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D Howell 
 
David Howell
Number of games in database: 394
Years covered: 1998 to 2010
Current FIDE rating: 2606
Highest rating achieved in database: 2624
Overall record: +167 -104 =119 (58.1%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      4 exhibition games, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (69) 
    B22 B40 B52 B30 B50
 French Defense (33) 
    C05 C07 C03 C02 C10
 French Tarrasch (26) 
    C05 C07 C03 C04 C08
 Ruy Lopez (24) 
    C67 C92 C68 C93 C60
 Caro-Kann (11) 
    B14 B13 B12 B10
 Ruy Lopez, Closed (10) 
    C92 C93 C86 C89 C96
With the Black pieces:
 Ruy Lopez (47) 
    C67 C96 C60 C77 C88
 Grunfeld (40) 
    D85 D80 D86 D97 D91
 English (21) 
    A15 A16
 Ruy Lopez, Closed (20) 
    C96 C88 C99 C91 C86
 Vienna Opening (11) 
    C29 C28 C26
 Queen's Pawn Game (7) 
    A45 A40 D01
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   D Howell vs A Bitalzadeh, 2009 1-0
   R Palliser vs D Howell, 2005 0-1
   T Nyback vs D Howell, 2007 0-1
   D Howell vs Carlsen, 2009 1/2-1/2
   D Howell vs Nijboer, 2009 1-0
   Yifan Hou vs D Howell, 2008 1/2-1/2

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   England at the Dresden Olympiad by capybara

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DAVID HOWELL
(born Nov-14-1990) United Kingdom

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David Howell has been playing chess since the age of five. He studied under the guidance of GM Glenn Flear. He has been the British Under-8, Under-9 and Under-10 chess champion. In 2007, he earned his GM title after a very strong performance at the Rilton Cup.

In August 1999, Howell became internationally famous when he broke the world record for the youngest player to have defeated a Grandmaster in an official game, when he defeated John Nunn at blitz chess. In 2002, David had a draw in blitz against Vladimir Kramnik, becoming the youngest player ever to have scored against a reigning world chess champion in an official game.

David maintains a chess blog at http://davidhowellchess.blogspot.com/


 page 1 of 16; games 1-25 of 394  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves Year Event/LocaleOpening
1. Kasparov vs D Howell 1-050 1998 BT Wireplay challengeA49 King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4
2. M Vachier-Lagrave vs D Howell  1-039 2000 Cap d'Agde mC29 Vienna Gambit
3. D Howell vs M Vachier-Lagrave  ½-½30 2000 Cap d'Agde mB22 Sicilian, Alapin
4. D Howell vs M Vachier-Lagrave  0-166 2000 Cap d'Agde mB30 Sicilian
5. M Vachier-Lagrave vs D Howell  1-026 2000 Wch U10C29 Vienna Gambit
6. M Vachier-Lagrave vs D Howell  1-055 2000 Cap d'Agde mC29 Vienna Gambit
7. M Vachier-Lagrave vs D Howell 0-134 2000 Cap d'Agde mC29 Vienna Gambit
8. D Howell vs M Vachier-Lagrave  1-039 2000 Cap d'Agde mB22 Sicilian, Alapin
9. D Howell vs M Vachier-Lagrave  0-149 2000 Cap d'Agde mB22 Sicilian, Alapin
10. M Vachier-Lagrave vs D Howell  1-054 2000 Cap d'Agde mC29 Vienna Gambit
11. D Howell vs P Marusenko  0-152 2001 10th Monarch AssuranceB06 Robatsch
12. D Howell vs A Samsonkin  ½-½43 2001 WYB12B03 Alekhine's Defense
13. Milos Osatovic vs D Howell  1-042 2001 EYCC B12D70 Neo-Grunfeld Defense
14. D Howell vs M J Franklin  ½-½25 2001 Frome XII Congress opB22 Sicilian, Alapin
15. A Ormsby vs D Howell  0-124 2001 10th Monarch AssuranceC68 Ruy Lopez, Exchange
16. D Howell vs D Duskojanov  1-019 2001 WYB12C42 Petrov Defense
17. D Howell vs Emms  0-126 2001 4NCLB31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation
18. A Romashko vs D Howell  0-150 2001 EYCC B12C77 Ruy Lopez
19. D Howell vs R Van Kemenade  1-024 2001 10th Monarch AssuranceC42 Petrov Defense
20. O Martirosyan vs D Howell  0-178 2001 WYB12C68 Ruy Lopez, Exchange
21. D Howell vs Orkhan Eminov  1-034 2001 EYCC B12B52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack
22. D Howell vs Hebden  0-153 2001 10th Monarch AssuranceC68 Ruy Lopez, Exchange
23. T Coleman vs D Howell  ½-½53 2001 WYB12C49 Four Knights
24. R Willmoth vs D Howell  0-130 2001 4NCLC26 Vienna
25. D Howell vs Ali Kavakdere  1-039 2001 EYCC B12C42 Petrov Defense
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Jul-10-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  timhortons: i cant find the official website of this tournament but probably its a greek tourney.

