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Player:
(Eg:
Carlsen,Magnus
)
Sinclair, Ian
FIDE
:
FIDE Card
Years
:
1970-1978
Number of games
:
140
Number of wins
:
57
Number of draws
:
43
Number of losses
:
40
White score
:
37½/66 (56.82% - Average Elo: 2311.67)
Black score
:
41/74 (55.41% - Average Elo: 2326.79)
Rating progression
Games
White wins
White draws
White losses
Black wins
Black draws
Black losses
Top wins
Sinclair, Ian (2295) - Agudelo, Antonio (2305), WchT U26 01 fin-A, Mexico City (A36) - 1978
Sinclair, Ian - Sunye Neto, Jaime (2265), WchT Students 21st Group3, Caracas (E61) - 1976
Sinclair, Ian (2295) - Anguiano, Rolando (2260), WchT U26 01 prel-1, Mexico City (E60) - 1978
Lozano, Tomas R (2230) - Sinclair, Ian, WchT Students 22nd final B, Mexico City (A07) - 1977
Ocampo Vargas, Raul (2230) - Sinclair, Ian (2295), WchT U26 01 fin-A, Mexico City (B12) - 1978
Fjeldsted, Andres - Sinclair, Ian, WchT Students 19th Group2, Graz (B49) - 1972
Sinclair, Ian - ? (62)
McKay, Roderick M (½/3)
Giulian, Philip Maurice (1½/2)
Mikhalchishin, Adrian (½/2)
Agudelo, Antonio (1/1)
Anguiano, Rolando (1/1)
Biriescu, Ioan (0/1)
Blair, David (1/1)
Bonner, Gerald (1/1)
Bray, David (1/1)
Brunings Jie, Carlos (1/1)
Camaton Borbor, Carlos (0/1)
Camps, Ronald D (1/1)
Clarke, Peter Hugh (1/1)
Cox, David (½/1)
De Jonghe, Bruno (1/1)
Fabbri, Mario (½/1)
Falk, Lars (0/1)
Findlay, David John (½/1)
Galligan, Sean (1/1)
Gibellato, Francesco (1/1)
Halldorsson, Bragi (1/1)
Haskins, Marcos (1/1)
Hindle, Owen M (0/1)
Horner, Jeff (0/1)
Huss, Andreas (0/1)
Johansen, Darryl Keith (0/1)
Kernan, Bernard (½/1)
Kilgour, David A (0/1)
Knight, Timothy R (1/1)
Knochel, Torben (0/1)
Knox, Victor W (0/1)
Kuroda, Takayuki (1/1)
Lauri, Joseph (1/1)
MacPhail, John (0/1)
Mestel, A Jonathan (0/1)
Meulders, Richard (1/1)
Morrison, Graham (½/1)
Mubarak, Wadha (1/1)
Nunn, John DM (0/1)
Nurmi, Peter (½/1)
O'Donohoe, F (½/1)
O'Kelly, Rory (1/1)
Osborne, David C (1/1)
Perkins, Alan H (½/1)
Perry, Edward AG (1/1)
Pliester, Leon (1/1)
Pritchard, David Brine (1/1)
Ree, Hans (0/1)
Speelman, Jonathan S (1/1)
Stean, Michael F (½/1)
Stewart, Kenneth WC (½/1)
Strand, Oyvin (1/1)
Sunye Neto, Jaime (1/1)
Taulbut, Shaun M (0/1)
Upton, Timothy J (½/1)
Uylings, Peter (1/1)
Vaganian, Rafael A (0/1)
Van der Vliet, Fredrik (½/1)
Verduga Zavala, Denis (½/1)
Wittmann, Walter (½/1)
Young, Norman (1/1)
Zapata, Alonso (0/1)
? - Sinclair, Ian (70)
Bonner, Gerald (½/2)
Eley, Brian Ratcliffe (1/2)
Holloway, Nigel John (1/2)
Ornstein, Axel (0/2)
Aitken, James Macrae (1/1)
Angantysson, Haukur (0/1)
Blondet, Luis (1/1)
Byrne, Patrick L (1/1)
Campos, Alberto Guillermo (1/1)
Davie, Alexander Munroe (1/1)
De Fotis, Gregory (0/1)
De Jonghe, Bruno (½/1)
Devenney, Ray (1/1)
Dick, JW (½/1)
Doucet, Christian (1/1)
Ebalard, Marc (½/1)
Estevez Morales, Guillermo (1/1)
Fernandez Gonzalez, Juan Carlos (½/1)
Filguth, Rubens Alberto (0/1)
Fjeldsted, Andres (1/1)
Fridjonsson, Julius (½/1)
Garcia, Luis E (0/1)
Gavrilakis, Nikolaos (½/1)
Gordon, NA (1/1)
Gudmundsson, Kristjan (1/1)
Hanau, Jean (0/1)
Haygarth, Michael J (½/1)
Henao, Raul Fernando (½/1)
Henley, Ron W (0/1)
Hulak, Krunoslav (0/1)
James, David J (0/1)
Kaminker, Harry (1/1)
Kernan, Bernard (½/1)
Kwan, Ka Kin (1/1)
Lauri, Joseph (1/1)
Lee, Peter J (½/1)
Levy, David Neil Lawrence (½/1)
Lozano, Tomas R (1/1)
Ludgate, Alan Templeton (1/1)
Mabbs, David J (½/1)
Marrero Martin, Miguel (½/1)
Matos, Jesus (½/1)
Molina, Roberto A (1/1)
Mundell, Peter (1/1)
Noone, Joseph (1/1)
Nurmi, Peter (½/1)
Ocampo Vargas, Raul (1/1)
O'Kelly, Rory (0/1)
Parr, Frank (0/1)
Pascual, Edmund (0/1)
Penrose, Jonathan (½/1)
Quigley, Colm (1/1)
Radashkovich, Itchak (½/1)
Santos, Luis M (½/1)
Saverymuttu, Seth (½/1)
Stewart, Kenneth WC (½/1)
Sunye Neto, Jaime (0/1)
Swanson, Stephen (1/1)
Thomas, Ronald (½/1)
Torres, Luis J (½/1)
Upton, Timothy J (1/1)
Vadasz, Laszlo (0/1)
Varley, Peter (1/1)
Vilela de Acuna, Jose Luis (0/1)
Vokoun, Jan (0/1)
Williams, Arthur Howard (½/1)
Wockenfuss, Klaus (0/1)
Wong, Sheldon MA (1/1)
Young, NJ (1/1)
Yu Hun, Hi (1/1)
Openings played as White (40)
Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo:
2248.33
Result:
2½/5 = 50%
E61 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2265
Result:
3½/4 = 87.5%
A25 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
2/4 = 50%
A36 English (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3)
Average Elo:
2305
Result:
1½/3 = 50%
A30 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
2/3 = 66.67%
A00 Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo:
2240
Result:
2/3 = 66.67%
C00 French Defense (1.e4 e6)
Average Elo:
2360
Result:
1/3 = 33.33%
B01 Scandinavian (1.e4 d5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
A10 English (1.c4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
2/2 = 100%
A21 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/2 = 25%
B25 Sicilian, Closed (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/2 = 0%
A22 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/2 = 25%
A48 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6)
Average Elo:
2405
Result:
½/2 = 25%
B53 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4)
Average Elo:
2240
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
C80 Ruy Lopez, Open (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
E60 King's Indian Defense (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6)
Average Elo:
2260
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A24 English, Bremen System with ...g6 (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 g6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B33 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A03 Bird's Opening (1.f4 d5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D71 Neo-Grunfeld (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 d5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
