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ID: 405663

Jim McDonald

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FIDE ratings

2,015Classical

Performance

40 games
50% Win
13% Draw
37% Loss

Jim McDonald's playing style

Strong overall score:56%20W 5D 15L over 40 games
Dominates 1.e4 as White:67%in 15 games
In great form:65%11W 4D 5L in last 20 games

Openings as White

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

Ruy Lopez: Fianchetto Defense
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Open
100%
2g
Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Neo-Arkhangelsk Variation
100%
1g
Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense
100%
1g
Ruy Lopez: Closed
100%
1g

Openings as Black

Among the openings shown, Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical Variation, Berlin Variation has the largest Black sample, with 2 games. These results describe the available sample, not a prediction of the player’s next choice.

Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical Variation, Berlin Variation
50%
50%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Open
100%
2g
Queen's Indian Defense: Kasparov Variation
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Lasker-Pelikan Variation, Bird Variation
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, Poisoned Pawn Accepted
100%
2g

Repertoire

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

Starting position

15 games in this line · White to move

Results for McDonald, Jim as white · Wins / Draws / Losses

W / D / L
60%
13%
27%
Move
15 · 100%
60%
13%
27%

Game History

(40 games)
DateSourceColorOpponentResultLink
Jan 1, 1995
OTB - MillionBase2.9
McKay, Chris(1573)
W—
Jan 1, 1995
OTB - MillionBase2.9
Bader, Arnd(1840)
W—
Jan 1, 1995
OTB - MillionBase2.9
Oks, Oliver
W—
Jan 1, 1995
OTB - Codekiddy
CMGuthrie, David W(2110)
D—
Jan 1, 1995
OTB - MillionBase2.9
Pizzato, Charles(2180)
L—
Jan 1, 1995
OTB - MillionBase2.9
CMGuthrie, David W(2110)
D—
Jan 1, 1995
OTB - MillionBase2.9
Low, Steven(1927)
W—
Jan 1, 1995
OTB - MillionBase2.9
Hummel, Manfred
W—
Jan 1, 1995
OTB - MillionBase2.9
Wilkins, Michael(2274)
W—
Jan 1, 1994
OTB - PGNMentor
FMBerry, Jonathan(2269)
D—

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Jim McDonald is rated 2015 in standard by FIDE. Jim McDonald plays for England.

Jim McDonald has FIDE ID 405663.

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