Player profile

Arkell, Keith C

Standard: 2372 Rapid: 2306 Blitz: 2223 (last updated 2026-11-02)
FIDE ID: 400270 (view FIDE profile)
Federation: ENG Sex: M Birth Year: 1961 Age: 65
Title: GM Women's title: — Other title: — FOA title: —
Games: 284 Wins: 165 (58%) Draws: 87 (31%) Losses: 32 (11%)
Dossier

270 of 284 games analyzed.

Accuracy: 93.9%
Opened d4: 69/102Opened Nf3: 17/102Opened c4: 15/102Opened g3: 1/102
Castled kingside: 165Same-side castling: 147Did not castle: 31Castled queenside: 5Opposite-side castling: 4
Fianchettoed kingside: 77Played in the center: 56Played on the queenside: 50Fianchettoed queenside: 43Played on the kingside: 39
Initiated exchanges: 145Active pieces: 130Backward pawn: 102Space advantage: 98Sacrificed material: 89Isolated pawn: 78Kept the bishop pair: 75Missed tactics: 28Avoided exchanges: 21Accepted short draws: 13
Openings

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As White 109 games 71W 32D 6L
Indian Defense 20 games 14W 6D 0L
Anti-Nimzo-Indian 12 games 8W 4D 0L
(unspecified) 12 games 8W 4D 0L
Knights Variation 4 games 2W 2D 0L
(unspecified) 4 games 2W 2D 0L
Pseudo-Benko 3 games 3W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 3 games 3W 0D 0L
Wade-Tartakower Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
English Opening 16 games 10W 6D 0L
Anglo-Indian Defense 6 games 3W 3D 0L
King's Knight Variation 3 games 1W 2D 0L
King's Indian Formation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Slav Formation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Queen's Indian Formation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Agincourt Defense 4 games 3W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 2 games 2W 0D 0L
Keres Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Neo-Catalan Declined 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Symmetrical Variation 3 games 1W 2D 0L
Botvinnik System Reversed, with Nf3 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Ultra-Symmetrical Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Three Knights, Fianchetto Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Anglo-Dutch Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Great Snake Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
King's English Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Kramnik-Shirov Counterattack 1 game 1W 0D 0L
King's Indian Defense 15 games 12W 3D 0L
Fianchetto Variation 14 games 12W 2D 0L
Yugoslav Variation, Exchange Line 3 games 3W 0D 0L
Debrecen Defense 2 games 2W 0D 0L
Uhlmann-Szabo System 2 games 1W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 2 games 2W 0D 0L
Lesser Simagin (Spassky) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Classical Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Panno Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Larsen Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Classical Main Line 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Normal Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
King's Knight Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Queen's Pawn Game 10 games 6W 4D 0L
Symmetrical Variation 8 games 6W 2D 0L
(unspecified) 8 games 6W 2D 0L
Zukertort Variation 2 games 0W 2D 0L
(unspecified) 2 games 0W 2D 0L
Queen's Indian Defense 8 games 4W 3D 1L
Fianchetto Variation 4 games 1W 3D 0L
Check Variation, Intermezzo Line 4 games 1W 3D 0L
Riumin Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Kasparov-Petrosian Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Petrosian Attack 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Classical Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Traditional Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Yates Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Benoni Defense 6 games 3W 2D 1L
Knight's Tour Variation 5 games 2W 2D 1L
(unspecified) 5 games 2W 2D 1L
Benoni-Indian Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Kingside Move Order 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Queen's Gambit Declined 5 games 3W 1D 1L
(unspecified) 4 games 2W 1D 1L
(unspecified) 4 games 2W 1D 1L
Chigorin Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Main Line 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Semi-Slav Defense 5 games 3W 2D 0L
(unspecified) 5 games 3W 2D 0L
(unspecified) 5 games 3W 2D 0L
Slav Defense 4 games 2W 2D 0L
Exchange Variation 2 games 0W 2D 0L
(unspecified) 2 games 0W 2D 0L
Three Knights Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Chebanenko Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Grünfeld Defense 4 games 1W 0D 3L
Three Knights Variation 4 games 1W 0D 3L
(unspecified) 4 games 1W 0D 3L
Queen's Gambit Accepted 3 games 3W 0D 0L
Mannheim Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Gunsberg Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Central Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
McDonnell Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Zukertort Opening 2 games 1W 1D 0L
Dutch Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
East Indian Defense 2 games 2W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 2 games 2W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 2 games 2W 0D 0L
Réti Opening 2 games 1W 1D 0L
Anglo-Slav Variation 2 games 1W 1D 0L
Gurevich System 1 game 1W 0D 0L
New York System 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Tarrasch Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Classical Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Advance Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Old Indian Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Normal Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Modern Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
King's Indian Attack 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Yugoslav Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Bogo-Indian Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Wade-Smyslov Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Dutch Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Pseudo Queen's Indian Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
As Black 104 games 54W 32D 18L
Caro-Kann Defense 26 games 16W 4D 6L
Advance Variation 10 games 4W 2D 4L
(unspecified) 4 games 3W 0D 1L
Short Variation 3 games 0W 1D 2L
Botvinnik-Carls Defense 2 games 1W 0D 1L
