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Taylor, Stephen A

Standard: 1623 Rapid: 1682 Blitz: 0 (last updated 2026-10-02)

FIDE ID: 343431992 (view FIDE profile)

Federation: ENG Sex: M Birth Year: 1961 Age: 65

Title: — Women's title: — Other title: — FOA title: —

Games: 9 Wins: 3 (33%) Draws: 0 (0%) Losses: 6 (67%)

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9 of 9 games analyzed.

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As White 4 games 2W 0D 2L

King's Indian Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L

Fianchetto Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L

Classical Fianchetto 1 game 1W 0D 0L

Queen's Pawn Game 1 game 1W 0D 0L

Chigorin Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L

(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L

English Opening 1 game 0W 0D 1L

Symmetrical Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L

Botvinnik System Reversed, with Nf3 1 game 0W 0D 1L

Indian Defense 1 game 0W 0D 1L

Knights Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L

(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L

As Black 5 games 1W 0D 4L

Sicilian Defense 4 games 1W 0D 3L

Taimanov Variation 2 games 1W 0D 1L

(unspecified) 2 games 1W 0D 1L

Alapin Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L

(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L

Delayed Alapin Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L

with e6 1 game 0W 0D 1L

Queen's Pawn Game 1 game 0W 0D 1L

Colle System 1 game 0W 0D 1L

(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L

Blunders Top 4 of 57

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

2026.01.03 · 49... Rf2 (−47.5% win chance) 1-0

Taylor, Stephen A

Son, Juwon

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2025.01.05 · 31. Nc6 (−42.6% win chance) 0-1

Jones, Humphrey C N

Taylor, Stephen A

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2026.01.03 · 40... Rg2 (−34.4% win chance) 1-0

Taylor, Stephen A

Son, Juwon

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2025.01.03 · 25. g4 (−33.5% win chance) 0-1

Bellano, Harry

Taylor, Stephen A

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Games Showing all 9 games

Date	Event	Round	Opponent	Result	Accuracy %	First moves
2026.01.04	Round 5: Vijay, Kayal - Taylor, Stephen A	5.12	2026.01.04 Vijay, Kayal (343456766) (1516)	0	86.30%	1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 g6
2026.01.04	Round 4: Taylor, Stephen A - Sanderson, Scarlett	4.15	2026.01.04 Sanderson, Scarlett (343451349) (1511)	1	96.70%	1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. g3 Bg7
2026.01.03	Round 3: Son, Juwon - Taylor, Stephen A	3.13	2026.01.03 Son, Juwon (13215698) (1596)	0	78.50%	1. e4 c5 2. c3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6
2026.01.03	Round 2: Taylor, Stephen A - Sohal, Aneeksha	2.18	2026.01.03 Sohal, Aneeksha (343459226) (1495)	1	94.20%	1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nc6 3. g3 Nf6
2026.01.02	Round 1: Evans, Garry - Taylor, Stephen A	1.15	2026.01.02 Evans, Garry (431664)	0	84.30%	1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4
2025.01.05	98th Caplin Hastings Weekend Inter 2025	5.12	2025.01.05 Jones, Humphrey C N (414204)	0	81.60%	1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7
2025.01.05	98th Caplin Hastings Weekend Inter 2025	4.12	2025.01.05 Bishop, Geoffrey L (417491) (1742)	1	94.20%	1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4
2025.01.04	98th Caplin Hastings Weekend Inter 2025	2.18	2025.01.04 Schiefler, Lars (343407269)	0	76.40%	1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6
2025.01.03	98th Caplin Hastings Weekend Inter 2025	1.12	2025.01.03 Bellano, Harry (343430015) (1649)	0	83.80%	1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. g3 c5