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Player:
(Eg:
Carlsen,Magnus
)
Saunders, John C
Years
:
1969-2015
Number of games
:
149
Number of wins
:
33
Number of draws
:
64
Number of losses
:
52
White score
:
42½/79 (53.8% - Average Elo: 2217.42)
Black score
:
22½/70 (32.14% - Average Elo: 2238.23)
Rating progression
Games
White wins
White draws
White losses
Black wins
Black draws
Black losses
Top wins
Saunders, John C (2240) - Tozer, Richard (2380), Cardiff, Cardiff (B22) - 1997
Saunders, John C (2240) - Buckley, Graeme N (2355), Hastings Masters, Hastings (A21) - 1995
Saunders, John C (2225) - Sowray, Peter John (2350), BCF-chT 9798 (4NCL), England (B39) - 1998
Hadzimanolis, Antonios (2291) - Saunders, John C (2199), BCF-chT 0001 (4NCL), Birmingham (B22) - 2001
Connell, Blair N (2270) - Saunders, John C (2240), Hastings Masters, Hastings (B17) - 1995
Moore, Gerald C (2210) - Saunders, John C (2245), BCF-chT 9596 (4NCL) 3rd, England () - 1996
Saunders, John C - ? (78)
BYE (2/2)
Anderton, David William (½/1)
Anderton, Matthew (0/1)
Bates, Richard (½/1)
Benitah, Yohan (½/1)
Binks, Michael (½/1)
Brameld, Arthur F (½/1)
Broers, M (1/1)
Buckley, Graeme N (1/1)
Buckley, Simon T (½/1)
Burke, John S (1/1)
Chakraborty, Kumardip (1/1)
Chapman, Terry PD (0/1)
Cheal, Barry (½/1)
Cobb, James (0/1)
Crombleholme, Alan K (½/1)
Daly, Colm (½/1)
De Coverly, Roger D (1/1)
Dickenson, Neil F (0/1)
Dighton, Simon (0/1)
Downey, Kevin (½/1)
Dundas, Hew R (½/1)
Dunn, Andrew M (1/1)
Dunnington, Angus J (½/1)
Eckersley Waites, Adam (½/1)
Fantin, Ludwig (1/1)
Freeman, Richard (½/1)
Frost, Nicholas (0/1)
Gallagher, Joseph G (0/1)
Gilbert, Jessie (½/1)
Gough, Stephen R (1/1)
Grinsell, Lee A (½/1)
Gunter, David WW (½/1)
Hadzimanolis, Antonios (½/1)
Haley, SC (1/1)
Headlong, Timothy (½/1)
Hulmes, David I (½/1)
Hurley, John (½/1)
Izeta Txabarri, Felix (0/1)
Jacimovic, Dragoljub (0/1)
James, Geoffrey H (½/1)
Jamieson, Peter Michael (½/1)
Lendvai, Noemi (½/1)
Lund, D Brett (½/1)
Markov, Jurij (0/1)
Marks, Laurence D (½/1)
McNab, Colin Anderson (0/1)
McShane, Luke J (½/1)
Miller, CD (1/1)
Millward, Adrian E (1/1)
Moore, John C (1/1)
Morley, Andrew J (½/1)
Morris, Philip (0/1)
Norwood, David (0/1)
Ozeren, Kemal (1/1)
Palliser, Richard (0/1)
Phillips, David A (1/1)
Pritchett, Craig William (½/1)
Radlow, Allan (½/1)
Radovanovic, Jovica (0/1)
Renet, Olivier (0/1)
Richardson, Keith Bevan (½/1)
Rudd, Jack (1/1)
Saunders, Walter NR (½/1)
Sowray, Peter John (1/1)
Steffens, Olaf (1/1)
Stirling, Colin P (1/1)
Thompson, Ian D (½/1)
Tozer, Richard (1/1)
Turner, John David (1/1)
Upton, Ian J (1/1)
Wade, Robert Graham (½/1)
Wadsworth, Matthew J (0/1)
Wallace, Paul Anthony (½/1)
Williams, Simon Kim (½/1)
Williamson, Paul L (0/1)
Wilson, Norman C (½/1)
Woolridge, Leon M (1/1)
? - Saunders, John C (68)
Duncan, Christopher R (0/2)
Tan, Desmond (½/2)
Anderton, David William (0/1)
Anderton, Matthew (0/1)
Bates, Richard (0/1)
Beaumont, Chris (0/1)
Botley, Gordon (½/1)
Brown, Simon D (0/1)
Chenaux, Patrick (½/1)
Chikovani, Iuri (0/1)
Clark Foulquier, Stephen Philip (½/1)
Compton, Alistair (½/1)
Connell, Blair N (1/1)
Crouch, Colin S (½/1)
Degerman, Lars (0/1)
Delaune, Richard K (1/1)
Delnon, Robert J (½/1)
Dunnington, Angus J (½/1)
Evans, Raymond (½/1)
Forbes, Cathy (½/1)
Frois, Antonio (0/1)
Gilbert, Jessie (1/1)
Gormally, Daniel (0/1)
Hadzimanolis, Antonios (1/1)
Hall, Richard VM (0/1)
Houska, Jovanka (0/1)
Hunt, Harriet (½/1)
Ionescu, Cristian Dan (0/1)
Jonkman, Harmen (0/1)
Kargin, Arseny (½/1)
Kennaugh, Charles (0/1)
Kinlay, Jonathan (1/1)
Kinsman, Andrew PH (0/1)
Lane, Gary William (0/1)
Lauterbach, Ingrid (1/1)
Lyell, Mark (0/1)
Mah, Karl (½/1)
Major, MR (½/1)
Mann, Stephen J (0/1)
Manninen, Marko (½/1)
Mannion, Stephen R (0/1)
Martin, Benjamin (0/1)
Martin, David (½/1)
Merriman, John (0/1)
Millington, Andrew (½/1)
Moore, Gerald C (1/1)
Murugan, Krishnamoorthy (0/1)
Muter, Donny (½/1)
Neil, David (½/1)
Pert, Richard G (½/1)
Phillips, Roy Jean Noel (0/1)
Price, Chris I (½/1)
Rattray, Ross (1/1)
Richardson, John R (½/1)
Savage, Ben D (1/1)
Siebrecht, Sebastian (½/1)
Sommerville, Johann P (0/1)
Summerscale, Aaron (0/1)
Taylor, Stephen JG (½/1)
Thomas, Nicholas (0/1)
Tudhope, Douglas (½/1)
Turner, Matthew (0/1)
Varley, Peter (½/1)
Walker, Martin Graham (½/1)
Webb, Richard M (0/1)
Webster, Andrew (0/1)
Williams, Simon Kim (0/1)
Yeo, Michael J (0/1)
Openings played as White (42)
B22 Sicilian, Alapin (1.e4 c5 2.c3)
Average Elo:
2245.64
Result:
7½/14 = 53.57%
