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Player:
(Eg:
Carlsen,Magnus
)
O'Brien, Richard
Years
:
1964-2000
Number of games
:
91
Number of wins
:
15
Number of draws
:
28
Number of losses
:
48
White score
:
16/43 (37.21% - Average Elo: 2243.68)
Black score
:
13/48 (27.08% - Average Elo: 2272.88)
Rating progression
Games
White wins
White draws
White losses
Black wins
Black draws
Black losses
Top wins
O'Brien, Richard (2090) - Ryan, Joseph (2260), IRL-ch, Dublin (A41) - 1996
O'Brien, Richard (2240) - Buckley, Colm, Kilkenny Masters, Kilkenny (C07) - 1993
O'Brien, Richard (2085) - Carol Querol, Stewart, Hampstead Rated 2nd, Hampstead (D79) - 1998
Anderson, John (2205) - O'Brien, Richard (2240), Kilkenny Masters, Kilkenny (B15) - 1993
Gwynne, David (1605) - O'Brien, Richard (1888), West Wales op, Swansea (A09) - 1999
MacDonald Ross, Michael - O'Brien, Richard, Guardian Islington op, Islington (A06) - 1973
O'Brien, Richard - ? (43)
Bennett, Gerald H (0/1)
Buckley, Colm (1/1)
Butler, Kevin J (½/1)
Campbell, Duncan AF (0/1)
Carol Querol, Stewart (1/1)
Chakraborty, Kumardip (1/1)
Clarke, Thomas M (½/1)
Coldrick, Arthur (0/1)
Crawley, Gavin (0/1)
Daly, Colm (0/1)
Deketelaere, Francky (½/1)
Deva, Chetan (½/1)
Devenney, Ray (½/1)
Fox, Anthony (½/1)
Fullarton, R (0/1)
Goldberg, Menashe (1/1)
Guven, Joe (½/1)
Haeri Zadeh, Hessameddin (½/1)
Hall, MJ (1/1)
Hurley, John (0/1)
Jakubovics, Nick S (0/1)
James, David J (½/1)
Kernan, Bernard (0/1)
Littleton, Michael Flannan (½/1)
Littlewood, Norman (0/1)
Ludgate, Alan Templeton (½/1)
McDonnell, James J (½/1)
Mikurenda, Alfred (1/1)
O'Shaughnessy, Conor (0/1)
Patrick, David I (0/1)
Porter, Liam (1/1)
Poulsen, Kim Hjort (0/1)
Pullinger, Steve J (½/1)
Richmond, Peter A (½/1)
Roberts, Paul (½/1)
Rochev, Yuri (0/1)
Ryan, Joseph (1/1)
Shutler, SJ (0/1)
Simler, Kevin (0/1)
Sowray, Peter John (0/1)
Taylor, Martin R (0/1)
Thomas, Richard Huw (½/1)
Webster, Andrew (0/1)
? - O'Brien, Richard (45)
Keogh, Eamon (0/3)
Cooper, Lawrence (0/2)
Anderson, John (1/1)
Banks, Derek (0/1)
Bilek, Istvan (0/1)
Blair, David1 (1/1)
Cannon, Richard James (½/1)
Cifuentes Parada, Roberto (0/1)
Collinson, Adam (0/1)
Cootes, Arthur (1/1)
Crichton, Martin (½/1)
Ditzler, Juerg (0/1)
Egan, Colm (½/1)
Ellison, Derek George (0/1)
Emerson, Roger (0/1)
Gold, Lee (½/1)
Gwynne, David (1/1)
Hanreck, Alan E (0/1)
Headlong, Timothy (0/1)
Hegarty, Liam (1/1)
Heidenfeld, Wolfgang (0/1)
Hennigan, Michael (0/1)
Hodge, David Jonathan (½/1)
Houska, Miroslav (0/1)
Joyce, John (½/1)
Keene, Raymond (0/1)
King, Daniel J (0/1)
Konarski, Jannic (0/1)
Levitt, Jonathan (0/1)
Lewis, Andrew P (0/1)
MacDonald Ross, Michael (1/1)
McCarthy, Jim (½/1)
McComb, Brian (½/1)
McShane, Luke J (0/1)
Menadue, Jeremy FS (0/1)
Miles, Richard (½/1)
Moskovic, David M (0/1)
Muntadas, Alan (½/1)
Murray, CV (½/1)
Muskath, Robert (½/1)
Oates, David (0/1)
Orr, Mark JL (0/1)
Pedersen, C (1/1)
Pratten, Wilfred Henry (0/1)
Webster, Andrew (0/1)
Openings played as White (39)
B86 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Bc4)
Average Elo:
2325
Result:
½/2 = 25%
C68 Ruy Lopez, Exchange (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6)
Average Elo:
2275
Result:
½/2 = 25%
E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 d6 5.g3)
Average Elo:
2275
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
D02 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2114.5
Result:
1/2 = 50%
E19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3 Ne4 8.Qc2 Nxc3)
Average Elo:
2310
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C07 French, Tarrasch (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D58 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) System (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3 h6 7.Bh4 b6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A04 Reti Opening (1.Nf3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D79 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O, Main line (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O c6 7.cxd5 cxd5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A49 King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4 (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A84 Dutch (1.d4 f5 2.c4)
Average Elo:
2230
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B09 Pirc, Austrian Attack (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
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:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A24 English, Bremen System with ...g6 (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 g6)
Average Elo:
2265
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C01 French, Exchange (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bg5)
Average Elo:
0
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:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A30 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C77 Ruy Lopez (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2103
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C44 King's Pawn Game (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D06 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4)
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:
2225
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D30 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6)
