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IM Richard A Bates

Full name

Richard A Bates

Born

1/1/1979 (age 46)‎

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 (2312) Ana Williams (1988)	1-0	51	2024
Richard A Bates (2312) Jude Shearsby (2092)	1-0	44	2024
Richard A Bates (2311) Vlad-Victor Barnaure (2480)	1-0	34	2024
Richard A Bates (2318) Richard J D Palliser (2375)	0-1	36	2024
Richard A Bates (2319) Ante Brkic (2626)	0-1	42	2024
Richard A Bates (2315) Vignir Vatnar Stefansson (2530)	0-1	42	2024
Richard A Bates (2315) Ilya Smirin (2574)	0-1	33	2024
Richard A Bates (2323) Stanley Badacsonyi (2078)	½-½	41	2024
Richard A Bates (2357) Frederick Gordon (2344)	½-½	28	2024
Richard A Bates (2315) Conor E Murphy (2477)	½-½	48	2024

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Live Chess Ratings

Bunratty Masters Winner Short Beats Hort In Miniature

Indian Glory At Hastings, Rilton Cup

Open Tournaments Around Christmas And New Year

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