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John L Hughes

Full name

John L Hughes

Born

1/1/1996 (age 28)‎

Place of birth

Federation

Ireland

Rating

Bio

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

Alapin Sicilian Defense (4 games)

Scotch Game: Classical, Intermezzo Variation (2 games)

Sicilian Defense (2 games)

Giuoco Piano Game: Main Line, Giuoco Pianissimo Variation (2 games)

Scotch Game: Malaniuk Variation (1 games)

Black Pieces

Tarrasch Defense: Two Knights, Rubinstein, Prague, Carlsbad, Advance Variation (3 games)

Sicilian Defense: Kan, Knight Variation (2 games)

Tarrasch Defense: Two Knights, Rubinstein, Prague, Réti Variation (2 games)

Queen's Gambit Declined: Pseudo-Tarrasch Defense (2 games)

Sicilian Defense: Kan, Maróczy Bind Formation (1 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
John L Hughes (2180) Liam Putnam (2348)	0-1	44	2023
John L Hughes (2253) Alexander Lomakin (2281)	½-½	36	2022
John L Hughes (2253) Davis Zong (2164)	1-0	33	2022
John L Hughes (2253) Zachary Tanenbaum (2188)	0-1	46	2022
John L Hughes (2253) Aakaash Meduri (2020)	0-1	28	2022
John L Hughes (2184) Marc Narciso i Dublan (2532)	0-1	46	2015
John L Hughes (2184) Daniel Alsina Leal (2531)	0-1	31	2015
John L Hughes (2214) Manuel Leon Hoyos (2525)	0-1	48	2014
John L Hughes (2220) Siddharth Banik (2036)	½-½	40	2014
John L Hughes (2200) Alexander Shabalov (2501)	½-½	24	2014

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