Player profile

Lawton, Geoff W

Standard: 2324 Rapid: 2175 Blitz: 0 (last updated 2026-10-02)
FIDE ID: 400483 (view FIDE profile)
Federation: ENG Sex: M Birth Year: 1960 Age: 66
Title: IM Women's title: — Other title: — FOA title: —
Games: 28 Wins: 11 (39%) Draws: 11 (39%) Losses: 6 (21%)
Dossier

27 of 28 games analyzed.

Accuracy: 92.6%
Opened Nf3: 10/10
Castled kingside: 21Same-side castling: 18Opposite-side castling: 2Did not castle: 1
Fianchettoed kingside: 17Played on the kingside: 8Played on the queenside: 6Fianchettoed queenside: 3Played in the center: 2
Kept the bishop pair: 18Active pieces: 17Backward pawn: 17Space advantage: 17Sacrificed material: 12Initiated exchanges: 12Missed tactics: 8Avoided exchanges: 6Isolated pawn: 6Accepted short draws: 2
Openings

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As White 11 games 3W 6D 2L
King's Indian Attack 6 games 2W 3D 1L
Symmetrical Defense 4 games 1W 3D 0L
(unspecified) 4 games 1W 3D 0L
(unspecified) 2 games 1W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 2 games 1W 0D 1L
Neo-Grünfeld Defense 4 games 0W 3D 1L
Classical Variation 4 games 0W 3D 1L
Original Defense 3 games 0W 2D 1L
Modern Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Zukertort Opening 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Black Mustang Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
As Black 12 games 5W 4D 3L
Sicilian Defense 6 games 3W 2D 1L
Czerniak Attack 2 games 1W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 2 games 1W 1D 0L
Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack 2 games 1W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 2 games 1W 1D 0L
Lasker-Pelikan Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Sveshnikov Variation, Chelyabinsk Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Old Sicilian 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
King's Indian Defense 3 games 0W 2D 1L
Fianchetto Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Semi-Averbakh System 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Makogonov Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Anderssen's Opening 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Zukertort Opening 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Nimzo-Larsen Variation 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
Blunders Top 4 of 79

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

2026.03.15 · 37... Kg6 (−28.3% win chance) 1-0
Lawton, Geoff W
Brett, Andrew R
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2026.03.14 · 32. e4 (−26.8% win chance) 1/2-1/2
Arnott, Jonathan W
Lawton, Geoff W
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2026.03.15 · 23... Rd3 (−26.7% win chance) 1-0
Lawton, Geoff W
Brett, Andrew R
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2026.03.15 · 37... Rb1 (−25.3% win chance) 1-0
Lawton, Geoff W
Sagues, Vincent
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Games Showing all 28 games
Date Event Round Color Opponent Result Accuracy % First moves