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:
½/1 = 50%
C42 Petrov Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D04 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
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:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A07 King's Indian Attack (1.Nf3 d5 2.g3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B22 Sicilian, Alapin (1.e4 c5 2.c3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C68 Ruy Lopez, Exchange (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6)
Average Elo:
2460
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C45 Scotch Game (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4)
Average Elo:
2460
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E01 Catalan, Closed (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C85 Ruy Lopez, Exchange Variation Doubly Deferred (DERLD) (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Bxc6 dxc6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D48 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, Meran (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 a6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B24 Sicilian, Closed (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A84 Dutch (1.d4 f5 2.c4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D72 Neo-Grunfeld, 5.cd, Main line (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nb6 7.Ne2)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C86 Ruy Lopez, Worrall Attack (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Qe2)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D02 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B29 Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
Openings played as Black (42)
A04 Reti Opening (1.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2425
Result:
3/6 = 50%
D42 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 7.Bd3 (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e3 Nc6 7.Bd3)
Average Elo:
2335
Result:
1½/5 = 30%
B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
2½/4 = 62.5%
B47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7)
Average Elo:
2295
Result:
3/4 = 75%
B44 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
3½/4 = 87.5%
B22 Sicilian, Alapin (1.e4 c5 2.c3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/3 = 33.33%
B01 Scandinavian (1.e4 d5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
2½/3 = 83.33%
A25 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6)
Average Elo:
2295
Result:
2½/3 = 83.33%
D35 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
2/3 = 66.67%
B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5)
Average Elo:
2335
Result:
1½/3 = 50%
B48 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/2 = 25%
E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Nf3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/2 = 50%
D91 Grunfeld, 5.Bg5 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bg5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/2 = 50%
B23 Sicilian, Closed (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/2 = 50%
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:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B50 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6)
Average Elo:
0
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:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D12 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A05 Reti Opening (1.Nf3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B41 Sicilian, Kan (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6)
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%
E01 Catalan, Closed (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B80 Sicilian, Scheveningen (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D80 Grunfeld (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D01 Richter-Veresov Attack (1.d4 d5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bg5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D90 Grunfeld (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A26 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
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%
D40 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A03 Bird's Opening (1.f4 d5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B18 Caro-Kann, Classical (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A08 King's Indian Attack (1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c5 3.Bg2)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4)
Average Elo:
2370
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A13 English (1.c4 e6)
Average Elo:
2265
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E17 Queen's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7)
Average Elo:
2350
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A07 King's Indian Attack (1.Nf3 d5 2.g3)
Average Elo:
2230
Result:
1/1 = 100%
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%
D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c6 5.e3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B12 Caro-Kann Defense (1.e4 c6 2.d4)
Average Elo:
2230
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A30 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5)
Average Elo:
2435
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B26 Sicilian, Closed, 6.Be3 (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6 6.Be3)
Average Elo:
2340
Result:
0/1 = 0%