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GM William N Watson

William N Watson
Full name
William N Watson
Born
1962 (age 64)‎
Place of birth
Federation
England
Profiles
#
World Ranking
2468
Classical
2492
Rapid
2421
Blitz

Bio

Most Played Openings

White Pieces
Vienna Game: Falkbeer, Mieses Variation (12 games)
Sicilian Defense: Taimanov, Bastrikov Variation (9 games)
French Defense: Tarrasch, Closed, Pawn Center Variation (8 games)
Caro-Kann Defense: Classical, Spassky Variation (8 games)
Sicilian Defense: Open, Accelerated Dragon, Modern Variation (8 games)
Black Pieces
King's Indian Defense: Orthodox, Donner Defense (12 games)
Sicilian Defense: Open, Dragon, Rauzer Variation (11 games)
King's Indian Defense: Normal Variation (10 games)
Sicilian Defense: Open, Dragon Variation (10 games)
Sicilian Defense: Open, Dragon, Classical Variation (10 games)

Games

Players Result Moves Year
William N Watson (2458)
Bodhana Sivanandan (2186)
1-0 47 2024
William N Watson (2458)
Ilya Smirin (2504)
0-1 31 2024
William N Watson (2458)
Raunak Sadhwani (2663)
0-1 39 2024
Stanley Badacsonyi (2363)
William N Watson (2458)
1-0 33 2024
Vidit Gujrathi (2669)
William N Watson (2458)
1-0 23 2024
Jonah B Willow (2257)
William N Watson (2458)
1-0 18 2024
Shreyas Royal (2395)
William N Watson (2458)
0-1 24 2024
William N Watson (2490)
Georg Meier (2632)
1-0 30 2022
William N Watson (2492)
Alexander Naumann (2504)
½-½ 35 2022
Dr Volkmar Dinstuhl (2379)
William N Watson (2492)
1-0 54 2022
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