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IM John L Watson

John L Watson
Full name
John Watson
Born
1951 (age 74)‎
Place of birth
Federation
United States
Retired
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Most Played Openings

White Pieces
King's Indian Defense: Normal Variation (11 games)
English Opening: Fianchetto, Ultra-Symmetrical Line (6 games)
English Opening: Mikėnas-Carls, Flohr Variation (5 games)
Trompowsky Attack (5 games)
English Opening: Anglo-Indian, Queen's Knight Variation (4 games)
Black Pieces
French Defense: Tarrasch, Closed (10 games)
French Defense: Winawer, Positional Variation (7 games)
King's Indian Defense: Orthodox, Positional Defense (7 games)
French Defense: King's Indian Attack (6 games)
French Defense: Exchange Variation (5 games)

Games

Players Result Moves Year
John L Watson (2203)
Mike Arne (2124)
1-0 37 2019
John L Watson (2208)
Brian Rountree
1-0 46 2019
John L Watson (2203)
Aaron Grabinsky (2350)
0-1 40 2019
John L Watson (2203)
Alexander R Katz (2433)
0-1 49 2019
John L Watson (2208)
Andrew Tang (2501)
0-1 34 2019
John L Watson (2210)
Brian Sebasti Escalante Ramirez (2423)
0-1 38 2019
John L Watson (2210)
Arthur Guo (2265)
0-1 44 2019
John L Watson (2203)
Joshua Colas (2309)
½-½ 48 2019
John L Watson (2199)
Ioan-Cristian Chirila (2561)
½-½ 42 2019
John L Watson (2210)
George Kvakovszky (2025)
½-½ 14 2019
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