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McLaren, Brian

Standard: 1977 Rapid: 2132 Blitz: 2132 (last updated 2026-11-02)
FIDE ID: 2604612 (view FIDE profile)
Federation: CAN Sex: M Birth Year: 1953 Age: 73
Title: — Women's title: — Other title: — FOA title: —
Games: 7 Wins: 4 (57%) Draws: 2 (29%) Losses: 1 (14%)
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Dossier

6 of 7 games analyzed.

Accuracy: 93.1%
Opened e4: 3/4Opened g3: 1/4
Castled kingside: 4Same-side castling: 3Did not castle: 2Opposite-side castling: 1
Fianchettoed kingside: 3Played on the kingside: 3Played on the queenside: 1Played in the center: 1
Kept the bishop pair: 5Active pieces: 5Sacrificed material: 5Backward pawn: 4Isolated pawn: 4Space advantage: 4Initiated exchanges: 3Avoided exchanges: 2Played gambits: 1Missed tactics: 1
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As White 4 games 2W 1D 1L
Sicilian Defense 2 games 1W 1D 0L
Closed 2 games 1W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 2 games 1W 1D 0L
Caro-Kann Defense 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Advance Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Tal Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Hungarian Opening 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Reversed Alekhine 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
As Black 3 games 2W 1D 0L
Semi-Slav Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Accelerated Move Order 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Alekhine Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Four Pawns Attack 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
English Opening 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Symmetrical Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Blunders Top 4 of 18

This player's costliest moves in analyzed games. Can you find the winning move?

2026.06.30 · 13. fxe5 (−15.9% win chance) 1/2-1/2
Campbell, Brett
McLaren, Brian
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2026.06.30 · 34. gxh5 (−15.2% win chance) 1/2-1/2
Campbell, Brett
McLaren, Brian
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2026.06.28 · 21... Rxd4 (−14.9% win chance) 1/2-1/2
McLaren, Brian
Safarzadeh, Esmail
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2026.06.29 · 33. Bxd4 (−12.8% win chance) 0-1
Cummings, David H.
McLaren, Brian
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Games Showing all 7 games
Date Event Round Color Opponent Result Accuracy % First moves