Watson, John
IM
United StatesUSA
ID: 2000768
Chess.com @schmiss★Chess.com @johnwatson

John Watson

FIDE ratings

2,178Classical

Performance

50 games
30% Win
24% Draw
46% Loss

John Watson's playing style

Overall score:42%15W 12D 23L over 50 games
Best with 1.d4 as White:41%in 17 games
Steady recent form:40%6W 4D 10L in last 20 games

Openings as White

Among the openings shown, Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Variation has the largest White sample, with 2 games. Select a row to explore its moves and inspect example games below.

Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Variation
100%
2g
Queen's Gambit Declined: Charousek Variation
100%
2g
King's Indian Defense: Makogonov Variation
100%
2g
Mexican Defense
100%
1g

Openings as Black

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

Indian Defense: Knights Variation
50%
50%
4g
French Defense: Tarrasch Variation, Pawn Center Variation
100%
2g
French Defense: Winawer Variation, Retreat Variation, Armenian Line
100%
2g
French Defense: Advance Variation, Euwe Variation
100%
2g
Benoni Defense
100%
2g

Repertoire

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

Starting position

23 games in this line · White to move

Results for Watson, John as white · Wins / Draws / Losses

W / D / L
48%
17%
35%
Move
17 · 74%
29%
24%
47%
6 · 26%
100%

Game History

(50 games)
DateSourceColorOpponentResultLink
Oct 28, 2018
OTB - KingBase2019
Polavaram, Rithik(2069)
W—
Oct 28, 2018
OTB - KingBase2019
Polavaram, Rithik(2069)
W—
Oct 27, 2018
OTB - KingBase2019
FMBetaneli, Alexander(2272)
D—
Oct 27, 2018
OTB - KingBase2019
FMBetaneli, Alexander(2272)
D—
Oct 26, 2018
OTB - KingBase2019
FMMoon, Benjamin(2304)
L—
Oct 26, 2018
OTB - KingBase2019
FMMoon, Benjamin(2304)
L—
Oct 25, 2018
OTB - KingBase2019
FMPeng, David(2341)
L—
Oct 25, 2018
OTB - KingBase2019
Gosdin, Kaleb(2029)
W—
Oct 25, 2018
OTB - KingBase2019
Gosdin, Kaleb(2029)
W—
Oct 25, 2018
OTB - KingBase2019
FMPeng, David(2341)
L—

Research John Watson’s games and opening repertoire

IM John Watson is rated 2178 in standard by FIDE. John Watson plays for United States.

John Watson has FIDE ID 2000768.

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