC
Sevenyuk, Alexey(1862)
D—
Apr 13, 2019
OTB - TWIC
Ahlstrom, Per(1836)
D—
Apr 13, 2019
OTB - TWIC
Ahlstrom, Per(1836)
D—
Apr 12, 2019
OTB - TWIC
FMZhelesny, Stanislav(1997)
D—
Apr 12, 2019
OTB - TWIC
FMZheleznyak, Stanislav(1997)
D—
Apr 10, 2019
OTB - PGNMentor
Nielsen, Peter(1700)
W—
Apr 10, 2019
OTB - PGN-Mentor
Nielsen, Peter(1700)
W—
Apr 9, 2019
OTB - TWIC
Virtanen, Esko(1783)
D—
Apr 9, 2019
OTB - TWIC
Virtanen, Esko(1783)
D—

Research Richard A Sand’s games and opening repertoire

Richard A Sand is rated 1702 in standard by FIDE. Richard A Sand plays for United States.

Richard A Sand has FIDE ID 2008211.

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