South AfricaRSA
ID: 534040684

Stephen Jones

FIDE ratings

No FIDE ratings available.

Performance

50 games
34% Win
30% Draw
36% Loss

Stephen Jones's playing style

Overall score:49%17W 15D 18L over 50 games
Best with e4 vs 1.e4/1.d4 as Black:41%in 16 games
Steady recent form:45%8W 2D 10L in last 20 games
Hard to beat — high draw rate:30%of games are draws

Openings as White

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

Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, English Attack
50%
50%
2g
King's Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation, Normal Defense
100%
1g
Réti Opening
100%
1g
Caro-Kann Defense: Exchange Variation
100%
1g

Openings as Black

Among the openings shown, Petrov's Defense: Classical Attack, Chigorin 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.

Petrov's Defense: Classical Attack, Chigorin Variation, Main Line
100%
2g
Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation
50%
50%
2g
Semi-Slav Defense
100%
2g
Semi-Slav Defense: Anti-Moscow Gambit
50%
50%
2g
Caro-Kann Defense: Exchange Variation
100%
1g

Repertoire

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

Starting position

24 games in this line · White to move

Results for Jones, Stephen as white · Wins / Draws / Losses

W / D / L
33%
38%
29%
Move
11 · 46%
18%
55%
27%
9 · 38%
44%
22%
33%
4 · 17%
50%
25%
25%

Game History

(50 games)
DateSourceColorOpponentResultLink
Sep 23, 2025
OTB - TWIC
Matsunaga, Toma(2001)
L—
Sep 22, 2025
OTB - TWIC
CMMatsuo, Tom(2066)
L—
Sep 22, 2025
OTB - TWIC
Yamamoto, Soichiro(2003)
W—
Sep 21, 2025
OTB - TWIC
Sanjay, Vasu(2116)
L—
Sep 20, 2025
OTB - TWIC
Moritani, Sho(2138)
L—
Sep 20, 2025
OTB - TWIC
Jiang, Likai(2030)
L—
Sep 19, 2025
OTB - TWIC
IMLee, Junhyeok(2435)
L—
Sep 19, 2025
OTB - TWIC
Furuya, Masahiro(2010)
D—
May 2, 2024
OTB - PGN-Mentor
Higashishiba, Teruomi(1959)
L—
Mar 10, 2013
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Williamson, Kevin J(2082)
W—

Research Stephen Jones’s games and opening repertoire

Stephen Jones plays for South Africa.

Stephen Jones has FIDE ID 534040684.

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