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Player:
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Thiruchelvam, Murugan
FIDE
:
FIDE Card
Years
:
1998-2003
Number of games
:
165
Number of wins
:
48
Number of draws
:
56
Number of losses
:
61
White score
:
39/80 (48.75% - Average Elo: 2272.73)
Black score
:
37/85 (43.53% - Average Elo: 2246.73)
Rating progression
Games
White wins
White draws
White losses
Black wins
Black draws
Black losses
Top wins
Thiruchelvam, Murugan (2249) - Bykhovsky, Anatoly (2306), Wch U14, Heraklion (B31) - 2002
Thiruchelvam, Murugan (2235) - Kaposztas, Miklos (2302), Budapest FS03 IM-B, Budapest (B27) - 2000
Thiruchelvam, Murugan (2020) - Harari, Zaki (2246), London MSO Masters, London (C50) - 1999
Levitt, Jonathan (2310) - Thiruchelvam, Murugan (2020), London m, London (D35) - 1999
Houska, Miroslav (2280) - Thiruchelvam, Murugan (1656), Reading op 2nd, Reading (D36) - 1999
Broomfield, Matthew (2271) - Thiruchelvam, Murugan (2240), Smith & Williamson YM-A 11th, Witley (A14) - 2001
Thiruchelvam, Murugan - ? (75)
Levitt, Jonathan (1/3)
Collinson, Adam (½/2)
Lalic, Bogdan (1/2)
Shirov, Alexei (½/2)
Aikhoje, Odion (½/1)
Balogh, Csaba (0/1)
Bisby, Daniel L (½/1)
Broomfield, Matthew (1/1)
BYE (1/1)
Bykhovsky, Anatoly (1/1)
Clarke, Thomas M (0/1)
Collins, Sam E (½/1)
Conlon, Joseph P (½/1)
Cork, David J (1/1)
D'Costa, Lorin AR (½/1)
Ellison, Derek George (1/1)
Emms, John M (0/1)
Froehlich, Peter (0/1)
Goris, Ton (½/1)
Gormally, Daniel (0/1)
Hansen, Victor (1/1)
Harari, Zaki (1/1)
Haslinger, Stewart (0/1)
Hersvik, Daniel (½/1)
Hill, David F (½/1)
Hinks Edwards, Thomas RJ (½/1)
Iotov, Valentin Dimitrov (0/1)
Jackson, Sheila (0/1)
James, Angus S (1/1)
James, Russell A (1/1)
Jansa, Vlastimil (0/1)
Jones, Gawain C B (0/1)
Kahn, Evarth (½/1)
Kaposztas, Miklos (1/1)
Kasutins, A (1/1)
Kitchlew, Andrew (½/1)
Lamb, Harry M (1/1)
Larsen, Gerald (½/1)
Lewis, Andrew P (1/1)
Longson, Alexander (½/1)
Martin, Andrew D (0/1)
Martinez Perez, Jorge (1/1)
Matros, Alexander (0/1)
McDonald, Neil R (½/1)
Mezhlumyan, Vahram (1/1)
Mihailovs, Jurijs (1/1)
Moskovic, David M (0/1)
Naylor, John (½/1)
Nemet, Vidor (0/1)
Nguyen Truong, S (0/1)
O'Donovan, Richard (1/1)
Ormsby, Alan (½/1)
Pert, Richard G (½/1)
Player, Edmund C (1/1)
Radjabov, Teimour (0/1)
Ragger, Markus (1/1)
Rahman, Md Taibur (½/1)
Roussel Roozmon, Thomas (½/1)
Ryan, Joseph (½/1)
Safarli, Aykhan (1/1)
Schargorodskij, Maxim (0/1)
Shiomi, Ryo (1/1)
Sinkevich, Petr (0/1)
Storey, Charles (0/1)
Sugden, John N (½/1)
Trent, Lawrence (½/1)
Tukhaev, Adam (0/1)
Warman, Simon M (1/1)
Weber, Joseph V (0/1)
White, Ian Graham (1/1)
Williams, Simon Kim (0/1)
Willim, Michael (½/1)
Yeo, Michael J (0/1)
Zhigalko, Sergei (½/1)
Zorko, Jure (1/1)
? - Thiruchelvam, Murugan (80)
Levitt, Jonathan (1½/3)
Broomfield, Matthew (1½/2)
Jackson, Adrian (½/2)
Naes, Flovin Tor (0/2)
Ackermann, Hans Werner (0/1)
Addison, Bret (1/1)
Appleberry, Martin (½/1)
Barrett, Stephen J (1/1)
Bass, John (1/1)
Bick, John D (0/1)
Buckley, Simon T (0/1)
Cafolla, Peter (½/1)
Cast, Abigail (1/1)
Clarke, Thomas M (1/1)
Cobb, Charles (0/1)
Collins, Sam E (½/1)
D'Costa, Lorin AR (1/1)
Dinckel, Joerg (½/1)
Erwich, Marc (½/1)
Frost, Nicholas (0/1)
Goodger, Martyn (1/1)
Greet, Andrew (0/1)
Hansen, Torbjorn Ringdal (½/1)
Hassabis, Demis (1/1)
Hodgson, Julian M (0/1)
Houska, Miroslav (1/1)
Hunt, Harriet (0/1)
Jackson, Oliver (½/1)
Kasparov, Garry (0/1)
Keeling, Geoff (0/1)
Kelly, Brian (0/1)
Kemp, Peter (1/1)
Koneru, Humpy (½/1)
Kragelj, Igor (½/1)
Krnan, Tomas (½/1)
Lappage, Jonathan (1/1)
Ledger, Andrew (0/1)
Llorente Zaro, Alfonso (½/1)
Lutz, Dieter (1/1)
MacDonald, Christopher (0/1)
Maduekwe, Chiedu U (0/1)
Mamedov, Rauf (½/1)
Marinangeli, Martin (0/1)
Martins, Hugo Fidalgo (1/1)
McNab, Colin Anderson (0/1)
McShane, Luke J (0/1)
Melkumyan, Hrant (0/1)
Metzger, Michael Andreas (0/1)
Mossekel, Manfred (1/1)
Moynihan, Kieran (0/1)
Mueller, Winus (½/1)
Mutton, Jonathan B (0/1)
Nakhapetiane, Pogos (1/1)
Pancevski, Filip (½/1)
Panchanathan, Magesh Chandran (0/1)
Papin, Vasily (1/1)
Patience, Paul J (½/1)
Peters, Stephen G (½/1)
Pye, David E (0/1)
Radjabov, Teimour (½/1)
Rakitskij, Dmitrij (1/1)
Ramirez Alvarez, Alejandro (0/1)
Ravi, Lanka (0/1)
Rendle, Thomas (1/1)
Roettgen, Juergen (½/1)
Romanov, Evgeny (0/1)
Russ, Colin (0/1)
Shchukin, Sergey A (0/1)
Sinkovics, Peter (½/1)
Stolerman, Jack (½/1)
Summerscale, Aaron (0/1)
Tazbir, Marcin (½/1)
Thorfinnsson, Bjorn (0/1)
Tweg, S (1/1)
Watton, Matti D (1/1)
Webb, Laurence (½/1)
Webb, Richard M (0/1)
Westra, Roelof D (1/1)
Wilson, Alexandra (1/1)
Zhigalko, Sergei (½/1)
Openings played as White (42)
