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Player:
(Eg:
Carlsen,Magnus
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Ellis, James S
Years
:
1969-2018
Number of games
:
137
Number of wins
:
40
Number of draws
:
35
Number of losses
:
62
White score
:
26/69 (37.68% - Average Elo: 2158)
Black score
:
31½/68 (46.32% - Average Elo: 2183.9)
Rating progression
Games
White wins
White draws
White losses
Black wins
Black draws
Black losses
Top wins
Ellis, James S (2146) - Annakov, Babakuli (2565), North American op, Las Vegas (B33) - 2000
Ellis, James S - Halldor, P (2145), North Bay op, North Bay (C06) - 1998
Ellis, James S (2103) - Lanni, Diana (2062), US Open-80, Chicago (C45) - 1979
Ochkoos, Jura (2305) - Ellis, James S (2180), North Bay op 6th, North Bay (B22) - 1999
Adu, Oladapo (2284) - Ellis, James S (2150), Chicago op 12th, Chicago (B67) - 2003
Galant, Sergey (2211) - Ellis, James S (2119), Tulsa OCF Challengers, Tulsa (B22) - 2005
Ellis, James S - ? (67)
Berry, Jim (0/2)
Hanson, D (1/2)
Acosta, Diego Andres (1/1)
Annakov, Babakuli (1/1)
Atanasov, Anthony (0/1)
Balinas, Rosendo Carrean (0/1)
Barnes, Craig N (0/1)
Bauer, Carl (½/1)
Bercys, Salvijus (0/1)
Bick, John D (0/1)
Bluvshtein, Ilia (½/1)
Burnett, Kevin (0/1)
Charbonneau, Pascal (0/1)
Chatzilias, Alexis (0/1)
Cheney, D (½/1)
Chikkala, Srikarl (1/1)
Dahl, Jeffrey J (0/1)
Drebenstedt, James (0/1)
Dutton, Warren Richard (1/1)
Feldman, Steven (½/1)
Firman, Nazar (0/1)
Fong, Juan M (½/1)
Fortman, Zebedee II (½/1)
Friedman, David M (1/1)
Frumkin, Edward A (0/1)
Gehly, Stephen N (0/1)
Gibbs, James (½/1)
Halldor, P (1/1)
Hayes, Rea B (0/1)
Hernandez, Hector R (½/1)
Ipatov, Alexander (0/1)
Jacobs, Robert Merton (0/1)
Joydev, Saha (0/1)
Jungman, Gerard J (½/1)
Kalivas, Jason (0/1)
Kang, Dorian (0/1)
Karagianis, Pete (0/1)
Klaus, J (0/1)
Kuryliw, Ray (1/1)
Langer, Mikhail (0/1)
Lanni, Diana (1/1)
Lee, Wellington (0/1)
Lowther, E (1/1)
Martinovsky, Eugene Simeon (½/1)
McEntee, Tim R (0/1)
Morrell, Gordon (½/1)
Muhammad, Stephen A (0/1)
O'Hare, Ciaran (½/1)
Orton, William R (0/1)
Paschall, William M (0/1)
Pike, John (0/1)
Rajlich, Vasik G (½/1)
Rios, Enrique (1/1)
Rowe, RA (1/1)
Sanusi, Azeez (1/1)
Spanton, Timothy (1/1)
Stroud, Mike (0/1)
Taylor, Robert V (1/1)
Thomas, Kenneth P (½/1)
Townsend, C (1/1)
Van Deelen, Mike (½/1)
Veech, John (0/1)
Wang, Jeff (½/1)
Wen, Jean Francois (½/1)
Whitcomb, Bran (½/1)
Wu, Chenxi (1/1)
Zilberstein, Dmitry (0/1)
? - Ellis, James S (62)
Claassen, Chris (1/2)
Datta, Deepyaman (1½/2)
Galant, Sergey (1/2)
Gossell, Thomas (1½/2)
Patton, Thomas A (½/2)
Thompson, Matthew J (2/2)
Adu, Oladapo (1/1)
Aldrich, Don C (½/1)
Arrington, Rachael (0/1)
Bereolos, Peter (0/1)
Berry, James E (0/1)
Bick, John D (0/1)
Bondari, Siamak (0/1)
Bradford, Joseph M (0/1)
Brooks, Michael A (0/1)
Chachere, Lawrence (0/1)
Chong, D (½/1)
Collins, Chris (1/1)
De Witt, L (1/1)
Dennison, Jerry (1/1)
Dike, Dale (1/1)
Divljan, Igor (0/1)
Doss, Jason R (½/1)
Dougherty, Michael J (½/1)
Dubin, Aaron (1/1)
Dutiel, Tony (0/1)
Essig, George T (1/1)
Fernandez, Jaime (0/1)
Goldenberg, Danny (0/1)
Groot Lipman, Jeff (½/1)
Hahn, Anna (1/1)
Hanson, D (1/1)
Jackson, Rich (½/1)
Johnson, Chuck (0/1)
Kalivas, Jason (0/1)
Lamansky, S (½/1)
Langer, Mikhail (0/1)
Latino, Carl D (½/1)
Letuchy, E (1/1)
Lief, Adam (½/1)
Lindsay, Fred P (0/1)
Martin, Greg Jr (0/1)
Morris, Matthew (0/1)
Nakhasi, A (1/1)
Ning, Eric (0/1)
Ochkoos, Jura (1/1)
Reynolds, Robert Louis (1/1)
Roring, Tres (0/1)
Rowlinson, Terry (½/1)
Saint Amand, Paul (0/1)
Salerno, J (1/1)
Salerno, Marie Helene (1/1)
Scharf, D (1/1)
Sharp, Dale Eugene (½/1)
Shulman, Yuri (0/1)
Stevenson, Philip (½/1)
Tate, Emory (0/1)
Wang, Arthur D (0/1)
Xu, Sheng Jun (1/1)
Yermolinsky, Alex (0/1)
Zapata, Julian (0/1)
Zuniga, Ivan (1/1)
Openings played as White (42)
C63 Ruy Lopez, Schliemann Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5)
Average Elo:
1932.5
Result:
2/4 = 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:
2145
Result:
2½/4 = 62.5%
B33 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4)
Average Elo:
2390
Result:
1½/3 = 50%
D85 Grunfeld (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5)
Average Elo:
2166.33
Result:
0/3 = 0%
B09 Pirc, Austrian Attack (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/3 = 33.33%
C42 Petrov Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2273
Result:
0/3 = 0%
B32 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5)
Average Elo:
2232
Result:
½/3 = 16.67%
B47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7)
Average Elo:
2166.33
Result:
1/3 = 33.33%
B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+)
Average Elo:
2463
Result:
1½/3 = 50%
C17 French, Winawer, Advance (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/2 = 50%
C78 Ruy Lopez (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O)
Average Elo:
2371.5
Result:
0/2 = 0%
E73 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/2 = 0%
B01 Scandinavian (1.e4 d5)
Average Elo:
1972.5
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
B17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7)
Average Elo:
2230
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
B36 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.c4)
Average Elo:
1954.5
Result:
½/2 = 25%
E12 Queen's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6)
Average Elo:
1921.5
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
B48 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3)
Average Elo:
2420
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B19 Caro-Kann, Classical (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nd7)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B28 Sicilian, O'Kelly Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 a6)
Average Elo:
2280
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C33 King's Gambit Accepted (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4)
Average Elo:
1851
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B06 Robatsch (1.e4 g6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B08 Pirc, Classical (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2505