check this out.

http://www.chess.com/groups/forumvi...

[Event "A' Ethniki 2009"]
[Site "Halkidiki"]
[Date "2009.07.09"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Howell, D."]
[Black "Miroshnichenko, E."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Annotator "Robot 3"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 d6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 d5 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nc6 9. Bf4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 e6 11. h4 Bd7 12. h5 Rc8 13. Nd2 Bc5 14. Qd3 f5 15. Be3 O-O 16. f4 Bb5 17. Qxb5 Bxe3 18. g3 Bxd2+ 19. Kxd2 Nc4+ 20. Kc2 Rf7 21. Bxc4 a6 22. Qb4 Rxc4 23. Qb3 b5 24. Rad1 Qb6 25. Kb1 h6 26. Rd3 Rfc7 27. Rhd1 Re4 28. Qc2 a5 29. Rd4 Rc4 30. b3 Rc8 31. g4 Rxd4 32. Rxd4 Qxd4 33. cxd4 Rxc2 34. Kxc2 fxg4 35. Kd3 g6 0-1


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Jul-30-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  JG27Pyth: Is David's highest rating correct? It shows here as 2614, but on his website his current rating is given as 2416 ... hmmm?
Jul-30-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  JG27Pyth: Well, I just checked the fide site and 2614 is correct. The kid's a good chessplayer but he doesn't update his website very well... :P
Aug-07-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  wordfunph: By drawing your last round game against IM Gary Lane, let me be the 1st to congratulate you as the Champ of the 2009 British Championship!

Hope you win the 2010 British Championship GM David Howell!

Aug-11-09   Dredge Rivers: Congrats! Enjoy your date with Keira Knightley!
Sep-01-09   Bobsterman3000: Ouch!!

Ervin_ozkan (2640) - David Howell (2883)
3m + 0s, rated, 02.09.2009

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bf4 Bg7 4.e3 0-0 5.Be2 d6 6.h3 Nbd7 7.0-0 b6 8.c4 Bb7 9.Nc3 Ne4 10.Nxe4 Bxe4 11.Rc1 c5 12.b3 Rc8 13.Bh2 Qc7 14.Re1 Qb8 15.Bd3 Bb7 16.d5 a6 17.a4 b5 18.axb5 axb5 19.e4 b4 20.Qe2 Bc3 21.Rf1 Ne5 22.Nxe5 dxe5 23.f4 Bd4+ 24.Kh1 Rcd8 25.f5 Rd6 26.Qd2 Bc8 27.fxg6 Rxg6 28.Rf3 Qd6 29.Rcf1 f6 30.Bg1 Kh8 31.Bxd4 exd4 32.e5 Qxe5 33.Bxg6 hxg6 34.Qh6+ Kg8 35.Qxg6+ Kh8 36.Rf5 Bxf5 37.Rxf5 Qxf5 38.Qxf5 Kg7 39.Qe6 Rf7 40.g4 Kg6 41.Kg2 Rg7 42.Kg3 Kh6 43.h4 Kg6 44.Kf4 Rh7 45.h5+ Kh6 46.Kf5 Rg7 47.d6 Rg5+ 48.Kf4 exd6 49.Qxf6+ Kh7 50.Kxg5 David Howell resigns (Lag: Av=0.21s, max=0.5s) 1-0

Sep-18-09   Ezzy: Program InventiChess 2009
I. International Grandmaster Tournament

From September 18th till September 26th 2009. Nine international Grandmasters and one Belgian international Master will play during nine days.

