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ID: 4300610

Ian Sellen

FIDE ratings

1,890Classical
1,942Rapid
1,968Blitz

Performance

50 games
36% Win
32% Draw
32% Loss

Ian Sellen's playing style

Overall score:52%18W 16D 16L over 50 games
Dominates 1.c4 as White:67%in 18 games
Struggles in the French Defense as Black:44%in 18 games
Out of form:43%4W 9D 7L in last 20 games
Hard to beat — high draw rate:32%of games are draws

Openings as White

Among the openings shown, English Opening: King's English Variation, Two Knights Variation, Smyslov System has the largest White sample, with 4 games. Select a row to explore its moves and inspect example games below.

English Opening: King's English Variation, Two Knights Variation, Smyslov System
50%
50%
4g
English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, Queen's Knight Variation
100%
2g
English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation, Fianchetto Line
100%
2g
English Opening: King's English Variation, Reversed Closed Sicilian
100%
2g

Openings as Black

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

French Defense: Classical Variation, Steinitz Variation
50%
50%
4g
French Defense: Steinitz Variation, Boleslavsky Variation
100%
4g
French Defense: Tarrasch Variation, Closed Variation
100%
2g
French Defense: Advance Variation, Main Line
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Closed, Traditional
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 Sellen, Ian as white · Wins / Draws / Losses

W / D / L
50%
17%
33%
Move
18 · 75%
56%
22%
22%
6 · 25%
33%
67%

Game History

(50 games)
DateSourceColorOpponentResultLink
Apr 22, 2019
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Findlay, John(1655)
D—
Apr 22, 2019
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Jackson, L. Ross(1847)
D—
Apr 22, 2019
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Jackson, L. Ross(1847)
D—
Apr 22, 2019
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Findlay, John(1655)
D—
Apr 21, 2019
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Lyall, Simon(1680)
D—
Apr 21, 2019
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
List, Robert(1562)
W—
Apr 21, 2019
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Lyall, Simon(1680)
D—
Apr 21, 2019
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
List, Robert(1562)
W—
Apr 20, 2019
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Heyworth, Nicholas(1752)
D—
Apr 20, 2019
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
He, Zhi Yu (Paul)(1589)
L—

Research Ian Sellen’s games and opening repertoire

Ian Sellen is rated 1890 in standard, 1942 in rapid, 1968 in blitz by FIDE. Ian Sellen plays for New Zealand.

Ian Sellen has FIDE ID 4300610.

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