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Player:
(Eg:
Carlsen,Magnus
)
James, Dai
FIDE
:
FIDE Card
Years
:
1970-2023
Number of games
:
224
Number of wins
:
64
Number of draws
:
72
Number of losses
:
88
White score
:
52/103 (50.49% - Average Elo: 1870.44)
Black score
:
48/121 (39.67% - Average Elo: 1900.9)
Rating progression
Games
White wins
White draws
White losses
Black wins
Black draws
Black losses
Top wins
James, Dai (2048) - Spice, Alan (2207), Monmouth, Monmouth (C02) - 2001
James, Dai (1995) - Harley Yeo, Gareth (2053), BCF-chT3 0910 (4NCL), England (B23) - 2010
James, Dai (1848) - Pleasants, Allan J (2049), South Wales op 16th, Cardiff (B20) - 2019
Van Kemenade, Rudy (1982) - James, Dai (1826), WLS-ch Seniors 4th, Merthyr Tydfil (B30) - 2018
Lutton, J Arnold (1950) - James, Dai (2003), BCF-chT4b 0405 (4NCL), Telford (C02) - 2005
Waterfield, John (1930) - James, Dai (1905), WLS-ch Seniors 1st, Newport (C10) - 2015
James, Dai - ? (86)
Fathallah, Joe (1½/3)
Arkell, Keith C (0/2)
Bevan, Peter M (1/2)
Blackmore, Simon (2/2)
Cox, John (2/2)
Davis, Lee (1/2)
Haigh, Tony (1/2)
Hardie, John (1/2)
Hurn, Robert AJ (2/2)
Jukes, Sam (1/2)
Lewis, David Rhys (1/2)
O'Rourke, Kevin1 (2/2)
Pleasants, Allan J (1/2)
Van Kemenade, Rudy (1/2)
Waterfield, John (1½/2)
White, Ian Graham (0/2)
Bovtramovics, Vladimirs (0/1)
Brown, Thomas (0/1)
Burt, William (0/1)
Butterworth, Paul (0/1)
BYE (½/1)
Colburn, Paul J (0/1)
Davis, Ashley J (½/1)
Denning, Julie L (1/1)
Di Vetta, Andrew (1/1)
Dixon, Chris (½/1)
Doddington, Russell (0/1)
Eastwood, Frank (1/1)
Eckert, Jonathan (1/1)
Egan, William J (1/1)
Evans, Nicholas Thomas (0/1)
Farrand, Julian (½/1)
Fraser, Susanna (1/1)
Garner, David (0/1)
Gibbons, Andrew (½/1)
Guha, Chirag (0/1)
Guy, David T (½/1)
Hall, Toby (1/1)
Hannigan, Jack (0/1)
Harley Yeo, Gareth (1/1)
Harris, Calum (0/1)
Hawkins, James Nick (½/1)
Heap, Gerry (0/1)
Heaven, Peter (½/1)
Hogarth, Mark J (½/1)
Howells, Chris (1/1)
Imperor, Amelie (1/1)
Jackson, Dale (½/1)
Jones, Ian Robert (0/1)
Jones, J (1/1)
Jones, Jeremy (½/1)
Kozusek, Daniel (0/1)
Larg, Richard (1/1)
Lauridsen, Jesper Morck (0/1)
Livermore, Richard (1/1)
Lutchman Singh, Aishwarya (1/1)
May, Adam John (½/1)
Morgans, Justin (1/1)
Partington, Anna G (0/1)
Ralphs, Nigel (0/1)
Roberts, David Llewelyn (1/1)
Robertson, Jim (1/1)
Rodriguez, Juan Talavera (0/1)
Rudd, Jack (0/1)
Sivarajasingam, Shayanna (1/1)
Smith, Lynda (½/1)
Smith, Richard W (0/1)
Soar, Timothy J (1/1)
Spice, Alan (1/1)
Staniforth, John (0/1)
Stuart, Neil (1/1)
Taylor, Geoffrey P (0/1)
Taylor, Robert Graham (1/1)
Thomas, Roy (0/1)
Thorpe, Thomas (½/1)
Waddington, Mike P (0/1)
Wagner, Guy (½/1)
Wang, Alyssa (0/1)
Whitehead, Mark A (½/1)
Williams, David J (1/1)
Williams, Stephen (1/1)
Willow, Jonah B (0/1)
Wiltshir, Richard (1/1)
Young, Alan J (0/1)
Zavanelli, Max E (0/1)
Zeidler, Sven P (0/1)
? - James, Dai (100)
Waterfield, John (3/7)
Van Kemenade, Rudy (1½/4)
Hurn, Robert AJ (2½/3)
Young, Alan J (½/3)
Bonutto, Stephen (1½/2)
Bullen, Alex (0/2)
Ehsandar, Peter (½/2)
Kett, Timothy (½/2)
Probert, Malcolm (1/2)
Saunders, Walter NR (1/2)
Spice, Alan (0/2)
Taylor, Robert Graham (½/2)
Adams, Philip (0/1)
Bayliss, Lyall CP (0/1)
Boomsma, Brian H (½/1)
Braun, Walter (0/1)
Burrows, Mike (1/1)
BYE (1/1)
Byhan, Gert (½/1)
Cannon, Richard James (0/1)
Chooyin, Ben (0/1)
Day, MR (½/1)
Di Vetta, Andrew (1/1)
Dixon, Chris (½/1)
Dunn, Alan Stephan (½/1)
Eichner, Daniel (0/1)
Emblem, Mark (1/1)
Evans Quek, Suan Shiau (0/1)
Evans, Nicholas Thomas (½/1)
Fathallah, Joe (0/1)
Fowler, Hugo (1/1)
Fraser, Joe (½/1)
Gandy, Andrew (½/1)
Govindaraj, Neya (1/1)
Green, Emily (½/1)
Hardie, John (½/1)
Harris, Calum (½/1)
Hawkins, James Nick (½/1)
Heaven, Peter (½/1)
Hewitt, William (½/1)
Hogarth, Mark J (½/1)
Hunt, Bill (1/1)
Jaunooby, Ali Reza (½/1)
Jones, Ian Robert (0/1)
Josse, Mark (0/1)
Jukes, Sam (0/1)
Kell, Jonathan (1/1)
Kenyon, Scott (1/1)
Kingston, Ian (0/1)
Kundt, Guenther (½/1)
L'Ami, Alina (0/1)
Longson, Sarah N (0/1)
Lunn, Matthew (0/1)
Lutchman Singh, Aishwarya (1/1)
Lutton, J Arnold (1/1)
Mallon, Gunnar (0/1)
Marusenko, Petr (0/1)
Mason, Donald (½/1)
May, Adam John (½/1)
McCarthy, Damian (½/1)
McClory, Bernard (1/1)
McDonnell, James J (0/1)
McIntosh, Rachel (½/1)
Moore, Robert (½/1)
Mycock, Ken (1/1)
O'Gorman, Brendan (½/1)
Penny, Liam (0/1)
Pinch, David (1/1)
Pleasants, Allan J (½/1)
Purton, Benjamin (0/1)
Ralphs, Nigel (0/1)
Reynolds, D Ian W (0/1)
Richmond, Peter A (0/1)
Rivlin, Mark (½/1)
Robinson, David (½/1)
Rudd, Jack (0/1)
Rudny, Tomasz (1/1)
Shakespeare, John (½/1)
Shushpanov, Vladimir Fedorovich (0/1)
Siddharth, Jagadeesh (0/1)
Sinnett, Glyn (½/1)
Sivarajasingam, Shayanna (½/1)
Sivarajasingam, Venetia (½/1)
Snook Lumb, Chris (1/1)
Staub, Gerhard (0/1)
Syner, John (½/1)
Taylor, Adam C (0/1)
Thomas, Ben (0/1)
Thomas, Roy (1/1)
Toczek, Grzegorz (0/1)
Tomboline, David (0/1)
Turner, Joseph David (0/1)
Turner, Matthew (0/1)
Valentine, Brian J (½/1)
Varley, Peter (0/1)
White, Ernest Michael (1/1)
White, Ian Graham (½/1)
Williams, Robin (0/1)
Williams, Stephen (½/1)
Wilson, Alexandra (½/1)
Openings played as White (37)
A03 Bird's Opening (1.f4 d5)
Average Elo:
1822.73
Result:
11½/22 = 52.27%
B23 Sicilian, Closed (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
1827.53
Result:
10/19 = 52.63%
C02 French, Advance (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5)