C06 French, Tarrasch (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ne2 cxd4 8.cxd4)
Average Elo:
2221.57
Result:
2½/7 = 35.71%
Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo:
2280
Result:
3/4 = 75%
B07 Pirc (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2175.75
Result:
2½/4 = 62.5%
C44 King's Pawn Game (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6)
Average Elo:
2260.75
Result:
1½/4 = 37.5%
C09 French, Tarrasch, Open Variation, Main line (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 exd5 5.Ngf3 Nc6)
Average Elo:
2395
Result:
1/2 = 50%
C41 Philidor Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6)
Average Elo:
2062
Result:
1/2 = 50%
A21 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2327.5
Result:
1/2 = 50%
A24 English, Bremen System with ...g6 (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 g6)
Average Elo:
2280
Result:
1/2 = 50%
A25 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6)
Average Elo:
2230
Result:
1/2 = 50%
C42 Petrov Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
1895
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
B17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7)
Average Elo:
2217.5
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
C04 French, Tarrasch, Guimard Main line (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nc6 4.Ngf3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2352.5
Result:
1/2 = 50%
C70 Ruy Lopez (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
2/2 = 100%
C00 French Defense (1.e4 e6)
Average Elo:
2273
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C10 French (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2100
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B48 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3)
Average Elo:
2080
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A68 Benoni, Four Pawns Attack (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.f4 Bg7 8.Nf3 O-O)
Average Elo:
2320
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5)
Average Elo:
2310
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C55 Two Knights Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2096
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A05 Reti Opening (1.Nf3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2055
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B15 Caro-Kann (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2050
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C18 French, Winawer (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A37 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2155
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening (1.e4)
Average Elo:
1800
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed (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 d6)
Average Elo:
2490
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C66 Ruy Lopez (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O d6)
Average Elo:
2210
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A38 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B08 Pirc, Classical (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2403
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B10 Caro-Kann (1.e4 c6)
Average Elo:
2155
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B01 Scandinavian (1.e4 d5)
Average Elo:
2015
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B06 Robatsch (1.e4 g6)
Average Elo:
2545
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:
1/1 = 100%
C53 Giuoco Piano (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3)
Average Elo:
1800
Result:
½/1 = 50%
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:
2350
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A10 English (1.c4)
Average Elo:
2330
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A08 King's Indian Attack (1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c5 3.Bg2)
Average Elo:
2300
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C03 French, Tarrasch (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2)
Average Elo:
2064
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A53 Old Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6)
Average Elo:
2134
Result:
0/1 = 0%
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:
½/1 = 50%
C02 French, Advance (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5)
Average Elo:
2185
Result:
1/1 = 100%
Openings played as Black (41)
B06 Robatsch (1.e4 g6)
Average Elo:
2212.4
