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Player:
(Eg:
Carlsen,Magnus
)
Pajak, John T
Years
:
1977-1996
Number of games
:
99
Number of wins
:
39
Number of draws
:
24
Number of losses
:
36
White score
:
29/51 (56.86% - Average Elo: 2203.74)
Black score
:
22/48 (45.83% - Average Elo: 2139.6)
Rating progression
Games
White wins
White draws
White losses
Black wins
Black draws
Black losses
Top wins
Pajak, John T (1860) - Soppe, Guillermo (2380), World U17-ch03, Cagnes sur Mer (C50) - 1977
Pajak, John T (2265) - Costigan, Richard (2375), Toronto, Toronto (B33) - 1987
Pajak, John T (2265) - Nickoloff, Bryon (2375), Toronto, Toronto (B66) - 1987
Hartman, Brian (2380) - Pajak, John T (2310), CAN-ch & zonal, Winnipeg (E24) - 1986
Hertan, Charles E (2350) - Pajak, John T, Pugi Memorial, Toronto (E02) - 1985
Wolff, Patrick G (2305) - Pajak, John T, Pugi Memorial, Toronto (C75) - 1985
Pajak, John T - ? (44)
Findlay, Ian T (2½/3)
Day, Lawrence A (0/2)
Hamilton, Robert (1½/2)
Ross, David (½/2)
Stone, Raymond (½/2)
Yanofsky, Daniel Abraham (0/2)
Arnason, Jon Loftur (0/1)
Babb, Jeff (1/1)
Ball, Stephen (0/1)
Barbeau, Sylvain (½/1)
Borg, Geoffrey D (1/1)
Brown, Alan M (½/1)
Costigan, Richard (1/1)
Drasko, Milan (1/1)
Filipovich, David (1/1)
Foucaut, Vincent (1/1)
Gerbert, Philipp (½/1)
Giovannetti, Mark J (½/1)
Graham, Robert (½/1)
Hansen, Curt (0/1)
Hartman, Brian (1/1)
Hawkes, Rob (1/1)
Hergott, Deen (0/1)
Janicki, Paul (1/1)
Johnstone, Glenn (½/1)
Kaptsan, Aron (1/1)
Kaspret, Guido (½/1)
Lavin, David (1/1)
Leski, Marc (1/1)
Leveille, Francois (1/1)
Lim, Lilianne (1/1)
Nickoloff, Bryon (1/1)
Norwood, David (0/1)
Nurmi, Peter (0/1)
Pacey, Kevin (½/1)
Schleifer, Michael (0/1)
Shrentzel, Mordechai (½/1)
Shtern, Igor (½/1)
Soppe, Guillermo (1/1)
Southam, Todd (0/1)
Spraggett, Kevin (0/1)
Stoll, Drew Lamb (1/1)
Thomas, Ian L (1/1)
Valiente, Cristobal (1/1)
? - Pajak, John T (44)
Ivanov, Igor Vasilievich (½/2)
Nickoloff, Bryon (½/2)
Pacey, Kevin (0/2)
Zissos, Andrew (2/2)
Allan, Denis (0/1)
Baragar, Fletcher (½/1)
Barbeau, Sylvain (0/1)
Beed, Brian (1/1)
Behrhorst, Frank (0/1)
Bergstrom, Magnus (0/1)
Billard, Michel (1/1)
Boyd, Stephen J (½/1)
Briem, Stefan (1/1)
Canda, Danilo (0/1)
Cavanagh, Jeff (1/1)
Corral Blanco, Juan Antonio (1/1)
Cosman, Billy (1/1)
Day, Lawrence A (0/1)
Fiedler, Brian (½/1)
Hartman, Brian (1/1)
Hawkes, Rob (1/1)
Hertan, Charles E (1/1)
Kappe, Markus (½/1)
Karolyi, Tibor Jr (0/1)
Lyrintzakis, S (1/1)
MacLeod, David Munro (1/1)
McNab, Colin Anderson (0/1)
Morgan, Scott (½/1)
Morovic Fernandez, Ivan (0/1)
Murray, Peter (½/1)
Pelts, Roman (0/1)
Pineault, Denis (1/1)
Reeve, Jeff (0/1)
Richmond, Jane (1/1)
Simon, P (1/1)
Stone, Raymond (0/1)
Tavares, Shawn P (½/1)
Van Leusden, Jacques (0/1)
Vranesic, Zvonko (0/1)
Weider, Dariusz (0/1)
Wilder, Michael (0/1)
Witt, Laszlo (½/1)
Wolff, Patrick G (1/1)
Zabihi, A (0/1)
Openings played as White (44)
B23 Sicilian, Closed (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2270
Result:
2/5 = 40%
C58 Two Knights (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Na5)
Average Elo:
2360
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
B05 Alekhine's Defense, Modern (1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 Bg4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
C02 French, Advance (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5)
Average Elo:
2320
Result:
0/2 = 0%
B07 Pirc (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D30 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6)
Average Elo:
2235
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+)
Average Elo:
1875
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A17 English (1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B44 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6)
Average Elo:
1963
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B33 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4)
Average Elo:
2375
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:
2404
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B41 Sicilian, Kan (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6)
Average Elo:
2390
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A00 Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo:
1984
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C19 French, Winawer, Advance (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7)
Average Elo:
2055
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:
2310
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B30 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6)
Average Elo:
2005
Result:
½/1 = 50%
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:
½/1 = 50%
E45 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Bronstein (Byrne) Variation (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Ne2 Ba6)
Average Elo:
1916
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B40 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A31 English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation (1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4)
Average Elo:
2350
Result:
1/1 = 100%
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:
2315
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:
2073
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A07 King's Indian Attack (1.Nf3 d5 2.g3)
Average Elo:
1666
Result:
½/1 = 50%
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:
1/1 = 100%
C51 Evans Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 )
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B89 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Bc4 Nc6 7.Be3)
Average Elo:
2265
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B06 Robatsch (1.e4 g6)
Average Elo:
2370
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D35 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
1822
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C11 French (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6)
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:
2375
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A03 Bird's Opening (1.f4 d5)
Average Elo:
2335
