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Player:
(Eg:
Carlsen,Magnus
)
Obst, James
FIDE
:
FIDE Card
Years
:
2002-2008
Number of games
:
142
Number of wins
:
76
Number of draws
:
18
Number of losses
:
48
White score
:
45½/70 (65% - Average Elo: 1893.16)
Black score
:
39½/72 (54.86% - Average Elo: 1946.51)
Rating progression
Games
White wins
White draws
White losses
Black wins
Black draws
Black losses
Top wins
Obst, James (2048) - Goldenberg, Igor (2335), AUS-ch, Brisbane (B53) - 2005
Obst, James (2097) - Wallis, Christopher (2238), AUS Schools Secondary op, Brisbane (B01) - 2007
Obst, James (2106) - Lehmann, Marco (2219), Wch U16, Batumi (B08) - 2006
Caoili, Arianne (2207) - Obst, James (2048), AUS-ch, Brisbane (A31) - 2005
Hoffmann, Achim Gunter (2188) - Obst, James (2065), Doeberl Cup 44th, Canberra (B40) - 2006
Goldsmith, Alan (2081) - Obst, James (2234), Adelaide Checkmate op, Adelaide (B08) - 2007
Obst, James - ? (67)
Guo Yuthok, Sherab (2/2)
Jackson, Ralph E (1½/2)
Stevens, Tristan (2/2)
Asadi, Bahman (1/1)
Berggren, Jonathan (1/1)
Berggren, Patrik (1/1)
Bird, Andrew (0/1)
Blundell, Jian (1/1)
Buckley, Andrew (1/1)
Budihardjo, Timothy (0/1)
Chadwick, Charles (1/1)
Chan, Jason (1/1)
Chandler, Murray G (0/1)
Choong, Yita (1/1)
Cooke, Steven L (1/1)
Dakovic, Goran (0/1)
Darini, Pouria (1/1)
Derrick Yuile, Simon (½/1)
Dragicevic, Domagoj (½/1)
Eckermann, Andrew (1/1)
Goldenberg, Igor (1/1)
Goldsmith, Alan (1/1)
Guthrie, Aaron (½/1)
Hacche, David (1/1)
Heitmann, Surabhi (1/1)
Hoang, Khoi (1/1)
Hu, Jason (1/1)
Huang, Justin (1/1)
Hvistendahl, Robert (1/1)
Jager, Jesse (1/1)
Jurd, Sebastian (1/1)
Kerksal, David (1/1)
Kimura, Toshi (1/1)
Krstic, Slobodan (0/1)
Lane, Gary William (½/1)
Lattimore, Tor (1/1)
Lehmann, Marco (1/1)
Long, Sam (0/1)
Ly, Moulthun (0/1)
McColl, Kevin (1/1)
Morales Garcia, Sergio Joshafatt (0/1)
Narmontas, Matas (0/1)
Neeman, Jeremy (0/1)
Neudel, Bernd (1/1)
Nguyen, Giang (½/1)
Nikolayevsky, Artem (1/1)
Oks, Oliver (1/1)
Oliver, Gareth (0/1)
Pleskot, Sylvia (1/1)
Reilly, Tim (0/1)
Sheldrick, Kevin (0/1)
Smerdon, David (0/1)
Song, Angela (1/1)
Song, Raymond (0/1)
Stead, Kerry (1/1)
Stojic, Dusan (0/1)
Stojic, Svetozar (½/1)
Suttor, Vincent (½/1)
Tao, Trevor (0/1)
Taylor, Thor (1/1)
Tulevski, Vasil (1/1)
Vinciguerra, Andrew (1/1)
Wallis, Christopher (1/1)
West, Guy (0/1)
Wongwichit, Phachara (0/1)
Wright, Ian (0/1)
Xie, George Wendi (½/1)
? - Obst, James (62)
Bourmistrov, Denis (1/3)
Oliver, Gareth (2/3)
Jovanovic, Peter (½/2)
Lip, Michael (½/2)
Lugo, Ruperto (½/2)
Ly, Moulthun (1/2)
Nguyen, Joseph (2/2)
Song, Raymond (1½/2)
Ali, Mosaddeque (1/1)
Anderson, Daniel (1/1)
Antic, Dejan (0/1)
Ayris, Tony (½/1)
Beckman, John (1/1)
Bennett, Hilton Petrie (0/1)
Bristina, Husein (1/1)
Broekhuijse, Paul (1/1)
Caoili, Arianne (1/1)
Chow, Samuel (0/1)
Cooke, Tristrom (1/1)
Cronan, James (0/1)
Frame, Nigel (1/1)
Goldsmith, Alan (1/1)
Grigg, Sam (1/1)
Guo Yuthok, Sherab (1/1)
Guthrie, Aaron (0/1)
Halpin, Patrick (0/1)
Hams, Jeffrey (1/1)
Harp, Joel (0/1)
Haselgrove, Miles (1/1)
Hoffmann, Achim Gunter (1/1)
Holt, Kenneth P (1/1)
Huang, Justin (0/1)
Hull, Lawrence (1/1)
Ikeda, Junta (1/1)
Ilic, Ilija (½/1)
Irvine, James (0/1)
Kerksal, David (1/1)
Levin, Joshua (1/1)
Lubarsky, Kostia (½/1)
Malik, Hani (0/1)
Nguyen, Andrew (1/1)
Pavlidis, Anastasios (0/1)
Pecori, Ascaro (0/1)
Peters, Duncan (1/1)
Pyke, Malcolm (½/1)
Rahmanov, Shahriyar Teymur Og (0/1)
Rej, Tomek (0/1)
Srdic, Goran (1/1)
Stojic, Dusan (0/1)
Tologontegin, Semetey (0/1)
Truscott, Anthony J (0/1)
Utturkar, Ashwin (1/1)
Wallis, Christopher (0/1)
Wamsley, Shane (1/1)
Wei, Michael (1/1)
Weideman, Hendrik Jacobus (1/1)
Wohl, Aleksandar H (0/1)
Xie, George Wendi (½/1)
Yu, Chris (1/1)
Yu, Michael (1/1)
Zhao, Zong Yuan (0/1)
Zvedeniouk, Ilya (0/1)
Openings played as White (39)
B23 Sicilian, Closed (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
1836.14
Result:
5/7 = 71.43%
B09 Pirc, Austrian Attack (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4)
Average Elo:
1330
Result:
4/4 = 100%
B12 Caro-Kann Defense (1.e4 c6 2.d4)
Average Elo:
2098
Result:
3½/4 = 87.5%
A01 Nimzovich-Larsen Attack (1.b3)
Average Elo:
1971.75
Result:
2½/4 = 62.5%
C30 King's Gambit Declined (1.e4 e5 2.f4)
Average Elo:
1425.5
Result:
3/3 = 100%
B22 Sicilian, Alapin (1.e4 c5 2.c3)
Average Elo:
1799.67
Result:
2/3 = 66.67%
A00 Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo:
2003.67
Result:
2/3 = 66.67%
C34 King's Gambit Accepted (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1799
Result:
2/2 = 100%
A05 Reti Opening (1.Nf3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
1832
Result:
½/2 = 25%
C38 King's Gambit Accepted (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 Bg7)
Average Elo:
