Swan, Iain
FM
ScotlandSCO
ID: 2400413
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Iain Swan

FIDE ratings

2,260Classical
2,231Rapid
2,238Blitz

Performance

50 games
36% Win
52% Draw
12% Loss

Iain Swan's playing style

Strong overall score:62%18W 26D 6L over 50 games
Dominates 1.e4 as White:62%in 26 games
Steady recent form:60%6W 12D 2L in last 20 games
Hard to beat — high draw rate:52%of games are draws

Openings as White

Among the openings shown, Sicilian Defense: Hyperaccelerated Fianchetto has the largest White sample, with 4 games. Select a row to explore its moves and inspect example games below.

Sicilian Defense: Hyperaccelerated Fianchetto
50%
50%
4g
Ruy Lopez: Open, Bernstein Variation
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Accelerated Dragon, Maróczy Bind, Gurgenidze Variation
100%
2g
Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Modern Steinitz Defense
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation, Levenfish Variation, Main Line
100%
2g

Openings as Black

Among the openings shown, Queen's Pawn Game: Symmetrical Variation has the largest Black sample, with 2 games. These results describe the available sample, not a prediction of the player’s next choice.

Queen's Pawn Game: Symmetrical Variation
100%
2g
French Defense: Tarrasch Variation, Chistyakov Defense, Modern Line
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: French Variation
100%
2g
French Defense: Tarrasch Variation, Chistyakov Defense
100%
2g
French Defense: Tarrasch Variation, Morozevich Variation
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 Swan, Iain as white · Wins / Draws / Losses

W / D / L
31%
62%
8%
Move
26 · 100%
31%
62%
8%

Game History

(50 games)
DateSourceColorOpponentResultLink
Mar 5, 2017
OTB - Britbase
Stockwell, Mark B(2024)
D—
Mar 5, 2017
OTB - Britbase
Stockwell, Mark B(2024)
D—
Mar 4, 2017
OTB - Britbase
FMKalavannan, Koby(2163)
W—
Mar 4, 2017
OTB - Britbase
FMKalavannan, Koby(2163)
W—
Oct 11, 2014
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
CMBremner, Adam(2171)
D—
Oct 11, 2014
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Birkett, Richard(2064)
D—
Oct 11, 2014
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Astha Hokam(1978)
W—
Oct 11, 2014
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
FMAbdulla, Murad(1958)
D—
Oct 11, 2014
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
CMBremner, Adam(2171)
D—
Oct 11, 2014
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
FMAbdulla, Murad(1958)
D—

Research Iain Swan’s games and opening repertoire

FM Iain Swan is rated 2260 in standard, 2231 in rapid, 2238 in blitz by FIDE. Iain Swan plays for Scotland.

Iain Swan has FIDE ID 2400413.

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