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Player:
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Salem, Ihab
FIDE
:
FIDE Card
Years
:
1992-2019
Number of games
:
139
Number of wins
:
53
Number of draws
:
27
Number of losses
:
59
White score
:
34½/70 (49.29% - Average Elo: 2114.86)
Black score
:
32/69 (46.38% - Average Elo: 2148.9)
Rating progression
Games
White wins
White draws
White losses
Black wins
Black draws
Black losses
Top wins
Salem, Ihab (2201) - Anagnostopoulos, Dimitrios (2455), London MSO Banwell Memorial, London (C18) - 2001
Salem, Ihab (2155) - Rodriguez, Pedro (2400), Ciego de Avila, Ciego de Avila (B51) - 1996
Salem, Ihab (2201) - Barle, Janez (2383), London MSO Banwell Memorial, London (C41) - 2001
Greet, Andrew (2440) - Salem, Ihab (2171), Hastings Masters op 84th, Hastings (B31) - 2008
Radovanovic, Jovica (2351) - Salem, Ihab (2049), London Weekend op 12, London (D85) - 2016
Ashton, Adam (2321) - Salem, Ihab (2171), Gibraltar Masters 7th, Gibraltar (B51) - 2009
Salem, Ihab - ? (69)
Moreno, Alejandro (½/2)
Amato, Giampiero (½/1)
Anagnostopoulos, Dimitrios (1/1)
Ansell, Simon (0/1)
Ashton, Adam (0/1)
Badillo Garcia, Aztlan (0/1)
Barle, Janez (1/1)
Beharry, Xenophon (0/1)
Borino, Paolo (1/1)
Bryn, Askild (0/1)
BYE (½/1)
Cafolla, Peter (1/1)
Cannon, Raymond Charles (1/1)
Costello, Colin (1/1)
Delgado Cespedes, Ivan (0/1)
Delgado Crespo, Mairelys (1/1)
Demac, Elias (0/1)
Dickson, George A (0/1)
Eames, Robert (0/1)
Espinosa, Julio Manuel (0/1)
Ferrer, R Lydia (1/1)
Foord, Dominic (1/1)
Foster, Chantelle (1/1)
Franklin, Samuel Gideon (½/1)
Green, Andrew (½/1)
Guedez, Armando (1/1)
Hanley, Craig (½/1)
Harvey, Marcus Ross (0/1)
Hommeles, Theo (0/1)
Hughes, Roy (½/1)
Iyengar, Ilya (½/1)
Jain, Gautam (1/1)
Jaszkiwskyj, Peter (0/1)
Kalaiyalahan, Akshaya (½/1)
Kirsanov, Oleg (0/1)
Klingher, Dominic (1/1)
Kurnosov, Igor (0/1)
Leal, Paulo (1/1)
Linqvist, Grels (0/1)
Lopez Hernandez, Carlos Manuel (1/1)
Lugo, Blas (0/1)
Makepeace, Philip (0/1)
Mandnikar, Atreya (1/1)
Mangione, Claudio (½/1)
Mutale, Michael (1/1)
Nettleton, Charlie (1/1)
Oyama, Akito (½/1)
Perez Perez, Francisco Jose (0/1)
Ponce, Hiram (0/1)
Pratihba, Yuvaraj (1/1)
Quinn, Joseph R (1/1)
Ramon Pita, Vivian (0/1)
Ribon Calabia, Mariano (1/1)
Rivera, Alberto (0/1)
Rodriguez, Pedro (1/1)
Rosario, Paulo Rui Beijinho (1/1)
Ruiz, Guillermo (1/1)
Sarakauskas, Gediminas (½/1)
Savage, Nicholas W (1/1)
Sequera Paolini, Jose Rafael (0/1)
Shevelev, Ilya (0/1)
Syner, John (0/1)
Tserendorj, Sainbayar (1/1)
Van Eijk, Sander (0/1)
Vega Chirino, Lemay (½/1)
Watson, Jacob (0/1)
White, Kevin (½/1)
Wynarczyk, Raymond (½/1)
Young, Melvyn Jack (1/1)
? - Salem, Ihab (69)
Asenov, Pavel (0/1)
Ashton, Adam (1/1)
Atako, Chino (0/1)
Bass, John (1/1)
Bates, Richard (0/1)
Beltran Medina, Jorge (1/1)
Borges Matos, Juan R (0/1)
Bourne, Johnathan (1/1)
Brice, Aymar (1/1)
Bryant, Richard BE (1/1)
Bueno Perez, Lazaro A (0/1)
Cherniaev, Alexander (0/1)
Combie, Alexander (1/1)
Cortinas, Vladimir (0/1)
Dasaolu, Adeoye (½/1)
De Coverly, Roger D (0/1)
Doran, Chris (1/1)
Eames, Robert (0/1)
Espinosa, Julio Manuel (0/1)
Fernandez, Michael (0/1)
Foord, Dominic (1/1)
Fox, Anthony (0/1)
Gomez, A (1/1)
Gravett, Alan David (1/1)
Greet, Andrew (1/1)
Hebden, Mark (0/1)
Helin, Mikael (½/1)
Hodgson, John H (1/1)
Holland, James P (0/1)
Hunt, Adam (0/1)
Ignatovic, Ernest (1/1)
Jardines, Anies (1/1)
Jones, Chris S (1/1)
Kemp, Peter (½/1)
Konguvel, Ponnuswamy (0/1)
Kreuzer, Christopher RL (1/1)
Larski, Stanislav (0/1)
Leyva, Hector (0/1)
Lopez, C (0/1)
Mackenzie, Matthew A (½/1)
Manfay, Mate (0/1)
Menon, Shanker (1/1)
Minero Pineda, Sergio (0/1)
Morella Cabrera, Julio Antonio (0/1)
Motlhatlhelo, Thapelo (1/1)
Nayak, Raghav (0/1)
Nisbet, Alex Ian (½/1)
Ortiz Sanchez, Luis (1/1)
Pecorelli Garcia, Humberto (0/1)
Pettersen, Joar Gullestad (0/1)
Pickersgill, Adrian (1/1)
Rabbitte, Michael J (1/1)
Radovanovic, Jovica (1/1)
Rasch, Holger (½/1)
Reynaldo Hernandez, Jorge (½/1)
Ribeiro, Fernando (½/1)
Rios Parra, Alejandro (½/1)
Rivero, Carlos (0/1)
Royal, Shreyas (0/1)
Savage, Nicholas W (1/1)
Sisoev, Robert (1/1)
Sowray, Peter John (0/1)
Sucikova, Svetlana (0/1)
Suez Panama, Gilles (0/1)
Taylor, Peter P (½/1)
Thomas, Nicholas (½/1)
Ukken, Somton (1/1)
Velez Betancourt, Nestor (½/1)
Wallis, Ian J (0/1)
Openings played as White (47)
B22 Sicilian, Alapin (1.e4 c5 2.c3)
Average Elo:
2171.25
Result:
2/8 = 25%
B07 Pirc (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2225.5
Result:
2/3 = 66.67%
C41 Philidor Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6)
Average Elo:
2184
Result:
2½/3 = 83.33%
C00 French Defense (1.e4 e6)
Average Elo:
1920
Result:
3/3 = 100%
C78 Ruy Lopez (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O)
Average Elo:
2237
Result:
½/3 = 16.67%
A04 Reti Opening (1.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2032.67
Result:
1½/3 = 50%
B31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6)
Average Elo:
