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Player:
(Eg:
Carlsen,Magnus
)
Butler, Brian J
FIDE
:
FIDE Card
Years
:
1993-2016
Number of games
:
105
Number of wins
:
47
Number of draws
:
24
Number of losses
:
34
White score
:
32½/50 (65% - Average Elo: 1622.61)
Black score
:
26½/55 (48.18% - Average Elo: 1723.47)
Rating progression
Games
White wins
White draws
White losses
Black wins
Black draws
Black losses
Top wins
Butler, Brian J (1722) - Jovanovic, Peter (1915), ACT-ch, Canberra (C04) - 2002
Butler, Brian J (1722) - De Noskowski, Adrian (1807), ACT-ch, Canberra (C92) - 2002
Butler, Brian J (1713) - Ali, Mosaddeque (1746), ACT-ch, Canberra (C01) - 2004
De Noskowski, Adrian (1899) - Butler, Brian J (1831), ACT-ch, Canberra (D18) - 2014
Kevork, Chris (1825) - Butler, Brian J (1713), ACT-ch, Canberra (B32) - 2004
Bartlett, Stephen (1766) - Butler, Brian J (1713), ACT-ch, Canberra (C39) - 2004
Butler, Brian J - ? (46)
Arsanis, Isaac (1/2)
De Noskowski, Adrian (2/2)
Grcic, Milan (1½/2)
McCart, Roger (2/2)
Ali, Mosaddeque (1/1)
Austin, David (1/1)
Badrinarayan, Sankeertan (½/1)
Bartlett, Stephen (0/1)
Bergmanis, Olgerts (1/1)
Bliznyuk, Andrey (½/1)
Brown, Andrew (0/1)
Butler, Geoffrey (0/1)
Callaghan, Roseanne (1/1)
Camer, Angelito (0/1)
Chibnall, Alana (0/1)
Comp Desperado (0/1)
Comp Genius 2 (0/1)
Comp MChess Pro (0/1)
Cunningham, Campbell (1/1)
Danaswara, Indis (1/1)
Doel, Henk (0/1)
Dunn, Paul1 (1/1)
Egan, Bill (0/1)
Elman, Rodolfo (1/1)
Galli, Karl (1/1)
Gianquitto, Benjamin (1/1)
Gmizic, Peter (0/1)
Ikeda, Junta (½/1)
Jovanovic, Peter (1/1)
Kordahi, Nicholas (1/1)
Lojanica, Milenko (1/1)
Mathur, Neetesh (1/1)
McDonald, David (1/1)
Mengelkamp, Brian (1/1)
Petersons, Haralds (0/1)
Press, Harry (½/1)
Press, Shaun (½/1)
Ramakrishna, Gogulapati (1/1)
Reading, Jeremy (1/1)
Reeves, Tristan (1/1)
Rout, Ian Clive (½/1)
Sheldrick, Kevin (1/1)
Taylor, Stephen (½/1)
Tobler, Peter (1/1)
Voon, Richard (½/1)
Yuan, Ziqi (1/1)
? - Butler, Brian J (46)
Rout, Ian Clive (3/6)
De Noskowski, Adrian (2/2)
Grcic, Milan (½/2)
Jovanovic, Peter (½/2)
O'Brien, Rory (½/2)
Ali, Mosaddeque (0/1)
Babic, Michael (0/1)
Bartlett, Stephen (1/1)
Beveridge, Allan (0/1)
Bliznyuk, Andrey (0/1)
Braguine, Victor (½/1)
Brown, Andrew (0/1)
Comp Hiarcs 2 (0/1)
Connell, Patrick (1/1)
Dilla, Edsil (0/1)
Dozsa, Paul (½/1)
Dunn, Paul1 (1/1)
Egan, Bill (1/1)
Farrell, Roger S (0/1)
Gianquitto, Benjamin (1/1)
Hosking, Ian M (0/1)
Johnston, Thomas (½/1)
Kevork, Chris (1/1)
Lip, Michael (½/1)
MacMillan, Malcolm (½/1)
Mangazeev, Vladimir (1/1)
Marshall, Justin (½/1)
Mathur, Neetesh (1/1)
Meyer, Bob (1/1)
Morton, Richard (½/1)
Moylan, Laura (1/1)
Myers, John (0/1)
Partsi, Dimitry (0/1)
Pearce, Tim (0/1)
Petersons, Haralds (½/1)
Press, Harry (0/1)
Ramakrishna, Gogulapati (1/1)
Reeves, Tristan (½/1)
Renic, Branko (0/1)
Robertson, Keith (1/1)
Sheehan, James (1/1)
Suptut, Jeff (1/1)
Van den Hoff, Damien (1/1)
Winkelman, Albert (0/1)
Winter, George (½/1)
Yin, Wenlin (0/1)
Openings played as White (43)
C01 French, Exchange (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bg5)
Average Elo:
1746
Result:
2/2 = 100%
B78 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 10.castle long (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 O-O 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.Bc4 Bd7 10.O-O-O)
Average Elo:
1334
Result:
½/2 = 25%
C89 Ruy Lopez, Marshall (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 d5)
Average Elo:
1746
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
B35 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Modern Variation with Bc4 (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4)
Average Elo:
2181
Result:
0/2 = 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:
1807
Result:
1/2 = 50%
D07 Queen's Gambit Declined, Chigorin Defense (1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nc6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
B76 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 O-O)
Average Elo:
1445
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
B54 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C78 Ruy Lopez (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo:
1699
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C48 Four Knights (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5)
Average Elo:
1789
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B59 Sicilian, Boleslavsky Variation, 7.Nb3 (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3)
Average Elo:
2159
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B11 Caro-Kann, Two Knights, 3...Bg4 (1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 Bg4)
Average Elo:
1507
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D21 Queen's Gambit Accepted (1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C63 Ruy Lopez, Schliemann Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5)
Average Elo:
1898
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B83 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be2)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D05 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 e6)
Average Elo:
2345
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B09 Pirc, Austrian Attack (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4)
Average Elo:
1504
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6)
Average Elo:
1061
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E43 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6)
Average Elo:
1571
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C11 French (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A25 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C42 Petrov Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
757
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C90 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)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B49 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.Be2)
Average Elo:
1819
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C04 French, Tarrasch, Guimard Main line (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nc6 4.Ngf3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
1915
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D75 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.cd Nxd5, 7.O-O c5, 8.dxc5 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.O-O c5 8.dxc5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A31 English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation (1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C60 Ruy Lopez (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B98 Sicilian, Najdorf (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Be7)
