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IM Richard A Bates

Richard A Bates
Full name
Richard A Bates
Born
1979 (age 47)‎
Place of birth
Federation
England
Profiles
#1987
World Ranking
2283
Classical
2374
Rapid
2268
Blitz

Rating

Bio

Most Played Openings

White Pieces
Catalan Opening: Closed (21 games)
Queen's Gambit Declined: Catalan Opening (18 games)
Queen's Pawn Opening: Horwitz Defense (17 games)
King's Indian Defense: Normal, Fianchetto, Karlsbad, Panno Variation (17 games)
Catalan Opening: Open Defense, Classical Line (14 games)
Black Pieces
Sicilian Defense: Open, Najdorf, English Attack (27 games)
King's Indian Defense: Orthodox, Glek Defense (21 games)
Alapin Sicilian Defense (19 games)
King's Indian Defense: Normal Variation (18 games)
English Opening: Great Snake Variation (14 games)

Games

Players Result Moves Year
Richard A Bates (2390)
Zain Amir (1832)
1-0 34 2026
Richard A Bates (2390)
Theo Khoury (2189)
1-0 36 2026
Richard A Bates (2293)
James P Jackson (2365)
0-1 40 2026
Richard A Bates (2285)
Alan B Merry (2404)
0-1 42 2026
Richard A Bates (2297)
David Zakarian (2300)
½-½ 41 2026
Richard A Bates (2390)
Jaden Jermy (2015)
½-½ 42 2026
Thomas E Rendle (2369)
Richard A Bates (2297)
1-0 23 2026
Ulysse Bottazzi (2392)
Richard A Bates (2293)
1-0 51 2026
Yichen Han (2375)
Richard A Bates (2390)
1-0 23 2026
Nigel Birtwistle (2051)
Richard A Bates (2390)
0-1 51 2026
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