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Towsen, John

Standard: 1850 Rapid: 0 Blitz: 0 (last updated 2026-10-02)

FIDE ID: 39943275 (view FIDE profile)

Federation: USA Sex: M Birth Year: 1948 Age: 78

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

Games: 6 Wins: 1 (17%) Draws: 1 (17%) Losses: 4 (67%)

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As White 3 games 1W 1D 1L

Tarrasch Defense 1 game 0W 0D 1L

Swedish Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L

(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L

English Opening 1 game 1W 0D 0L

Symmetrical Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L

Anti-Benoni Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L

Nimzo-Indian Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L

Kmoch Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L

(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L

As Black 3 games 0W 0D 3L

Alekhine Defense 2 games 0W 0D 2L

Scandinavian Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L

(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L

Zukertort Opening 1 game 0W 0D 1L

(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L

Blunders Top 4 of 20

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

2024.11.22 · 12... Nc5 (−38.2% win chance) 1-0

Towsen, John

Quirk, Duk Hunter

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2024.11.16 · 32. Qe2 (−19.8% win chance) 1-0

Hoffmann, Asa

Towsen, John

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2024.11.17 · 18... Ned8 (−14.9% win chance) 1-0

Towsen, John

Kudrin, Sergey

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2024.11.16 · 23. e4 (−14.3% win chance) 1-0

Hoffmann, Asa

Towsen, John

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Games Showing all 6 games

Date	Event	Round	Opponent	Result	Accuracy %	First moves
2025.11.08	Round 1: Towsen, John - Lapshun, Yury	1.2	2025.11.08 Lapshun, Yury (2006960) (2263)	0	-	1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5
2024.11.22	Round 1: Quirk, Duk Hunter - Towsen, John	1.7	2024.11.22 Quirk, Duk Hunter (13218239) (1610)	0	76.90%	1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e5 Nfd7
2024.11.17	Round 5: Kudrin, Sergey - Towsen, John	5.3	2024.11.17 Kudrin, Sergey (2000164) (2317)	0	91.00%	1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 Nb6
2024.11.17	Round 4: Matera, Salvatore - Towsen, John	4.1	2024.11.17 Matera, Salvatore (2000580) (2409)	0	89.50%	1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7
2024.11.16	Round 3: Towsen, John - Hoffmann, Asa	3.4	2024.11.16 Hoffmann, Asa (2001470) (2185)	1	88.10%	1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4
2024.11.16	Round 2: Towsen, John - Bonin, Jay	2.4	2024.11.16 Bonin, Jay (2000644) (2127)	½	92.70%	1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4