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IM Nigel E Povah

Nigel E Povah
Full name
Nigel E Povah
Born
1952 (age 74)‎
Place of birth
Federation
England
Profiles
#
World Ranking
2245
Classical

Bio

Most Played Openings

White Pieces
Trompowsky Attack (30 games)
Queen's Pawn Opening: Levitsky Attack (22 games)
Trompowsky Attack: Classical, Big Center Variation (17 games)
Queen's Pawn Opening: Horwitz Defense (11 games)
Indian Game (9 games)
Black Pieces
English Opening: King's English Variation (11 games)
Sicilian Defense: Open, Pelikán and Sveshnikov Variations (11 games)
Sicilian Defense: Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack (10 games)
Scandinavian Defense: Modern, Portuguese Variation (9 games)
Scandinavian Defense: Modern Variation (9 games)

Games

Players Result Moves Year
Nigel E Povah (2206)
Henk Brongers (2022)
1-0 59 2025
Nigel E Povah (2206)
Alain Fayard (2117)
1-0 23 2025
Nigel E Povah (2206)
Leon Lederman (2198)
1-0 35 2025
Nigel E Povah (2223)
Sanjesh Ananda
1-0 40 2025
Nigel E Povah (2223)
Timothy Foster (1954)
1-0 64 2025
Nigel E Povah (2206)
John Fletcher (1981)
1-0 35 2025
Nigel E Povah (2206)
David Bray (1950)
1-0 38 2025
Nigel E Povah (2230)
Ionut Buzbuchi (2033)
1-0 51 2025
Nigel E Povah (2230)
Alexander Mikhalevski (2411)
0-1 39 2025
Nigel E Povah (2230)
Alexander Reprintsev (2256)
0-1 25 2025
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