
Name:	Lester Van Meter
Federation:	United States
Sex:	Male
Born:	1953
FIDE ID:	2001691 FIDE Profile
Title:	FIDE Master
ELO Classic:	1918
ELO Rapid:	1851
Years:	1982 - 2023
Total Games:	99
Wins:	27 (27.27 %)
Draws:	22 (22.22 %)
Losses:	50 (50.51 %)
Score:	38.38 %

Repertoire with
black pieces

Lester Van Meter

Last tournaments played

Tournament	Date	Elo Avg.	Country
SPICE Cup Open 2023	12/17/2023	2262	United States
SPICE Cup Open 2022	12/18/2022	2305	United States
Chicago op	05/25/2006	2042	United States
Dake mem	06/05/2004	2323	United States

Lester Van Meter Opening Repertoire with White pieces

ECO	Opening	Games
A00	Polish (Sokolsky) opening	5 games
E61	King's Indian defence, 3.Nc3	3 games
A06	Reti opening	3 games
D35	Queen's Gambit Declined, 3...Nf6	2 games

Lester Van Meter Opening Repertoire with Black pieces

ECO	Opening	Games
B01	Scandinavian (centre counter) defence	9 games
B15	Caro-Kann defence	4 games
B31	Sicilian, Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo attack (with ...g6, without ...d6)	3 games
D16	Queen's Gambit Declined Slav accepted, Alapin variation	3 games

Games played by Lester Van Meter

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White	ELO W	Black	ELO B	Result	Moves	ECO	Date	Tournament	View
Shetty, A	2030	Van Meter, L	1807	1-0	30	B31	2023	SPICE Cup Open 2023
Van Meter, L	1807	Liu, Z	1993	0-1	30	D02	2023	SPICE Cup Open 2023
Dhyana, P	2064	Van Meter, L	1807	1-0	31	B31	2023	SPICE Cup Open 2023
Van Meter, L	1807	Guo, E	2091	0-1	43	E11	2023	SPICE Cup Open 2023
Proleiko, J	2220	Van Meter, L	1807	1-0	34	A43	2023	SPICE Cup Open 2023
Van Meter, L	1807	Li, G	2398	0-1	38	E61	2023	SPICE Cup Open 2023
Gutla, A	2294	Van Meter, L	1807	0-1	68	A65	2023	SPICE Cup Open 2023
Van Meter, L	1852	Tarini Goyal,	2223	½-½	12	D02	2022	SPICE Cup Open 2022
Van Meter, L	1852	Yanayt, E	1957	½-½	44	A40	2022	SPICE Cup Open 2022
Kaufman, R	2174	Van Meter, L	1852	1-0	40	A43	2022	SPICE Cup Open 2022
Proleiko, J	2243	Van Meter, L	1852	0-1	61	B31	2022	SPICE Cup Open 2022
Van Meter, L	1852	Tang, Z	2201	0-1	41	D78	2022	SPICE Cup Open 2022
Colas, J	2228	Van Meter, L	1852	1-0	50	A04	2022	SPICE Cup Open 2022
Van Meter, L	1852	Andersen, G	2244	0-1	28	D85	2022	SPICE Cup Open 2022
Marjanovic, A	2312	Van Meter, L	1852	1-0	31	A62	2022	SPICE Cup Open 2022
Finegold, B	2563	Van Meter, L	2216	1-0	38	E31	2006	Chicago op
Van Meter, L	2240	Harmon, C	2184	½-½	22	E12	2004	Dake mem
Stanford, M	2176	Van Meter, L	2240	1-0	30	B42	2004	Dake mem
Andrianov, N	2446	Van Meter, L	2240	½-½	16	A18	2004	Dake mem
Van Meter, L	2240	Raptis, N	2262	0-1	55	E90	2004	Dake mem
Anka, E	2422	Van Meter, L	2240	1-0	53	B42	2004	Dake mem
Van Meter, L	2240	Roper, D	2292	0-1	40	A81	2004	Dake mem
Golod, V	2552	Van Meter, L	2240	1-0	39	D94	2004	Dake mem
Van Meter, L	2240	Berry, J	2255	0-1	42	A42	2004	Dake mem
Zilberstein, D	2392	Van Meter, L	2240	0-1	31	B43	2004	Dake mem
Langer, M	2281	Van Meter, L	2240	1-0	44	B40	2004	Chicago op 13th
Handoko, E	2429	Van Meter, L	2262	1-0	35	B22	2003	US op
Van Meter, L	2262	Rapoport, A		1-0	27	A57	2003	US op
Clawitter, C		Van Meter, L	2262	1-0	10	B01	2003	US op
Irby, D		Van Meter, L	2262	1-0	21	B01	2003	US op
Irby, J		Van Meter, L	2262	1-0	21	B01	2003	US op
Van Meter, L	2262	Sailer, M	2159	½-½	58	A06	2003	Chicago op 12th
Van Meter, L	2262	Sailer, M	2159	½-½	58	A06	2003	Chicago op 12th
Van Meter, L	2205	Echeverry, A	1948	1-0	19	A86	2002	Texas Masters
Kamberi, S	2337	Van Meter, L	2205	1-0	43	A13	2002	Texas Masters
Secheli, G	2283	Van Meter, L	2205	0-1	41	B01	2002	Texas Masters
Van Meter, L	2205	Yeh, A	1901	0-1	41	D35	2002	Texas Masters
Simms, G	2271	Van Meter, L	2205	0-1	49	A05	2002	Texas Masters
Dokoutchaev, A		Van Meter, L	2273	0-1	29	E44	2001	Thompson mem op
Kelleher, J		Van Meter, L	2273	1-0	48	B01	2001	King's Island op 10th