Average Elo:
1988.6
Result:
3½/11 = 31.82%
C45 Scotch Game (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4)
Average Elo:
1809.8
Result:
2½/5 = 50%
C31 King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4 d5)
Average Elo:
1589.33
Result:
2½/4 = 62.5%
B25 Sicilian, Closed (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6)
Average Elo:
1900.25
Result:
2½/4 = 62.5%
B00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening (1.e4)
Average Elo:
1897
Result:
2/3 = 66.67%
B10 Caro-Kann (1.e4 c6)
Average Elo:
2206.67
Result:
½/3 = 16.67%
B01 Scandinavian (1.e4 d5)
Average Elo:
2091.5
Result:
0/2 = 0%
B20 Sicilian (1.e4 c5)
Average Elo:
2073
Result:
1/2 = 50%
B24 Sicilian, Closed (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3)
Average Elo:
1580
Result:
2/2 = 100%
C14 French, Classical (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B02 Alekhine's Defense (1.e4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
1712
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C94 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d6 9.h3 Nb8)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D00 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5)
Average Elo:
2039
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B14 Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6)
Average Elo:
1863
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C63 Ruy Lopez, Schliemann Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5)
Average Elo:
1985
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A00 Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo:
1730
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B48 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3)
Average Elo:
1859
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C34 King's Gambit Accepted (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1989
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C30 King's Gambit Declined (1.e4 e5 2.f4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B08 Pirc, Classical (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2316
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C86 Ruy Lopez, Worrall Attack (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Qe2)
Average Elo:
1965
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C36 King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defense (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 d5)
Average Elo:
1747
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B06 Robatsch (1.e4 g6)
Average Elo:
1735
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D26 Queen's Gambit Accepted (1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6)
Average Elo:
1649
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B07 Pirc (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
1796
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A10 English (1.c4)
Average Elo:
2004
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A02 Bird's Opening (1.f4)
Average Elo:
1594
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C32 King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4 d5 3.exd5 e4 4.d3 Nf6 )
Average Elo:
1768
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C38 King's Gambit Accepted (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 Bg7)
Average Elo:
1958
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7)
Average Elo:
1965
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C10 French (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3)
Average Elo:
1832
Result:
½/1 = 50%
Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C47 Four Knights (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
1898
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B26 Sicilian, Closed, 6.Be3 (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6 6.Be3)
Average Elo:
2326
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C42 Petrov Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
1657
Result:
1/1 = 100%
Openings played as Black (55)
C10 French (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3)
Average Elo:
1955.43
Result:
4½/15 = 30%
C02 French, Advance (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5)
Average Elo:
1730.57
Result:
4/7 = 57.14%
A80 Dutch (1.d4 f5)
Average Elo:
1917
Result:
3/7 = 42.86%
C63 Ruy Lopez, Schliemann Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5)
Average Elo:
1875
Result:
3/6 = 50%
C06 French, Tarrasch (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ne2 cxd4 8.cxd4)
Average Elo:
1978.75
Result:
1/4 = 25%
A04 Reti Opening (1.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1840.75
Result:
1½/4 = 37.5%
Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo:
1797.33
Result:
2/4 = 50%
C45 Scotch Game (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4)
Average Elo:
1795.5
Result:
1½/4 = 37.5%
C01 French, Exchange (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bg5)
Average Elo:
1647
Result:
1½/3 = 50%
C00 French Defense (1.e4 e6)
Average Elo:
2036.67
Result:
½/3 = 16.67%
B40 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6)
Average Elo:
1941
Result:
1/3 = 33.33%
C55 Two Knights Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
1851
Result:
2½/3 = 83.33%
E14 Queen's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.e3)
