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Michael Paul Townsend

Number of games in database: 145
Years covered: 1976 to 2025
Last FIDE rating: 2175 (2243 rapid, 2151 blitz)
Highest rating achieved in database: 2268
Overall record: +48 -60 =37 (45.9%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games.

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Most played openings
B06 Robatsch (7 games)
E00 Queen's Pawn Game (6 games)
D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav (5 games)
E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 (5 games)
A14 English (5 games)
D30 Queen's Gambit Declined (4 games)
D35 Queen's Gambit Declined (4 games)
A13 English (4 games)
C02 French, Advance (3 games)
A07 King's Indian Attack (3 games)

RECENT GAMES:
   🏆 ECF Counties Championship Semi-final
   P Lalic vs M P Townsend (Jun-07-25) 1-0
   K Hryshchenko vs M P Townsend (Nov-24-24) 0-1
   J Emans vs M P Townsend (Aug-12-24) 1/2-1/2
   M P Townsend vs R Harnett (Mar-31-23) 1-0
   T Banusz vs M P Townsend (Mar-29-23) 1-0

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MICHAEL PAUL TOWNSEND
(born Mar-17-1960, 65 years old) United Kingdom

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 page 1 of 6; games 1-25 of 145  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. M P Townsend vs Chandler  0-1371976Chorley OpenB21 Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4
2. S Jackson vs M P Townsend  1-0471979Hastings Challengers 1978/79C82 Ruy Lopez, Open
3. D E Rumens vs M P Townsend  ½-½421980Benedictine OpenC81 Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack
4. M P Townsend vs J Seidel  1-0291980Benedictine OpenD25 Queen's Gambit Accepted
5. I Hakki vs M P Townsend  1-0391980Benedictine OpenB09 Pirc, Austrian Attack
6. M P Townsend vs O Jackson  1-0321980Benedictine OpenA58 Benko Gambit
7. M P Townsend vs I Orlovic  1-0271980Benedictine OpenC65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense
8. W Watson vs M P Townsend  1-0241981Oxford vs Cambridge MatchB08 Pirc, Classical
9. M P Townsend vs M Hebden  0-1371982British ChampionshipA57 Benko Gambit
10. J Richardson vs M P Townsend  ½-½381982British ChampionshipD07 Queen's Gambit Declined, Chigorin Defense
11. M P Townsend vs P Littlewood  0-1621982British ChampionshipE82 King's Indian, Samisch, double Fianchetto Variation
12. D A Phillips vs M P Townsend  ½-½421982British ChampionshipB22 Sicilian, Alapin
13. M P Townsend vs B A Jacobs  ½-½391982British ChampionshipB06 Robatsch
14. K Arkell vs M P Townsend  0-1431982British ChampionshipB21 Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4
15. M P Townsend vs M Basman  0-1671982British ChampionshipA40 Queen's Pawn Game
16. W F Buchanan vs M P Townsend  0-1241982British ChampionshipB83 Sicilian
17. M P Townsend vs T Parkes  1-0581982British ChampionshipA56 Benoni Defense
18. G W Lawton vs M P Townsend  1-0381982British ChampionshipB86 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack
19. M P Townsend vs J Levitt  ½-½141982British ChampionshipE45 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Bronstein (Byrne) Variation
20. M P Townsend vs J Rigo  0-1411983Lewisham InternationalE42 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein)
21. P Berset vs M P Townsend  0-1371983Lewisham InternationalB80 Sicilian, Scheveningen
22. Z S Ilic vs M P Townsend  1-0461983Lewisham InternationalA17 English
23. G Botterill vs M P Townsend  1-0401986British ChampionshipE39 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Pirc Variation
24. M P Townsend vs Z Rahman  ½-½351986British ChampionshipC19 French, Winawer, Advance
25. A A Smith vs M P Townsend  0-1521986British ChampionshipA05 Reti Opening
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