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Murphy, Hugh W

Standard: 1986 Rapid: 2106 Blitz: 2065 (last updated 2026-11-02)

FIDE ID: 422444 (view FIDE profile)

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

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Games: 32 Wins: 13 (41%) Draws: 4 (13%) Losses: 15 (47%)

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32 of 32 games analyzed.

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Openings

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As White 11 games 4W 2D 5L

Sicilian Defense 3 games 0W 0D 3L

Wing Gambit 1 game 0W 0D 1L

Marshall Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L

Grand Prix Attack 1 game 0W 0D 1L

(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L

Portsmouth Gambit 1 game 0W 0D 1L

(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L

French Defense 2 games 1W 1D 0L

Knight Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L

(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L

Chigorin Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L

(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L

Danish Gambit 2 games 1W 1D 0L

(unspecified) 2 games 1W 1D 0L

Scandinavian Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L

Gubinsky-Melts Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L

(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L

Caro-Kann Defense 1 game 0W 0D 1L

Alekhine Gambit 1 game 0W 0D 1L

(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L

Danish Gambit Accepted 1 game 1W 0D 0L

(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L

Rat Defense 1 game 0W 0D 1L

Harmonist 1 game 0W 0D 1L

(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L

As Black 14 games 7W 0D 7L

Caro-Kann Defense 4 games 1W 0D 3L

Advance Variation 2 games 1W 0D 1L

(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L

Short Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L

Two Knights Attack 1 game 0W 0D 1L

(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L

Exchange Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L

(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L

Queen's Pawn Game 3 games 1W 0D 2L

Symmetrical Variation 2 games 1W 0D 1L

Pseudo-Catalan 1 game 0W 0D 1L

(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L

Colle System 1 game 0W 0D 1L

Traditional Colle 1 game 0W 0D 1L

King's Indian Attack 2 games 2W 0D 0L

(unspecified) 2 games 2W 0D 0L

Catalan Opening 1 game 0W 0D 1L

Closed 1 game 0W 0D 1L

(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L

Zukertort Opening 1 game 0W 0D 1L

Black Mustang Defense 1 game 0W 0D 1L

(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L

Nimzo-Indian Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L

St. Petersburg Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L

(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L

Rubinstein Opening 1 game 1W 0D 0L

(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L

Indian Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L

Accelerated London System 1 game 1W 0D 0L

(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L

Blunders Top 4 of 148

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

2026.10.24 · 64... Kh2 (−87.7% win chance) 0-1

Murphy, Hugh W

Sahoo, Shivam

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2026.10.25 · 41. d6 (−73.2% win chance) 0-1

Verbytski, Oleg

Murphy, Hugh W

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2026.10.24 · 28. Qd3 (−67.4% win chance) 1-0

Hughes, Roy

Murphy, Hugh W

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2026.10.24 · 27. Rdh1 (−58.1% win chance) 1-0

