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ID: 4300149

Bruce R Watson

FIDE ratings

2,294Classical
2,279Rapid
2,252Blitz

Performance

50 games
48% Win
28% Draw
24% Loss

Bruce R Watson's playing style

Strong overall score:62%24W 14D 12L over 50 games
Best with 1.c4 as White:58%in 24 games
Out of form:45%4W 10D 6L in last 20 games

Openings as White

Among the openings shown, English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, Queen's Knight Variation has the largest White sample, with 6 games. Select a row to explore its moves and inspect example games below.

English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, Queen's Knight Variation
100%
6g
English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation, Fianchetto Line
100%
2g
English Opening: King's English Variation, Reversed Closed Sicilian
100%
2g
English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation, Quiet Line
100%
2g
English Opening: King's English Variation, Kramnik-Shirov Counterattack
100%
2g

Openings as Black

Among the openings shown, Sicilian Defense: Taimanov Variation, Bastrikov Variation has the largest Black sample, with 4 games. These results describe the available sample, not a prediction of the player’s next choice.

Sicilian Defense: Taimanov Variation, Bastrikov Variation
50%
50%
4g
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Variation, Classical Defense
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Kalashnikov Variation
100%
2g
Indian Defense: Normal Variation
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Alapin Variation, Smith-Morra Declined
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 Watson, Bruce R as white · Wins / Draws / Losses

W / D / L
33%
50%
17%
Move
24 · 100%
33%
50%
17%

Game History

(50 games)
DateSourceColorOpponentResultLink
Jan 12, 2019
OTB - TWIC
FMSmith, Robert W(2233)
D—
Jan 12, 2019
OTB - TWIC
FMBarun Kumar Smith(2233)
D—
Jan 11, 2019
OTB - PGNMentor
IMGarbett, Paul Anthony(2160)
L—
Jan 11, 2019
OTB - PGN-Mentor
IMGarbett, Paul Anthony(2160)
L—
Jan 10, 2019
OTB - PGNMentor
De Moura, Iridio Johansen(1791)
L—
Jan 10, 2019
OTB - PGNMentor
De Moura, Iridio Johansen(1791)
L—
Jan 9, 2019
OTB - PGN-Mentor
IMIzzat, Kanan(2495)
D—
Jan 9, 2019
OTB - PGNMentor
IMIzzat, Kanan(2495)
D—
Jan 8, 2019
OTB - PGNMentor
FMStojic, Dusan(2275)
W—
Jan 8, 2019
OTB - PGN-Mentor
FMStojic, Dusan(2275)
W—

Research Bruce R Watson’s games and opening repertoire

FM Bruce R Watson is rated 2294 in standard, 2279 in rapid, 2252 in blitz by FIDE. Bruce R Watson plays for New Zealand.

Bruce R Watson has FIDE ID 4300149.

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