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Sheppard, Derek Alan

Standard: 1806 Rapid: 0 Blitz: 0 (last updated 2026-11-02)
FIDE ID: 425974 (view FIDE profile)
Federation: ENG Sex: M Birth Year: 1950 Age: 76
Title: — Women's title: — Other title: — FOA title: —
Games: 22 Wins: 3 (14%) Draws: 8 (36%) Losses: 11 (50%)
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Dossier

21 of 22 games analyzed.

Accuracy: 89.2%
Opened d4: 7/9Opened Nf3: 2/9
Castled kingside: 14Same-side castling: 13Did not castle: 2Castled queenside: 2Opposite-side castling: 2
Played in the center: 10Fianchettoed queenside: 7Played on the queenside: 7Fianchettoed kingside: 3Played on the kingside: 2
Initiated exchanges: 12Space advantage: 10Active pieces: 10Kept the bishop pair: 9Backward pawn: 7Missed tactics: 5Isolated pawn: 5Sacrificed material: 4Avoided exchanges: 4Accepted short draws: 3
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Openings

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As White 10 games 2W 4D 4L
Yusupov-Rubinstein System 2 games 0W 1D 1L
(unspecified) 2 games 0W 1D 1L
(unspecified) 2 games 0W 1D 1L
Queen's Pawn Game 2 games 1W 0D 1L
Colle System 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Traditional Colle 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Symmetrical Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
King's Indian Defense 2 games 0W 2D 0L
Normal Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Rare Defenses 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Kazakh Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
East Indian Defense 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Catalan Opening 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Closed 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
English Opening 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Anglo-Indian Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
King's Knight Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Indian Defense 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Accelerated London System 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
As Black 9 games 1W 3D 5L
French Defense 5 games 1W 1D 3L
Steinitz Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Boleslavsky Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Two Knights Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Classical Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Burn Variation, Morozevich Line 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Advance Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Exchange Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Monte Carlo Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Catalan Opening 2 games 0W 1D 1L
Closed 2 games 0W 1D 1L
(unspecified) 2 games 0W 1D 1L
Queen's Gambit Declined 2 games 0W 1D 1L
Harrwitz Attack 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Exchange Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Reshevsky Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Blunders Top 4 of 97

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

2026.09.26 · 59. Rf3+ (−47.5% win chance) 0-1
Royle, Alex
Sheppard, Derek Alan
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2023.01.22 · 84. Rh3 (−45.2% win chance) 0-1
Stokes, Michael
Sheppard, Derek Alan
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2025.09.06 · 45. Qd1 (−35.3% win chance) 0-1
Bevis, Noah
Sheppard, Derek Alan
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2026.09.26 · 25... Bd5 (−33.7% win chance) 1/2-1/2
Sheppard, Derek Alan
De Sousa Muachikape, Jael
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Date Event Round Color Opponent Result Accuracy % First moves