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GM Jon S Speelman

Jon S Speelman
Full name
Jon S Speelman
Born
Oct 2, 1956 (age 69)‎
Place of birth
London, UK
Federation
England
Profiles
#318
World Ranking
2495
Classical
2540
Rapid
2449
Blitz

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Most Played Openings

White Pieces
Indian Game: Knights Variation (51 games)
King's Indian Defense: Normal Variation (33 games)
Torre Attack: Fianchetto Defense (25 games)
King's Indian Attack: Yugoslav Variation (24 games)
English Opening: Nimzo-English Opening (24 games)
Black Pieces
Queen's Pawn Opening: English Defense (57 games)
Caro-Kann Defense: Karpov Variation (30 games)
Caro-Kann Defense: Karpov, Smyslov Variation (26 games)
French Defense: Classical, Burn Variation (24 games)
Queen's Pawn Opening: English Rat Defense (22 games)

Games

Players Result Moves Year
Jon S Speelman (2487)
Jude Shearsby (2310)
1-0 65 2026
Jon S Speelman (2483)
Jan Murawski (2125)
1-0 36 2026
Jon S Speelman (2489)
Thomas Carroll (2190)
1-0 41 2026
Jon S Speelman (2487)
Luisa Bashylina (2139)
½-½ 28 2026
Jon S Speelman (2486)
Chopra Manmay (2160)
½-½ 19 2026
Viktor Erdos (2549)
Jon S Speelman (2483)
1-0 42 2026
Gaston Franco (2109)
Jon S Speelman (2486)
0-1 37 2026
Peter J Sowray (2137)
Jon S Speelman (2489)
0-1 58 2026
Tom O'Gorman (2388)
Jon S Speelman (2489)
0-1 56 2026
Jon S Speelman (2497)
Hamish Olson (2359)
1-0 56 2025
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