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Alan Young

Alan Young
Full name
Alan Young
Born
1965 (age 61)‎
Place of birth
Federation
Wales
Profiles
#11501
World Ranking
2000
Classical
2074
Rapid

Rating

Bio

Most Played Openings

White Pieces
French Defense: Classical, MacCutcheon, Advance, Janowski Variation (2 games)
French Defense: Winawer, Advance, Poisoned Pawn Variation (1 games)
Pirc Defense (1 games)
French Defense: Advance, Wade Variation (1 games)
Caro-Kann Defense: Accelerated Panov, Modern Variation (1 games)
Black Pieces
Queen's Gambit Accepted: Central Variation, McDonnell Defense (1 games)
English Opening: King's English Variation (1 games)
English Opening: Agincourt Defense (1 games)
King's Indian Attack: French, Reversed Grünfeld Variation (1 games)
Queen's Pawn Opening: Accelerated London, Steinitz Countergambit (1 games)

Games

Players Result Moves Year
Alan Young (2012)
Jonathan L B Blackburn (2258)
0-1 41 2026
Danylo Shevchenko
Alan Young (2012)
½-½ 65 2026
Alan Young (1991)
Jonathan L B Blackburn (2205)
0-1 47 2025
Alexis M Harakis (2224)
Alan Young (1991)
1-0 41 2025
Alan Young (2019)
Eu Wen Aron Teh (2321)
0-1 36 2015
Tim Kett (2219)
Alan Young (2019)
0-1 33 2015
Keith C Arkell (2502)
Alan Young (2019)
½-½ 51 2015
Alan Young (2019)
David M Adams (2212)
1-0 28 2014
Alan Young (2043)
Peter Varley (2232)
0-1 54 2014
Alan Young (2029)
Bjorn Ahlander (2442)
1-0 44 2013
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