IM Richard A Bates

Full name

Richard A Bates

Born

1979 (age 47)‎

Place of birth

Federation

England

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