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Nick Raptis

Number of games in database: 44
Years covered: 1991 to 2017
Last FIDE rating: 2220 (2296 rapid, 2341 blitz)
Highest rating achieved in database: 2350
Overall record: +8 -10 =9 (46.3%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 17 exhibition games, blitz/rapid, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Grunfeld (4) 
    D85 D79 D93
 Queen's Pawn Game (4) 
    D02 A45 A46
 Reti System (4) 
    A04 A06
With the Black pieces:
 French Defense (7) 
    C05 C02 C01
 King's Indian (6) 
    E61 E92 E63 E60 E77
 French Tarrasch (4) 
    C05
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   N Raptis vs Shabalov, 2017 1-0

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Dake Memorial IM (2004)
   National Open (2012)

RECENT GAMES:
   🏆 National Open
   N Raptis vs A Kolev (Jun-17-17) 1/2-1/2
   N Raptis vs Shabalov (Feb-15-17) 1-0, rapid
   Swiercz vs N Raptis (Feb-01-17) 1-0, rapid
   N Raptis vs Spencer G Lehmann (Feb-01-17) 1-0, rapid
   Zherebukh vs N Raptis (Feb-01-17) 1-0, rapid

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NICK RAPTIS
(born Dec-07-1974, 50 years old) United States of America

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 page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 44  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. T Shaked vs N Raptis 1-024199192nd US OpenC05 French, Tarrasch
2. J Bricher vs N Raptis  1-0261995Oregon-chC05 French, Tarrasch
3. N Raptis vs T Weinberger  0-1301998National OpenC65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense
4. M Ashley vs N Raptis  ½-½742001Continental OpenC01 French, Exchange
5. N Raptis vs M Khachiyan  1-0292001Continental OpenD85 Grunfeld
6. N Raptis vs J Langreck  1-0262001Western States OpenE77 King's Indian
7. V Golod vs N Raptis  1-0452004Dake Memorial IME97 King's Indian
8. N Raptis vs D Roper  1-0452004Dake Memorial IMA88 Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with c6
9. E Anka vs N Raptis  1-0382004Dake Memorial IMD02 Queen's Pawn Game
10. M Stanford vs N Raptis  1-0402004Dake Memorial IMC02 French, Advance
11. N Raptis vs N Andrianov  ½-½162004Dake Memorial IMA30 English, Symmetrical
12. L Van Meter vs N Raptis  0-1552004Dake Memorial IME60 King's Indian Defense
13. N Raptis vs C Harmon  1-0462004Dake Memorial IMA00 Uncommon Opening
14. D Zilberstein vs N Raptis  1-0642004Dake Memorial IMD93 Grunfeld, with Bf4 & e3
15. N Raptis vs J Berry  1-0452004Dake Memorial IMD02 Queen's Pawn Game
16. J Sinanan vs N Raptis 1-0422006Evergreen Empire OpenA25 English
17. N Raptis vs W J Donaldson  ½-½272008Far West OpenA04 Reti Opening
18. N Raptis vs Yermolinsky  ½-½202008Far West OpenD02 Queen's Pawn Game
19. V Strugatsky vs N Raptis  ½-½462008Far West OpenE63 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation
20. K P Thomas vs N Raptis 0-1322012National OpenC02 French, Advance
21. N Raptis vs A Bykhovsky  0-1392012National OpenD93 Grunfeld, with Bf4 & e3
22. D Kerman vs N Raptis  ½-½512012National OpenA02 Bird's Opening
23. N Raptis vs N Salman  1-0362012National OpenD79 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O, Main line
24. N Raptis vs W J Stewart 0-1442012National OpenE99 King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov
25. Eric Qi vs N Raptis  ½-½402012National OpenC05 French, Tarrasch
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Kibitzer's Corner
Dec-14-06  MarioBalibrera: [Event "Evergreen Empire Open"]
[Site "Tacoma, Washington"]
[Date "2006.07.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "SINANAN, Joshua"]
[Black "RAPTIS, Nick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2046"]
[BlackElo "2349"]
[ECO "A25"]
[Annotator "MacGregor,Mike"]

The game and upset of the tournament. With this win, Josh won the top-rated player of the tournament and paved the way for an undefeated finish. 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Bb4 5. Nd5 O-O 6. e3 Re8 7. Ne2 Bf8 8. d3 Nxd5 9. cxd5 Ne7 10. O-O c6 11. Nc3 d6 12. d4 Bd7 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. e4 c5 15. f4 Ng6 16. f5 Nh8 17. f6 gxf6 18. Qh5 Ng6 19. Bh3 b5 20. Bxd7 Qxd7 21. Rxf6 c4 22. Be3 Rac8 23. Raf1 b4 24. Rxf7 Qxf7 25. Rxf7 Kxf7 26. Qxh7+ Bg7 27. Bh6 Rg8 28. Nb5 Kf6 29. Bxg7+ Rxg7 30. Qh3 Rgg8 31. Nd6 Rcf8 32. Nxc4 Rc8 33. b3 a5 34. Kf2 a4 35. Ne3 Rcf8 36. bxa4 Rh8 37. Qe6+ Kg5+ 38. Kg2 Nf4+ Complete hopelessness 39. gxf4+ Kxf4 40. Ng4 Rhg8 41. h3 Re8 42. Qf5# Diagram # 1-0

Dec-05-13  Shams: Again Nick crosses the Columbia to take home the hardware: 5.5/6 in the Master section of this past weekend's Washington Class Championships, a point and a half clear of the field.
Mar-15-21  Messiah: <MarioBalibrera> I re-annotated the game in question: J Sinanan vs N Raptis, 2006

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