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Player:
(Eg:
Carlsen,Magnus
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West, James R
Years
:
1984-2013
Number of games
:
106
Number of wins
:
43
Number of draws
:
32
Number of losses
:
31
White score
:
34½/52 (66.35% - Average Elo: 2230.57)
Black score
:
24½/54 (45.37% - Average Elo: 2277.08)
Rating progression
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Top wins
West, James R (2207) - Morshedi, Ali (2371), USA-chT Amateur East, Parsippany (B78) - 2004
West, James R (2205) - Kelleher, William (2360), New York op, New York (B87) - 1993
West, James R (2209) - Banawa, Joel Cholo (2300), US Open-109, Dallas (B01) - 2008
Feuerstein, Arthur William (2167) - West, James R (2221), USA-chT Amateur East, Parsipanny (A81) - 2002
Karadsheh, Z - West, James R, Plymouth ch-MI op, Plymouth (C42) - 1984
Ying, Victor - West, James R (2205), New York State-ch 115th, Saratoga Springs (C41) - 1993
West, James R - ? (50)
Chen, Kevin Emmanuel (2/2)
Ferrero, Steven (1/2)
Ashley, Maurice (0/1)
Banawa, Joel Cholo (1/1)
Bauer, Richard N (0/1)
Belke, Thomas (1/1)
Belostotsky, Andrey D (½/1)
Benjamin, Joel (0/1)
Callaway, Joseph F (1/1)
Chudnovsky, Jacob (½/1)
Cohen, Robert (1/1)
Corke, Anya Sun (½/1)
Djuric, Stefan (0/1)
Ellis, Arthur C (½/1)
Encarnacion, Ernesto (½/1)
Fang, Joseph (0/1)
Ford, Alonzo (1/1)
Haskel, Jeffrey (½/1)
Herx, Steven (1/1)
Hulse, Brian (½/1)
Johnson, Ben (½/1)
Johnson, Ernest T (1/1)
Joseph, Michael (1/1)
Katz, Brian (½/1)
Kelleher, William (1/1)
Kis, Lorand Bela (0/1)
Kopiecki, Edward (0/1)
Labate, Ernesto (1/1)
Mason, David (0/1)
McKenney, Edward (1/1)
Morshedi, Ali (1/1)
O'Brien, Matthew (1/1)
Pace, Broxie (1/1)
Paciulli, Frank (½/1)
Palanker, Alex (½/1)
Pedersen, Roger (1/1)
Prekumar, Vikram (1/1)
Quinn, Deborah (1/1)
Robinson, Ray (1/1)
Rubenchik, Rodion (½/1)
Rubenfeld, David I (½/1)
Sinding, Steven (1/1)
Skidmore, Mike (0/1)
Smaltz, J (1/1)
Street, Leteef (1/1)
Uesugi, Shinsaku (½/1)
Ventura, Christopher A (½/1)
Winslow, Elliott C (1/1)
Zafra, Matthew (1/1)
Zhu, Daniel (1/1)
? - West, James R (54)
Andreas, Peter Carl (1/1)
Baez, Herminio (0/1)
Belakovskaia, Anjelina (½/1)
Bernal, Eduardo (0/1)
Blumenfeld, Rudy (½/1)
Bolda, Dan H (0/1)
Bonin, Jay R (0/1)
Briggs, Ronald (1/1)
Colas, Clotaire (½/1)
Dinda, B (0/1)
Dougherty, Michael J (0/1)
Dvoirys, Semen I (0/1)
Elmore, John (1/1)
Feld, Uri (1/1)
Feuerstein, Arthur William (1/1)
Finegold, Benjamin (0/1)
Frawley, E (0/1)
Gavin, David P (½/1)
Grasso, David (½/1)
Gurczak, John (½/1)
Hood, Byron (1/1)
Ippolito, Dean (0/1)
Ivanov, Alexander (0/1)
Karadsheh, Z (1/1)
Khodarkovsky, Michael (0/1)
Kitts, Gary (0/1)
Lloyd, Steadroy (1/1)
Lunna, Todd W (½/1)
Mark, Eric R (½/1)
Martirosov, Vadim (0/1)
Matabeek, Sunil (1/1)
Miller, Bruce T (1/1)
Mirabile, Tim (½/1)
Nohar, Ravendra MP (½/1)
Ostrosky, Thomas (½/1)
Owocki, David A (0/1)
Pacchiana, Douglas (1/1)
Pedersen, Roger (1/1)
Riseman, J (0/1)
Schiffer, Ansel (½/1)
Segal, Valery (0/1)
Sinding, Steven (1/1)
Singh, Errol (1/1)
Sobo, Henry C (0/1)
Stoyko, Stephen E (½/1)
Swaminathan, Rahul K (½/1)
Volovich, Anatoly A (0/1)
Walker, Andrew N (0/1)
Wanetick, Saul (1/1)
Weiner, Zachary J (0/1)
Ying, Victor (1/1)
Yudasin, Leonid (0/1)
Zhao, Parker Bi Guang (½/1)
Zukoff, Leon (1/1)
Openings played as White (36)
B42 Sicilian, Kan (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3)
Average Elo:
2149.5
Result:
4/5 = 80%
B88 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Bc4 Nc6)
Average Elo:
2415
Result:
1½/3 = 50%
B01 Scandinavian (1.e4 d5)
Average Elo:
2300
Result:
2/3 = 66.67%
C01 French, Exchange (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bg5)
Average Elo:
2272
Result:
2/3 = 66.67%
B78 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 10.castle long (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 O-O 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.Bc4 Bd7 10.O-O-O)
Average Elo:
2325.5
Result:
3/3 = 100%
B09 Pirc, Austrian Attack (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4)
Average Elo:
2071
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5)
Average Elo:
2313
Result:
1/2 = 50%
B87 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin with ...a6 and ...b5 (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Bc4 a6 7.Bb3 b5)
Average Elo:
2360
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
C68 Ruy Lopez, Exchange (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6)
Average Elo:
1841
Result:
2/2 = 100%
B86 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Bc4)
Average Elo:
2267
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C11 French (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
1965
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B45 Sicilian, Taimanov (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B06 Robatsch (1.e4 g6)
Average Elo:
2540
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C16 French, Winawer (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C64 Ruy Lopez, Classical (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Bc5)
Average Elo:
2029
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C54 Giuoco Piano (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.cxd4)
Average Elo:
2352
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B03 Alekhine's Defense (1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A36 English (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3)