Average Elo:
1518
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B97 Sicilian, Najdorf (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Qb6)
Average Elo:
1328
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C13 French (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7)
Average Elo:
1230
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B80 Sicilian, Scheveningen (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6)
Average Elo:
1747
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B94 Sicilian, Najdorf (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5)
Average Elo:
1888
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A80 Dutch (1.d4 f5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B15 Caro-Kann (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3)
Average Elo:
1265
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A57 Benko Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C40 King's Knight Opening (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1515
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C96 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 Na5 10.Bc2)
Average Elo:
1046
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B66 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6)
Average Elo:
1920
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B19 Caro-Kann, Classical (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nd7)
Average Elo:
1693
Result:
1/1 = 100%
Openings played as Black (42)
D36 Queen's Gambit Declined, Exchange, Positional line, 6.Qc2 (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.Qc2)
Average Elo:
1716
Result:
1½/3 = 50%
B32 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5)
Average Elo:
1678
Result:
3/3 = 100%
C68 Ruy Lopez, Exchange (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6)
Average Elo:
1806
Result:
2/3 = 66.67%
C00 French Defense (1.e4 e6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/2 = 50%
D52 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.e3 c6 6.Nf3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/2 = 50%
C77 Ruy Lopez (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
C42 Petrov Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
1697
Result:
½/2 = 25%
D02 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1873.5
Result:
½/2 = 25%
D18 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3)
Average Elo:
1898.5
Result:
1/2 = 50%
C50 Giuoco Piano (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5)
Average Elo:
1367
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
A02 Bird's Opening (1.f4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C80 Ruy Lopez, Open (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D78 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O c6 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O c6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A34 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c6 5.e3)
Average Elo:
2347
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D13 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.cxd5 cxd5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C52 Evans Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4 5.c3 Ba5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A25 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A39 English, Symmetrical, Main line with d4 (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.O-O O-O 7.d4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7)
Average Elo:
1507
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5)
Average Elo:
1650
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C01 French, Exchange (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bg5)
Average Elo:
1308
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C11 French (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
1628
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D56 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3 h6 7.Bh4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B10 Caro-Kann (1.e4 c6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B12 Caro-Kann Defense (1.e4 c6 2.d4)
Average Elo:
2047
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E01 Catalan, Closed (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C12 French, McCutcheon (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Bb4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E07 Catalan, Closed (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O Nbd7)
Average Elo:
1918
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A04 Reti Opening (1.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1868
Result:
0/1 = 0%
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:
2031
Result:
0/1 = 0%
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:
2073
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D63 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.Rc1)
Average Elo:
1798
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E21 Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1885
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C39 King's Gambit Accepted (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.h4)
Average Elo:
1766
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C45 Scotch Game (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4)
Average Elo:
1440
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A11 English, Caro-Kann Defensive System (1.c4 c6)
Average Elo:
1775
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D53 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7)
Average Elo:
2245
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D05 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 e6)
Average Elo:
927
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E12 Queen's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6)
Average Elo:
1751
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D48 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, Meran (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 a6)
Average Elo:
587
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D30 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6)
Average Elo:
1941
Result:
0/1 = 0%