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Anthony F Ker
A F Ker 
 

Number of games in database: 457
Years covered: 1981 to 2023
Last FIDE rating: 2204 (2221 rapid, 2173 blitz)
Highest rating achieved in database: 2410
Overall record: +201 -123 =123 (58.7%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 10 exhibition games, blitz/rapid, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (44) 
    B22 B23 B24 B21 B25
 Queen's Pawn Game (28) 
    A45 D00 E00 A40
 French Defense (21) 
    C02 C15 C10 C05
 Modern Benoni (18) 
    A57 A67 A58 A60 A56
 Scotch Game (15) 
    C45
 Nimzo Indian (14) 
    E30 E29 E43 E26 E31
With the Black pieces:
 Pirc (86) 
    B07 B08 B09
 Queen's Pawn Game (29) 
    A41 D02 A46 A45 A40
 Modern Benoni (17) 
    A57 A58 A59 A67 A56
 Benko Gambit (15) 
    A57 A58 A59
 Sicilian (13) 
    B70 B76 B27 B73 B40
 Uncommon Opening (10) 
    B00 A00
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   C Bell vs A F Ker, 1981 0-1
   A F Ker vs N Croad, 2002 1-0
   A F Ker vs D Eade, 2017 1-0
   M P Dreyer vs A F Ker, 1983 0-1
   D Ntagasigumwami vs A F Ker, 2014 0-1
   R Perry vs A F Ker, 1999 0-1

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   New Zealand Championship 1994/95 (1994)
   New Zealand Championship (2011)
   New Zealand Championship (2014)
   Queenstown Classic (2006)
   Australian Masters (1989)
   New Zealand Championship 1999/00 (1999)
   130th New Zealand Congress (2023)
   New Zealand Championship 2012/13 (2012)
   New Zealand Championship (2008)
   New Zealand Open (2015)
   Queenstown Classic (2009)
   World Junior Championship (1986)
   World Junior Championship (1985)
   Thessaloniki Olympiad (1988)
   Moscow Olympiad (1994)

RECENT GAMES:
   🏆 130th New Zealand Congress
   J H Zhang vs A F Ker (Jan-10-23) 0-1
   A F Ker vs S Shoker (Jan-09-23) 0-1
   A F Ker vs H Tang (Jan-08-23) 1-0
   P Park-Tamati vs A F Ker (Jan-07-23) 0-1
   A F Ker vs L Timergazi (Jan-06-23) 1/2-1/2

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ANTHONY F KER
(born Jun-27-1967, 58 years old) New Zealand

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Anthony Ker was awarded the IM title when he finished third in an Oceania zonal tournament held in Auckland, New Zealand in May 2000. During the 1988-2015 period he has been NZ Champion thirteen times. His brother Charles Ker is also a strong player.

Wikipedia article: Anthony Ker

Last updated: 2025-05-07 17:45:46

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 page 1 of 19; games 1-25 of 457  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. A F Ker vs L McLaren  0-1341981NZ Schoolpupils ChD32 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch
2. A F Ker vs F Foster  1-0431981First CCL Whitcoulls WeekenderE87 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox
3. C Bell vs A F Ker 0-12419814th Tawa Labour Weekend TtB21 Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4
4. D I Bell vs A F Ker  1-0601982North Island ChB18 Caro-Kann, Classical
5. A B Mullan vs A F Ker  0-1451982All Wellington ChD56 Queen's Gambit Declined
6. A F Ker vs F Foster 1-0321982NZ Junior ChA57 Benko Gambit
7. P Dunn vs A F Ker  0-1241982NZ Junior ChD50 Queen's Gambit Declined
8. A F Ker vs A M Borren  1-0181982Queens Birthday Weekend TtC29 Vienna Gambit
9. A F Ker vs B Marsick  1-0331982NZ Premier ReserveD31 Queen's Gambit Declined
10. B Carpinter vs A F Ker 1-0401982NZ Premier Reserve ChD34 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch
11. A F Ker vs P Van Dijk  1-0381982NZ Ch Premier ReserveE26 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch
12. B Martin vs A F Ker  1-0351982NZ Schoolpupil ChB70 Sicilian, Dragon Variation
13. A F Ker vs M Wigbout  0-1381982Philips TtC44 King's Pawn Game
14. B P Connor vs A F Ker  0-134198290th NZ Ch Premier ReserveB07 Pirc
15. A F Ker vs B W Freeman  1-09198290th NZ Ch Premier ReserveB07 Pirc
16. A F Ker vs J Bojtor  1-041198290th NZ Ch Premier ReserveC45 Scotch Game
17. A F Ker vs B M Alexander  ½-½231983NZ Schoolpupil ChC56 Two Knights
18. M P Dreyer vs A F Ker 0-1381983NZ Schoolpupil ChB07 Pirc
19. A F Ker vs J Sarfati ½-½251983Queen's Birthday WeekenderC44 King's Pawn Game
20. A F Ker vs R Haque  1-0741983Asian Team ChC55 Two Knights Defense
21. D Weegenaar vs A F Ker  ½-½40198390th NZ Ch Premier ReserveB09 Pirc, Austrian Attack
22. A F Ker vs B J Alexander  ½-½22198390th NZ Ch Premier ReserveC56 Two Knights
23. A B Mullan vs A F Ker  0-1311983All-Wellington ChB09 Pirc, Austrian Attack
24. A F Ker vs Abdulaziz Bin Ali  1-02019835th Asia Team ChB07 Pirc
25. A F Ker vs A Yap  0-14319835th Asian Team ChB22 Sicilian, Alapin
 page 1 of 19; games 1-25 of 457  PGN Download
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Kibitzer's Corner
Mar-30-10  DiscoJew: He puts the Ker in poker.
Jan-04-11  twinlark: Especially when he's po-faced.
Jan-06-11  Raisin Death Ray: He's a mangey Ker!
Jan-12-11  Benzol: Congratulations to Anthony the New Zealand Champion for 2010/2011.

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