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IM Timothy Taylor

Full name

Timothy Taylor

Born

1/1/1953 (age 71)‎

Place of birth

Federation

United States

Rating

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 (2144) Fernando Silva (2272)	1-0	30	2024
Timothy Taylor (2144) Terry P D Chapman (2273)	0-1	28	2024
Timothy Taylor (2112) Alexander Reprintsev (2227)	0-1	57	2023
Timothy Taylor (2103) Mark Ginsburg (2291)	½-½	36	2023
Timothy Taylor (2112) Vlastimil Jansa (2358)	½-½	63	2023
Timothy Taylor Aram Hakobyan	0-1	35	2021
Timothy Taylor (2220) Aram Hakobyan (2598)	0-1	48	2021
Timothy Taylor (2213) Michael A Mulyar (2381)	½-½	26	2019
Timothy Taylor (2261) Eugene Yanayt (2228)	0-1	51	2015
Timothy Taylor (2261) Carlos Matamoros Franco (2539)	½-½	22	2015

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