Hughes, Roy

Murphy, Hugh W

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Games Showing all 32 games

Date	Event	Round	Opponent	Result	Accuracy %	First moves
2026.10.25	English Rapid Chess Championship 2026	11.9	2026.10.25 Merry, Alan B (418811) (2249)	0	81.90%	1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5
2026.10.25	English Rapid Chess Championship 2026	10.5	2026.10.25 Verbytski, Oleg (495506) (2169)	0	58.40%	1. e4 c5 2. b4 cxb4 3. a3 e6
2026.10.25	English Rapid Chess Championship 2026	9.2	2026.10.25 Harvey, Marcus R (400092) (2443)	0	75.00%	1. Nf3 Nc6 2. c4 e5 3. g3 e4
2026.10.25	English Rapid Chess Championship 2026	8.5	2026.10.25 Keerthi Kumar, Advait (498033) (1959)	1	94.10%	1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5
2026.10.25	English Rapid Chess Championship 2026	7.2	2026.10.25 Willow, Jonah B (438804) (2271)	0	83.40%	1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6
2026.10.24	English Rapid Chess Championship 2026	6.4	2026.10.24 Badacsonyi, Stanley (486973) (2300)	1	95.40%	1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e5 Bd7
2026.10.24	English Rapid Chess Championship 2026	5.9	2026.10.24 Sahoo, Shivam (343419194) (1921)	1	64.70%	1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4
2026.10.24	English Rapid Chess Championship 2026	4.12	2026.10.24 Hughes, Roy (412481) (1965)	1	63.10%	1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6
2026.10.24	English Rapid Chess Championship 2026	3.6	2026.10.24 Cancedda-Dupuis, Livio (499447) (2368)	0	83.40%	1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 a6
2026.10.24	English Rapid Chess Championship 2026	2.17	2026.10.24 Pasula, Srishwan (343414001) (1554)	1	82.60%	1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. c3 d6
2026.10.24	English Rapid Chess Championship 2026	1.17	2026.10.24 Hristov, Georgi (5901766) (1618)	1	85.70%	1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 c5
2026.03.15	Round 10: Vaidyanathan, Sathya - Murphy, Hugh W	10.50	2026.03.15 Vaidyanathan, Sathya (490539) (1858)	0	88.90%	1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5
2026.03.15	Round 9: Murphy, Hugh W - McCarthy, Kevin C	9.49	2026.03.15 McCarthy, Kevin C (470775) (1885)	½	92.00%	1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. c3 d3
2026.03.15	Round 8: Lentzos, Ioanis - Murphy, Hugh W	8.34	2026.03.15 Lentzos, Ioanis (4255470) (2022)	0	73.00%	1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 c5
2026.03.15	Round 7: Murphy, Hugh W - Pilley, Jack	7.22	2026.03.15 Pilley, Jack (343403840) (2020)	0	70.30%	1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4
2026.03.14	Round 6: Sanada, Tetsuaki - Murphy, Hugh W	6.28	2026.03.14 Sanada, Tetsuaki (7005903) (1959)	1	90.40%	1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nc6 3. d4 Bf5
2026.03.14	Round 5: Murphy, Hugh W - Brett, Andrew R	5.23	2026.03.14 Brett, Andrew R (416460) (1971)	0	76.20%	1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. b4 cxb4
2026.03.14	Round 4: Hughes, Roy - Murphy, Hugh W	4.30	2026.03.14 Hughes, Roy (412481) (1981)	1	83.80%	1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 e6
2026.03.14	Round 2: Baer, Bruce L - Murphy, Hugh W	2.34	2026.03.14 Baer, Bruce L (488801) (1936)	1	96.00%	1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nc6 3. d3 e5
2026.03.14	Round 1: Murphy, Hugh W - Bakhtiyarov, Kamronbek	1.36	2026.03.14 Bakhtiyarov, Kamronbek (14223724) (1717)	1	80.20%	1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. c3 dxc3
2026.03.12	Round 3: Murphy, Hugh W - Maroroa Jones, Gawain C B	3.1	2026.03.12 Maroroa Jones, Gawain C B (409561) (2608)	0	67.20%	1. e4 d6 2. f4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c5
2025.10.19	Round 1: Juhasz, Armin - Murphy, Hugh W	1.59	2025.10.19 Juhasz, Armin (724270) (2375)	0	87.30%	1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6
2024.11.24	Round 2: Murphy, Hugh W - Badacsonyi, Stanley	2.47	2024.11.24 Badacsonyi, Stanley (486973) (2289)	½	92.20%	1. e4 e6 2. Qe2 c5 3. f4 Nc6
2024.11.23	Round 1: Price, Gwilym - Murphy, Hugh W	1.23	2024.11.23 Price, Gwilym (443980) (2225)	0	79.30%	1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5
2024.01.13	Main 4NCL League Division 2 - 2023/24	3.31	2024.01.13 Lim, Mark (1775)	1	95.10%	1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6
2023.10.01	European Chess Club Cup 2023	1.22	2023.10.01 Movsesian, Sergei (310204) (2606)	0	88.00%	1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Bf5
2023.04.30	4NCL Division 1 2022-2023	10.24	2023.04.30 Serbanescu, Diana-Maria (1200550) (2095)	½	95.50%	1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bg5 Nbd7
2023.02.17	Cambridge International Open	5.21	2023.02.17 Banerjee, Supratit (2410079) (1740)	0	80.70%	1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4
2023.02.16	Cambridge International Open	4.10	2023.02.16 Gormally, Daniel W (406465) (2448)	0	80.20%	1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 e6
2023.02.16	Cambridge International Open	3.10	2023.02.16 Turner, Matthew J (402893) (2455)	½	98.00%	1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 g6
2023.02.15	Cambridge International Open	2.27	2023.02.15 Sellen, John R (1547)	1	95.20%	1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 g6 3. e3 Bg7
2023.02.15	Cambridge International Open	1.32	2023.02.15 Zurba, Jonas (12850195)	1	94.40%	1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 c5