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Dane Mattson

Dane Mattson
Full name
Dane Mattson
Born
1987 (age 39)‎
Place of birth
Federation
United States
Profiles
#
World Ranking
1961
Classical
1929
Blitz

Bio

NM Dane Mattson is the curator of the Chess.com Daily Puzzle.

Most Played Openings

White Pieces
English Opening: Reversed Sicilian, Taimanov, Botvinnik Variation (2 games)
English Opening: MikÄ—nas-Carls, Flohr Variation (1 games)
English Opening: Symmetrical Variation (1 games)
Catalan Opening: Closed (1 games)
English Opening: Agincourt Defense (1 games)
Black Pieces
French Defense: Classical, Steinitz, Boleslavsky Variation (1 games)
Dutch Defense: Classical Variation (1 games)
French Defense: Tarrasch, Modern System (1 games)
Queen's Gambit Accepted: Central Variation, Modern Defense (1 games)
Dutch Defense: Fianchetto, Classical Variation (1 games)

Games

Players Result Moves Year
Dane Mattson (1938)
Ron Burnett
0-1 37 2024
Dane Mattson (1938)
Matthew Puckett
0-1 35 2024
Dane Mattson (2066)
Jeffery Xiong (2667)
0-1 37 2017
Dane Mattson (2066)
Christopher Toolin (2209)
0-1 30 2017
Dane Mattson (2052)
Fernando Oscar Larrua Gonzalez (2367)
0-1 23 2017
Dane Mattson (2052)
Damir Studen (2212)
½-½ 21 2017
Ruifeng Li (2564)
Dane Mattson (2066)
1-0 61 2017
Conrad Holt (2567)
Dane Mattson (2066)
1-0 30 2017
Padhya Saumil (2219)
Dane Mattson (2052)
1-0 24 2017
Dane Mattson (2040)
Alexandre Kretchetov (2246)
1-0 27 2016
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