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Peter K Wells
Number of games in database: 563
Years covered: 1981 to 2012
Last FIDE rating: 2491
Highest rating achieved in database: 2545
Overall record: +165 -152 =244 (51.2%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      2 exhibition games, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  Queen's Pawn Game (34)      A45 E10 A40 A41 D02  King's Indian (26)      E94 E92 E98 E97 E70  Nimzo Indian (24)      E21 E52 E20 E54 E55  Slav (24)      D15 D17 D10  Queen's Indian (20)      E15 E12 E16 E13 E17  Sicilian (17)      B31 B30 B67 B97 B50	With the Black pieces:  Sicilian (60)      B65 B63 B23 B31 B89  Nimzo Indian (36)      E32 E46 E34 E54 E21  Ruy Lopez (27)      C95 C92 C68 C64 C90  Queen's Gambit Declined (22)      D37 D39 D30 D31  Sicilian Richter-Rauser (21)      B65 B63 B67  Queen's Pawn Game (21)      A45 D02 E10 D00 D04

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   P Wells vs Shirov, 2006 1-0
   P Wells vs Speelman, 2006 1-0
   D Ledger vs P Wells, 2001 0-1
   Emms vs P Wells, 1989 1/2-1/2
   P Wells vs N Berry, 2002 1-0
   P Wells vs B Alterman, 1997 1/2-1/2

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PETER K WELLS (born Apr-17-1965) United Kingdom [what is this?] Peter Kenneth Wells was born in Portsmouth, England and became a FIDE master in 1982, an IM in 1987, and a GM in 1994.

page 1 of 23; games 1-25 of 563  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. John Hall vs P Wells   1-0 34 1981 BCF-ch B09 Pirc, Austrian Attack 2. P Wells vs P Littlewood   0-1 96 1981 BCF-ch E54 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System 3. P Wells vs R Nokes   1-0 40 1981 BCF-ch A77 Benoni, Classical, 9...Re8, 10.Nd2 4. F Pushkedra vs P Wells   0-1 37 1981 BCF-ch B09 Pirc, Austrian Attack 5. J C Hawksworth vs P Wells   ½-½ 19 1981 BCF-ch E15 Queen's Indian 6. P Wells vs J C Pigott 0-1 25 1981 BCF-ch E45 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Bronstein (Byrne) Variation 7. N Davies vs P Wells   0-1 40 1981 BCF-ch A14 English 8. D E Rumens vs P Wells   1-0 56 1981 BCF-ch A03 Bird's Opening 9. D James vs P Wells   0-1 29 1981 BCF-ch E12 Queen's Indian 10. P Wells vs Speelman   0-1 38 1981 BCF-ch E15 Queen's Indian 11. P Wells vs G James   1-0 47 1982 BCF-ch E16 Queen's Indian 12. P Thipsay vs P Wells   ½-½ 32 1982 BCF-ch B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange 13. P Wells vs N Murshed   ½-½ 41 1982 BCF-ch E10 Queen's Pawn Game 14. P Wells vs T N Parameswaran   0-1 45 1982 BCF-ch E12 Queen's Indian 15. P Wells vs D King   ½-½ 17 1982 BCF-ch E16 Queen's Indian 16. J C Hawksworth vs P Wells   ½-½ 17 1982 BCF-ch E15 Queen's Indian 17. V Ravikumar vs P Wells   0-1 40 1982 BCF-ch A04 Reti Opening 18. S Taulbut vs P Wells   ½-½ 22 1982 BCF-ch B12 Caro-Kann Defense 19. P Wells vs J M Hodgson   0-1 27 1982 BCF-ch A40 Queen's Pawn Game 20. P Clarke vs P Wells   ½-½ 23 1982 BCF-ch A30 English, Symmetrical 21. P Wells vs P Beggi   0-1 85 1982 Lugano D97 Grunfeld, Russian 22. P Byway vs P Wells   ½-½ 46 1982 BCF-ch A30 English, Symmetrical 23. P Wells vs Minev   ½-½ 58 1983 Hamar op D46 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 24. Hebden vs P Wells   1-0 42 1983 Southport BCF-70ch B14 Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack 25. P Wells vs Short ½-½ 16 1984 London LB D55 Queen's Gambit Declined  page 1 of 23; games 1-25 of 563    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2) | Wells wins | Wells loses

