EnglandENG
ID: 423130

William J Taylor

FIDE ratings

2,000Classical
1,940Rapid
1,843Blitz

Performance

50 games
32% Win
48% Draw
20% Loss

William J Taylor's playing style

Strong overall score:56%16W 24D 10L over 50 games
Dominates e4 vs 1.e4/1.d4 as Black:75%in 20 games
Strongest in classical:57%in 49 games
In great form:83%14W 5D 1L in last 20 games
Hard to beat — high draw rate:48%of games are draws

Openings as White

Among the openings shown, French Defense: Tarrasch Variation has the largest White sample, with 5 games. Select a row to explore its moves and inspect example games below.

French Defense: Tarrasch Variation
80%
20%
5g
Sicilian Defense: Moscow Variation, Sokolsky Variation
100%
3g
Sicilian Defense: Nimzowitsch Variation, Main Line
100%
2g
Slav Defense
100%
2g
Czech Defense
100%
2g

Openings as Black

Among the openings shown, Queen's Gambit Declined: Normal Defense has the largest Black sample, with 7 games. These results describe the available sample, not a prediction of the player’s next choice.

Queen's Gambit Declined: Normal Defense
43%
57%
7g
Petrov's Defense: Modern Attack, Center Variation
50%
50%
4g
Petrov's Defense: Three Knights Game
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Lasker-Pelikan Variation, Sveshnikov Variation, Novosibirsk Variation
100%
2g
Petrov's Defense: Nimzowitsch Attack
100%
2g

Repertoire

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

Starting position

15 games in this line · White to move

Results for Taylor, William J as white · Wins / Draws / Losses

W / D / L
27%
60%
13%
Move
13 · 87%
31%
54%
15%
2 · 13%
100%

Game History

(50 games)
DateSourceColorOpponentResultLink
May 4, 2026
OTB - TWIC
Zhu, Yaoyao(1970)
W—
May 4, 2026
OTB - TWIC
Zhu, Yaoyao(1974)
W—
May 2, 2026
OTB - LichessBroadcast
Veselow, Zoe(1764)
W—
May 2, 2026
OTB - LichessBroadcast
Veselow, Zoe(1764)
W—
Jan 11, 2026
OTB - LichessBroadcast
WFMRoy, Ali(1938)
W—
Jan 11, 2026
OTB - LichessBroadcast
WFMRoy, Ali
W—
Jan 11, 2026
OTB - LichessBroadcast
WFMRoy, Ali(1938)
W—
Jan 11, 2026
OTB - LichessBroadcast
WFMRoy, Ali(1938)
W—
Jan 10, 2026
OTB - LichessBroadcast
Kryshtopenko, Maksym
W—
Jan 10, 2026
OTB - LichessBroadcast
Kryshtopenko, Maksym
W—

Research William J Taylor’s games and opening repertoire

William J Taylor is rated 2000 in standard, 1940 in rapid, 1843 in blitz by FIDE. William J Taylor plays for England.

William J Taylor has FIDE ID 423130.

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