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GM John Shaw

John Shaw
Full name
John Shaw
Born
1968 (age 58)‎
Place of birth
Federation
Scotland
Retired
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Most Played Openings

White Pieces
Alapin Sicilian Defense (38 games)
Closed Sicilian Defense: Fianchetto Variation (21 games)
Closed Sicilian Defense: Traditional Line (14 games)
Sicilian Defense: Canal Attack (12 games)
Alapin Sicilian Defense: Barmen Defense (12 games)
Black Pieces
Pirc Defense (31 games)
Philidor Defense: Hanham, Lion Variation (27 games)
Sicilian Defense: Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo, Fianchetto Variation (23 games)
Sicilian Defense: Open, Löwenthal, Kalashnikov Variation (19 games)
English Opening: King's English Variation (16 games)

Games

Players Result Moves Year
John Shaw (2439)
Gediminas Sarakauskas (2415)
1-0 18 2016
John Shaw (2439)
Nicholas W Ivell (2244)
1-0 36 2016
John Shaw (2454)
Yoboue Hermann Manan (2115)
1-0 43 2016
John Shaw (2454)
Alexander Ipatov (2652)
0-1 63 2016
John Shaw (2454)
John Paul Gomez (2492)
0-1 72 2016
John Shaw (2439)
Nicholas Pert (2569)
½-½ 77 2016
John Shaw (2439)
Peter K Wells (2442)
½-½ 55 2016
John Shaw (2454)
Evgeny Postny (2619)
½-½ 33 2016
John Shaw (2454)
Tomas Laurusas (2437)
½-½ 35 2016
Hikaru Nakamura (2789)
John Shaw (2454)
1-0 21 2016
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