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McKerras, Ross

Standard: 1913 Rapid: 1855 Blitz: 0 (last updated 2026-10-02)

FIDE ID: 4301803 (view FIDE profile)

Federation: NZL Sex: M Birth Year: 1950 Age: 76

Title: — Women's title: — Other title: — FOA title: —

Games: 9 Wins: 2 (22%) Draws: 2 (22%) Losses: 5 (56%)

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As White 4 games 1W 0D 3L

Philidor Defense 1 game 0W 0D 1L

Hanham Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L

(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L

Pirc Defense 1 game 0W 0D 1L

(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L

French Defense 1 game 0W 0D 1L

Advance Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L

Paulsen Attack 1 game 0W 0D 1L

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

Exchange Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L

(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L

As Black 5 games 1W 2D 2L

Tarrasch Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L

Symmetrical Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L

(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L

Rubinstein Opening 1 game 1W 0D 0L

Bogoljubow Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L

(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L

Ruy Lopez 1 game 0W 1D 0L

Berlin Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L

Rio Gambit Accepted 1 game 0W 1D 0L

Vienna Game 1 game 0W 0D 1L

Vienna Gambit 1 game 0W 0D 1L

Main Line 1 game 0W 0D 1L

Bishop's Opening 1 game 0W 0D 1L

Urusov Gambit 1 game 0W 0D 1L

(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L

Blunders Top 4 of 36

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2026.02.15 · 15... Nf6 (−88% win chance) 0-1

McKerras, Ross

Lane, Nancy L

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2025.11.07 · 33. Qc1 (−38.7% win chance) 1-0

Joel, Chris

McKerras, Ross

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2025.11.06 · 7... Ng8 (−21.1% win chance) 1-0

McKerras, Ross

List, Robert

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2025.11.07 · 28. Ng2 (−17.7% win chance) 1-0

Joel, Chris

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Games Showing all 9 games

Date	Event	Round	Opponent	Result	Accuracy %	First moves
2026.02.15	Round 6: Wright, Caleb - McKerras, Ross	6.5	2026.02.15 Wright, Caleb (4301099) (1745)	½	96.80%	1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6
2026.02.15	Round 5: McKerras, Ross - Abbott, Isaac	5.3	2026.02.15 Abbott, Isaac (4326350) (1482)	0	77.80%	1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nd7 3. Nf3 e5
2026.02.15	Round 4: Lane, Nancy L - McKerras, Ross	4.5	2026.02.15 Lane, Nancy L (3203794) (1864)	1	40.10%	1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 e6
2026.02.15	Round 2: Lane, Nancy L - McKerras, Ross	2.4	2026.02.15 Smith, Christopher (4303717) (1887)	½	-	1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6
2026.02.14	Round 3: McKerras, Ross - Wilson, Dion A	3.2	2026.02.14 Wilson, Dion A (4321413) (1849)	0	86.10%	1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5
2025.11.08	Round 5: McKerras, Ross - Carpinter, Antony L	5.5	2025.11.08 Carpinter, Antony L (4300238) (2080)	0	89.80%	1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5
2025.11.07	Round 3: Rangarajan Ganeshan - McKerras, Ross	3.6	2025.11.07 Rangarajan Ganeshan	0	87.00%	1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5
2025.11.07	Round 2: McKerras, Ross - Joel, Chris	2.8	2025.11.07 Joel, Chris (4310802) (1627)	1	83.20%	1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5
2025.11.06	Round 1: List, Robert - McKerras, Ross	1.4	2025.11.06 List, Robert (4303490) (1651)	0	64.90%	1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d4 exd4