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FM Charles Riordan

Charles Riordan
Full name
Charles Riordan
Born
1979 (age 47)‎
Place of birth
Federation
United States
Retired
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Most Played Openings

White Pieces
Ruy López Opening: Morphy Defense, Modern Steinitz Defense (2 games)
Modern Defense with 1.d4 (2 games)
Slav Defense: Modern, Chameleon Variation (1 games)
Queen's Pawn Opening: Accelerated London System (1 games)
Slav Defense: Exchange Variation (1 games)
Black Pieces
Alapin Sicilian Defense (2 games)
Sicilian Defense: Delayed Alapin Variation (2 games)
French Defense: Classical, MacCutcheon, Advance, Lasker Variation (2 games)
King's Indian Defense: Normal Variation (2 games)
King's Indian Defense: Orthodox, Exchange Variation (2 games)

Games

Players Result Moves Year
Charles Riordan (2279)
Nicolas D Checa (2362)
0-1 83 2015
Michael Corallo (2264)
Charles Riordan (2279)
½-½ 33 2015
Charles Riordan (2339)
Benjamin J Katz (2141)
1-0 29 2013
Charles Riordan (2297)
Denis Shmeliov (2417)
0-1 59 2013
Jared Defibaugh (2235)
Charles Riordan (2297)
½-½ 49 2013
Charles Riordan (2339)
Pascal Charbonneau (2517)
½-½ 41 2012
Steven Zierk (2475)
Charles Riordan (2339)
1-0 35 2012
Kassa Korley (2280)
Charles Riordan (2339)
0-1 34 2012
Arslan Otchiyev (2373)
Charles Riordan (2339)
0-1 41 2012
Dmitry Schneider (2477)
Charles Riordan (2339)
½-½ 62 2012
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