Dec-08-02    Moe Green: How come I never heard of this guy Wells? Is he good? Dec-09-02    PVS: Never heard of him myself. Dec-09-02    Kulla Tierchen: Are the players of the day picked at random? Dec-09-02    chessgames.com: Yes, the player of the day is chosen at random, within certain criteria (number of games, rating, and so forth.) Oct-14-04    ConLaMismaMano: Peter Wells is an English GM. Jun-09-05    dor: was he ever alive? Jul-30-05    EmperorAtahualpa: He was signalled in Amsterdam earlier this month. :) Jul-30-05    jamesmaskell: He is playing in the English team in the European Team Championships. Jan-04-06    BIDMONFA: Peter K Wells WELLS, Peter K. http://www.bidmonfa.com/wells_peter... _ Jan-04-06    Trotski: Listen Moe - Wells BUYS you out - you dont buy him out! Is he good, he will be in your state for a few days, think about an opening! Jan-04-06    johnwgoes: His book on the scotch opening is quite good. Jan-04-06    atripodi: He also wrote a great book on the Trompowski. Jan-04-06    Hoozits: I have that book as well, atripodi. It is excellent. I especially like the detail and the "off-beat" variations that he goes into. I've enjoyed playing the Tromp more because of his book. May-08-06    Eggman: BIDMONFA: Why do you keep turning up on a player's page and then provide a link to that very page, as you do above? Is that supposed to be funny? May-08-06    jamesmaskell: Its for his site, Spanish language chess website. Its as they say, there are three things certain in life, death, taxes, and a page on BIDMONFA for every chessplayer! May-08-06    Stevens: i thought there was supposed to be a rule against spamming and advertsing, so i complained. to absolutely no effect! so i used the ignore feature instead. i see from other members though that this is still going on. May-08-06    Eggman: <<Its for his site, Spanish language chess website>> I was referring to the link that says "Peter K Wells", and when you click on it it brings you to ... this very page! I don't get the intention. May-08-06    jamesmaskell: Oh, yeah, I noticed that. Maybe for those who use the BIDMONFA site who dont read this one? It seems plausible but unlikely given this is the best chess database and first port of call for me at least when it comes to new players. Aug-10-06    Peligroso Patzer: <Eggman: <<Its for his site, Spanish language chess website>> I was referring to the link that says "Peter K Wells", and when you click on it it brings you to ... this very page! I don't get the intention. > The second link in the entry from BIDMONFA takes you to the starting page for their file on Wells (a photograph, date of birth and links to his games). I do not know why BIDMONFA always includes the first link, which just restores the CG page on which you started. Aug-10-06    Peligroso Patzer: <atripodi: He also wrote a great book on the Trompowski.> Wells's book on the Trompowsky should gain credibiltiy from his 13-move defeat of Shirov earlier this year using that opening! May-12-07    Octavia: Peter Wells is a very friendly guy & fluent in Hungarian! He also wrote "Chess explained THE QUEEN'S INDIAN" pub. Gambit, 2006 - it goes into great detail... Apr-17-10    wordfunph: GM Peter Wells books.. + The Complete Semi-Slav + Winning with the Trompowsky + The Scotch Game + The Complete Richter-Rauzer (with Osnos) + Grandmaster Secrets - The Caro-Kann + Chess Explained - The Queen's Indian + Dangerous Weapons - Anti-Sicilians (with Emms and Palliser) happy birthday GM Wells..more books to write!

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