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FM Peter Varley

Peter Varley
Full name
Peter Varley
Born
1957 (age 69)‎
Place of birth
Federation
Wales
Profiles
#4462
World Ranking
2159
Classical

Rating

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Most Played Openings

White Pieces
Alapin Sicilian Defense (4 games)
French Defense: Classical, Steinitz, Boleslavsky Variation (3 games)
Dutch Defense (3 games)
Slav Defense (3 games)
Benko Gambit Fully-Accepted (2 games)
Black Pieces
Ruy López Opening: Old Steinitz Defense (4 games)
Four Knights Game: Scotch Variation Accepted (2 games)
Sicilian Defense: Open, Classical Variation (2 games)
Sicilian Defense: Open, Classical, Richter-Rauzer, Ivanov Variation (2 games)
Queen's Pawn Opening: English Rat Defense (2 games)

Games

Players Result Moves Year
Peter Varley (2117)
Nigel E Povah (2206)
0-1 48 2025
Daniel Roos (2311)
Peter Varley (2140)
1-0 52 2024
Nikolay A Legky (2357)
Peter Varley (2174)
½-½ 43 2023
Jose Luis Fernandez Garcia (2379)
Peter Varley (2177)
1-0 52 2023
Carlos Garcia Palermo (2410)
Peter Varley (2174)
1-0 33 2023
Peter Varley (2171)
Jonah B Willow (2326)
0-1 40 2019
Peter Varley (2171)
Adam C Taylor (2402)
0-1 31 2019
Peter Varley (2171)
Matthew J Turner (2519)
0-1 27 2019
Peter Varley (2171)
Keith C Arkell (2445)
0-1 25 2019
Tim Kett (2245)
Peter Varley (2171)
0-1 35 2019
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