What is William N Watson's FIDE rating?

William N Watson's FIDE rating is 2468 standard, 2492 rapid, 2421 blitz. Chess Stalker tracks it together with William N Watson's over-the-board games and opening repertoire.

How many OTB games has William N Watson played?

The Chess Stalker database holds 923 over-the-board games by William N Watson (910 classical, 6 rapid, 7 blitz), with 40% wins. The full list, with openings and results, is on William N Watson's Chess Stalker profile.

How do I prepare against William N Watson?

Open William N Watson's free Chess Stalker report: opening repertoire with results per line as White and Black, recurring weaknesses and blunder patterns evaluated with Stockfish, and recent games. Then rehearse against the Twin Bot, which imitates William N Watson's style, before facing them.

William N Watson

United Kingdomborn 1962FIDE ID 400157

Rating & statistics

FIDE rating lists · Sep 2023 – Sep 2026

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2440

2480

2520

2478 · Sep 2023

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Sep 2023Oct 2026

2492Rapid

2468Classical

2421Blitz

2527peak, Jan 2001

923games

368wins, 40%

330draws, 36%

225losses, 24%

Rated gamesInactive · rating frozenOfficial FIDE lists · drag the range below the chartPeak 2527 · Jan 2001

Play style

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Elite accuracy: 91.2% average

Plays 2.1% better with black

Low resilience (14%): Doesn't save lost positions

Very precise: only 0.1 blunders/game

Dominates 1.e4 as

(61% in 431 games)

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923 games

Based on 923 games

Openings

923 gamesBased on 923 player games

Weaknesses

where they slip as ♔ White

No significant weaknesses detected as white

Strengths

what holds up for them as ♔ White

French: Winawer1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.♞c3 ♝b430 games, last played 8 years ago63.3%wins

Vienna Game1.e4 e5 2.♞c3 ♞f618 games, last played 4 years ago55.6%wins

Deep analysis

Stockfish · Classical · 31 analyzedStockfish · Classical games · 31 analyzed

Accuracy by phase

Opening

96.0%

Middlegame

92.5%

Endgame

95.5%

Clutch factor

+10%

Winning (+2)Winning (+2)

95%8g

EqualEqual position

95%10g

Losing (−2)Losing (−2)

86%13g

Accuracy under pressure barely drops when losing.

Problematic pieces

30%

12 err

20%

8 err

18%

7 err

15%

6 err

15%

6 err

1 err

Critical moment

Move 17 avg

1-15

100%

16-25

26-35

36-45

46+

100% of blunders occur after move 16-25. Keep tension until then.of blunders occur after move 16-25. Keep tension until then.

Error heatmap · Critical squaresError heatmap

Few

Many

25Errors mapped

c2 / d3Hotspot zone

Critical squares

33 err

c2/d3 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Critical blunders

8 errors · Stockfish

#17

♛b7?? vs Willow

Middlegame · Blitz · 2024

#23

♛c2?? vs Vidit

Middlegame · Blitz · 2024

#32

♞xf7?? vs Moehn

Endgame · OTB · 2023

#52

♛d4?? vs Dinstuhl

Endgame · OTB · 2022

#30

♝g1?? vs Sebastian

Endgame · OTB · 2022

#22

♝d3?? vs Barseghyan

Middlegame · OTB · 2022

Recent games

923 games

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1–0

Endgame statistics

15 endgames (40.5%) · force Rook + Minor (38%)

Strongest

79.4%

R+Bishop vs R+Knight

Weakest

60.6%

Pure Pawn

Reaches Endgame

40.5%

15 / 37

B vs N Pref

52.4%·47.8%

prefers the bishop

PiecesTypeWin %games

Rook + Equal Minors

56%44%

77.9%353g

R+Bishop vs R+Knight

59%41%

79.4%306g

Rook vs Minor (Exchange)

49%50%

73.7%281g

Rook vs Rook

48%50%

72.6%252g

Rook vs Two Minors

56%44%

78.1%160g

Pure Pawn

36%50%14

60.6%109g

Rook + Equal Minors77.9%353g

R+Bishop vs R+Knight79.4%306g

Rook vs Minor (Exchange)73.7%281g

Rook vs Rook72.6%252g

Rook vs Two Minors78.1%160g

Pure Pawn60.6%109g

Weak in Rook + Minor: only 38% win rate (8 games). Force this endgameShow all 14 types

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PROTime controls · Years · Events

923 games in scope

Explore the repertoireevery move played, ranked by frequency

454 games43%W37%D20%L

454games in this linewon 43%, drew 37%, lost 20%

Move

1. e4

4316m

43%38%19%

62%

1. ♞c3

9—

56%1133%

61%

1. d4

7Jan 1984

1429%57%

29%

1. c4

2Aug 1980

100%

1. ♞f3

2Aug 1983

50%50%

25%

1. g3

2Jan 1994

50%50%

75%

1. c3

1—

100%

50%

Scouting report: William N Watson (GM, ENG)

William N Watson

Rating & statistics

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Openings

Weaknesses

Strengths

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Recent games

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