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Player:
(Eg:
Carlsen,Magnus
)
McDonald, John A
FIDE
:
FIDE Card
Years
:
2003-2021
Number of games
:
62
Number of wins
:
35
Number of draws
:
8
Number of losses
:
19
White score
:
18/30 (60% - Average Elo: 1998.5)
Black score
:
21/32 (65.62% - Average Elo: 1950.45)
Rating progression
Games
White wins
White draws
White losses
Black wins
Black draws
Black losses
Top wins
McDonald, John A (2068) - Illingworth, Max (2388), Queenstown op, Queenstown (A15) - 2012
McDonald, John A (2018) - Croad, Nicholas (2243), NZL-ch 112th, Wanganui (B12) - 2005
McDonald, John A (2029) - Davis, Justin (1967), Gordon Hoskyn Memorial 4th, Palmerston North (A07) - 2011
Dive, Russell John (2343) - McDonald, John A (1973), Gordon Hoskyn Memorial, Palmerston North (A24) - 2009
Van der Hoorn, Mark (2133) - McDonald, John A (2018), NZL-ch 112th, Wanganui (A00) - 2005
Ansell, Alan (2124) - McDonald, John A (2029), Gordon Hoskyn Memorial 4th, Palmerston North (A70) - 2011
McDonald, John A - ? (27)
Davis, Justin (2/2)
Forster, William (1½/2)
Gold, Hamish R (1/2)
Bennett, Hilton Petrie (½/1)
Boardman, Jeffrey (1/1)
Croad, Nicholas (1/1)
Dive, Russell John (½/1)
Goodhue, Nathan (1/1)
Gretarsson, Helgi Ass (0/1)
Hague, Ben (0/1)
Illingworth, Max (1/1)
Lee, Edward (0/1)
Lee, Edward1 (0/1)
McLaren, Leonard (0/1)
Milligan, Helen (½/1)
Millikan, Erlend (1/1)
Mistry, Prashant (½/1)
Reilly, Tim (0/1)
Smith, Vivian J (1/1)
Spain, Graeme (½/1)
Stanton, Lynn (1/1)
Timergazi, Layla (1/1)
Watharow, Sean (1/1)
West, Guy (0/1)
Wight, Joshua (1/1)
Wohl, Aleksandar H (0/1)
Zhang, William Jie Wen (1/1)
? - McDonald, John A (29)
Dive, Russell John (1/3)
Goodhue, Nathan (1/2)
Ansell, Alan (1/1)
Berg Jensen, Joachim (0/1)
Braganza, Nadia (½/1)
Civin, Tomas (0/1)
Cooper, Nigel (1/1)
Cooze, Brent (1/1)
Croad, Nicholas (0/1)
Cunningham, Patrick D (1/1)
Ker, Anthony F (0/1)
Lee, Edward1 (1/1)
Lynn, William (1/1)
Martin Buss, Barry (1/1)
Nicholls, Leighton (1/1)
Nijman, Arie J (1/1)
Ning, Isabelle Yixuan (0/1)
Pakenham, John (1/1)
Reid, Anton (1/1)
Seabrook, Roy (1/1)
Sims, Martin Thomas (1/1)
Stark, John (1/1)
Stojic, Dusan (0/1)
Stracy, Don M (1/1)
Stromer, Kurt (1/1)
Stuart, Peter W (½/1)
Tionko, Efrain (0/1)
Van der Hoorn, Mark (1/1)
Vetharaniam, Prince AR (1/1)
Openings played as White (25)
B12 Caro-Kann Defense (1.e4 c6 2.d4)
Average Elo:
2108
Result:
1/2 = 50%
A07 King's Indian Attack (1.Nf3 d5 2.g3)
Average Elo:
1967
Result:
2/2 = 100%
A20 English (1.c4 e5)
Average Elo:
2142
Result:
½/2 = 25%
A21 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2060.5
Result:
1/2 = 50%
A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3)
Average Elo:
2227
Result:
0/2 = 0%
A26 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6)
Average Elo:
2093
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E11 Bogo-Indian Defense (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+)
Average Elo:
1870
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B14 Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6)
Average Elo:
1881
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A11 English, Caro-Kann Defensive System (1.c4 c6)
Average Elo:
2296
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B07 Pirc (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
1769
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A48 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6)
Average Elo:
1830
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A13 English (1.c4 e6)
Average Elo:
1807
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A80 Dutch (1.d4 f5)
Average Elo:
1861
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A15 English (1.c4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2388
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A36 English (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3)
Average Elo:
2141
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C36 King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defense (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 d5)
Average Elo:
1977
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C46 Three Knights (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3)
Average Elo:
1760
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A40 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4)
Average Elo:
1884
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B08 Pirc, Classical (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2329
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B01 Scandinavian (1.e4 d5)
Average Elo:
2179
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:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B22 Sicilian, Alapin (1.e4 c5 2.c3)
Average Elo:
1775
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A43 Old Benoni (1.d4 c5)
Average Elo:
1626
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C30 King's Gambit Declined (1.e4 e5 2.f4)
Average Elo:
1091
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B02 Alekhine's Defense (1.e4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2359
Result:
0/1 = 0%
Openings played as Black (28)
B22 Sicilian, Alapin (1.e4 c5 2.c3)
Average Elo:
1774
Result:
2/2 = 100%
A45 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
1635
Result:
2/2 = 100%
B07 Pirc (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2375
Result:
1/2 = 50%
B08 Pirc, Classical (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1747.5
Result:
1/2 = 50%
E14 Queen's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.e3)
Average Elo:
1527
Result:
1/1 = 100%
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:
1573
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A46 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1780
Result:
1/1 = 100%
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:
1843
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:
1692
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B23 Sicilian, Closed (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
1962
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A25 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6)
Average Elo:
2334
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D30 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6)
Average Elo:
2092
Result:
1/1 = 100%
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:
2414
Result:
0/1 = 0%
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:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A38 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2154
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A00 Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo:
2133
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A24 English, Bremen System with ...g6 (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 g6)
Average Elo:
2343
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A67 Benoni, Taimanov Variation (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.f4 Bg7 8.Bb5+)
Average Elo:
2290
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C41 Philidor Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6)
Average Elo:
1642
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2124
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B02 Alekhine's Defense (1.e4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
1865
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C02 French, Advance (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5)
Average Elo:
1873
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B72 Sicilian, Dragon (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3)
Average Elo:
2294
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A01 Nimzovich-Larsen Attack (1.b3)
Average Elo:
1945
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A40 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4)
Average Elo:
2183
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A36 English (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3)
Average Elo:
2319
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A43 Old Benoni (1.d4 c5)
Average Elo:
1648
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A51 Budapest Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5)
Average Elo:
1619
Result:
1/1 = 100%