David A Sands - Chess Player Overview
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Player's name: David A Sands (WLS) 
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Age: 55 years old (born in 1970)
Highest FIDE Elo achieved: 2260
David A Sands Chess Games: 166
2196 (Rapid)
2137 (Blitz)
David A Sands - Charts
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David A Sands - Chess Tournaments
| Date | Chess tournament name | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 2019-04-19 to 2019-04-22 | 2019 Welsh Chess Championship |
Finished |
| 2019-01-04 to 2019-01-06 | 2019 South Wales New Year Open |
Finished |
| 2018-03-30 to 2018-04-02 | 2018 Welsh Championship |
Finished |
| 2017-04-14 to 2017-04-17 | 2017 Welsh Championship |
Finished |
| 2017-01-06 to 2017-01-08 | 2017 South Wales New Year Open |
Finished |
| 2016-03-25 to 2016-03-28 | Welsh Championship |
Finished |
| 2002-09-21 to 2002-09-28 | 18th European Club Cup 2002  |
Finished |
David A Sands - Chess Games
David A Sands - Chess Games
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| Date | Players & Opening | Result | ECO | View |
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| 2019.04.22 | Young, Alan (2021) vs (2109) Sands, David A 2019 Welsh Chess Championship Sicilian Barnes (Bastrikov) |
1/2-1/2 | B47 | |
| 2019.04.22 | Sands, David A (2109) vs (2075) Pleasants, Allan J 2019 Welsh Chess Championship Irregular Queen's Pawn - Kotov (Robatsch) |
1-0 | A40 | |
| 2019.04.21 | Bullen, Alex (2100) vs (2109) Sands, David A 2019 Welsh Chess Championship Queen's Pawn - Mason |
1/2-1/2 | D00 | |
| 2019.04.20 | Sands, David A (2109) vs (2079) Brown, Thomas 2019 Welsh Chess Championship Irregular Queen's Pawn - Kotov (Robatsch) |
1/2-1/2 | A40 | |
| 2019.04.20 | Kett, Tim (2197) vs (2109) Sands, David A 2019 Welsh Chess Championship Sicilian Barnes (Bastrikov) |
1/2-1/2 | B49 | |
| 2019.04.19 | Sands, David A (2109) vs (2024) Garcia, Jason 2019 Welsh Chess Championship Queen's Gambit Declined |
1/2-1/2 | D30 | |
| 2019.04.19 | Fathallah, Joe (1958) vs (2109) Sands, David A 2019 Welsh Chess Championship Queen's Gambit Declined - Exchange |
0-1 | D35 |
David A Sands - Other possible chess games
| Date | Players & Opening | Result | ECO | View |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016.09.13 | Sands, D. (2122) vs (2205) Pitirotjirathon, J. 42nd Olympiad 2016 Nimzo-Indian Rubinstein |
1/2-1/2 | E42 | |
| 2016.09.11 | Sands, D. (2122) vs (2402) Battulga, N. 42nd Olympiad 2016 Queen's Pawn Zukertort - Symmetrical |
1/2-1/2 | D02 | |
| 2016.09.10 | Diermair, A. (2478) vs (2122) Sands, D. 42nd Olympiad 2016 Reti King's Indian |
1/2-1/2 | A07 | |
| 2016.09.06 | Chimthere, A. (2037) vs (2122) Sands, D. 42nd Olympiad 2016 Queen's Pawn Closed |