Average Elo:
2455
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C40 King's Knight Opening (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6)
Average Elo:
2153
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C50 Giuoco Piano (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C02 French, Advance (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5)
Average Elo:
2101
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:
2231
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B26 Sicilian, Closed, 6.Be3 (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6 6.Be3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C56 Two Knights (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.O-O Nxe4)
Average Elo:
2189
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C89 Ruy Lopez, Marshall (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 d5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A01 Nimzovich-Larsen Attack (1.b3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B10 Caro-Kann (1.e4 c6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C41 Philidor Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B35 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Modern Variation with Bc4 (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A03 Bird's Opening (1.f4 d5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B05 Alekhine's Defense, Modern (1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 Bg4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B33 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B23 Sicilian, Closed (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B11 Caro-Kann, Two Knights, 3...Bg4 (1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 Bg4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B21 Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4 (1.e4 c5 2.f4)
Average Elo:
2227
Result:
½/1 = 50%
Openings played as Black (35)
C41 Philidor Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6)
Average Elo:
2386
Result:
9½/13 = 73.08%
A51 Budapest Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5)
Average Elo:
2143.75
Result:
2½/5 = 50%
E97 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6)
Average Elo:
2445
Result:
0/2 = 0%
B07 Pirc (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2260
Result:
1/2 = 50%
B50 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6)
Average Elo:
2569
Result:
1/2 = 50%
A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C28 Vienna Game (1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bc4 Nc6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C31 King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4 d5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C42 Petrov Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C44 King's Pawn Game (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A60 Benoni Defense (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D03 Torre Attack (Tartakower Variation) (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bg5)
Average Elo:
2285
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2)
Average Elo:
2365
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 d6 5.g3)
Average Elo:
2375
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B91 Sicilian, Najdorf, Zagreb (Fianchetto) Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.g3)
Average Elo:
2525
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E92 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E61 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2315
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A90 Dutch (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 e6 4.Bg2)
Average Elo:
2052
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A81 Dutch (1.d4 f5 2.g3)
Average Elo:
2167
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B42 Sicilian, Kan (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C11 French (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2249
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A10 English (1.c4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A83 Dutch, Staunton Gambit (1.d4 f5 2.e4 fxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
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:
2192
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A47 Queen's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 b6)
Average Elo:
2203
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E16 Queen's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Bb4+)
Average Elo:
2074
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B87 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin with ...a6 and ...b5 (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Bc4 a6 7.Bb3 b5)
Average Elo:
2085
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:
2458
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B90 Sicilian, Najdorf (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B99 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Be7 8.Qf3 Qc7 9.O-O-O Nbd7)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A85 Dutch, with c4 & Nc3 (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A46 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A37 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2239
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B23 Sicilian, Closed (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%