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ID: 2001691

Lester Van Meter

FIDE ratings

1,883Classical
1,878Rapid

Performance

50 games
34% Win
40% Draw
26% Loss

Lester Van Meter's playing style

Overall score:54%17W 20D 13L over 50 games
Best with d4 vs 1.e4/1.d4 as Black:59%in 17 games
Out of form:38%4W 7D 9L in last 20 games
Hard to beat — high draw rate:40%of games are draws

Openings as White

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

English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation, Fianchetto Line
100%
2g

Openings as Black

Among the openings shown, Sicilian Defense: Closed, Chameleon Variation has the largest Black sample, with 3 games. These results describe the available sample, not a prediction of the player’s next choice.

Sicilian Defense: Closed, Chameleon Variation
100%
3g
Sicilian Defense: Smith-Morra Gambit Accepted
100%
3g
Queen's Gambit Accepted: Central Variation, Greco Variation
100%
3g
Queen's Pawn Game: Krause Variation
100%
2g
Queen's Gambit Accepted: Alekhine Defense
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 Van Meter, Lester as white · Wins / Draws / Losses

W / D / L
29%
54%
17%
Move
24 · 100%
29%
54%
17%

Game History

(50 games)
DateSourceColorOpponentResultLink
Jan 1, 1
OTB - LichessBroadcast
Petursson, Gudni(2027)
L—
Jan 1, 1
OTB - LichessBroadcast
Arnason, Unnar(1719)
W—
Jan 1, 1
OTB - LichessBroadcast
Ingvarsson, Thorleifur(1841)
D—
Jan 1, 1
OTB - LichessBroadcast
Petursson, Gudni
L—
Jan 1, 1
OTB - LichessBroadcast
Hermannsson, Sigurbjorn(1840)
D—
Jan 1, 1
OTB - LichessBroadcast
Hermannsson, Sigurbjorn(1840)
D—
Jan 1, 1
OTB - LichessBroadcast
Ingvarsson, Thorleifur
D—
Jan 1, 1
OTB - LichessBroadcast
Kristbergsson, Bjorgvin
W—
Jan 1, 1
OTB - LichessBroadcast
Arnason, Unnar
W—
Jan 1, 1
OTB - LichessBroadcast
Bjornsson, Bjorn(1769)
L—

Research Lester Van Meter’s games and opening repertoire

FM Lester Van Meter is rated 1883 in standard, 1878 in rapid by FIDE. Lester Van Meter plays for United States.

Lester Van Meter has FIDE ID 2001691.

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