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ID: 2004143

James West

FIDE ratings

1,949Classical
2,031Rapid

Performance

50 games
40% Win
48% Draw
12% Loss

James West's playing style

Strong overall score:64%20W 24D 6L over 50 games
Dominates 1.e4 as White:78%in 25 games
Steady recent form:65%8W 10D 2L in last 20 games
Hard to beat — high draw rate:48%of games are draws

Openings as White

Among the openings shown, Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation, Polugaevsky Variation has the largest White sample, with 4 games. Select a row to explore its moves and inspect example games below.

Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation, Polugaevsky Variation
100%
4g
French Defense: Winawer Variation, Advance Variation
100%
2g
Ruy Lopez: Exchange Variation, Alapin Gambit
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Accelerated Dragon, Modern Bc4 Variation
100%
2g
Ruy Lopez: Exchange Variation, King's Bishop Variation
100%
2g

Openings as Black

Among the openings shown, Indian Defense: Budapest Defense, Fajarowicz Variation has the largest Black sample, with 5 games. These results describe the available sample, not a prediction of the player’s next choice.

Indian Defense: Budapest Defense, Fajarowicz Variation
80%
20%
5g
Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, Main Line
67%
33%
3g
Sicilian Defense: Closed
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, Adams Attack
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Sozin Attack, Flank Variation
100%
2g

Repertoire

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

Starting position

26 games in this line · White to move

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

W / D / L
58%
38%
4%
Move
25 · 96%
60%
36%
4%
1 · 4%
100%

Game History

(50 games)
DateSourceColorOpponentResultLink
Feb 18, 2013
OTB - PGN-Mentor
Gurczak, John(2102)
D—
Feb 18, 2013
OTB - PGNMentor
Gurczak, John(2102)
D—
Feb 18, 2013
OTB - PGN-Mentor
Amezcua Ventura, Carlos(2042)
D—
Feb 18, 2013
OTB - PGNMentor
Ventura, Christopher A(2042)
D—
Feb 17, 2013
OTB - PGN-Mentor
Feld, Uri N
W—
Feb 17, 2013
OTB - PGNMentor
Feld, Uri N
W—
Feb 17, 2013
OTB - Codekiddy
Belke, Thomas(1965)
W—
Feb 17, 2013
OTB - Codekiddy
Belke, Thomas(1965)
W—
Feb 16, 2013
OTB - PGNMentor
Owocki, David A
L—
Feb 16, 2013
OTB - PGN-Mentor
Quinn, Deborah(1841)
W—

Research James West’s games and opening repertoire

James West is rated 1949 in standard, 2031 in rapid by FIDE. James West plays for United States.

James West has FIDE ID 2004143.

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