1460
Result:
1/2 = 50%
C02 French, Advance (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5)
Average Elo:
2063.5
Result:
0/2 = 0%
A06 Reti Opening (1.Nf3 d5)
Average Elo:
1723.5
Result:
2/2 = 100%
B50 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6)
Average Elo:
1906.5
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
B53 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4)
Average Elo:
2240.5
Result:
1/2 = 50%
A45 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2537
Result:
1/2 = 50%
D00 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5)
Average Elo:
2065
Result:
1/2 = 50%
B01 Scandinavian (1.e4 d5)
Average Elo:
2264.5
Result:
1/2 = 50%
B06 Robatsch (1.e4 g6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C10 French (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C28 Vienna Game (1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bc4 Nc6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B04 Alekhine's Defense, Modern (1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2022
Result:
0/1 = 0%
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:
1664
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C07 French, Tarrasch (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5)
Average Elo:
709
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B21 Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4 (1.e4 c5 2.f4)
Average Elo:
1268
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B40 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6)
Average Elo:
1922
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A04 Reti Opening (1.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1844
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C12 French, McCutcheon (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Bb4)
Average Elo:
2380
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C19 French, Winawer, Advance (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7)
Average Elo:
1843
Result:
0/1 = 0%
Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo:
1753
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening (1.e4)
Average Elo:
1993
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D79 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O, Main line (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O c6 7.cxd5 cxd5)
Average Elo:
1961
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B33 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4)
Average Elo:
2257
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B30 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6)
Average Elo:
2162
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B90 Sicilian, Najdorf (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6)
Average Elo:
2044
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C77 Ruy Lopez (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2440
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C80 Ruy Lopez, Open (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4)
Average Elo:
2178
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B08 Pirc, Classical (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2219
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A21 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
1938
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D02 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
Openings played as Black (53)
B01 Scandinavian (1.e4 d5)
Average Elo:
1848
Result:
3/5 = 60%
B57 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bc4)
Average Elo:
1928.67
Result:
1½/3 = 50%
D00 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5)
Average Elo:
1841.67
Result:
1½/3 = 50%
A87 Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1930.67
Result:
1/3 = 33.33%
B23 Sicilian, Closed (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2101.67
Result:
0/3 = 0%
B40 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6)
Average Elo:
2202.33
Result:
1½/3 = 50%
D02 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2115
Result:
1/2 = 50%
A83 Dutch, Staunton Gambit (1.d4 f5 2.e4 fxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5)
Average Elo:
1915
Result:
2/2 = 100%
Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo:
1794
Result:
1/2 = 50%
A02 Bird's Opening (1.f4)
Average Elo:
2025
Result:
2/2 = 100%
B07 Pirc (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
1898
Result:
2/2 = 100%
A66 Benoni (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.f4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C50 Giuoco Piano (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C45 Scotch Game (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C68 Ruy Lopez, Exchange (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B20 Sicilian (1.e4 c5)
