FM
WalesWLS
ID: 1800272

David J James

FIDE ratings

2,095Classical

Performance

50 games
36% Win
42% Draw
22% Loss

David J James's playing style

Strong overall score:57%18W 21D 11L over 50 games
Dominates 1.d4 as White:70%in 27 games
Steady recent form:57%8W 7D 5L in last 20 games
Hard to beat — high draw rate:42%of games are draws

Openings as White

Among the openings shown, Indian Defense: Przepiorka Variation has the largest White sample, with 9 games. Select a row to explore its moves and inspect example games below.

Indian Defense: Przepiorka Variation
44%
33%
22%
9g
Indian Defense: Knights Variation
33%
67%
6g
Queen's Pawn Game: Symmetrical Variation
50%
50%
4g
Queen's Pawn Game: Symmetrical Variation, Pseudo-Catalan
100%
2g
Dutch Defense: Fianchetto Attack
100%
2g

Openings as Black

Among the openings shown, Queen's Indian Defense: Petrosian Variation has the largest Black sample, with 3 games. These results describe the available sample, not a prediction of the player’s next choice.

Queen's Indian Defense: Petrosian Variation
67%
33%
3g
Sicilian Defense: Alapin Variation, Barmen Defense
50%
50%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Alapin Variation
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Closed
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation
100%
2g

Repertoire

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

Starting position

27 games in this line · White to move

Results for James, David J as white · Wins / Draws / Losses

W / D / L
48%
44%
7%
Move
27 · 100%
48%
44%
7%

Game History

(50 games)
DateSourceColorOpponentResultLink
Aug 17, 2022
OTB - Britbase
Newton, Robert A(1976)
D—
Aug 17, 2022
OTB - Britbase
Newton, Robert A(1976)
D—
Aug 16, 2022
OTB - Britbase
Mildenhall, John(1898)
D—
Aug 16, 2022
OTB - Britbase
Mildenhall, John(1898)
D—
Aug 15, 2022
OTB - Britbase
Williams, Stephen M(1851)
W—
Aug 15, 2022
OTB - Britbase
Williams, Stephen M(1851)
W—
Mar 9, 2020
OTB - PGNMentor
Bartonicek, Z sr(1949)
L—
Mar 8, 2020
OTB - PGNMentor
Vanka, Miloslav(2125)
L—
Mar 6, 2020
OTB - PGNMentor
IMGiffard, Nicolas(2236)
L—
Jul 17, 2018
OTB - KingBase2019
FMMuratet Casadevall, Albert(2148)
D—

Research David J James’s games and opening repertoire

FM David J James is rated 2095 in standard by FIDE. David J James plays for Wales.

David J James has FIDE ID 1800272.

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