2297.5
Result:
2½/3 = 83.33%
C18 French, Winawer (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3)
Average Elo:
2254.5
Result:
2/2 = 100%
B01 Scandinavian (1.e4 d5)
Average Elo:
1688
Result:
½/2 = 25%
B04 Alekhine's Defense, Modern (1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2016
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
A08 King's Indian Attack (1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c5 3.Bg2)
Average Elo:
2122.5
Result:
1/2 = 50%
C47 Four Knights (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
1987
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7)
Average Elo:
2307
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E97 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B21 Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4 (1.e4 c5 2.f4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C02 French, Advance (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5)
Average Elo:
2006
Result:
0/1 = 0%
Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A37 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2285
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A16 English (1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2115
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E94 King's Indian, Orthodox (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O)
Average Elo:
2275
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D38 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Bb4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.Bxc6+ bxc6 6.d4)
Average Elo:
1995
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B40 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6)
Average Elo:
1879
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B24 Sicilian, Closed (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3)
Average Elo:
2010
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A07 King's Indian Attack (1.Nf3 d5 2.g3)
Average Elo:
1979
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D30 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6)
Average Elo:
1988
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B05 Alekhine's Defense, Modern (1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 Bg4)
Average Elo:
2365
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7)
Average Elo:
2135
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C16 French, Winawer (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5)
Average Elo:
2034
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B15 Caro-Kann (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2032
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A31 English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation (1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4)
Average Elo:
1725
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B06 Robatsch (1.e4 g6)
Average Elo:
2127
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C61 Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nd4)
Average Elo:
2310
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C42 Petrov Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2385
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D61 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.Qc2)
Average Elo:
1890
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B30 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6)
Average Elo:
1990
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6)
Average Elo:
2260
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A30 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5)
Average Elo:
2280
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O d6)
Average Elo:
1835
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d6 9.d4)
Average Elo:
2260
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C69 Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 6.d4 (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dc 5.O-O f6 6.d4)
Average Elo:
2445
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+)
Average Elo:
2400
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C54 Giuoco Piano (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.cxd4)
Average Elo:
1966
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A26 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C66 Ruy Lopez (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O d6)
Average Elo:
2074
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B10 Caro-Kann (1.e4 c6)
Average Elo:
2355
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D27 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical (1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.O-O a6)
Average Elo:
1843
Result:
0/1 = 0%
Openings played as Black (40)
B08 Pirc, Classical (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2280.8
Result:
2/6 = 33.33%
B06 Robatsch (1.e4 g6)
Average Elo:
2097.5
Result:
3/5 = 60%