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B07 Pirc (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B38 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Maroczy Bind, 6.Be3 (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.c4 Bg7 6.Be3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A64 Benoni, Fianchetto, 11...Re8 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nf3 g6 7.g3 Bg7 8.Bg2 O-O 9.O-O Nbd7 10.Nd2 a6 11.a4 Re8)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C07 French, Tarrasch (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5)
Average Elo:
1930
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C10 French (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B42 Sicilian, Kan (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C67 Ruy Lopez (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7)
Average Elo:
2233
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C11 French (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2051
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C70 Ruy Lopez (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4)
Average Elo:
2259
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A59 Benko Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 Bxa6 6.Nc3 d6 7.e4)
Average Elo:
1838
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B90 Sicilian, Najdorf (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6)
Average Elo:
2267
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C45 Scotch Game (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4)
Average Elo:
2062
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:
0/1 = 0%
C93 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Smyslov 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 h6)
Average Elo:
2270
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B16 Caro-Kann, Bronstein-Larsen Variation (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ gxf6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C60 Ruy Lopez (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5)
Average Elo:
2050
Result:
1/1 = 100%
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:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B54 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6)
Average Elo:
2330
Result:
0/1 = 0%
Openings played as Black (39)
B22 Sicilian, Alapin (1.e4 c5 2.c3)
Average Elo:
2167.75
Result:
2½/6 = 41.67%
B70 Sicilian, Dragon Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6)
Average Elo:
2565
Result:
2½/5 = 50%
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:
2200
Result:
2½/4 = 62.5%
A32 English, Symmetrical Variation (1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1½/3 = 50%
B76 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 O-O)
Average Elo:
2325
Result:
2/3 = 66.67%
E20 Nimzo-Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4)
Average Elo:
2210.5
Result:
1/3 = 33.33%
B56 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2259
Result:
1/3 = 33.33%
A30 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5)
Average Elo:
2267
Result:
0/2 = 0%
A34 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/2 = 0%
E30 Nimzo-Indian, Leningrad (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bg5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
B25 Sicilian, Closed (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
B26 Sicilian, Closed, 6.Be3 (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6 6.Be3)
Average Elo:
2440
Result:
1/2 = 50%
B50 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6)
Average Elo:
2230
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
B72 Sicilian, Dragon (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3)
Average Elo:
2250
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
B63 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2)
Average Elo:
2216.5
Result:
½/2 = 25%
E41 Nimzo-Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/2 = 50%
B66 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6)
Average Elo:
1803
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B97 Sicilian, Najdorf (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Qb6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A37 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B23 Sicilian, Closed (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2355
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A15 English (1.c4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E42 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein) (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Ne2)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2)
Average Elo:
2265
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A47 Queen's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 b6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E01 Catalan, Closed (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E37 Nimzo-Indian, Classical (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 Ne4 7.Qc2)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B83 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be2)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B82 Sicilian, Scheveningen (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.f4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B67 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7 (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O Bd7)
Average Elo:
2284
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E34 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa Variation (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2549
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A66 Benoni (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.f4)
Average Elo:
2224
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A45 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A33 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 Nc6)
Average Elo:
1857
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B85 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Classical (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be2 a6 7.O-O Qc7 8.f4 Nc6)
Average Elo:
2003
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D01 Richter-Veresov Attack (1.d4 d5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bg5)
Average Elo:
1909
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C57 Two Knights (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5)
Average Elo:
1876
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D00 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5)
Average Elo:
1837
Result:
½/1 = 50%
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:
1922
Result:
0/1 = 0%