1/2-1/2 | D04 | |
| 2016.09.05 | Sands, D. (2122) vs (2435) Gholami, A. 42nd Olympiad 2016 Nimzo-Indian St. Petersburg Rubinstein - Reshevsky |
0-1 | E46 | |
| 2016.09.04 | Ahmed, Abdu (2236) vs (2122) Sands, D. 42nd Olympiad 2016 Sicilian Barnes (Bastrikov) |
1-0 | B48 | |
| 2018.03.31 | Sands, D (2088) vs (2014) Bennett, P 64th ch-WLS 2018 King's Indian Schwarz (Makogonov) |
1-0 | E71 | |
| 2019.04.19 | Fathallah, J (1958) vs (2109) Sands, D 65th ch-WLS 2019 Queen's Gambit Declined - Exchange |
0-1 | D35 | |
| 2019.04.22 | Sands, D (2109) vs (2075) Pleasants, A 65th ch-WLS 2019 Irregular Queen's Pawn - Kotov (Robatsch) |
1-0 | A40 | |
| 2018.09.09 | Sands, D (2086) vs (2498) Ghasi, A 1st Peter Poobalasingam Irregular Queen's Pawn - Kotov (Robatsch) |
0-1 | A40 | |
| 2019.04.20 | Sands, D (2109) vs (2079) Brown, Th 65th ch-WLS 2019 Irregular Queen's Pawn - Kotov (Robatsch) |
1/2-1/2 | A40 | |
| 2015.05.04 | Zeidler, S. (2225) vs (2192) Sands, D. 4NCL 2014-15 French - Exchange |
0-1 | C01 | |
| 2018.04.01 | Brown, Th (2074) vs (2088) Sands, D 64th ch-WLS 2018 Queen's Indian - Russian |
1/2-1/2 | E12 | |
| 2018.04.02 | Rayner, F (2073) vs (2088) Sands, D 64th ch-WLS 2018 Sicilian Barnes (Bastrikov) |
1/2-1/2 | B47 | |
| 2015.04.06 | Sands, D. (2185) vs (1973) Fathallah, J. 61st ch-WLS 2015 Dutch Indian - Semi-Leningrad |
1/2-1/2 | A81 | |
| 2015.04.06 | Bevan, P. (1993) vs (2185) Sands, D. 61st ch-WLS 2015 English Sicilian |
1/2-1/2 | A20 | |
| 2015.04.05 | Sands, D. (2185) vs (1934) Shakespeare, John 61st ch-WLS 2015 Queen's Gambit Declined Exchange - Exchange |
1-0 | D36 | |
| 2015.04.04 | Thomas, Ben (1804) vs (2185) Sands, D. 61st ch-WLS 2015 Sicilian Alapin |
1-0 | B22 | |
| 2015.04.04 | Sands, D. (2185) vs (2017) Jameson, D. 61st ch-WLS 2015 Queen's Pawn Zukertort - Symmetrical |
1/2-1/2 | D02 | |
| 2015.04.03 | Guy, D. (1897) vs (2185) Sands, D. 61st ch-WLS 2015 Slav Alapin |
0-1 | D16 | |
| 2015.04.03 | Sands, D. (2185) vs (1940) Stuart, Neil 61st ch-WLS 2015 Queen's Pawn Zukertort - Symmetrical |
1/2-1/2 | D02 | |
| 2019.04.22 | Young, Al (2021) vs (2109) Sands, D 65th ch-WLS 2019 Sicilian Barnes (Bastrikov) |
1/2-1/2 | B47 | |
| 2019.04.22 | Young, Al (2021) vs (2109) Sands, D 65th ch-WLS 2019 Sicilian Barnes (Bastrikov) |
1/2-1/2 | B47 | |
| 2018.03.30 | Davis, Le (1954) vs (2088) Sands, D 64th ch-WLS 2018 Queen's Pawn |
1/2-1/2 | D00 | |
| 2019.04.21 | Bullen, Alex (2100) vs (2109) Sands, D 65th ch-WLS 2019 Queen's Pawn - Mason |
1/2-1/2 | D00 | |
| 2016.03.28 | Zeidler, S. (2190) vs (2142) Sands, D. 62nd ch-WLS 2016 French - Exchange |
1/2-1/2 | C01 | |
| 2016.03.28 | Sands, D. (2142) vs (1934) Tomboline, D. 62nd ch-WLS 2016 Slav Delmar - Symmetrical |
1/2-1/2 | D12 | |
