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ID: 402060

David A Sands

FIDE ratings

2,121Classical
2,196Rapid
2,137Blitz

Performance

50 games
32% Win
64% Draw
4% Loss

David A Sands's playing style

Strong overall score:64%16W 32D 2L over 50 games
Dominates 1.d4 as White:67%in 24 games
Steady recent form:65%6W 14D 0L in last 20 games
Hard to beat — high draw rate:64%of games are draws

Openings as White

Among the openings shown, Queen's Gambit Declined: Normal Defense has the largest White sample, with 4 games. Select a row to explore its moves and inspect example games below.

Queen's Gambit Declined: Normal Defense
50%
50%
4g
Queen's Gambit Declined
100%
2g
Benoni Defense: King's Pawn Line
100%
2g
King's Indian Defense: Averbakh Variation, Nc6 Defense
100%
2g
Queen's Pawn Game: Zukertort Variation
100%
2g

Openings as Black

Among the openings shown, Sicilian Defense: Taimanov Variation, Bastrikov Variation has the largest Black sample, with 6 games. These results describe the available sample, not a prediction of the player’s next choice.

Sicilian Defense: Taimanov Variation, Bastrikov Variation
100%
6g
Sicilian Defense: Alapin Variation, Barmen Defense
100%
4g
Sicilian Defense: French Variation
100%
4g
Queen's Gambit Declined: Normal Defense
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Taimanov Variation, Bastrikov Variation, English Attack
100%
2g

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 Sands, David A as white · Wins / Draws / Losses

W / D / L
46%
46%
8%
Move
24 · 92%
42%
50%
8%
2 · 8%
100%

Game History

(50 games)
DateSourceColorOpponentResultLink
Apr 22, 2019
OTB - PGN-Mentor
Al Harrasi, Younis Ayoub(2021)
D—
Apr 22, 2019
OTB - PGNMentor
Young, Alan(2021)
D—
Apr 22, 2019
OTB - PGNMentor
Pleasants, Allan J(2075)
W—
Apr 22, 2019
OTB - PGN-Mentor
Pleasants, Allan J(2075)
W—
Apr 21, 2019
OTB - TWIC
CMBullen, Alex(2100)
D—
Apr 21, 2019
OTB - TWIC
CMBullen, Alex(2100)
D—
Apr 20, 2019
OTB - PGN-Mentor
FMKett, Tim(2197)
D—
Apr 20, 2019
OTB - TWIC
Brown, Thomas(2079)
D—
Apr 20, 2019
OTB - PGNMentor
FMKett, Tim(2197)
D—
Apr 20, 2019
OTB - TWIC
Brown, Thomas(2079)
D—

Research David A Sands’s games and opening repertoire

David A Sands is rated 2121 in standard, 2196 in rapid, 2137 in blitz by FIDE. David A Sands plays for Wales.

David A Sands has FIDE ID 402060.

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