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M Paul Townsend

Full name

M Paul Townsend

Born

1/1/1960 (age 65)‎

Place of birth

Federation

England

Rating

Bio

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

Catalan Opening (9 games)

Catalan Opening: Closed (7 games)

Queen's Gambit Declined (7 games)

English Opening: Agincourt Defense (6 games)

Queen's Gambit Declined: Catalan Opening (5 games)

Black Pieces

Modern Defense: Standard Line (11 games)

English Opening: Agincourt Defense (8 games)

Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange, Positional Line, Reshevsky Variation (7 games)

Benoni Defense: Czech Variation (7 games)

French Defense: Exchange Variation (6 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
M Paul Townsend (2125) Chopra Manmay (2217)	1-0	54	2024
M Paul Townsend (2150) Alexei Shirov (2667)	0-1	58	2024
M Paul Townsend (2146) Stephen Dishman (2306)	0-1	46	2024
M Paul Townsend (2262) Donald Macfarlane (2293)	½-½	22	2024
M Paul Townsend (2150) Nigel R Davies (2332)	½-½	31	2024
M Paul Townsend (2243) Tim P Wall (2200)	1-0	33	2023
M Paul Townsend (2243) Daniel GH Gallagher (2104)	0-1	65	2023
M Paul Townsend (2209) Mark Sanger	0-1	42	2023
M Paul Townsend (2243) Louise Head (1915)	½-½	20	2023
M Paul Townsend (2243) Neil McDonald (2406)	½-½	47	2023

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