B09 Pirc, Austrian Attack (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4)
Average Elo:
2310.75
Result:
1/4 = 25%
B07 Pirc (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2317
Result:
1½/3 = 50%
A48 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6)
Average Elo:
1953.33
Result:
2½/3 = 83.33%
B22 Sicilian, Alapin (1.e4 c5 2.c3)
Average Elo:
2172
Result:
2/3 = 66.67%
B23 Sicilian, Closed (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2161.67
Result:
1/3 = 33.33%
E97 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6)
Average Elo:
1984
Result:
1/3 = 33.33%
A81 Dutch (1.d4 f5 2.g3)
Average Elo:
2345
Result:
0/2 = 0%
A45 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
1966
Result:
2/2 = 100%
B25 Sicilian, Closed (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6)
Average Elo:
2136.5
Result:
1/2 = 50%
B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+)
Average Elo:
2168.5
Result:
1/2 = 50%
B61 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, Larsen Variation, 7.Qd2 (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 Bd7 7.Qd2)
Average Elo:
2083
Result:
0/2 = 0%
E63 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 d6 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 Nc6 7.O-O a6)
Average Elo:
2250.5
Result:
½/2 = 25%
C36 King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defense (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 d5)
Average Elo:
1854
Result:
0/2 = 0%
A89 Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with Nc6 (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.Nc3 Nc6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C50 Giuoco Piano (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5)
Average Elo:
2230
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A82 Dutch, Staunton Gambit (1.d4 f5 2.e4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A25 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6)
Average Elo:
2210
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d6 9.h3)
Average Elo:
2265
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A88 Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with c6 (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.Nc3 c6)
Average Elo:
2405
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A87 Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2530
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E80 King's Indian, Samisch Variation (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3)
Average Elo:
2300
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7)
Average Elo:
2285
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6)
Average Elo:
2440
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D91 Grunfeld, 5.Bg5 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bg5)
Average Elo:
2024
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E88 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox, 7.d5 c6 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 e5 7.d5 c6)
Average Elo:
2006
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A07 King's Indian Attack (1.Nf3 d5 2.g3)
Average Elo:
1934
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B83 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be2)
Average Elo:
2070
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E93 King's Indian, Petrosian System (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.d5 Nbd7)
Average Elo:
1944
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E74 King's Indian, Averbakh, 6...c5 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Bg5 c5)
Average Elo:
2133
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E78 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack, with Be2 and Nf3 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f4 O-O 6.Be2 c5 7.Nf3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E84 King's Indian, Samisch, Panno Main line (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 Nc6 7.Nge2 a6 8.Qd2 Rb8)
Average Elo:
2323
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D94 Grunfeld (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.e3)
Average Elo:
1931
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C48 Four Knights (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5)
Average Elo:
2032
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D00 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5)
Average Elo:
2184
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D85 Grunfeld (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5)
Average Elo:
2351
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C45 Scotch Game (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4)
Average Elo:
1885
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D87 Grunfeld, Exchange (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 O-O 8.Ne2 c5)
Average Elo:
1888
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A01 Nimzovich-Larsen Attack (1.b3)
Average Elo:
1775
Result:
1/1 = 100%