Black, James

James Black

FIDE ratings

1,579Rapid
1,531Blitz

Performance

8 games
25% Win
38% Draw
37% Loss

James Black's playing style

Overall score:44%2W 3D 3L over 8 games
Hard to beat — high draw rate:38%of games are draws

Openings as White

Among the openings shown, Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation has the largest White sample, with 1 games. Select a row to explore its moves and inspect example games below.

Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation
100%
1g

Openings as Black

Among the openings shown, English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, Anglo-Grünfeld Variation has the largest Black sample, with 1 games. These results describe the available sample, not a prediction of the player’s next choice.

English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, Anglo-Grünfeld Variation
100%
1g
Neo-Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation
100%
1g
King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Immediate Fianchetto
100%
1g
Sicilian Defense: French Variation, Normal
100%
1g
King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation
100%
1g

Repertoire

1 games as white in scope
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Starting position

1 games in this line · White to move

Results for Black, James as white · Wins / Draws / Losses

W / D / L
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Game History

(8 games)
DateSourceColorOpponentResultLink
Jul 5, 2025
OTB - TWIC
CMJosse, Mark(2110)
D—
Aug 18, 2024
OTB - TWIC
Song, Ran(1964)
W—
May 27, 2024
OTB - Britbase
IMBradbury, Neil H(2182)
L—
May 25, 2024
OTB - Britbase
CMWillmoth, Robert F(2118)
D—
Mar 31, 2024
OTB - Britbase
Prior, Stephen C V(2012)
L—
Mar 30, 2024
OTB - Britbase
FMHan, Qixiang(1874)
W—
Aug 18, 2023
OTB - TWIC
Jaszkiwskyj, Peter(1865)
D—
Apr 10, 2023
OTB - Britbase
CMYoon, Jacob D(2050)
L—

Research James Black’s games and opening repertoire

James Black is rated 1579 in rapid, 1531 in blitz by FIDE. James Black plays for England.

James Black has FIDE ID 488690.

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