Average Elo:
2000.5
Result:
1/2 = 50%
C13 French (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7)
Average Elo:
2033.5
Result:
1/2 = 50%
C05 French, Tarrasch (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2166
Result:
0/2 = 0%
D00 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5)
Average Elo:
1851
Result:
½/2 = 25%
A57 Benko Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5)
Average Elo:
2075.5
Result:
0/2 = 0%
A96 Dutch, Classical Variation (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 e6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O d6)
Average Elo:
1898
Result:
½/2 = 25%
C11 French (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2114
Result:
½/2 = 25%
A88 Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with c6 (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.Nc3 c6)
Average Elo:
2113.5
Result:
½/2 = 25%
A10 English (1.c4)
Average Elo:
1989.5
Result:
½/2 = 25%
C12 French, McCutcheon (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Bb4)
Average Elo:
1958
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
A45 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2031.5
Result:
0/2 = 0%
C24 Bishop's Opening (1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
1853
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
A83 Dutch, Staunton Gambit (1.d4 f5 2.e4 fxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5)
Average Elo:
1541.5
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
B30 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6)
Average Elo:
1990
Result:
1/2 = 50%
A87 Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2021.5
Result:
½/2 = 25%
B22 Sicilian, Alapin (1.e4 c5 2.c3)
Average Elo:
2021
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E72 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.g3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A00 Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo:
2207
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B20 Sicilian (1.e4 c5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E01 Catalan, Closed (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2)
Average Elo:
1939
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A65 Benoni, 6.e4 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4)
Average Elo:
1160
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B37 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.c4 Bg7)
Average Elo:
2261
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A40 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4)
Average Elo:
1640
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A21 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
1725
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A92 Dutch (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 e6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O)
Average Elo:
1640
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B01 Scandinavian (1.e4 d5)
Average Elo:
1571
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D02 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1902
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A84 Dutch (1.d4 f5 2.c4)
Average Elo:
2181
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A43 Old Benoni (1.d4 c5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B28 Sicilian, O'Kelly Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 a6)
Average Elo:
1558
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B09 Pirc, Austrian Attack (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4)
Average Elo:
2024
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B14 Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6)
Average Elo:
1699
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B84 Sicilian, Scheveningen (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be2 a6)
Average Elo:
1452
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C32 King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4 d5 3.exd5 e4 4.d3 Nf6 )
Average Elo:
1948
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A30 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5)
Average Elo:
1544
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A85 Dutch, with c4 & Nc3 (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3)
Average Elo:
1733
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A60 Benoni Defense (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6)
Average Elo:
1719
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E18 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 7.Nc3 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2410
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A67 Benoni, Taimanov Variation (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.f4 Bg7 8.Bb5+)
Average Elo:
2171
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D55 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2245
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A38 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2519
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E17 Queen's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7)
Average Elo:
1646
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C46 Three Knights (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3)
Average Elo:
1975
Result:
0/1 = 0%