| 2016.03.27 | Ralphs, Nigel (2020) vs (2142) Sands, D. 62nd ch-WLS 2016 Sicilian Paulsen |
1/2-1/2 | B42 | |
| 2016.03.26 | Sands, D. (2142) vs (1983) Rodriguez, Juan Tala 62nd ch-WLS 2016 Nimzo-Indian St. Petersburg Rubinstein - Simagin |
1/2-1/2 | E46 | |
| 2016.03.26 | Bevan, P. (1999) vs (2142) Sands, D. 62nd ch-WLS 2016 English Sicilian |
0-1 | A20 | |
| 2016.03.25 | Sands, D. (2142) vs (1911) Ehsandar, Peter 62nd ch-WLS 2016 King's Indian Schwarz - Averbakh |
1/2-1/2 | E73 | |
| 2016.03.25 | Fathallah, J. (1969) vs (2142) Sands, D. 62nd ch-WLS 2016 Queen's Gambit Accepted - Saduleto |
1/2-1/2 | D20 | |
| 2019.04.20 | Kett, T (2197) vs (2109) Sands, D 65th ch-WLS 2019 Sicilian Barnes (Bastrikov) |
1/2-1/2 | B49 | |
| 2016.03.19 | Bremner, Adam (2183) vs (2143) Sands, D. 4NCL 2015-16 Queen's Pawn - Mason |
1-0 | D00 | |
| 2015.01.11 | Walker, Nicholas P (2170) vs (2192) Sands, D. 4NCL 2014-15 Sicilian Barnes (Bastrikov) |
1-0 | B49 | |
| 2015.01.10 | Sands, D. (2192) vs (2403) Suarez Real, A. 4NCL 2014-15 King's Indian Schwarz |
1/2-1/2 | E70 | |
| 2018.03.31 | Jameson, D (2033) vs (2088) Sands, D 64th ch-WLS 2018 Sicilian Alapin |
1/2-1/2 | B22 | |
| 2017.04.17 | Van Kemenade, R. (1914) vs (2103) Sands, D. 63rd ch-WLS 2017 Sicilian |
1/2-1/2 | B40 | |
| 2017.04.17 | Sands, D. (2103) vs (2105) Bullen, Alex 63rd ch-WLS 2017 Queen's Gambit Declined - Exchange |
1/2-1/2 | D35 | |
| 2017.04.16 | Morcom, H. (1925) vs (2103) Sands, D. 63rd ch-WLS 2017 Sicilian |
1/2-1/2 | B40 | |
| 2017.04.15 | Sands, D. (2103) vs (2022) Heaven, Peter 63rd ch-WLS 2017 Nimzo-Indian St. Petersburg Rubinstein - Simagin |
1/2-1/2 | E46 | |
| 2017.04.15 | Sands, D. (2103) vs (1933) Ehsandar, Peter 63rd ch-WLS 2017 Nimzo-Indian St. Petersburg Rubinstein - Reshevsky |
1-0 | E46 | |
| 2017.04.14 | Taylor, RG. (1932) vs (2103) Sands, D. 63rd ch-WLS 2017 Reti King's Indian |
1/2-1/2 | A07 | |
| 2017.04.14 | Sands, D. (2103) vs (1933) Bevan, P. 63rd ch-WLS 2017 Slav Rubinstein |
1/2-1/2 | D11 | |
| 2019.04.19 | Sands, D (2109) vs (2024) Garcia, Jas 65th ch-WLS 2019 Queen's Gambit Declined |
1/2-1/2 | D30 | |
| 2018.03.30 | Sands, D (2088) vs (1729) Sivarajasingam, Shayanna 64th ch-WLS 2018 Queen's Gambit Declined - Exchange |
1-0 | D35 | |
| 2014.10.04 | Flear, C. (2181) vs (2194) Sands, D. 4NCL Rapid Team 2014 Slav |
1/2-1/2 | D10 | |
| 2014.10.04 | Sands, D. (2194) vs (1857) Batchelor, Guy J 4NCL Rapid Team 2014 Queen's Gambit Accepted - Symmetrical |
1/2-1/2 | D25 | |
| 2014.10.04 | Jones, W. (2124) vs (2194) Sands, D. 4NCL Rapid Team 2014 Sicilian Barnes (Bastrikov) |
1/2-1/2 | B48 | |
| 2014.10.04 | Sands, D. (2194) vs (2029) Deighton, Simon 4NCL Rapid Team 2014 King's Indian Schwarz - Averbakh |
1/2-1/2 | E73 | |