Average Elo:
1365
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A37 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1252
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B70 Sicilian, Dragon Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A57 Benko Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5)
Average Elo:
2087
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B02 Alekhine's Defense (1.e4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
1875
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E76 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A48 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6)
Average Elo:
1286
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B83 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be2)
Average Elo:
1185
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A24 English, Bremen System with ...g6 (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 g6)
Average Elo:
1835
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D90 Grunfeld (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1845
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A04 Reti Opening (1.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1964
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B50 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6)
Average Elo:
1705
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A84 Dutch (1.d4 f5 2.c4)
Average Elo:
1589
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D27 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical (1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.O-O a6)
Average Elo:
1932
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D91 Grunfeld, 5.Bg5 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bg5)
Average Elo:
1875
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E38 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5)
Average Elo:
2248
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A03 Bird's Opening (1.f4 d5)
Average Elo:
2041
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A45 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
1845
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C55 Two Knights Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2040
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3 Ne4 8.Qc2 Nxc3)
Average Elo:
2058
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D05 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 e6)
Average Elo:
1866
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A17 English (1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6)
Average Elo:
2053
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A52 Budapest Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4)
Average Elo:
2000
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A40 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A31 English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation (1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4)
Average Elo:
2207
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B42 Sicilian, Kan (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3)
Average Elo:
2439
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D89 Grunfeld (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 O-O 8.Ne2)
Average Elo:
2461
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A30 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5)
Average Elo:
2126
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B30 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6)
Average Elo:
2376
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E53 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Nf3 d5 6.Bd3 c5)
Average Elo:
2063
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E12 Queen's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6)
Average Elo:
2189
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E46 Nimzo-Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O)
Average Elo:
2143
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B08 Pirc, Classical (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2081
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B80 Sicilian, Scheveningen (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6)
Average Elo:
2006
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A34 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
1744
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A47 Queen's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 b6)
Average Elo:
1769
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E15 Queen's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3)
Average Elo:
2476
Result:
0/1 = 0%