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Nigel Birtwistle

Nigel Birtwistle
Full name
Nigel Birtwistle
Born
1968 (age 58)‎
Place of birth
Federation
England
Profiles
#8336
World Ranking
2056
Classical
2028
Rapid

Rating

Bio

Most Played Openings

White Pieces
King's Indian Defense: Kramer Variation (5 games)
Alapin Sicilian Defense (2 games)
Grünfeld Defense: Hungarian Attack (2 games)
Vienna Game: Falkbeer Variation (1 games)
Caro-Kann Defense: Two Knights, Mindeno, Exchange Line (1 games)
Black Pieces
Sicilian Defense: Hyperaccelerated Dragon Variation (5 games)
Benko Gambit Fully-Accepted (2 games)
Sicilian Defense: Open, Accelerated Dragon, Modern Variation (2 games)
Indian Game: Spielmann-Indian Variation (2 games)
King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto, Debrecen, Classical Main Line (1 games)

Games

Players Result Moves Year
Nigel Birtwistle (2051)
Richard A Bates (2390)
0-1 51 2026
Peter K Wells (2426)
Nigel Birtwistle (2051)
1-0 23 2026
Nigel Birtwistle (2049)
Tarun Kanyamarala (2272)
½-½ 74 2025
Nigel Birtwistle (2029)
Andrew J Ledger (2333)
0-1 44 2025
Nigel Birtwistle (2031)
Neil Berry (2261)
0-1 32 2025
Nigel Birtwistle (2031)
Roland Bezuidenhout (2295)
1-0 46 2025
Borna Derakhshani (2357)
Nigel Birtwistle (2031)
½-½ 44 2025
Harry Li (2202)
Nigel Birtwistle (2029)
½-½ 23 2025
Alan B Merry (2403)
Nigel Birtwistle (2068)
1-0 35 2025
Viktor Erdos (2536)
Nigel Birtwistle (2031)
1-0 31 2025
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