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Lay, Michael

Standard: 0 Rapid: 1496 Blitz: 0 (last updated 2026-10-02)
FIDE ID: 343457339 (view FIDE profile)
Federation: ENG Sex: M Birth Year: 1998 Age: 28
Title: — Women's title: — Other title: — FOA title: —
Games: 7 Wins: 2 (29%) Draws: 2 (29%) Losses: 3 (43%)
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Dossier

6 of 7 games analyzed.

Accuracy: 86.9%
Opened e4: 1/1
Castled kingside: 3Same-side castling: 3Castled queenside: 1
Played on the queenside: 2Fianchettoed queenside: 1Played on the kingside: 1
Initiated exchanges: 4Active pieces: 3Missed tactics: 3Isolated pawn: 3Kept the bishop pair: 2Sacrificed material: 2Accepted short draws: 1Backward pawn: 1Played gambits: 1
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As White 2 games 1W 1D 0L
Caro-Kann Defense 2 games 1W 1D 0L
Exchange Variation 2 games 1W 1D 0L
Rubinstein Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
As Black 3 games 1W 1D 1L
Four Knights Game 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Scotch Variation Accepted 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Scotch Game 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Classical Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Italian Game 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Two Knights Defense 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Polerio Defense, Bishop Check Line 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Blunders Top 4 of 37

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

? · 35. Rc1 (−71.3% win chance) 0-1
Tang, Carolus
Lay, Michael
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2026.08.29 · 36... Bf7 (−31.6% win chance) 1/2-1/2
Lay, Michael
Liu, Yuqi
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2026.08.29 · 34... h6 (−28.5% win chance) 1/2-1/2
Lay, Michael
Liu, Yuqi
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? · 13... Rc7 (−22.4% win chance) 1-0
Lay, Michael
Ghanshala, Aarav
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Games Showing all 7 games
Date Event Round Color Opponent Result Accuracy % First moves