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IM John L Watson

Full name

John Watson

Born

1/1/1951 (age 74)‎

Place of birth

Federation

United States

Retired

Rating

Bio

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

King's Indian Defense: Normal Variation (11 games)

English Opening: Fianchetto, Ultra-Symmetrical Line (6 games)

English Opening: Mikėnas-Carls, Flohr Variation (5 games)

Trompowsky Attack (5 games)

English Opening: Anglo-Indian, Queen's Knight Variation (4 games)

Black Pieces

French Defense: Tarrasch, Closed (10 games)

French Defense: Winawer, Positional Variation (7 games)

King's Indian Defense: Orthodox, Positional Defense (7 games)

French Defense: King's Indian Attack (6 games)

French Defense: Exchange Variation (5 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
John L Watson (2203) Mike Arne (2124)	1-0	37	2019
John L Watson (2208) Brian Rountree	1-0	46	2019
John L Watson (2203) Aaron Grabinsky (2350)	0-1	40	2019
John L Watson (2203) Alexander R Katz (2433)	0-1	49	2019
John L Watson (2208) Andrew Tang (2501)	0-1	34	2019
John L Watson (2210) Brian Sebasti Escalante Ramirez (2423)	0-1	38	2019
John L Watson (2210) Arthur Guo (2265)	0-1	44	2019
John L Watson (2203) Joshua Colas (2309)	½-½	48	2019
John L Watson (2199) Ioan-Cristian Chirila (2561)	½-½	42	2019
John L Watson (2210) George Kvakovszky (2025)	½-½	14	2019

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