B53 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4)
Average Elo:
2365.17
Result:
3½/13 = 26.92%
B40 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6)
Average Elo:
2309.5
Result:
2½/5 = 50%
B12 Caro-Kann Defense (1.e4 c6 2.d4)
Average Elo:
2059.5
Result:
2/4 = 50%
B41 Sicilian, Kan (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6)
Average Elo:
2384
Result:
2½/4 = 62.5%
B03 Alekhine's Defense (1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4)
Average Elo:
2341
Result:
2/3 = 66.67%
B54 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4)
Average Elo:
2126.33
Result:
2/3 = 66.67%
C19 French, Winawer, Advance (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7)
Average Elo:
2209.33
Result:
1½/3 = 50%
B30 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6)
Average Elo:
2276.67
Result:
1½/3 = 50%
C02 French, Advance (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5)
Average Elo:
2075
Result:
2½/3 = 83.33%
C50 Giuoco Piano (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5)
Average Elo:
2153.67
Result:
1½/3 = 50%
Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo:
2210
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
B52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7)
Average Elo:
2169
Result:
½/2 = 25%
B33 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4)
Average Elo:
2406
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
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:
2271.5
Result:
1/2 = 50%
B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+)
Average Elo:
2252
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6)
Average Elo:
2306
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B50 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6)
Average Elo:
2405
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B01 Scandinavian (1.e4 d5)
Average Elo:
2173
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B35 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Modern Variation with Bc4 (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4)
Average Elo:
2157
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C78 Ruy Lopez (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O)
Average Elo:
2515
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:
2267
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B74 Sicilian, Dragon, Classical (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.Be2 Nc6 8.O-O O-O 9.Nb3)
Average Elo:
2165
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A34 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B28 Sicilian, O'Kelly Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 a6)
Average Elo:
2030
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2209
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B27 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2302
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:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C42 Petrov Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2550
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C07 French, Tarrasch (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5)
Average Elo:
2310
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A43 Old Benoni (1.d4 c5)
Average Elo:
2445
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C63 Ruy Lopez, Schliemann Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5)
Average Elo:
2229
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C27 Vienna Game (1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bc4 Nxe4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C83 Ruy Lopez, Open (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening (1.e4)
Average Elo:
2346
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B08 Pirc, Classical (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2125
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A36 English (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3)
Average Elo:
2241
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C60 Ruy Lopez (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5)
Average Elo:
2249
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C28 Vienna Game (1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bc4 Nc6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C18 French, Winawer (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3)
Average Elo:
2353
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C16 French, Winawer (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5)
Average Elo:
2130
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C72 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.O-O)
