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GM Nigel R Davies

Nigel R Davies
Full name
Nigel R Davies
Born
Jul 31, 1960 (age 65)‎
Place of birth
Southport, England
Federation
England
Profiles
#
World Ranking
2276
Classical
2390
Rapid

Bio

Most Played Openings

White Pieces
Sicilian Defense (28 games)
King's Indian Attack: Yugoslav Variation (24 games)
English Opening: Caro-Kann Defensive System (23 games)
English Opening: King's English Variation (22 games)
Catalan Opening: Closed (13 games)
Black Pieces
Modern Defense: Standard Line (50 games)
Modern Defense with 1.e4 (25 games)
Queen's Pawn Opening: English Rat Defense (19 games)
Ruy López Opening: Morphy Defense, Modern Steinitz Defense (16 games)
Modern Defense: Averbakh, Kotov Variation (15 games)

Games

Players Result Moves Year
Nigel R Davies (2290)
Gabriel Sherwood (1946)
1-0 22 2026
Nigel R Davies (2290)
Yiwen Ding (1940)
1-0 50 2026
Nigel R Davies (2290)
Jaroslav Smid (1918)
1-0 35 2026
Nigel R Davies (2290)
Fahim Nasiri (2019)
½-½ 44 2026
Nigel R Davies (2290)
Peter Horvath (2342)
½-½ 24 2026
Nurlykhan Kudaibergen (2188)
Nigel R Davies (2290)
1-0 30 2026
Louis Cheng
Nigel R Davies (2290)
1-0 28 2026
Phil Cook (2046)
Nigel R Davies (2290)
0-1 44 2026
Olga Sagalchik (2084)
Nigel R Davies (2290)
0-1 46 2026
Paul Ross (2162)
Nigel R Davies (2290)
½-½ 37 2026
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