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IM Timothy Taylor

Timothy Taylor
Full name
Timothy Taylor
Born
Feb 9, 1953 (age 73)‎
Place of birth
Federation
United States
Profiles
#
World Ranking
2140
Classical

Bio

Most Played Openings

White Pieces
Bird's Opening (15 games)
Bird's Opening: Dutch Variation (13 games)
King's Indian Defense: Four Pawns Attack (8 games)
Grünfeld Defense: Schlechter, Makogonov Variation (8 games)
French Defense: Exchange, Monte Carlo Variation (7 games)
Black Pieces
Nimzowitsch Defense Declined: Williams Variation (11 games)
Ruy López Opening: Morphy Defense, Modern Steinitz Defense (10 games)
Sicilian Defense: Open, Accelerated Dragon, Maróczy Bind Formation (8 games)
Italian Game: Two Knights, Modern Bishop's Opening (6 games)
Catalan Opening: Closed (5 games)

Games

Players Result Moves Year
Timothy Taylor (2147)
Maxim Dlugy (2514)
1-0 36 2025
Timothy Taylor (2147)
Alexander Goldin (2541)
0-1 47 2025
Timothy Taylor (2147)
Vladimir Akopian (2586)
0-1 42 2025
Timothy Taylor (2147)
Joel Benjamin (2473)
0-1 54 2025
Timothy Taylor (2147)
Alexander Fishbein (2368)
½-½ 70 2025
Alexander Shabalov (2478)
Timothy Taylor (2147)
1-0 28 2025
Igor Novikov (2485)
Timothy Taylor (2147)
1-0 40 2025
Larry Christiansen (2571)
Timothy Taylor (2147)
½-½ 39 2025
Gregory Kaidanov (2505)
Timothy Taylor (2147)
½-½ 53 2025
Timothy Taylor (2144)
Fernando Silva (2272)
1-0 30 2024
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