EnglandENG
ID: 463396

James M Wheeler

FIDE ratings

1,827Classical
1,869Rapid
1,871Blitz

Performance

50 games
26% Win
58% Draw
16% Loss

James M Wheeler's playing style

Strong overall score:55%13W 29D 8L over 50 games
Dominates 1.e4 as White:80%in 15 games
Strongest in classical:54%in 47 games
Steady recent form:63%7W 11D 2L in last 20 games
Hard to beat — high draw rate:58%of games are draws

Openings as White

Among the openings shown, Vienna Game: Falkbeer Variation has the largest White sample, with 5 games. Select a row to explore its moves and inspect example games below.

Vienna Game: Falkbeer Variation
60%
40%
5g
Caro-Kann Defense: Exchange Variation
100%
2g
Dutch Defense: Staunton Gambit
100%
2g
Yusupov-Rubinstein System
100%
2g

Openings as Black

Among the openings shown, Benoni Defense has the largest Black sample, with 2 games. These results describe the available sample, not a prediction of the player’s next choice.

Benoni Defense
100%
2g
Petrov's Defense: Nimzowitsch Attack
100%
2g
French Defense: Advance Variation, Kupreichik Variation
100%
2g

Repertoire

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

Starting position

30 games in this line · White to move

Results for Wheeler, James M as white · Wins / Draws / Losses

W / D / L
43%
57%
Move
15 · 50%
27%
73%
15 · 50%
60%
40%

Game History

(50 games)
DateSourceColorOpponentResultLink
Jan 1, 2026
OTB - TWIC
Halas, Kim Aleksander(1729)
D—
Dec 31, 2025
OTB - TWIC
Butt, Laurence(1790)
D—
Dec 29, 2025
OTB - TWIC
Siddhartha Shankar Srivastava(1589)
W—
Dec 25, 2025
OTB - LichessBroadcast
Butt, Laurence(1790)
D—
Dec 25, 2025
OTB - LichessBroadcast
V, Krish(1529)
W—
Dec 25, 2025
OTB - LichessBroadcast
Halas, Kim Aleksander(1729)
D—
Dec 25, 2025
OTB - LichessBroadcast
V, Krish
W—
Dec 25, 2025
OTB - LichessBroadcast
Siddhartha Shankar Srivastava(1589)
W—
Jan 3, 2025
OTB - Britbase
Miller, Daniel(1789)
L—
Jan 3, 2025
OTB - Britbase
Miller, Daniel(2093)
L—

Research James M Wheeler’s games and opening repertoire

James M Wheeler is rated 1827 in standard, 1869 in rapid, 1871 in blitz by FIDE. James M Wheeler plays for England.

James M Wheeler has FIDE ID 463396.

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