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Player:
(Eg:
Carlsen,Magnus
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Ciaffone, Robert
FIDE
:
FIDE Card
Years
:
1981-2011
Number of games
:
138
Number of wins
:
51
Number of draws
:
35
Number of losses
:
52
White score
:
38/74 (51.35% - Average Elo: 2257.81)
Black score
:
30½/64 (47.66% - Average Elo: 2294.31)
Rating progression
Games
White wins
White draws
White losses
Black wins
Black draws
Black losses
Top wins
Ciaffone, Robert (2197) - Kalinin, Alexander (2425), Financial Concept op 6th, North Bay (E94) - 1999
Ciaffone, Robert - Watson, John L (2395), Memorial Day Classic, Long Beach (D41) - 1994
Ciaffone, Robert - Montgomery, Parker (2255), US Open-93, Dearborn (E95) - 1992
Van Tilbury, Craig (2295) - Ciaffone, Robert, US Open-92, Los Angeles (E41) - 1991
Rajlich, Vasik G (2270) - Ciaffone, Robert (2192), Grand MastersExperts-ch, Lansing (B66) - 1999
Gulati, Ashish (2030) - Ciaffone, Robert (2205), North Bay op, North Bay (B26) - 1998
Ciaffone, Robert - ? (72)
Czuhai, Kevin (1½/2)
Finegold, Benjamin (½/2)
Acker, R (1/1)
Aldrich, Jeff (0/1)
Allan, Denis (0/1)
Anastasian, Ashot (0/1)
Apostolova, Penka (1/1)
Ballicora, Miguel A (½/1)
Betaneli, Aleksandr (1/1)
Bisguier, Arthur Bernard (0/1)
Brown, Mark (1/1)
Calton, Bill J (½/1)
Carl, Kevin Joseph (1/1)
Chen, Peter (1/1)
Cheyney, Stephen (1/1)
Dandridge, Marvin (0/1)
Diamond, Jim A (½/1)
Djerkovic, Miladin (0/1)
Fernandez, D (½/1)
Fischer, Robert (0/1)
Fogarasi, Norbert (½/1)
Frasco, Ronald (1/1)
Fuller, William E (1/1)
Garcia, C (1/1)
Garrison, Ray (1/1)
Ghobrial, Ameer S (½/1)
Gufeld, Eduard (0/1)
Hahn, David (½/1)
Hamood, Al (0/1)
Hassen, Matt (½/1)
Jarosz, Stanley J Jr (½/1)
Jirjis, F (1/1)
Johnson, Kyle1 (1/1)
Kalinin, Alexander (1/1)
Kiviaho, Bob (1/1)
Knecht, Mark E (0/1)
Laurin, Edward (½/1)
Lewin, Tammo (½/1)
Manion, Tom (1/1)
Mankiewicz, Ryan (½/1)
McCambridge, Vincent (0/1)
Montgomery, Parker (1/1)
Morris, Matthew (0/1)
Moulin, Pierre (½/1)
Nickoloff, Bryon (0/1)
Orlov, Georgi (0/1)
Paragua, Mark (0/1)
Pray, Don (½/1)
Remlinger, Larry (0/1)
Riddell, Joshua S (½/1)
Santiago, Reynaldo (1/1)
Short, L (1/1)
Skidmore, Jennifer M (1/1)
Solon, Nathan (1/1)
Song, Paul (1/1)
Spraggett, Grant (0/1)
Tarjan, James Edward (0/1)
Torman, Eric (0/1)
Tracy, Joseph (0/1)
Triplett, Thomas L (1/1)
Turgut, Tansel (½/1)
Tyehimba, Bem (0/1)
Tyomkin, Dimitri (0/1)
Voss, Michael (0/1)
Ward, T (0/1)
Ward, Tom (½/1)
Watson, John L (1/1)
Williams, R (1/1)
Wilson, Vester (½/1)
Wolski, Thomas (0/1)
Xu, Sheng Jun (1/1)
Ziegler, Kevin (1/1)
? - Ciaffone, Robert (60)
Jarosz, Stanley J Jr (2/3)
Ballicora, Miguel A (1/2)
Mazuchowski, Tom (1½/2)
Adamson, Robby (0/1)
Altounian, Levon (0/1)
Ash, Ba (½/1)
Balandin, Aleksey (0/1)
Base, Alfredo B (1/1)
Bisguier, Arthur Bernard (0/1)
Boross Harmer, Peter (1/1)
Bunzmann, Dimitrij (0/1)
Cabanas, Francisco (1/1)
Chapin, Chip E (0/1)
Charbonneau, Pascal (0/1)
Charest, Johanne (0/1)
Drkulec, Vladimir (1/1)
Dutton, Warren Richard (1/1)
Ekstroem, Roland (½/1)
Farges, Yves (1/1)
Fedorowicz, John P (0/1)
Filipovich, David (½/1)
Findlay, Ian T (½/1)
Garrison, Ray (1/1)
Gulati, Ashish (1/1)
Gurevich, Dmitry (0/1)
Homa, Seth (1/1)
Kaliksteyn, Alexander (0/1)
Karklins, Andrew (½/1)
Kilpatrick, B (1/1)
Kitsis, Stanislav (0/1)
Kuroda, Paul (0/1)
Levi, Ariel (1/1)
Levit, Roman Izrailevich (0/1)
Margulis, Igor (0/1)
Matzner, Bruce (1/1)
McCarter, Robert (1/1)
Mikanovic, Goran (0/1)
Nadler, O (½/1)
Naff, William (1/1)
Palmer, Tony (1/1)
Rajlich, Vasik G (1/1)
Ronneberg, Erik (½/1)
Rosenberg, Steve (1/1)
Ruerup, Hans Heinz (0/1)
Sagalchik, Gennadij (0/1)
Sales, Jesse Noel (0/1)
Seals, James (1/1)
Sevillano, Enrico (½/1)
Sobocinski, M (½/1)
Teodoro, Eduardo (0/1)
Triplett, Thomas L (1/1)
Turtel, Evan (0/1)
Urquhart, Eddie (0/1)
Van Tilbury, Craig (1/1)
Venderbosch, Fritz (1/1)
Ward, Tom (0/1)
West, Tony D (0/1)
Yee, Lorne (0/1)
Zarembsky, Ilya (½/1)
Ziane, Noureddine (0/1)
Openings played as White (45)
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:
2358.75
Result:
4/7 = 57.14%
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:
2382
Result:
2/6 = 33.33%
B38 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Maroczy Bind, 6.Be3 (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.c4 Bg7 6.Be3)
