The chess games of Nelson Castaneda

Nelson Castaneda
Number of games in database: 70
Years covered: 1993 to 2012
Last FIDE rating: 2227
Highest rating achieved in database: 2341
Overall record: +19 -36 =15 (37.9%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS

With the White pieces:

Sicilian (14)
    B96 B58 B27 B92 B65
Ruy Lopez (6)
    C89 C97 C64 C69 C80
Sicilian Najdorf (5)
    B96 B92 B99
Caro-Kann (4)
    B17 B12

With the Black pieces:

King's Indian (10)
    E83 E92 E94 E74 E66
Sicilian (9)
    B62 B96 B31 B83 B95
Pirc (6)
    B07 B09
Sicilian Richter-Rauser (4)
    B62

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NELSON CASTANEDA (born 1958) United States of America	[what is this?]
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page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 70

Game	Result	Moves	Year	Event/Locale	Opening
1. N Castaneda vs Browne	0-1	41	1993	Philadelphia op	B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation
2. N Castaneda vs D Gurevich	0-1	18	1994	It (open) (2)	B58 Sicilian
3. Waitzkin vs N Castaneda	1-0	34	1995	Syracuse (USA)	C55 Two Knights Defense
4. Zsofia Polgar vs N Castaneda	1-0	36	1995	It (open), North Bay (Canada)	B83 Sicilian
5. N Castaneda vs Yermolinsky	0-1	33	1995	It (open)	B62 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer
6. Zsofia Polgar vs N Castaneda	½-½	49	1996	It (open)	B62 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer
7. N Castaneda vs Nickoloff	½-½	61	1997	Canadian Open	B96 Sicilian, Najdorf
8. N Castaneda vs Wojtkiewicz	1-0	27	1997	Open, North Bay CAN	B96 Sicilian, Najdorf
9. N Castaneda vs R Vera	0-1	36	1997	Canadian Open	B99 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line
10. N Castaneda vs W D Taylor	1-0	40	1997	Canadian Open	B03 Alekhine's Defense
11. Z Gofshtein vs N Castaneda	1-0	46	1997	Canadian Open	E94 King's Indian, Orthodox
12. N Castaneda vs Hjartarson	0-1	29	1997	Canadian Open	C69 Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 6.d4
13. J Henson vs N Castaneda	0-1	36	1997	Canadian Open	B31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation
14. A Ivanov vs N Castaneda	1-0	41	1999	2nd Harry Lyman Open	B07 Pirc
15. N Castaneda vs I Nikolayev	0-1	34	1999	121st New York State Championship	C64 Ruy Lopez, Classical
16. L Seres vs N Castaneda	1-0	51	2001	FSIM June	E66 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav Panno
17. Z Dub vs N Castaneda	½-½	53	2001	FSIMB July	A42 Modern Defense, Averbakh System
18. N Castaneda vs V Bhat	0-1	50	2001	FSGM August	C05 French, Tarrasch
19. N Castaneda vs N Resika	1-0	51	2001	FSIM June	B09 Pirc, Austrian Attack
20. N Castaneda vs I Sipos	1-0	32	2001	FSIMB July	B77 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack
21. N Castaneda vs S Drazic	0-1	43	2001	FSGM August	B12 Caro-Kann Defense
22. N Castaneda vs Z Nemeth	½-½	60	2001	FSIM June	B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3
23. N Castaneda vs Z Medvegy	0-1	38	2001	FSGM August	A03 Bird's Opening
24. N Castaneda vs M Kaposztas	1-0	41	2001	FSIM June	B06 Robatsch
25. N Castaneda vs S D Sigfusson	½-½	37	2001	FSIMB July	C89 Ruy Lopez, Marshall


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Apr-26-08		DarthStapler: I know this guy - he's an FM currently and has 2 out of his 3 IM norms. He is also the champion of the club I go to

Feb-13-10		Poisonpawns: here is a game i played against Nelson with black in 2009 at the NY Open in Lake George. [Event "NY Open Gm90/30/60"] [Site "?"] [Date "2009.05.16"] [Round "2"] [White "Castenada, Nelson"] [Black "Bean, C"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B03"] [WhiteElo "2319"] [BlackElo "] [Annotator "C Bean"] [TimeControl "1800+10"] 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 exd6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Be2 Re8 9. Nf3 Bf6 10. b3 c6 11. O-O Bf5 12. Rc1 d5 13. c5 N6d7 14. b4 Nf8 15. b5 Nbd7 16. Qa4 Qc7 17. Rfd1 Ne6 18. Rd2 Rad8 19. Nd1 Nf4 20. Bf1 Be4 21. Ne1 Ne6 22. Nc2 Bg6 23. Nb4 Ndxc5 24. Qa3 Ne4 25. Rd3 c5 26. dxc5 d4 27. Qxa7 Ra8 28. Qb6 Qxb6 29. cxb6 dxe3 30. Nxe3 N4c5 31. Rd2 Red8 32. Rxd8+ Rxd8 33. Nbd5 Bg5 34. Ra1 Be4 35. Bc4 Nf4 36. Nc3 Bd3 37. g3 Nh3+ 38. Kg2 Bxe3 39. fxe3 Bxc4 40. Kxh3 Rd3 41. Rc1 Be6+ 42. Kg2 Rd2+ 43. Kf3 Nd3 44. Ra1 Rc2 45. Ne2 Rxa2 46. Rxa2 Bxa2 47. Ke4 Nc5+ 48. Ke5 Nd7+ 49. Kd6 Nxb6 50. Kc7 Nd5+ 51. Kxb7 Nxe3 52. Nc3 Be6 53. b6 Nd5 54. Ka7 Nxb6 55. Kxb6 Kf8 56. Kc5 Ke7 57. Kd4 Kf6 58. Ke4 Kg5 1/2-1/2 23.Nb4 has just been played click for larger view Black finds: click for larger view By move 40 i am winning clearly: click for larger view However my old enemy time trouble came,and we ended up here. click for larger view Which led to here: click for larger view That game took alot out of me,I just KNEW I was winning,and to end up with a draw hurt.

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