South AfricaRSA
ID: 14301130

Donovan Swanson

FIDE ratings

1,618Classical

Performance

25 games
24% Win
8% Draw
68% Loss

Donovan Swanson's playing style

Overall score:28%6W 2D 17L over 25 games
Steady recent form:28%5W 1D 14L in last 20 games

Openings as White

Among the openings shown, English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Three Knights, Fianchetto Variation has the largest White sample, with 2 games. Select a row to explore its moves and inspect example games below.

English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Three Knights, Fianchetto Variation
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2g
English Opening: King's English Variation, Reversed Closed Sicilian
100%
2g
English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Normal Variation
100%
2g
English Opening: King's English Variation, Two Knights Variation, Reversed Dragon
100%
2g
English Opening: Carls-Bremen System
100%
2g

Openings as Black

Among the openings shown, French Defense: Exchange 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: Exchange Variation
100%
2g

Repertoire

16 games as white in scope
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Starting position

16 games in this line · White to move

Results for Swanson, Donovan as white · Wins / Draws / Losses

W / D / L
25%
13%
63%
Move
14 · 88%
29%
14%
57%
2 · 13%
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Game History

(25 games)
DateSourceColorOpponentResultLink
Jun 26, 2026
OTB - LichessBroadcast
Makhosonke, Kuhlase Matthiolus(1787)
L—
Jul 4, 2015
OTB - Codekiddy
Schutte, Andre(1869)
L—
Jul 4, 2015
OTB - Codekiddy
Schutte, Andre
L—
Jul 4, 2015
OTB - PGN-Mentor
CMSolomon, Maxwell(2070)
L—
Jul 4, 2015
OTB - PGNMentor
CMSolomon, Maxwell(2070)
L—
Jun 29, 2011
OTB - PGN-Mentor
Takawira, Erick
L—
Jun 29, 2011
OTB - PGNMentor
Takawira, Erick(2072)
L—
Jun 26, 2011
OTB - BenBase
GMAryan Pravin Kunte(2526)
L—
Jun 24, 2011
OTB - PGN-Mentor
Lythgoe, Stephen J
L—
Jun 24, 2011
OTB - PGNMentor
FMNjobvu, Ignatius(2228)
L—

Research Donovan Swanson’s games and opening repertoire

Donovan Swanson is rated 1618 in standard by FIDE. Donovan Swanson plays for South Africa.

Donovan Swanson has FIDE ID 14301130.

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