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ID: 2509199

James Naughton

FIDE ratings

2,128Classical
2,045Rapid

Performance

37 games
41% Win
41% Draw
18% Loss

James Naughton's playing style

Strong overall score:61%15W 15D 7L over 37 games
Steady recent form:68%9W 9D 2L in last 20 games
Hard to beat — high draw rate:41%of games are draws

Openings as White

Among the openings shown, Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation, Positional Variation has the largest White sample, with 2 games. Select a row to explore its moves and inspect example games below.

Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation, Positional Variation
50%
50%
2g
French Defense: Steinitz Variation, Boleslavsky Variation
100%
2g
Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation, Tal Variation
100%
2g
Vienna Game: Mieses Variation
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation
100%
2g

Openings as Black

Among the openings shown, Indian Defense: Knights Variation has the largest Black sample, with 8 games. These results describe the available sample, not a prediction of the player’s next choice.

Indian Defense: Knights Variation
50%
50%
8g
Sicilian Defense: Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack, Fianchetto Variation
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Closed, Traditional
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Smith-Morra Gambit Declined, Push Variation
100%
2g
Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense, l'Hermet Variation, Berlin Wall Defense
100%
1g

Repertoire

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

Starting position

16 games in this line · White to move

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

W / D / L
44%
38%
19%
Move
12 · 75%
50%
33%
17%
4 · 25%
25%
50%
25%

Game History

(37 games)
DateSourceColorOpponentResultLink
Aug 9, 2026
OTB
Dobrowolski, Aleksander(2131)
D—
Aug 8, 2026
OTB
Zounani, Yacine(2161)
W—
Aug 8, 2026
OTB
CMGbiorczyk, Mikolaj(2138)
D—
Aug 7, 2026
OTB
Zerebiec, Maurycy(2168)
D—
Aug 6, 2026
OTB
Podgorski, Maciej(2006)
W—
Aug 5, 2026
OTB
CMZareba, Piotr(2197)
L—
Aug 4, 2026
OTB
GMPlat, Vojtech(2483)
W—
Aug 3, 2026
OTB
GMMalisauskas, Vidmantas(2265)
D—
Aug 2, 2026
OTB
IMSabuk, Piotr(2323)
D—
Feb 4, 2024
OTB - TWIC
Sheahan, Gavin(1950)
W—

Research James Naughton’s games and opening repertoire

James Naughton is rated 2128 in standard, 2045 in rapid by FIDE. James Naughton plays for Ireland.

James Naughton has FIDE ID 2509199.

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