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Watson, William N

Standard: 2473 Rapid: 2492 Blitz: 2384 (last updated 2026-11-02)

FIDE ID: 400157 (view FIDE profile)

Federation: ENG Sex: M Birth Year: 1962 Age: 64

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

Games: 11 Wins: 3 (27%) Draws: 1 (9%) Losses: 7 (64%)

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Dossier

11 of 11 games analyzed.

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Openings

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As White 3 games 1W 0D 2L

Sicilian Defense 2 games 0W 0D 2L

Kan Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L

Wing Attack 1 game 0W 0D 1L

Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack 1 game 0W 0D 1L

(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L

Bishop's Opening 1 game 1W 0D 0L

Vienna Hybrid 1 game 1W 0D 0L

(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L

As Black 4 games 1W 0D 3L

Indian Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L

Wade-Tartakower Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L

(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L

Modern Defense 1 game 0W 0D 1L

Lizard Defense 1 game 0W 0D 1L

Mittenberger Gambit 1 game 0W 0D 1L

Sicilian Defense 1 game 0W 0D 1L

Modern Variations 1 game 0W 0D 1L

(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L

Rapport-Jobava System 1 game 0W 0D 1L

(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L

Blunders Top 4 of 41

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

2023.03.18 · 32. Nxf7 (−42.1% win chance) 0-1

Moehn, Hans

Watson, William N

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2024.12.07 · 14... e6 (−37.9% win chance) 1-0

Watson, William N

Badacsonyi, Stanley

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2024.12.07 · 23... Qc2 (−34% win chance) 1-0

Watson, William N

Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi

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2023.04.30 · 44... h3 (−21.2% win chance) 1-0

Watson, William N

Johansson, Linus

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Games Showing all 11 games

Date	Event	Round	Opponent	Result	Accuracy %	First moves
2024.12.07	Round 7: Watson, William N - Smirin, Ilia	7.2	2024.12.07 Smirin, Ilia (2801990) (2504)	0	91.50%	1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4
2024.12.07	Round 6: Royal, Shreyas - Watson, William N	6.3	2024.12.07 Royal, Shreyas (448869) (2395)	1	94.40%	1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 d6 3. c4 g6
2024.12.07	Round 5: Watson, William N - Sivanandan, Bodhana	5.3	2024.12.07 Sivanandan, Bodhana (497592) (2186)	1	95.40%	1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6
2024.12.07	Round 4: Willow, Jonah B - Watson, William N	4.2	2024.12.07 Willow, Jonah B (438804) (2257)	0	84.80%	1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d5
2024.12.07	Round 3: Watson, William N - Sadhwani, Raunak	3.4	2024.12.07 Sadhwani, Raunak (35093487) (2663)	0	88.30%	1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6
2024.12.07	Round 2: Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi - Watson, William N	2.1	2024.12.07 Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi (5029465) (2669)	0	75.50%	1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 g6
2024.12.07	Round 1: Badacsonyi, Stanley - Watson, William N	1.4	2024.12.07 Badacsonyi, Stanley (486973) (2363)	0	77.70%	1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 c6
2023.04.30	Schachbundesliga	15	2023.04.30 Johansson, Linus (1711113) (2461)	0	85.50%	1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 g6
2023.04.29	Schachbundesliga	14	2023.04.29 Dautov, Rustem (4623606) (2592)	½	92.90%	1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7
2023.03.19	Schachbundesliga	11	2023.03.19 Florstedt, Johannes (12922293) (2362)	1	97.80%	1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 e6
2023.03.18	Schachbundesliga	10	2023.03.18 Moehn, Hans (24647837) (2363)	0	85.10%	1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4