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Heron, Donald



FIDE:	FIDE Card
Years:	1984-
Number of games:	74
Number of wins:	19
Number of draws:	17
Number of losses:	38
White score:	15/37 (40.54% - Average Elo: 1919.88)
Black score:	12½/37 (33.78% - Average Elo: 1953.55)

Rating progression

Games
White wins
White draws
White losses
Black wins
Black draws
Black losses

Top wins

Heron, Donald (1714) - O'Neil, Jim (1967), SCO-ch 122nd, Edinburgh (A36) - 2015

Heron, Donald (1880) - Walkowiak, Adam (1722), Scottish Int Open 2024, Dunfermline SCO (A20) - 2024

Heron, Donald (1778) - Smith, Rachel Lorna (1402), SCO-ch op 123rd, Glasgow (A25) - 2016

Mlynek, Maksymilian (1789) - Heron, Donald (1880), Scottish Int Open 2024, Dunfermline SCO (A40) - 2024

Keenan, Alex (1767) - Heron, Donald (1852), Scottish Int Open 2025, Dunfermline SCO (C00) - 2025

Ford, Nikodem (1160) - Heron, Donald (1837), 128th ch-SCO Open 2023, Dunfermline SCO (C10) - 2023

Heron, Donald - ? (37)

Bennett, Owen (0/1)

Bielby, Paul R (0/1)

Birkett, Richard (0/1)

Brown, Steven A (0/1)

Doris, Peter (1/1)

Ferry, Edward (0/1)

Grove, Michael (½/1)

Hamilton, Douglas Gibson (½/1)

Harkins, Mike (1/1)

Harrold, Bruce T (1/1)

Henderson, John B (0/1)

Hope, Iain (1/1)

Inbhan B (½/1)

Kouwenhoven, Marisca (0/1)

MacGilchrist, Siegrun (½/1)

MacKenzie, Donald (1/1)

Mannion, Stephen R (0/1)

Maxwell, Daniel N (0/1)

Mcdonald, Kevin (0/1)

McKay, Roderick M (0/1)

McLay, John (0/1)

McNab, IA (0/1)

Nield, Christopher (0/1)

O'Neil, Jim (1/1)

Quinn, David (½/1)

Quinn, Deborah (1/1)

Rattray, Gordon (0/1)

Siddharth, Berera (1/1)

Smith, Alan A (½/1)

Smith, Mark J (1/1)

Smith, Peter R (½/1)

Smith, Rachel Lorna (1/1)

Sneddon, Iain D (0/1)

Srivastava, Aditya (0/1)

Taylor, Robert Keith (½/1)

Volland, Ben (0/1)

Walkowiak, Adam (1/1)

? - Heron, Donald (37)

Abrahams, Daniel (0/1)

Brown, Steven A (0/1)

Clark, Eve (½/1)

Cook, Sam (½/1)

D Costa, Leston (0/1)

Davies, AW (½/1)

Dunnington, Angus J (0/1)

Farrell, Neil (0/1)

Forbes, Alistair (0/1)

Ford, Nikodem (1/1)

Gallagher, A (0/1)

Gilfillan, Andrew (0/1)

Gillies, Alex (1/1)

Hall, David G (0/1)

Harrold, Bruce T (0/1)

Kafka, Graeme (0/1)

Keenan, Alex (1/1)

Kynoch, Richard (1/1)

Lennox, C Jonathan (0/1)

Mannion, Stephen R (0/1)

McKay, D (0/1)

Mitchell, Martin (0/1)

Mitchell, Robert G (1/1)

Mlynek, Maksymilian (1/1)

Murray, Frankie (½/1)

O'Brien, Robert J (½/1)

Orr, Mark JL (½/1)

Pattinson, T (½/1)

Pritchett, Craig William (0/1)

Rath, Srinivas (½/1)

Shaw, Kevin F (1/1)

Thomas, Philip (½/1)

Thompson, Connor (1/1)

Openings played as White (28)

A46 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3)
Average Elo: 2175.5
Result: ½/3 = 16.67%

A14 English (1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.O-O)
Average Elo: 1557.5
Result: 1/2 = 50%

