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ID: 39900614

Matthew James

FIDE ratings

1,874Classical

Performance

23 games
13% Win
61% Draw
26% Loss

Matthew James's playing style

Overall score:43%3W 14D 6L over 23 games
Steady recent form:48%3W 13D 4L in last 20 games
Hard to beat — high draw rate:61%of games are draws

Openings as White

Among the openings shown, English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, Queen's Knight Variation has the largest White sample, with 2 games. Select a row to explore its moves and inspect example games below.

English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, Queen's Knight Variation
100%
2g
London System
100%
1g
Queen's Pawn Game: Zukertort Variation
100%
1g
English Opening: King's English Variation, Three Knights System
100%
1g
English Opening: King's English Variation, Reversed Sicilian
100%
1g

Openings as Black

Among the openings shown, Alekhine Defense: Modern Variation, Main Line has the largest Black sample, with 2 games. These results describe the available sample, not a prediction of the player’s next choice.

Alekhine Defense: Modern Variation, Main Line
50%
50%
2g
Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation, Botvinnik-Carls Defense
100%
1g
Queen's Pawn Game: Zukertort Variation
100%
1g
Alekhine Defense: Exchange Variation
100%
1g
Indian Defense: Knights Variation
100%
1g

Repertoire

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

Starting position

10 games in this line · White to move

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

W / D / L
10%
70%
20%
Move
8 · 80%
88%
13%
2 · 20%
50%
50%

Game History

(23 games)
DateSourceColorOpponentResultLink
Mar 14, 2026
OTB - TWIC
Pikus, Matthew(1902)
L—
Mar 14, 2026
OTB - TWIC
Yang, Selena
D—
Mar 14, 2026
OTB - TWIC
Wonsidler, Paul(1718)
L—
Mar 14, 2026
OTB - TWIC
Schmitz, Brian
W—
Mar 14, 2026
OTB - TWIC
Weems, Scott
W—
May 25, 1998
OTB - Codekiddy
Sellars, Martyn(1920)
D—
May 24, 1998
OTB - Codekiddy
Batey, Richard(2045)
D—
Jan 25, 1998
OTB - Codekiddy
Erichsen, Dan(2100)
D—
Jan 24, 1998
OTB - Codekiddy
Mackenzie, Colin(2125)
D—
Feb 23, 1997
OTB - Britbase
McCarthy, Moss
D—

Research Matthew James’s games and opening repertoire

Matthew James is rated 1874 in standard by FIDE. Matthew James plays for United States.

Matthew James has FIDE ID 39900614.

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