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3)
Average Elo:
2210
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B08 Pirc, Classical (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2063
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E81 King's Indian, Samisch (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O)
Average Elo:
1969
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A55 Old Indian, Main line (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Nf3 Nbd7 5.e4)
Average Elo:
2285
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B99 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Be7 8.Qf3 Qc7 9.O-O-O Nbd7)
Average Elo:
2210
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A16 English (1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A25 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6)
Average Elo:
2265
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C50 Giuoco Piano (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5)
Average Elo:
2380
Result:
1/1 = 100%
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:
2102
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B81 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.g4)
Average Elo:
2525
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B42 Sicilian, Kan (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3)
Average Elo:
2074
Result:
1/1 = 100%
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%
B80 Sicilian, Scheveningen (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6)
Average Elo:
2340
Result:
0/1 = 0%
Openings played as Black (38)
B04 Alekhine's Defense, Modern (1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1701.8
Result:
5/6 = 83.33%
A25 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6)
Average Elo:
1491
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
C41 Philidor Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6)
Average Elo:
2042
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
E51 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Nf3 d5)
Average Elo:
2212.5
Result:
1/2 = 50%
C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.c3 Bd7)
Average Elo:
2362.5
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
A07 King's Indian Attack (1.Nf3 d5 2.g3)
Average Elo:
2385
Result:
½/2 = 25%
B02 Alekhine's Defense (1.e4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
1900
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 d6 5.g3)
Average Elo:
2180
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B08 Pirc, Classical (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
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:
1968
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C56 Two Knights (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.O-O Nxe4)
Average Elo:
1821
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C26 Vienna (1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B25 Sicilian, Closed (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6)
Average Elo:
2300
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B23 Sicilian, Closed (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
1982
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:
1953
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A36 English (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3)
Average Elo:
2225
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D94 Grunfeld (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.e3)
Average Elo:
2279
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E69 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Main line (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 d6 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.e4 c6 9.h3)
Average Elo:
2026
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D98 Grunfeld, Russian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 O-O 7.e4 Bg4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A30 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B03 Alekhine's Defense (1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A34 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
0
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:
0
Result:
0/1 = 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:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A57 Benko Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5)
Average Elo:
2105
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E61 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2420
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:
2580
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E02 Catalan, Open, 5.Qa4 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Qa4+)
Average Elo:
2350
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A04 Reti Opening (1.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2400
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C38 King's Gambit Accepted (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 Bg7)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B07 Pirc (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2280
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D65 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack, Main line (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.Rc1 c6 8.Qc2 a6 9.cxd5)
Average Elo:
2270
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E24 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3)
Average Elo:
2380
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D24 Queen's Gambit Accepted (1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2495
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B05 Alekhine's Defense, Modern (1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 Bg4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D07 Queen's Gambit Declined, Chigorin Defense (1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nc6)
Average Elo:
2305
Result:
0/1 = 0%
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:
2485
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C54 Giuoco Piano (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.cxd4)
Average Elo:
2220
Result:
0/1 = 0%