Average Elo:
2210
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E18 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 7.Nc3 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2270
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A00 Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B21 Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4 (1.e4 c5 2.f4)
Average Elo:
2255
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B84 Sicilian, Scheveningen (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be2 a6)
Average Elo:
2240
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C24 Bishop's Opening (1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
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:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D07 Queen's Gambit Declined, Chigorin Defense (1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nc6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A85 Dutch, with c4 & Nc3 (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2215
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A53 Old Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6)
Average Elo:
2200
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A41 Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6) (1.d4 d6)
Average Elo:
2260
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B33 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C27 Vienna Game (1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bc4 Nxe4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D13 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.cxd5 cxd5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C30 King's Gambit Declined (1.e4 e5 2.f4)
Average Elo:
2295
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A55 Old Indian, Main line (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Nf3 Nbd7 5.e4)
Average Elo:
2448
Result:
0/1 = 0%
Openings played as Black (34)
C40 King's Knight Opening (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2305.75
Result:
2/7 = 28.57%
B12 Caro-Kann Defense (1.e4 c6 2.d4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/3 = 16.67%
B15 Caro-Kann (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2205
Result:
1/2 = 50%
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:
2405
Result:
0/2 = 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:
2345
Result:
½/2 = 25%
Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo:
2297.5
Result:
0/2 = 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:
2167
Result:
0/2 = 0%
A09 Reti Opening (1.Nf3 d5 2.c4)
Average Elo:
1844.5
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
C64 Ruy Lopez, Classical (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Bc5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A06 Reti Opening (1.Nf3 d5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B50 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D05 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 e6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B86 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Bc4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 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:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B01 Scandinavian (1.e4 d5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B33 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E49 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Botvinnik System (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3)
Average Elo:
2490
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E27 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch Variation (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 O-O)
Average Elo:
2375
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A32 English, Symmetrical Variation (1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6)
Average Elo:
2495
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E11 Bogo-Indian Defense (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+)
Average Elo:
2185
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A08 King's Indian Attack (1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c5 3.Bg2)
Average Elo:
2440
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A80 Dutch (1.d4 f5)
Average Elo:
2245
Result:
0/1 = 0%
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:
2195
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:
2315
Result:
0/1 = 0%
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:
2255
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A44 Old Benoni Defense (1.d4 c5 2.d5 e5)
Average Elo:
2335
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A40 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening (1.e4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C28 Vienna Game (1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bc4 Nc6)
Average Elo:
2175
Result:
0/1 = 0%
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:
½/1 = 50%
D00 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A36 English (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3)
Average Elo:
2415
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D02 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%