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GM William N Watson

Full name

William N Watson

Born

1/1/1962 (age 63)‎

Place of birth

Federation

England

Rating

Bio

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

Vienna Game: Falkbeer, Mieses Variation (12 games)

Sicilian Defense: Taimanov, Bastrikov Variation (9 games)

French Defense: Tarrasch, Closed, Pawn Center Variation (8 games)

Caro-Kann Defense: Classical, Spassky Variation (8 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Accelerated Dragon, Modern Variation (8 games)

Black Pieces

King's Indian Defense: Orthodox, Donner Defense (12 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Dragon, Rauzer Variation (11 games)

King's Indian Defense: Normal Variation (10 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Dragon Variation (10 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Dragon, Classical Variation (10 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
William N Watson (2458) Bodhana Sivanandan (2186)	1-0	47	2024
William N Watson (2458) Ilya Smirin (2504)	0-1	31	2024
William N Watson (2458) Raunak Sadhwani (2663)	0-1	39	2024
William N Watson (2490) Georg Meier (2632)	1-0	30	2022
William N Watson (2492) Alexander Naumann (2504)	½-½	35	2022
William N Watson (2498) Malcolm Pein (2371)	1-0	30	2013
William N Watson (2498) Matthew S Piper (2362)	1-0	59	2013
William N Watson (2498) James Cobb (2401)	1-0	47	2010
William N Watson (2498) Joachim Sven (2471)	0-1	55	2002
William N Watson (2520) Etienne Bacrot (2653)	0-1	33	2001

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