| 2018.04.02 | Sands, D (2088) vs (1866) Staniforth, Matthew 64th ch-WLS 2018 Queen's Pawn Zukertort |
1/2-1/2 | D02 | |
| 2014.08.14 | Sands, D. (2210) vs (2419) Astaneh Lopez, A. 41st Olympiad Open 2014 Slav Delmar |
1/2-1/2 | D12 | |
| 2014.08.12 | Sands, D. (2210) vs Ebosse, Victor Patri 41st Olympiad Open 2014 Benko Gambit |
1-0 | A57 | |
| 2014.08.11 | Bouzidi, Ahmed (2231) vs (2210) Sands, D. 41st Olympiad Open 2014 Sicilian Alapin |
1-0 | B22 | |
| 2014.08.10 | Kim, Changhoon (1846) vs (2210) Sands, D. 41st Olympiad Open 2014 Slav Czech - Carlsbad |
0-1 | D17 | |
| 2014.08.06 | Sands, D. (2210) vs (1828) Bueno, Mark 41st Olympiad Open 2014 Queen's Indian Classical - Kramnik |
1/2-1/2 | E17 | |
| 2014.08.05 | Cueto, Jo (2283) vs (2210) Sands, D. 41st Olympiad Open 2014 Queen's Pawn - Stonewall (Pillsbury) |
1/2-1/2 | D00 | |
| 2014.08.04 | Sands, D. (2210) vs (2225) Khouri, I. 41st Olympiad Open 2014 Queen's Indian Fianchetto - Nimzovich |
1/2-1/2 | E15 | |
| 2014.08.03 | Mwanyika, Geoffrey (1922) vs (2210) Sands, D. 41st Olympiad Open 2014 Sicilian |
1/2-1/2 | B20 | |
| 2014.08.02 | Howell, D. (2650) vs (2210) Sands, D. 41st Olympiad Open 2014 Sicilian |
1-0 | B40 | |
| 2014.03.23 | Sands, D. (2243) vs (2422) Shaw, J. 4NCL 2013-14 Slav Delmar |
1/2-1/2 | D12 | |
| 2014.05.05 | Flear, G. (2475) vs (2243) Sands, D. 4NCL 2013-14 Slav |
1/2-1/2 | D10 | |
| 2013.10.05 | Cox, JohnJ (2387) vs (2243) Sands, D. 4NCL Team Rapid 2013 English Symmetrical |
1/2-1/2 | A30 | |
| 2013.10.05 | Sands, D. (2243) vs (2523) Smerdon, D. 4NCL Team Rapid 2013 Benoni - Czech |
0-1 | A56 | |
| 2013.10.05 | Sands, D. (2243) vs (2143) Tavares, S. 4NCL Team Rapid 2013 Irregular Queen's Pawn - Blumenfeld Gambit |
1-0 | E10 | |
| 2013.10.05 | Mayhew, A. (2058) vs (2243) Sands, D. 4NCL Team Rapid 2013 Queen's Gambit Accepted Showalter |
1/2-1/2 | D24 | |
| 2013.10.05 | Sands, D. (2243) vs (2045) Lunn, M. 4NCL Team Rapid 2013 King's Indian Schwarz - Averbakh |
1/2-1/2 | E73 | |
| 2013.10.05 | Thomas, Ni (2295) vs (2243) Sands, D. 4NCL Team Rapid 2013 Sicilian Closed |
1/2-1/2 | B25 | |
| 2014.05.04 | Sands, D. (2243) vs (2232) Gantner, M. 4NCL 2013-14 Slav Delmar |
1/2-1/2 | D12 | |
| 2014.05.03 | Koneski, Z. (2226) vs (2243) Sands, D. 4NCL 2013-14 Sicilian Closed - Zukertort |
1/2-1/2 | B23 | |
| 2014.04.21 | Davis, Le (1991) vs (2226) Sands, D. 60th ch-WLS 2014 Indian |
1/2-1/2 | A45 | |
| 2014.04.21 | Sands, D. (2226) vs (2045) Pleasants, A. 60th ch-WLS 2014 Benko Gambit |
1/2-1/2 | A57 | |
| 2014.04.20 | Downey, K GCI. (1969) vs (2226) Sands, D. 60th ch-WLS 2014 Reti Symmetrical |
1/2-1/2 | A05 | |
| 2014.04.19 | Sands, D. (2226) vs (2011) Turner, Jos 60th ch-WLS 2014 Modern Benoni Knight's Tour |
1/2-1/2 | A61 | |
| 2014.04.19 | Morris, Ch (2142) vs (2226) Sands, D. 60th ch-WLS 2014 English Anglo-Slav |