Average Elo:
1971
Result:
2½/4 = 62.5%
A33 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 Nc6)
Average Elo:
2227.33
Result:
1½/3 = 50%
C45 Scotch Game (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4)
Average Elo:
2257.5
Result:
1½/3 = 50%
E08 Catalan, Closed (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O Nbd7 7.Qc2)
Average Elo:
1984
Result:
1/3 = 33.33%
E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2152.5
Result:
½/3 = 16.67%
D46 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3)
Average Elo:
2242.5
Result:
0/2 = 0%
B39 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Breyer Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.c4 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Nc3 Ng4)
Average Elo:
2545
Result:
1/2 = 50%
A55 Old Indian, Main line (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Nf3 Nbd7 5.e4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
2/2 = 100%
A09 Reti Opening (1.Nf3 d5 2.c4)
Average Elo:
2307.5
Result:
1/2 = 50%
A53 Old Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6)
Average Elo:
2205
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
D34 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.g3 Nf6 7.Bg2 Be7)
Average Elo:
2130
Result:
1/2 = 50%
A41 Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6) (1.d4 d6)
Average Elo:
2310
Result:
½/2 = 25%
E16 Queen's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Bb4+)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E01 Catalan, Closed (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2)
Average Elo:
1923
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A37 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2245
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A04 Reti Opening (1.Nf3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A94 Dutch, Stonewall with Ba3 (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 e6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O d5 7.b3 c6 8.Ba3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D93 Grunfeld, with Bf4 & e3 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3)
Average Elo:
2232
Result:
½/1 = 50%
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:
2145
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D07 Queen's Gambit Declined, Chigorin Defense (1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nc6)
Average Elo:
2495
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D26 Queen's Gambit Accepted (1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B04 Alekhine's Defense, Modern (1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B01 Scandinavian (1.e4 d5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D94 Grunfeld (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.e3)
Average Elo:
2107
Result:
½/1 = 50%
Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo:
2440
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B07 Pirc (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E05 Catalan, Open, Classical line (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Nf3 Be7)
Average Elo:
1972
Result:
½/1 = 50%
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:
0
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:
1858
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E61 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2465
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E95 King's Indian, Orthodox, 7...Nbd7, 8.Re1 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nbd7 8.Re1)
Average Elo:
2255
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E11 Bogo-Indian Defense (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+)
Average Elo:
2515
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A51 Budapest Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B90 Sicilian, Najdorf (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C10 French (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A34 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A16 English (1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
0
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:
2465
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B77 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 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.Bc4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A30 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5)