Result:
3/10 = 30%
B17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7)
Average Elo:
2314.83
Result:
1/7 = 14.29%
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:
2324.33
Result:
½/3 = 16.67%
B08 Pirc, Classical (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2233.33
Result:
½/3 = 16.67%
B07 Pirc (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2317.33
Result:
1/3 = 33.33%
B12 Caro-Kann Defense (1.e4 c6 2.d4)
Average Elo:
2305.5
Result:
½/2 = 25%
B14 Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6)
Average Elo:
2074
Result:
1/2 = 50%
B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5)
Average Elo:
2192.5
Result:
½/2 = 25%
E81 King's Indian, Samisch (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O)
Average Elo:
2196.5
Result:
1/2 = 50%
Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo:
2192.5
Result:
2/2 = 100%
E99 King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Ne1 Nd7 10.f3 f5)
Average Elo:
2222.5
Result:
½/2 = 25%
E61 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2387.5
Result:
0/2 = 0%
E92 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5)
Average Elo:
2355
Result:
0/2 = 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:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd (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 d6 9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.Nbd2 cxd4 13.cxd4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C42 Petrov Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C00 French Defense (1.e4 e6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C34 King's Gambit Accepted (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A03 Bird's Opening (1.f4 d5)
Average Elo:
1900
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E74 King's Indian, Averbakh, 6...c5 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Bg5 c5)
Average Elo:
1780
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A15 English (1.c4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
1935
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A05 Reti Opening (1.Nf3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
1900
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E01 Catalan, Closed (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2)
Average Elo:
2410
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E63 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 d6 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 Nc6 7.O-O a6)
Average Elo:
2290
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A42 Modern Defense, Averbakh System (1.d4 d6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4)
Average Elo:
2290
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D41 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c5 5.cxd5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2455
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:
2345
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A36 English (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3)
Average Elo:
2315
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A69 Benoni, Four Pawns Attack, Main line (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.f4 Bg7 8.Nf3 O-O 9.Be2 Re8)
Average Elo:
2245
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A24 English, Bremen System with ...g6 (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 g6)
Average Elo:
2255
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:
2380
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C10 French (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2110
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E70 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4)
Average Elo:
2410
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E73 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2)
Average Elo:
2210
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D40 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c5)
Average Elo:
2112
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B15 Caro-Kann (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2399
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B22 Sicilian, Alapin (1.e4 c5 2.c3)
Average Elo:
2291
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A48 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6)
Average Elo:
2112
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E91 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2)
Average Elo:
2136
Result:
½/1 = 50%