GM Etienne Bacrot France 2709
GM Gabriel Sargissian Armenia 2678
GM Emil Sutovsky Israel 2676
GM Krishnan Sasikiran India 2661
GM Bartosz Socko Poland 2637
GM David Howell England 2624
GM Jan Timman The Netherlands 2588
IM Anna Muzychuk Slovenia 2542
GM Antoaneta Stefanova Bulgaria 2535
IM Bart Michiels Belgium 2451

[Event "InventiChess"]
[Site "Antwerp/Belgium"]
[Date "2009.09.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Muzychuk, Anna"]
[Black "Howell, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[Annotator "Robot 3"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 c6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. Nxd7 Bxd7 8. O-O g6 9. c4 Nc7 10. Nc3 Bg7 11. Be3 Be6 12. Qe2 Bxd4 13. Rad1 c5 14. Be4 O-O 15. Na4 Qc8 16. Nxc5 Bxe3 17. Qxe3 Rb8 18. Rfe1 Bg4 19. Bf3 Re8 20. Bxg4 Qxg4 21. Qe5 Na6 22. Nxa6 bxa6 23. b3 Qc8 24. Rd5 e6 25. Rd4 Rd8 26. Red1 Rxd4 27. Rxd4 Qb7 28. h4 h5 29. Rd6 Rc8 30. Qd4 Qe7 31. c5 e5 32. Qd5 Kg7 33. b4 Rc7 34. g3 e4 35. Qd4+ Kh7 36. Rd8 f6 37. Rd6 Kg7 38. Rxa6 Rb7 39. a3 1-0

Not a good start for David Howell, losing to the women's number 8 in the world Anna Muzychuk.

I think this was the first time ever Howell has played the Alekhines defence. Not a very successful experiment I'm afraid.

Sep-20-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  percyblakeney: Howell seems to have a bit left to be ready for Carlsen and Kramnik in London, three losses in a row in Antwerp now (against Muzychuk, Bacrot and Sutovsky).
Sep-20-09   Ezzy: <percyblakeney: Howell seems to have a bit left to be ready for Carlsen and Kramnik in London,> :-)
Sep-23-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  percyblakeney: Ouch, that's -5 in 6 rounds after losing also against Stefanova today.
Sep-23-09   Ezzy: A nightmare for Howell 'The Howler'

Seems like this is goodbye to his 2600+ rating.

Sep-25-09   Ezzy: +0-6=2 for a score of 1/8 and a performance rating of 2302 = OUCH!!
Oct-13-09   Squares: Good Luck the Howel(l)er
Nov-04-09   znnnk: <David Howell's dream of winning the world junior seems to be over. Howell travelled with Nigel Short to Puerto Madryn in Argentina for his last shot at a title he so nearly won last year when a last round defeat playing white pushed him out of the medals. Howell started well with an unbeaten 6/8 but lost to the top seed Maxime Vachier-Lagrave of France with black in round nine.>

http://www.chess.co.uk/twic/malcolm...

Nov-23-09   Ezzy: David Howell was joint first with Mark Hebden in the 2009 British rapidplay championships.
Dec-15-09   Mr. Bojangles: I saw a clip of this young man for the first time today. I was horrified and shocked at how bad his teeth were. Surely someone must have brought it to his attention.

He must see a dentist ASAP for urgent aesthetic treatment.

Dec-15-09   JaneEyre: I think he was wearing a brace. But, yes, he didn't look good on the video (so much for hybrid vigour). He looks better from a distance.
Dec-16-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  pawn to QB4: Congratulations, fine result on the big stage; looked every inch a man with the right to be there among those great masters.
Dec-16-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  furrer: Yeah, i got the same expierence Mr. Bojangles - it looked really bad... :) He should do something about it!
Dec-16-09   Slick Mongoose: I thought the same as Mr Bojangles at first, but it's a gold brace that makes his teeth look yellow.
Dec-16-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  HeMateMe: In the photo he's wearing a school uniform. I guess that would mean a somewhat elite high school for the academically gifted or ambitious. In the USA that would be called "a private school,", but over there i think the order is reversed, their schools for the regular kids are called "private school", and the ones for those with more talent (or money for tuition) are called "public schools."....its a mixed up world, said my Lola...."
Dec-17-09   lancenew: David is the new King of England!
Dec-24-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  mysql: Howell's live rating is 2605.9. Glad he's back on the 2600s. I thought he was on a slump.
Dec-24-09   jamesmaskell: His rating was always at risk because of his being highly rated relatively speaking in the World Juniors. His losses hurt his rating hard.
Jan-25-10   geezerbloke: <HeMateMe> whilst your inference may be correct in this case, it is quite normal to have a school uniform in England regardless whether it is public or not.
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