Average Elo:
2330
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:
2305
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D41 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c5 5.cxd5)
Average Elo:
2395
Result:
1/1 = 100%
Openings played as Black (38)
B33 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4)
Average Elo:
2290
Result:
2/5 = 40%
B26 Sicilian, Closed, 6.Be3 (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6 6.Be3)
Average Elo:
2102.5
Result:
3½/5 = 70%
B22 Sicilian, Alapin (1.e4 c5 2.c3)
Average Elo:
2430
Result:
1/4 = 25%
D02 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2330
Result:
3/4 = 75%
B20 Sicilian (1.e4 c5)
Average Elo:
2360
Result:
1/3 = 33.33%
D46 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3)
Average Elo:
2352.5
Result:
½/3 = 16.67%
B32 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5)
Average Elo:
2335
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
B30 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6)
Average Elo:
2091.5
Result:
1/2 = 50%
E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1862
Result:
0/2 = 0%
B21 Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4 (1.e4 c5 2.f4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/2 = 50%
B23 Sicilian, Closed (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/2 = 50%
D49 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 9.e4 c5 10.e5 cxd4 11.Nxb5 )
Average Elo:
2307.5
Result:
½/2 = 25%
D31 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2084
Result:
½/2 = 25%
D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c6 5.e3)
Average Elo:
2580
Result:
½/2 = 25%
A34 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E41 Nimzo-Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5)
Average Elo:
2295
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c6 5.Bg5 dxc4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E09 Catalan, Closed (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O Nbd7 7.Qc2 c6 8.Nbd2)
Average Elo:
2560
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:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B25 Sicilian, Closed (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D03 Torre Attack (Tartakower Variation) (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bg5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A04 Reti Opening (1.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2525
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:
½/1 = 50%
B85 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Classical (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be2 a6 7.O-O Qc7 8.f4 Nc6)
Average Elo:
2435
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B38 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Maroczy Bind, 6.Be3 (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.c4 Bg7 6.Be3)
Average Elo:
2230
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B36 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.c4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B42 Sicilian, Kan (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A96 Dutch, Classical Variation (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 e6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O d6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
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:
2270
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A13 English (1.c4 e6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B87 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin with ...a6 and ...b5 (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Bc4 a6 7.Bb3 b5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 d6 5.g3)
Average Elo:
2555
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B14 Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B01 Scandinavian (1.e4 d5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B82 Sicilian, Scheveningen (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.f4)
Average Elo:
2339
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B89 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Bc4 Nc6 7.Be3)
Average Elo:
2282
Result:
0/1 = 0%