Nicholas Croad
Number of games in database: 118
Years covered: 1998 to 2012
Last FIDE rating: 2259
Highest rating achieved in database: 2334
Overall record: +44 -42 =32 (50.8%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  Nimzo Indian (8)      E38 E32 E48 E39 E33  King's Indian (8)      E71 E76 E70 E97 E94  Slav (7)      D12 D15 D17  Queen's Indian (5)      E15 E12 E17  English, 1 c4 c5 (4)      A30 A38	With the Black pieces:  Sicilian (13)      B22 B58 B31 B89 B78  Caro-Kann (8)      B13 B17 B10 B12 B18  Queen's Indian (5)      E15 E12 E13  Queen's Pawn Game (5)      A45 A46  Nimzo Indian (4)      E32 E34 E20  Queen's Gambit Declined (4)      D37 D31

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NICHOLAS CROAD (born 1980) New Zealand [what is this?] FIDE master and also a member at this site. See User: Nic the NZer for more details.

page 1 of 5; games 1-25 of 118  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. N Croad vs A Dunn   0-1 52 1998 NZ Junior Ch B08 Pirc, Classical 2. Daniel Han vs N Croad   1-0 51 1999 NZ Junior Ch B75 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack 3. N Croad vs D L Brown   0-1 18 1999 IECC KO email B32 Sicilian 4. N Croad vs M Ginzburg   1-0 45 2000 World Junior Ch B32 Sicilian 5. S Kose vs N Croad   0-1 51 2000 World Junior Ch C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed 6. N Croad vs S Wastney   0-1 25 2000 North Island Ch B45 Sicilian, Taimanov 7. P H Kruger vs N Croad   0-1 23 2000 World Junior Ch C29 Vienna Gambit 8. H Asauskas vs N Croad   0-1 16 2000 World Junior Ch C37 King's Gambit Accepted 9. N Croad vs R J Dive   1-0 34 2001 108th NZ Ch B05 Alekhine's Defense, Modern 10. Rong Wang vs N Croad   0-1 33 2001 108th NZ Ch A68 Benoni, Four Pawns Attack 11. B Wheeler vs N Croad   1-0 18 2001 108th NZ Ch C52 Evans Gambit 12. C Depasquale vs N Croad   1-0 46 2001 108th NZ Ch A45 Queen's Pawn Game 13. A Ker vs N Croad   1-0 18 2002 109th NZ Ch C55 Two Knights Defense 14. G Spain vs N Croad   0-1 40 2003 110th NZ Ch C41 Philidor Defense 15. A H Wohl vs N Croad   0-1 54 2003 110th NZ Ch B57 Sicilian 16. A Ker vs N Croad   1-0 20 2003 110th NZ Ch B22 Sicilian, Alapin 17. N Croad vs D Guthrie   1-0 36 2003 110th NZ Ch E97 King's Indian 18. S Lukey vs N Croad   1-0 35 2003 110th NZ Ch A57 Benko Gambit 19. N Croad vs P Stuart   ½-½ 42 2003 110th NZ Ch A04 Reti Opening 20. N Croad vs R W Smith   1-0 33 2003 110th NZ Ch A38 English, Symmetrical 21. N Croad vs P Tew   1-0 44 2004 CL3-.11 email D09 Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 5.g3 22. N Croad vs B Gloistein   1-0 47 2006 Queenstown Classic D15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 23. R Song vs N Croad   0-1 48 2006 Queenstown Classic B78 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 10.castle long 24. I Berezina vs N Croad   1-0 48 2006 Queenstown Classic E98 King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov, 9.Ne1 25. N Croad vs D Holland   1-0 27 2006 Queenstown Classic D52 Queen's Gambit Declined  page 1 of 5; games 1-25 of 118

Jul-05-11    Nic the NZer: This is the games page of Nic the NZer. You can visit my chess training web-site at http://online-chess.appspot.com , I am looking at ways to improve it and make it more useful. Jul-06-11    Benzol: Welcome to the site Nic. Hope you enjoy yourself here. Cheers. :) Jul-06-11    HeMateMe: Howdy Nic. By chance, have you played any chess with intrepid NZ correspondent <Richard Taylor>? When Dickie T isn't theorizing on how morally corrupt the United States is, he apparently plays some serious chess, as he competed in the most recent NZ championships. Jul-06-11    Richard Taylor: Welcome Nic if you are 'here' so to speak...congratulations on getting an IM Norm recently. <HeMateMe> He hasn't played me. Nic Croad is from the South Island I think and is usually playing in a "higher" level. But I have beaten some of his mates or "colleagues"...FMs Steadman, Bruce Watson, Steven Lukey and IM Paul Garbett. I lost my last game to Garbett but the previous was a draw (this year). In the 80s I got two draws with IM Sarapu. But mostly he beat me fairly easily. Of course I have also lost a huge lot of games against weaker players than them... But I will say this of the FMs in NZ I think that Nic Croad is a very strong player. I saw his results in England recently where he got an IM norm. Very impressive results and he plays some great games. Feb-20-12    Nic the NZer: I have not played Richard Taylor yet, we have not played in the same sections very frequently. When I was in NZ I was living in Wellington, though I did play chess in the South Island quite a lot. I think that a NZ representative team made up of the players Richard has mentioned would be fairly strong. I have scored all three results against all of them, and none of these guys is in any way a push over.

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