Luc Winants
Number of games in database: 276
Years covered: 1982 to 2007
Current FIDE rating: 2526
Highest rating achieved in database: 2536
Overall record: +56 -88 =128 (44.1%)*
   * 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:  Queen's Pawn Game (37)      A45 D00 A46 D05 D02  Nimzo Indian (12)      E46 E42 E48 E21 E39  Sicilian (12)      B90 B31 B30 B33 B77  Queen's Indian (5)      E15 E12 E16  Semi-Slav (5)      D43 D45 D47  English (5)      A10 A15 A13	With the Black pieces:  Ruy Lopez (32)      C65 C72 C64 C74 C60  Queen's Pawn Game (15)      E00 E10 A40 D00 D05  Nimzo Indian (14)      E32 E33 E42 E21 E46  Sicilian (8)      B45 B63 B58 B31 B25  Queen's Indian (7)      E12 E16 E15  Giuoco Piano (7)      C53 C50 C54

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Winants vs Van Blitterswijk, 2004 1-0
   Winants vs Carlsen, 2003 1-0
   Z Almasi vs Winants, 2004 0-1
   Winants vs V Gervais, 2002 1-0

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LUC WINANTS (born Jan-01-1963) Belgium [what is this?]

page 1 of 12; games 1-25 of 276  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. L Schandorff vs Winants   1-0 42 1982 Wch U20 B00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening 2. Winants vs Karpov   0-1 26 1986 Brussels SWIFT ;CBM 01 A46 Queen's Pawn Game 3. Van der Wiel vs Winants   ½-½ 21 1986 Brussel B45 Sicilian, Taimanov 4. Winants vs Ljubojevic   ½-½ 40 1986 Brussels SWIFT E12 Queen's Indian 5. Miles vs Winants   1-0 72 1986 Brussels SWIFT A61 Benoni 6. Winants vs Korchnoi   0-1 32 1986 Brussels SWIFT ,CBM 01 D85 Grunfeld 7. Timman vs Winants   1-0 41 1986 Brussels SWIFT ,CBM E10 Queen's Pawn Game 8. Winants vs Suba   ½-½ 27 1986 Dubai (ol) 42/360 C17 French, Winawer, Advance 9. Romanishin vs Winants   ½-½ 32 1986 Brussels SWIFT A04 Reti Opening 10. N Gaprindashvili vs Winants   0-1 55 1987 Brussels (Belgium) E10 Queen's Pawn Game 11. Ljubojevic vs Winants   1-0 45 1987 Brussels SWIFT A04 Reti Opening 12. Tal vs Winants   1-0 37 1987 Brussels 43/39 Bagirov,V A04 Reti Opening 13. Chiburdanidze vs Winants   ½-½ 27 1987 Brussels mix A62 Benoni, Fianchetto Variation 14. Khalifman vs Winants   1-0 33 1987 Dordrecht (Netherlands) A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 15. Zsuzsa Polgar vs Winants   ½-½ 58 1987 Brussel A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 16. Korchnoi vs Winants   1-0 40 1987 Brussels ,CBM 02 A04 Reti Opening 17. E Torre vs Winants   ½-½ 37 1987 Brussels A46 Queen's Pawn Game 18. Winants vs N Gaprindashvili   ½-½ 23 1987 Brussels (Belgium) D30 Queen's Gambit Declined 19. Winants vs Kasparov 0-1 55 1987 Bruessel I D59 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower 20. Winants vs Short   ½-½ 56 1987 Brussels SWIFT E21 Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights 21. Winants vs Timman   0-1 40 1987 1, Brussels SWIFT A40 Queen's Pawn Game 22. G Welling vs Winants   ½-½ 15 1987 Wijk aan Zee masters A30 English, Symmetrical 23. Winants vs R Meulders   1-0 52 1987 Brussels A80 Dutch 24. Piket vs Winants   0-1 42 1987 Wijk aan Zee II A62 Benoni, Fianchetto Variation 25. Van der Wiel vs Winants   ½-½ 25 1987 NED E10 Queen's Pawn Game  page 1 of 12; games 1-25 of 276

Apr-08-05    PivotalAnorak: LuckyLuc on ICC if I'm not mistaken. A fellow countryman of mine, our only "home-made" GM at the moment (the - few - other ones being from Russian origin). Once the highest rated french-speaking player IN THE WORLD :-) (before the uprising of Bacrot, Lautier, etc). Cheers, Luc ! Apr-08-05    WTHarvey: Here are some chess diagrams of Luc's crucial positons in games not seen here: http://www.wtharvey.com/wina.html Apr-08-05    babakova: even higher rated than Spasskij? Apr-08-05    PivotalAnorak: Spassky can't speak French, I think - even though he is French now. Boris, si tu nous lis, n'hésite pas à nous faire signe... :-) Apr-08-05    cu8sfan: <PivotalAnorak> I doubt that his ICC handle is LuckyLuc, that guy doesn't really play like a master: http://www.chessclub.com/activities... Apr-08-05    centrumspits: Ik denk dat Pivotalanorak Luc's handle op playchess bedoelt! Apr-08-05    BaranDuin: His playchess handle is GoodLuc Apr-09-05    PivotalAnorak: <all> Sorry guys, my mistake: like BaranDuin said, it's GoodLuc Jan-10-06    BIDMONFA: Luc Winants WINANTS, Luc http://www.bidmonfa.com/winants_luc... _ Apr-27-09    Xeroxx: Win ants? May-17-09    ILikeFruits: this ant... is luc... Dec-18-09    waustad: He has had the questionable pleasure of being beaten by many of the best players of the age. I would assume that if a more complete record of his games were given, he'd look a lot better, at least statistically.

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