Tal Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Karpov Variation 6 games 4W 1D 1L
(unspecified) 4 games 3W 0D 1L
Modern Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Modern Variation, Kasparov Attack 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Panov Attack 3 games 3W 0D 0L
Fianchetto Defense 3 games 3W 0D 0L
Exchange Variation 3 games 2W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 3 games 2W 0D 1L
Two Knights Attack 2 games 1W 1D 0L
Mindeno Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Mindeno Variation, Exchange Line 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Maróczy Variation 2 games 2W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 2 games 2W 0D 0L
English Opening 9 games 5W 2D 2L
Symmetrical Variation 6 games 3W 1D 2L
Three Knights, Fianchetto Variation 2 games 2W 0D 0L
Full Symmetry Line 2 games 0W 0D 2L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Anti-Benoni Variation, Spielmann Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Anglo-Indian Defense 2 games 1W 1D 0L
Queen's Indian Formation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
King's Knight Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
King's English Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Scandinavian Defense 9 games 4W 5D 0L
Valencian Variation 5 games 1W 4D 0L
Main Line 3 games 1W 2D 0L
(unspecified) 2 games 0W 2D 0L
Gubinsky-Melts Defense 3 games 2W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 3 games 2W 1D 0L
Mieses-Kotroc Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
French Defense 8 games 1W 5D 2L
Rubinstein Variation 6 games 1W 4D 1L
Fort Knox Variation 5 games 1W 3D 1L
Kasparov Attack 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Advance Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Paulsen Attack 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Exchange Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Kangaroo Defense 6 games 2W 3D 1L
(unspecified) 5 games 2W 3D 0L
(unspecified) 5 games 2W 3D 0L
Keres Defense 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Transpositional Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Bogo-Indian Defense 5 games 2W 2D 1L
Exchange Variation 2 games 1W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 2 games 1W 0D 1L
Grünfeld Variation 2 games 0W 2D 0L
(unspecified) 2 games 0W 2D 0L
Nimzowitsch Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Modern Defense 5 games 3W 1D 1L
Two Knights Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Suttles Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Pseudo-Austrian Attack 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Standard Line 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Standard Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Nimzo-Indian Defense 4 games 2W 1D 1L
Classical Variation 3 games 1W 1D 1L
Berlin Variation 2 games 1W 1D 0L
Zurich Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Three Knights Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Zukertort Opening 3 games 3W 0D 0L
Nimzo-Larsen Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Pirc Invitation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Polish Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Indian Defense 3 games 2W 0D 1L
Accelerated London System 2 games 1W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 2 games 1W 0D 1L
London System 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Réti Opening 3 games 0W 2D 1L
Anglo-Slav Variation 3 games 0W 2D 1L
with g3 3 games 0W 2D 1L
Yusupov-Rubinstein System 2 games 1W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 2 games 1W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 2 games 1W 0D 1L
Benoni Defense 2 games 1W 1D 0L
King's Indian System 2 games 1W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 2 games 1W 1D 0L
Nimzo-Larsen Attack 2 games 1W 1D 0L
Polish Variation 2 games 1W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 2 games 1W 1D 0L
King's Indian Attack 2 games 1W 1D 0L
Spassky Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Wade Defense 2 games 2W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 2 games 2W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 2 games 2W 0D 0L
Queen's Gambit Declined 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Austrian Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Gusev Countergambit 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Polish Opening 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Torre Attack 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Classical Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Grünfeld Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Smyslov Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Catalan Opening 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Alekhine Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Scandinavian Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Bird Opening 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Dutch Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Horwitz Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Trompowsky Attack 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Slav Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Schlechter Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Queen's Pawn Game 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Torre Attack 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
King's Pawn Game 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Sicilian Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
French Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Westerinen Attack 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Blunders Top 4 of 737

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

2025.10.22 · 32... Rbd8 (−73.7% win chance) 1-0
Arkell, Keith C
Stehno, Pavel
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2024.01.03 · 35. Rh7 (−68.5% win chance) 1-0
Honey, Luke Anthony
Arkell, Keith C
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2025.02.09 · 28... Qc7 (−46.4% win chance) 0-1
Arkell, Keith C
Mitchell, Martin
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? · 27. Rd6 (−45.7% win chance) 1-0
Minnican, Alan
Arkell, Keith C
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