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Matthew James Turner

Number of games in database: 532
Years covered: 1989 to 2025
Last FIDE rating: 2441 (2506 rapid, 2415 blitz)
Highest rating achieved in database: 2545
Overall record: +194 -96 =211 (59.8%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 31 exhibition games, blitz/rapid, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (39) 
    B22 B25 B20 B23 B51
 English (36) 
    A10 A13 A16 A15 A14
 Queen's Pawn Game (32) 
    A45 A46 D02 A40 D00
 English, 1 c4 e5 (19) 
    A20 A25 A26 A28 A22
 Ruy Lopez (12) 
    C85 C78 C67 C68 C81
 French Defense (11) 
    C00 C03 C07 C01
With the Black pieces:
 Sicilian (57) 
    B32 B27 B30 B25 B22
 Ruy Lopez (29) 
    C78 C63 C92 C95 C68
 Queen's Pawn Game (21) 
    A45 D02 A46 A41 A40
 Slav (20) 
    D10 D17 D11 D15 D12
 King's Indian (19) 
    E62 E60 E77 E92 E69
 English (15) 
    A15 A14 A13 A16 A18
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   M J Turner vs G Freeman, 2022 1-0
   J Rudd vs M J Turner, 2003 0-1
   M J Turner vs A Hunt, 1999 1-0
   J Rowson vs M J Turner, 2001 1/2-1/2
   M J Turner vs C Hanley, 2012 1/2-1/2

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   South Wales Masters (2000)
   Wood Green Invitational (2023)
   British Championship (1999)
   Hastings Centenary Masters (1995)
   British Championship (2012)
   British Championship (1995)
   British Championship (2001)
   British Championship (1994)
   Metz Open (1998)
   Cambridge International Open (2023)
   British Championship (2003)
   European Junior Championship (1993)
   Krumbach Open (1991)
   Benasque Open (1997)
   18th Lloyds Bank Masters Open (1994)

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   Hastings 2000/01 by Phony Benoni

RECENT GAMES:
   🏆 4NCL 2024/25
   H Grieve vs M J Turner (May-05-25) 1/2-1/2
   G Price vs M J Turner (May-04-25) 0-1
   M J Turner vs F Rocco (May-03-25) 1-0
   D J Ledger vs M J Turner (Apr-06-25) 0-1
   M N Turner vs M J Turner (Jan-26-25) 1/2-1/2

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MATTHEW JAMES TURNER
(born Dec-11-1975, 49 years old) United Kingdom

[what is this?]

Matthew James Turner, Grandmaster from Scotland. He was Scottish Champion in 2019.

Wikipedia article: Matthew Turner (chess player)

