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Game result (chess) N. Bernal Varela, 2429 M. Broniek, 2417 1/2-1/2 See game 149744 |
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Statistics :
| Connections | 730422 | |
| Members | 14710 | |
| Members (active) | 240 | |
| Forum posts | 13952 | |
| Problems | 109 | |
| Blogs | 168 | |
| Wikichess | 266181 | |
| Moves | 17442569 | |
| Games | 152046 | |
| Games finished | 150852 | |
| Go | 13634 | |
| Chess | 102559 | |
| Chess 960 | 2352 | |
| Big chess | 4408 | |
| Poker holdem | 16883 | |
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Chess openings : | ||
| Scandinavian | 1554 | 1.e4 d5 |
| Modern | 701 | 1.e4 g6 |
| Pirc | 1171 | 1.e4 d6 |
| Alekhine | 750 | 1.e4 Nf6 |
| French | 3778 | 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 |
| Caro-Kann | 2438 | 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 |
| Grand prix attack | 538 | 1.e4 c5 2.f4 |
| Morra gambit | 693 | 1.e4 c5 2.d4 |
| Alapin | 1081 | 1.e4 c5 2.c3 |
| Closed sicilian | 1432 | 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 |
| Sicilian ...d6 | 8540 | 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 |
| Sicilian ...e6 | 1207 | 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 |
| Sicilian ...Nc6 | 3527 | 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 |
| Petroff | 1919 | 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 |
| Spanish | 7031 | 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 |
| Italian | 2432 | 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 |
| Ponziani | 158 | 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 |
| Scotch | 1377 | 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 |
| King's gambit | 1824 | 1.e4 e5 2.f4 |
| Vienna game | 411 | 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 |
| Other e4 ... | 7581 | 1.e4 ... |
| Dutch | 960 | 1.d4 f5 |
| Slav | 2704 | 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 |
| Queen's gambit acc. | 979 | 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 |
| Queen's gambit dec. | 2135 | 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 |
| Albins counter gambit | 83 | 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5 |
| King's indian | 1177 | 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 |
| Grunfeld | 801 | 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 |
| Catalan | 555 | 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 |
| Nimzo-indian | 1603 | 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 |
| Benoni defense | 563 | 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 |
| Budapest gambit | 131 | 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 |
| King's knight opening | 2942 | 1.d4 Nf6 (... d5) 2.Nf3 |
| Other d4 ... | 9068 | 1.d4 ... |
| Reti opening | 5347 | 1.Nf3 |
| Sleipner | 473 | 1.Nc3 |
| English | 5610 | 1.c4 |
| Bird | 1040 | 1.f4 |
| King's indian attack | 385 | 1.g3 |
| Orang Utan | 1211 | 1.b4 |
| Grob's attack | 317 | 1.g4 |
| French attack | 326 | 1.e3 |
| Mieses opening | 99 | 1.d3 |
| Anderssen | 171 | 1.a3 |
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Longest games : | ||
| Go | 634 | Game 135399 |
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| Chess 960 | 214 | Game 145841 |
| Big Chess | 696 | Game 123083 |
| Poker Holdem | 3328 | Game 50709 |
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Players most active : Poker Holdem 1. Heinz-Georg Lehnhoff : 1180178 2. Nelson Bernal Varela : 951747 3. Stephane Legrand : 496876 4. Aleksey Payzansky : 485222 5. Herbert Kruse : 388600 6. Rolf Staggat : 378772 7. Anderson Barradas : 336910 8. Lubos Fric : 318578 9. Yeturu Aahlad : 304837 10. Vadim Khachaturov : 274687 | ||
This chess game is played at FICGS :
Last move : Qxc3 2026 April 4 11:2:24
White clock - 19 days 23:28:55
Black clock - 34 days 17:39:32
[Event "FICGS__CHESS__WCH_CANDIDATES_FINAL__000028"]
[Site "FICGS"]
[Date "2026.03.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Armstrong,Keith"]
[Black "Ludgate,Alan"]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "2447"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.Bd3 d5 5.Nxe5 Nd7 6.Nxd7 Bxd7 7.O-O Bd6 8.c4 O-O 9.c5 Be7 10.Qb3 b6 11.Nc3 Nxc3 12.Qxc3 *
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