Player profile

McShane, Luke J

Standard: 2606 Rapid: 2610 Blitz: 2588 (last updated 2026-11-02)
FIDE ID: 404853 (view FIDE profile)
Federation: ENG Sex: M Birth Year: 1984 Age: 42
Title: GM Women's title: — Other title: — FOA title: —
Games: 162 Wins: 59 (36%) Draws: 61 (38%) Losses: 42 (26%)
Dossier

154 of 162 games analyzed.

Accuracy: 93%
Opened e4: 72/75Opened d4: 3/75
Castled kingside: 120Same-side castling: 106Opposite-side castling: 19Castled queenside: 14Did not castle: 12
Played in the center: 59Played on the queenside: 34Fianchettoed kingside: 32Fianchettoed queenside: 29Played on the kingside: 28
Active pieces: 106Sacrificed material: 88Initiated exchanges: 81Backward pawn: 73Space advantage: 70Kept the bishop pair: 64Isolated pawn: 55Avoided exchanges: 36Missed tactics: 20Played gambits: 18
Openings

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As White 79 games 35W 28D 16L
Sicilian Defense 37 games 13W 16D 8L
Moscow Variation 11 games 1W 10D 0L
(unspecified) 8 games 0W 8D 0L
Main Line 2 games 1W 1D 0L
Sokolsky Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Najdorf Variation 9 games 2W 1D 6L
Opocensky Variation 6 games 1W 0D 5L
English Attack 3 games 1W 1D 1L
Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack 8 games 5W 1D 2L
(unspecified) 6 games 4W 0D 2L
Fianchetto Variation 2 games 1W 1D 0L
Modern Variations 3 games 3W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 3 games 3W 0D 0L
Taimanov Variation 2 games 2W 0D 0L
Bastrikov Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Szén Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Delayed Alapin Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
with e6 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Classical Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Boleslavsky Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Prins Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Ruy Lopez 15 games 6W 7D 2L
Exchange Variation 3 games 1W 1D 1L
Gligoric Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
King's Bishop Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Normal Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Berlin Defense 3 games 0W 3D 0L
l'Hermet Variation, Berlin Wall Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Anti-Berlin Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Rio Gambit Accepted 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Morphy Defense 2 games 2W 0D 0L
Møller Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Neo-Arkhangelsk Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Closed 2 games 1W 1D 0L
Delayed Exchange 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Anti-Marshall 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Open 2 games 0W 2D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Howell Attack 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Cozio Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Marshall Attack 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Modern Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Classical Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Caro-Kann Defense 9 games 7W 1D 1L
Two Knights Attack 3 games 3W 0D 0L
Mindeno Variation, Exchange Line 2 games 2W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Tartakower Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Classical Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Endgame Offer 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Forgacs Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Advance Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Endgame Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
French Defense 6 games 3W 2D 1L
Tarrasch Variation 3 games 2W 1D 0L
Open System, Euwe-Keres Line 3 games 2W 1D 0L
Advance Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Euwe Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Rubinstein Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Blackburne Defense 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Classical Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Burn Variation, Morozevich Line 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Italian Game 2 games 1W 1D 0L
Giuoco Pianissimo 2 games 1W 1D 0L
Italian Four Knights Variation 2 games 1W 1D 0L
Torre Attack 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Fianchetto Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Queen's Pawn Game 1 game 0W 0D 1L
London System 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
King's Knight Opening 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Konstantinopolsky 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Bishop's Opening 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Vienna Hybrid 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Scotch Game 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Scotch Gambit 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Advance Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Trompowsky Attack 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Petrov's Defense 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Nimzowitsch Attack 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Czech Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Scandinavian Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Main Line 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Four Knights Game 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Spanish Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Symmetrical Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
As Black 75 games 24W 27D 24L
Ruy Lopez 16 games 1W 10D 5L
Berlin Defense 7 games 1W 4D 2L
Anti-Berlin Variation 4 games 0W 2D 2L
Rio Gambit Accepted 3 games 1W 2D 0L
Morphy Defense 6 games 0W 3D 3L
Modern Steinitz Defense 3 games 0W 2D 1L
Steinitz Deferred 3 games 0W 1D 2L
Open Berlin Defense 3 games 0W 3D 0L
l'Hermet Variation 3 games 0W 3D 0L
Italian Game 11 games 3W 3D 5L
Classical Variation 6 games 1W 3D 2L
Giuoco Pianissimo 5 games 1W 2D 2L
Greco Gambit, Modern Line 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Giuoco Pianissimo 2 games 0W 0D 2L
Italian Four Knights Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Normal 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Two Knights Defense 2 games 1W 0D 1L
Polerio Defense, Bishop Check Line 2 games 1W 0D 1L
Giuoco Piano 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Cracow Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Nimzo-Indian Defense 5 games 1W 0D 4L
Normal Variation 2 games 0W 0D 2L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Botvinnik System 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Classical Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Berlin Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Romanishin Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
St. Petersburg Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
King's Indian Defense 5 games 5W 0D 0L
Fianchetto Variation 2 games 2W 0D 0L
Immediate Fianchetto 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Classical Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Karpov System 2 games 2W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 2 games 2W 0D 0L
Normal Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Standard Development 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Queen's Indian Defense 5 games 2W 3D 0L
Classical Variation 2 games 1W 1D 0L
Polugaevsky Gambit 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Traditional Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Kasparov-Petrosian Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Kasparov Attack 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Petrosian Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Fianchetto Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Kramnik Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Scotch Game 4 games 1W 1D 2L
Malaniuk Variation 2 games 1W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 2 games 1W 1D 0L
Scotch Gambit 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Advance Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Mieses Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
English Opening 4 games 3W 0D 1L
Anglo-Indian Defense 2 games 2W 0D 0L
King's Indian Formation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Queen's Indian Formation 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 0W 0D 1L
Two Knights Variation, Smyslov System 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Bogo-Indian Defense 4 games 1W 3D 0L
Grünfeld Variation 3 games 0W 3D 0L
(unspecified) 3 games 0W 3D 0L
Vitolins Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Four Knights Game 3 games 1W 1D 1L
Spanish Variation 2 games 0W 1D 1L
Nimzowitsch Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Scotch Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Krause Gambit 1 game 1W 0D 0L
King's Indian Attack 3 games 2W 1D 0L
Symmetrical Defense 2 games 1W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 2 games 1W 1D 0L
Spassky Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Queen's Gambit Declined 3 games 0W 1D 2L
Exchange Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Positional Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Janowski Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Three Knights Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Caro-Kann Defense 2 games 1W 0D 1L
Maróczy Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Advance Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Short Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Indian Defense 2 games 1W 1D 0L
London System 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Accelerated London System 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
French Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Tarrasch Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Open System, Main Line 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Sicilian Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Hyperaccelerated Dragon 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Modern Defense 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Pseudo-Austrian Attack 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
East Indian Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Catalan Opening 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Torre Attack 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Classical Defense 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Nimzowitsch Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Van Geet Opening 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Napoleon Attack 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Rapport-Jobava System 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Blunders Top 4 of 490

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

2025.06.14 · 56. Qd5 (−47.5% win chance) 0-1
Dominguez Perez, Leinier
McShane, Luke J
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2026.02.25 · 51. Qd8+ (−40.3% win chance) 0-1
Madaminov, Mukhiddin
McShane, Luke J
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2025.06.14 · 54. Ke8 (−38.9% win chance) 0-1
Dominguez Perez, Leinier
McShane, Luke J
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2026.02.25 · 46. Re3 (−37.8% win chance) 0-1
Madaminov, Mukhiddin
McShane, Luke J
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