Last updated: 2025-03-29 13:07:56

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 page 1 of 22; games 1-25 of 532  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. M J Turner vs S Cullip  0-1901989Edinburgh OpenB41 Sicilian, Kan
2. E Davis vs M J Turner  1-0341989Edinburgh OpenA07 King's Indian Attack
3. M J Turner vs M J Hughes  1-0281989Edinburgh OpenB07 Pirc
4. S Jackson vs M J Turner  ½-½351989Edinburgh OpenB22 Sicilian, Alapin
5. M J Turner vs A Fox  1-0721989Edinburgh OpenD55 Queen's Gambit Declined
6. A Dunnington vs M J Turner  1-0301989Edinburgh OpenE01 Catalan, Closed
7. M J Turner vs J Grant  ½-½281989Edinburgh OpenB01 Scandinavian
8. M J Turner vs T Clarke  1-0411989Edinburgh OpenC00 French Defense
9. M Lyell vs M J Turner  1-0431989Edinburgh OpenB22 Sicilian, Alapin
10. M J Turner vs A D Martin  0-128198913th Lloyds Bank Masters OpenC68 Ruy Lopez, Exchange
11. Psakhis vs M J Turner  ½-½541990Groningen OpenB30 Sicilian
12. M J Turner vs R Kuijf  0-1291990Groningen OpenB32 Sicilian
13. G Pieterse vs M J Turner ½-½801990Groningen OpenA90 Dutch
14. A Dunnington vs M J Turner  1-0471990Groningen OpenA04 Reti Opening
15. M J Turner vs E Hoeksema  0-1291990Groningen OpenB96 Sicilian, Najdorf
16. A Carstens vs M J Turner  1-0331991Krumbach OpenB23 Sicilian, Closed
17. S Galdunts vs M J Turner  1-0371991Krumbach OpenB30 Sicilian
18. M J Turner vs N Stewart  1-0321991Krumbach OpenA07 King's Indian Attack
19. M J Turner vs M Steinbacher  1-0601991Krumbach OpenB00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening
20. P Dankert vs M J Turner  1-0431991Krumbach OpenD02 Queen's Pawn Game
21. B Barthel vs M J Turner  0-1271991Krumbach OpenC55 Two Knights Defense
22. M J Turner vs T Thiel  1-0261991Krumbach OpenB45 Sicilian, Taimanov
23. M J Turner vs A Payen  0-1411991Krumbach OpenB76 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack
24. P Panzer vs M J Turner  1-0321991Krumbach OpenA80 Dutch
25. M J Turner vs M Moehrmann  1-0541991Krumbach OpenC81 Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack
 page 1 of 22; games 1-25 of 532  PGN Download
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Kibitzer's Corner
Jul-18-05  mack: Former Countdown finalist.
Jul-18-05  WMD: He certainly proved better at rearranging letters than Jim Plaskett.
Jul-18-05  mack: I can see a games collection coming on here - chess players who have been on TV gameshows. Plaskett, Turner, Hartston, Dlugt, Thurlow, um... and all the rest of them.
Jul-18-05  mack: Dlugy*
Jul-18-09  BoardLord: GM Turner became third in Arctic Chess Challenge 2008 and will participate in the 2009 edition in Tromsø, Norway as well. In connection with this I have written a profile of him that you can read at my blog Sjakkfantomet. It's in English.

http://sjakkfantomet.blogg.no/12479...

Dec-11-10  BobCrisp: <Postscript on the theme of overheard conversations

At the recent, and last, <Lloyds Bank Masters>, I achieved my final IM norm and, having scored 2/4 against GM opposition, was well satisfied with my performance. The following conversation took place between GMs Mark Hebden and Patrick Wolff.

<Hebden>: "Who've you just played?"

<Wolff>: "Somebody called Turner."

<Hebden>: "Oh, you played Matthew...he doesn't know much theory but can be tricky in the middle game."

<Wolff>: "It's interesting you should say that."

<Hebden>: "Why?"

<Wolff>: "His opening was CRAP!!"

At least I know where I stand in the grand order of things.>

(November 1994, <CHESS> magazine)

Dec-17-10  BIDMONFA: Matthew Turner

TURNER, Matthew
http://www.bidmonfa.com/turner_matt...
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May-26-14  Octavia: Here is a bit from <bdlord> Matthew Turner (2517) is an English chess professional. He was born on the 12th of December 1975. He became a Grandmaster in 2002, and since the year 2000 he has been stable between 2480 and 2520 with a peak-elo of 2519. Since Turner got his Grandmaster-title he has had a rather low tournament activity where the league 4NCL is his main arena. He nowadays is more a teacher of chess and he works at the Millfield School in Somerset, England. Matthews chess classes include all levels of play, from beginners to experienced international players. To last year's (2008) Arctic Chess Challenge he brought with him his 21 years old student Peter S Poobalasingam (2224), and we remember that both of them did well - with Matthew at a strong 3rd place and Peter at an amazing 9th place - performing almost 200 points above his actual elo rating.

In 2001 at Hastings he beat the young Levon Aronian who already was quite some player. But his sweetest chess memory is probably from the Four Nations Chess League in England where the board order of his team one season was 1. GM Turner 2. GM Morozevich 3. GM Short...

He was 1st= in the Ayr chess congress last week end.

Feb-21-15
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  MissScarlett: When did he become Scottish?

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