Average Elo:
2217
Result:
0/1 = 0%
Openings played as Black (41)
A57 Benko Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5)
Average Elo:
2264.14
Result:
3/7 = 42.86%
B12 Caro-Kann Defense (1.e4 c6 2.d4)
Average Elo:
2243
Result:
2/7 = 28.57%
B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5)
Average Elo:
2222
Result:
2½/5 = 50%
B14 Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6)
Average Elo:
2264.67
Result:
3/5 = 60%
B15 Caro-Kann (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2356.5
Result:
2/5 = 40%
B18 Caro-Kann, Classical (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5)
Average Elo:
2103.67
Result:
3/5 = 60%
A45 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2302.75
Result:
1/4 = 25%
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:
2181.75
Result:
½/4 = 12.5%
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:
2363.75
Result:
1/4 = 25%
A27 English, Three Knights System (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2310
Result:
½/3 = 16.67%
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:
2205
Result:
2/3 = 66.67%
A25 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6)
Average Elo:
2237
Result:
2/2 = 100%
A26 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/2 = 0%
D00 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5)
Average Elo:
1933
Result:
1/2 = 50%
Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo:
2098
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A03 Bird's Opening (1.f4 d5)
Average Elo:
2185
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A07 King's Indian Attack (1.Nf3 d5 2.g3)
Average Elo:
2353
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A14 English (1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.O-O)
Average Elo:
2271
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A16 English (1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2262
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A31 English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation (1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4)
Average Elo:
2192
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A43 Old Benoni (1.d4 c5)
Average Elo:
2286
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A58 Benko Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6)
Average Elo:
2218
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B10 Caro-Kann (1.e4 c6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B11 Caro-Kann, Two Knights, 3...Bg4 (1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 Bg4)
Average Elo:
2200
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:
2366
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C13 French (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C50 Giuoco Piano (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5)
Average Elo:
2215
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D02 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2438
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D03 Torre Attack (Tartakower Variation) (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bg5)
Average Elo:
2121
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D05 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 e6)
Average Elo:
2037
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D35 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2310
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:
2503
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D51 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Nbd7)
Average Elo:
2005
Result:
0/1 = 0%
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:
0/1 = 0%
D61 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.Qc2)
Average Elo:
2212
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D63 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.Rc1)
Average Elo:
2310
Result:
½/1 = 50%
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:
2431
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E14 Queen's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.e3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 d6 5.g3)
Average Elo:
2145
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E66 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav Panno (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 d6 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 c5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5)
Average Elo:
2417
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E80 King's Indian, Samisch Variation (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3)
Average Elo:
2314
Result:
0/1 = 0%