1/2-1/2 | A11 | |
| 2014.04.18 | Sands, D. (2226) vs (1891) Staniforth, Matthew 60th ch-WLS 2014 Semi-Slav - Stoltz |
1-0 | D45 | |
| 2014.04.18 | Guy, D. (1950) vs (2226) Sands, D. 60th ch-WLS 2014 Queen's Indian Fianchetto - Nimzovich |
1/2-1/2 | E15 | |
| 2013.03.31 | Sands, D. (2235) vs (2063) Young, Al ch-WLS 2013 Reti King's Indian |
1-0 | A08 | |
| 2013.03.31 | Kostanjsek, Luke (1881) vs (2235) Sands, D. ch-WLS 2013 Slav Czech - Krause |
1/2-1/2 | D17 | |
| 2013.03.30 | Sands, D. (2235) vs (2301) Strugnell, C. ch-WLS 2013 Reti Symmetrical |
0-1 | A05 | |
| 2013.03.30 | Staniforth, Matthew (1932) vs (2235) Sands, D. ch-WLS 2013 Slav |
0-1 | D10 | |
| 2013.03.29 | Sands, D. (2235) vs (1941) Downey, K GCI. ch-WLS 2013 Queen's Indian Fianchetto - Nimzovich |
1-0 | E15 | |
| 2012.05.07 | Croad, N. (2292) vs (2239) Sands, D. 4NCL 2011-12 Slav Delmar |
1/2-1/2 | D12 | |
| 2012.05.07 | Bellin, R. (2355) vs (2239) Sands, D. 4NCL 2011-12 Queen's Pawn Richter-Veresov - Chigorin |
1-0 | D01 | |
| 2013.03.23 | Pein, M. (2376) vs (2235) Sands, D. 4NCL 2012-13 Queen's Gambit Accepted - Saduleto |
1/2-1/2 | D20 | |
| 2013.01.12 | Morris, Ch (2155) vs (2235) Sands, D. 4NCL 2012-13 English Ultra-Symmetrical - Ultra-Symmetrical |
1/2-1/2 | A37 | |
| 2013.02.23 | Hynes, A. (2191) vs (2235) Sands, D. 4NCL 2012-13 Pirc |
1/2-1/2 | B07 | |
| 2011.04.25 | Kett, T. (2202) vs (2238) Sands, D. 57th ch-WLS Sicilian |
0-1 | B40 | |
| 2011.04.25 | Sands, D. (2238) vs (2052) Lexton, M. 57th ch-WLS King's Indian Schwarz (Makogonov) |
1-0 | E71 | |
| 2011.04.24 | Zeidler, S. (2247) vs (2238) Sands, D. 57th ch-WLS Sicilian Macdonnell |
1-0 | B21 | |
| 2011.04.24 | Sands, D. (2238) vs (2347) Williams, AH. 57th ch-WLS Queen's Indian Classical |
1/2-1/2 | E18 | |
| 2011.04.23 | Heap, G. (1954) vs (2238) Sands, D. 57th ch-WLS Sicilian Sozin - Benko |
0-1 | B57 | |
| 2011.04.23 | Sands, D. (2238) vs (1952) White, E. 57th ch-WLS Dutch Indian - Leningrad |
1-0 | A81 | |
| 2011.04.22 | Van Kemenade, R. (1951) vs (2238) Sands, D. 57th ch-WLS Sicilian Paulsen |
1/2-1/2 | B41 | |
| 2011.02.19 | Gayson, P. (2173) vs (2238) Sands, D. 4NCL 2010-11 Sicilian Scheveningen Najdorf (Amsterdam) |
1/2-1/2 | B93 | |
| 2011.01.16 | Sands, D. (2238) vs (2097) Hasman, C. 4NCL 2010-11 King's Indian Modern |
1/2-1/2 | E94 | |
| 2011.01.15 | Arakhamia-Grant, K. (2458) vs (2238) Sands, D. 4NCL 2010-11 Sicilian Paulsen |
1/2-1/2 | B42 | |
| 2010.04.05 | Jones, RS. (2332) vs (2252) Sands, D. ch-WLS Sicilian Paulsen - Polugaevsky |
1-0 | B42 | |
| 2010.04.05 | Sands, D. (2252) vs (1952) Adebajo, O. ch-WLS Dutch Indian |
1-0 | A81 | |
| 2010.04.04 | Jameson, D. (2050) vs (2252) Sands, D. ch-WLS Sicilian Alapin |
1/2-1/2 | B22 |