EnglandENG
ID: 343443745

James Guest

FIDE ratings

1,942Classical
1,823Rapid
1,901Blitz

Performance

50 games
40% Win
12% Draw
48% Loss

James Guest's playing style

Overall score:46%20W 6D 24L over 50 games
Best with d4 vs 1.e4/1.d4 as Black:53%in 15 games
Strongest in classical:58%in 36 games
In great form:70%12W 4D 4L in last 20 games

Openings as White

Among the openings shown, Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense has the largest White sample, with 2 games. Select a row to explore its moves and inspect example games below.

Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense
100%
2g
Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation, Botvinnik-Carls Defense
100%
2g
Indian Defense: Przepiorka Variation
100%
2g
Scotch Game: Classical Variation
100%
2g
King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Modern Transfer
100%
2g

Openings as Black

Among the openings shown, King's Indian Defense: Kazakh Variation has the largest Black sample, with 4 games. These results describe the available sample, not a prediction of the player’s next choice.

King's Indian Defense: Kazakh Variation
100%
4g
London System
100%
4g
Italian Game: Giuoco Piano
100%
4g
Bogo-Indian Defense: Nimzowitsch Variation
100%
2g
King's Indian Attack
100%
2g

Repertoire

21 games as white in scope
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Move arrowsfrequency, not engine evaluation

Starting position

21 games in this line · White to move

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

W / D / L
48%
10%
43%
Move
15 · 71%
40%
13%
47%
4 · 19%
100%
2 · 10%
100%

Game History

(50 games)
DateSourceColorOpponentResultLink
Feb 21, 2026
OTB - LichessBroadcast
Pacetti Terra, Nicolas(1978)
W—
Feb 21, 2026
OTB - LichessBroadcast
Pacetti Terra, Nicolas
W—
Feb 21, 2026
OTB - LichessBroadcast
Pacetti Terra, Nicolas(1967)
W—
Feb 21, 2026
OTB - LichessBroadcast
Pacetti Terra, Nicolas(1978)
W—
Feb 19, 2026
OTB - LichessBroadcast
Vaddhireddy, Sai(1965)
L—
Feb 19, 2026
OTB - LichessBroadcast
Chrysostomou, Ioannis
W—
Feb 19, 2026
OTB - LichessBroadcast
Cebolla Ruiz, David(1839)
D—
Feb 19, 2026
OTB - LichessBroadcast
Gonzalez Sastron, David(1762)
W—
Feb 19, 2026
OTB - LichessBroadcast
Gonzalez Sastron, David
W—
Feb 19, 2026
OTB - LichessBroadcast
Chrysostomou, Ioannis
W—

Research James Guest’s games and opening repertoire

James Guest is rated 1942 in standard, 1823 in rapid, 1901 in blitz by FIDE. James Guest plays for England.

James Guest has FIDE ID 343443745.

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