A25 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6)
Average Elo: 1402
Result: 2/2 = 100%

D03 Torre Attack (Tartakower Variation) (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bg5)
Average Elo: 1620
Result: ½/2 = 25%

A36 English (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3)
Average Elo: 2015.5
Result: 1½/2 = 75%

B08 Pirc, Classical (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3)
Average Elo: 1819
Result: ½/2 = 25%

A20 English (1.c4 e5)
Average Elo: 1745
Result: 1/2 = 50%

A10 English (1.c4)
Average Elo: 1707
Result: 0/2 = 0%

Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo: 1688
Result: 0/1 = 0%

D04 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3)
Average Elo: 0
Result: 0/1 = 0%

A26 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6)
Average Elo: 2053
Result: 0/1 = 0%

E91 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2)
Average Elo: 0
Result: 1/1 = 100%

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: 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: 1/1 = 100%

D70 Neo-Grunfeld Defense (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 d5)
Average Elo: 2120
Result: 0/1 = 0%

E54 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Nf3 d5 6.Bd3 c5 7.O-O dxc4 8.Bxc4)
Average Elo: 0
Result: 1/1 = 100%

A57 Benko Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5)
Average Elo: 2343
Result: 0/1 = 0%

A13 English (1.c4 e6)
Average Elo: 2139
Result: 0/1 = 0%

A51 Budapest Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5)
Average Elo: 0
Result: 0/1 = 0%

A56 Benoni Defense (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5)
Average Elo: 2020
Result: 0/1 = 0%

A59 Benko Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 Bxa6 6.Nc3 d6 7.e4)
Average Elo: 0
Result: 0/1 = 0%

A38 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 Nf6)
Average Elo: 1975
Result: ½/1 = 50%

E73 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2)
Average Elo: 0
Result: 1/1 = 100%

E41 Nimzo-Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5)
Average Elo: 2055
Result: 0/1 = 0%

A37 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3)
Average Elo: 0
Result: 1/1 = 100%

A48 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6)
Average Elo: 2240
Result: ½/1 = 50%

A15 English (1.c4 Nf6)
Average Elo: 2063
Result: ½/1 = 50%

D31 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3)
Average Elo: 2240
Result: ½/1 = 50%

Openings played as Black (23)

C00 French Defense (1.e4 e6)
Average Elo: 1878
Result: 1½/4 = 37.5%

C19 French, Winawer, Advance (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7)
Average Elo: 2280
Result: 0/3 = 0%

A90 Dutch (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 e6 4.Bg2)
Average Elo: 2035.5
Result: 1/3 = 33.33%

A13 English (1.c4 e6)
Average Elo: 2038
Result: ½/3 = 16.67%

C01 French, Exchange (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bg5)
Average Elo: 1625
Result: ½/2 = 25%

C18 French, Winawer (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3)
Average Elo: 0
Result: 2/2 = 100%

A85 Dutch, with c4 & Nc3 (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3)
Average Elo: 2201
Result: ½/2 = 25%

D02 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3)
Average Elo: 0
Result: 1½/2 = 75%

C10 French (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3)
Average Elo: 1160
Result: 2/2 = 100%

C29 Vienna Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4)
Average Elo: 0
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: 0/1 = 0%

C17 French, Winawer, Advance (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5)
Average Elo: 0
Result: 0/1 = 0%

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: 0
Result: 0/1 = 0%

D55 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3)
Average Elo: 2200
Result: 0/1 = 0%

D05 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 e6)
Average Elo: 2296
Result: 0/1 = 0%

Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo: 1564
Result: ½/1 = 50%

C02 French, Advance (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5)
Average Elo: 2042
Result: 0/1 = 0%

C05 French, Tarrasch (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6)
Average Elo: 2317
Result: 0/1 = 0%

B23 Sicilian, Closed (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo: 1557
Result: 0/1 = 0%

A07 King's Indian Attack (1.Nf3 d5 2.g3)
Average Elo: 2281
Result: 0/1 = 0%

A40 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4)
Average Elo: 1789
Result: 1/1 = 100%

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: 2273
Result: 0/1 = 0%

A92 Dutch (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 e6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O)
Average Elo: 1734
Result: ½/1 = 50%