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ID: 2503549

Paul Taaffe

FIDE ratings

1,863Classical
1,868Rapid
1,822Blitz

Performance

30 games
40% Win
47% Draw
13% Loss

Paul Taaffe's playing style

Strong overall score:63%12W 14D 4L over 30 games
Steady recent form:60%8W 8D 4L in last 20 games
Hard to beat — high draw rate:47%of games are draws

Openings as White

Among the openings shown, Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, Lipnitsky Attack has the largest White sample, with 8 games. Select a row to explore its moves and inspect example games below.

Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, Lipnitsky Attack
50%
50%
8g
Sicilian Defense: Modern Variations, Main Line
100%
4g
Slav Defense: Modern Line
100%
2g
Dutch Defense: Classical Variation
100%
2g

Openings as Black

Among the openings shown, Caro-Kann 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.

Caro-Kann Defense: Exchange Variation
100%
4g
Queen's Gambit Accepted: Normal Variation, Traditional System
100%
4g
Bogo-Indian Defense: Vitolins Variation
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation, Modern Variation
100%
2g

Repertoire

16 games as white in scope
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Move arrowsfrequency, not engine evaluation

Starting position

16 games in this line · White to move

Results for Taaffe, Paul as white · Wins / Draws / Losses

W / D / L
50%
50%
Move
12 · 75%
67%
33%
4 · 25%
100%

Game History

(30 games)
DateSourceColorOpponentResultLink
Jan 30, 2026
OTB - LichessBroadcast
Ward, Paul(1845)
D—
Jan 30, 2026
OTB - LichessBroadcast
Ward, Paul(1845)
D—
Jan 30, 2026
OTB - LichessBroadcast
Heron, Lorcan(1883)
L—
Jan 30, 2026
OTB - LichessBroadcast
Ward, Paul(1845)
D—
Jan 30, 2026
OTB - LichessBroadcast
Menon, Sanjay(1835)
W—
Jan 30, 2026
OTB - LichessBroadcast
Verlekar, Vivaan(1828)
W—
Jan 30, 2026
OTB - LichessBroadcast
Cummins, Sean(1862)
D—
Jan 30, 2026
OTB - LichessBroadcast
Heron, Lorcan(1883)
L—
Jan 30, 2026
OTB - LichessBroadcast
Menon, Sanjay(1835)
W—
Jan 30, 2026
OTB - LichessBroadcast
Verlekar, Vivaan(1828)
W—

Research Paul Taaffe’s games and opening repertoire

Paul Taaffe is rated 1863 in standard, 1868 in rapid, 1822 in blitz by FIDE. Paul Taaffe plays for Ireland.

Paul Taaffe has FIDE ID 2503549.

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