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FM Colm Daly

Full name

Colm Daly

Born

Jan 1, 1967 (age 56)‎

Place of birth

Federation

Ireland

Rating

Bio

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

King's Indian Defense: Orthodox, Aronin-Taimanov Defense (12 games)

English Opening: Agincourt Defense (9 games)

English Opening: Fianchetto, Ultra-Symmetrical Line (8 games)

English Opening: Four Knights, Flexible Line (8 games)

English Opening: Anglo-Dutch Defense (7 games)

Black Pieces

Alapin Sicilian Defense (12 games)

French Defense: Classical, Steinitz, Boleslavsky Variation (11 games)

Sicilian Defense: Taimanov Variation (11 games)

English Opening: Great Snake Variation (8 games)

King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto, Yugoslav, Kaválek-Bronstein, Larsen Defense (8 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Colm Daly (2238) Aleksander Alienkin (2382)	1-0	37	2020
Colm Daly (2238) Peter Carroll (2087)	1-0	33	2020
Colm Daly (2238) Muhtarim-Ul Haque (2045)	1-0	50	2020
Colm Daly Leon Putar	1-0	32	2020
Colm Daly (2238) Trisha Kanyamarala (2195)	0-1	42	2020
Colm Daly Alexander Baburin	½-½	8	2020
Colm Daly Bogdan Lalic	½-½	20	2020
Colm Daly (2238) Alexander Baburin (2419)	½-½	7	2020
Colm Daly (2282) Conor O'Donnell (2358)	1-0	66	2019
Colm Daly (2282) G Freeman (2121)	1-0	46	2019

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