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Byron, Alan M

Standard: 2005 Rapid: 2132 Blitz: 2131 (last updated 2026-10-02)
FIDE ID: 401773 (view FIDE profile)
Federation: ENG Sex: M Birth Year: 1963 Age: 63
Title: — Women's title: — Other title: — FOA title: —
Games: 88 Wins: 22 (25%) Draws: 38 (43%) Losses: 27 (31%) Other: 1
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Dossier

87 of 88 games analyzed.

Accuracy: 90.7%
Opened d4: 14/33Opened e4: 10/33Opened c4: 6/33Opened Nf3: 3/33
Castled kingside: 51Same-side castling: 49Did not castle: 9Castled queenside: 5Opposite-side castling: 5
Fianchettoed kingside: 24Played in the center: 21Played on the kingside: 18Played on the queenside: 10Fianchettoed queenside: 9
Backward pawn: 44Active pieces: 43Kept the bishop pair: 36Initiated exchanges: 35Space advantage: 33Sacrificed material: 25Missed tactics: 23Avoided exchanges: 23Isolated pawn: 20Accepted short draws: 3
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As White 33 games 7W 16D 10L
Sicilian Defense 7 games 1W 5D 1L
Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack 4 games 1W 2D 1L
(unspecified) 3 games 1W 1D 1L
Fianchetto Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Hyperaccelerated Dragon 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Closed 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Kan Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Polugaevsky Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
King's Indian Defense 7 games 1W 2D 4L
Fianchetto Variation 3 games 0W 1D 2L
Yugoslav Variation, Advance Line 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Uhlmann-Szabo System 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Kavalek Defense 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Karpov System 2 games 1W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 2 games 1W 0D 1L
Makogonov Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Averbakh Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Geller Defense 1 game 0W 0D 1L
English Opening 6 games 0W 3D 3L
Anglo-Indian Defense 2 games 0W 0D 2L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Hedgehog System 1 game 0W 0D 1L
King's English Variation 2 games 0W 2D 0L
Four Knights Variation, Fianchetto Line, with Nb6 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Agincourt Defense 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Neo-Catalan Declined 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Symmetrical Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Duchamp Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Queen's Pawn Game 3 games 1W 1D 1L
Accelerated London System 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Steinitz Countergambit 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Symmetrical Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Pseudo-Catalan 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Zukertort Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Mexican Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Réti Opening 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Anglo-Slav Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
with g3 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Scandinavian Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Gubinsky-Melts Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
King's Indian Attack 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Sicilian Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Catalan Opening 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Open Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Wade Defense 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Bogo-Indian Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Exchange Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Four Knights Game 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Spanish Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Symmetrical Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Indian Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Wade-Tartakower Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Ruy Lopez 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Morphy Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Steinitz Deferred 1 game 0W 1D 0L
As Black 33 games 9W 12D 12L
Caro-Kann Defense 17 games 3W 5D 9L
Advance Variation 4 games 1W 1D 2L
Tal Variation 2 games 1W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Bayonet Attack 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Tartakower Variation 4 games 1W 0D 3L
(unspecified) 4 games 1W 0D 3L
Two Knights Attack 3 games 0W 1D 2L
Mindeno Variation, Exchange Line 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Mindeno Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Exchange Variation 3 games 0W 3D 0L
(unspecified) 3 games 0W 3D 0L
Classical Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Accelerated Panov Attack 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Breyer Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Semi-Slav Defense 3 games 2W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 2 games 1W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 2 games 1W 0D 1L
Main Line 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
English Opening 3 games 3W 0D 0L
King's English Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Neo-Catalan 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Anglo-Indian Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Indian Defense 2 games 0W 1D 1L
Anti-Nimzo-Indian 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Wade-Tartakower Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Queen's Pawn Game 2 games 0W 2D 0L
Barry Attack 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Torre Attack 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Grünfeld Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
King's Indian Attack 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Symmetrical Defense 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Queen's Gambit Declined 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Exchange Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
East Indian Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 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
Tarrasch Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Classical Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Rapport-Jobava System 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Blunders Top 4 of 352

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

2023.08.11 · 42... Qf7 (−59.5% win chance) 1-0
Byron, Alan M
Lee, Richard W Y
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2024.07.06 · 30. Kh3 (−41.8% win chance) 0-1
Fernandez, Maria Florencia
Byron, Alan M
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2026.10.30 · 69... Nf6+ (−41.1% win chance) 1/2-1/2
Byron, Alan M
Nelson, Abiodun
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2026.07.09 · 77... Be7 (−41.1% win chance) 1/2-1/2
Byron, Alan M
Bullen, Alex
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