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Player:
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Jacob, Sydney J
FIDE
:
FIDE Card
Years
:
2010-2020
Number of games
:
136
Number of wins
:
52
Number of draws
:
55
Number of losses
:
29
White score
:
39/70 (55.71% - Average Elo: 1774.91)
Black score
:
40½/66 (61.36% - Average Elo: 1799.81)
Rating progression
Games
White wins
White draws
White losses
Black wins
Black draws
Black losses
Top wins
Jacob, Sydney J (1934) - Young, Melvyn Jack (1938), Brighton op, Brighton (A40) - 2010
Jacob, Sydney J (1815) - Reynolds, Mark A (1925), Harrogate 4NCL op-B 17th, Harrogate (C02) - 2018
Jacob, Sydney J (1875) - Bingham, James T (1894), Hinckley e2e4 Major op, Hinckley Island (D02) - 2012
Staples, Daniel J (1981) - Jacob, Sydney J (1959), Gatwick e2e4 op-B, Gatwick (C07) - 2011
Bryant, Richard BE (1976) - Jacob, Sydney J (1934), Brighton op, Brighton (C10) - 2010
Homolka, Vincent (1828) - Jacob, Sydney J (1873), Amersham e2e4 Challengers op, Amersham (C01) - 2012
Jacob, Sydney J - ? (69)
Cast, Julian (1/2)
Bagley, Andy J (½/1)
Balakrishnan, Kathirvel (½/1)
Barwick, Ian (½/1)
Bennett, Rhys (1/1)
Bielby, Paul R (½/1)
Bingham, James T (1/1)
Burgoyne, Peter (1/1)
Burke, John S (½/1)
Bynnersley, Anthony (1/1)
Caceres De la Calle, Eduardo (0/1)
Cannon, Raymond Charles (½/1)
Clegg, Robert (½/1)
Ditmas, Hugh (0/1)
Drennan, William (1/1)
Dunkley, Michael (0/1)
Eranki, SMS Chaitanya (½/1)
Finch, Russell (1/1)
Gartside, Carl (0/1)
Hebbes, Tim (0/1)
Homer, Neil S (1/1)
Horrell, Stephen A (1/1)
Hung, Jake (1/1)
Hurst, Eddie (0/1)
Ismailov, Roman (½/1)
Jackson, Paul G (1/1)
Keen, Cosima C (1/1)
Kelly, Paul J (½/1)
Kesterson, Kennan (0/1)
Kuhendiran, Tharshan (½/1)
Lawson, Timothy D (½/1)
Liang, Jake Z (½/1)
Lohia, Sohum (½/1)
Lovell, William (½/1)
Mathurin, Anthony (0/1)
Middleton, Tom (½/1)
Mills, Nathan (½/1)
Milson, Amy F (1/1)
Miu, Marinel (½/1)
O'Gorman, Brendan (½/1)
Osiyemi, Lara (½/1)
Piecha, Lukasz Marek (½/1)
Pollock, Andy (½/1)
Potter, Karl (½/1)
Praczukowski, Stanislaw (0/1)
Probert, Malcolm (1/1)
Reyes, Craig1 (1/1)
Reynolds, Mark A (1/1)
Riding, Mick D (½/1)
Robinson, Brian (1/1)
Ross, Stuart (1/1)
Salas Martin, Javier (0/1)
Sandhu, Manvith (0/1)
Serntedakis, Athanasios (½/1)
Seymour, Timothy P (½/1)
Siya, Sagar (0/1)
Smith, Simon C (0/1)
Somton, Anita (0/1)
Sonnis, Steve (½/1)
Spradley, Julian (1/1)
Stimpson, Philip M (½/1)
Tandon, Rohan (1/1)
Tidmarsh, David A (1/1)
Wall, Gavin (½/1)
Watson, Darrell (1/1)
Webster, Jim J (1/1)
Young, Melvyn Jack (1/1)
Zhou, David (0/1)
Zitan, Abdelhay (½/1)
? - Jacob, Sydney J (63)
Bennett, Dominic (½/2)
De Coverly, Roger D (0/2)
Staples, Daniel J (1/2)
Ackley, Peter JE (½/1)
Anderson, Alan (½/1)
Ashcroft, Graham J (½/1)
Bass, John (½/1)
Bienvenu, Emma (1/1)
Brixel, Christof (½/1)
Brown, Geoffrey D (1/1)
Bryant, Richard BE (1/1)
Burrows, Nick (0/1)
Chiang, Richard (1/1)
Chilton, James I (1/1)
Clegg, Chris RA (½/1)
Cook, Chris RD (1/1)
Crouch, Colin S (0/1)
Crouch, Timothy J (1/1)
De Lagontrie, Jean (1/1)
Dickson, George A (½/1)
Farrell, Anthony (1/1)
Finnegan, Oliver (½/1)
Gardner, Phillip (1/1)
Giakoustidis, Spiros Avgerinos (½/1)
Gibbs, Dominic V (½/1)
Golding, Alex (1/1)
Hamilton, Douglas (½/1)
Head, Louise (1/1)
Homolka, Vincent (1/1)
Jimenez Urquijo, Juan Manuel (1/1)
Kendall, Paul SN (½/1)
Knight, Colin B (0/1)
Krause, Marianne (0/1)
Llewellyn, Julian D (1/1)
Matthews, Gabriel (1/1)
Moreno Guerrero, Idelfonso (1/1)
Nwachukwu, Chino (½/1)
O'Gorman, Brendan (1/1)
Oliver, Bruce R (1/1)
O'Shea, Colm (1/1)
Osiyemi, Lara (0/1)
Paterek, Michal (0/1)
Payne, Matthew (½/1)
Pienabarca, Nicola (½/1)
Purvis, Anna (1/1)
Raghavendra, Mahima (1/1)
Robinson, Brian (½/1)
Rogers, Timothy (½/1)
Rubinson, Adam (0/1)
Sandercock, E Barry (1/1)
Shearsby, Jude (1/1)
Smith, Gary P (0/1)
Stepanyan, Henrik (0/1)
Swales, Andrew (1/1)
Tomy, Jeff (1/1)
Torrance, John (½/1)
Vann, Richard P (½/1)
Waldock, Adrian DP (1/1)
Warman, Simon M (½/1)
Watson, Darrell (1/1)
Wilson, David (½/1)
Wunderle, John P (½/1)
Zhu, Richard (0/1)
Openings played as White (50)
D02 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1880.5
Result:
1½/4 = 37.5%
D00 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5)
Average Elo:
1829.33
Result:
1½/3 = 50%
E61 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3)
Average Elo:
1848.33
Result:
1/3 = 33.33%
A24 English, Bremen System with ...g6 (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 g6)
Average Elo:
1698.67
Result:
2½/3 = 83.33%
C02 French, Advance (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5)
Average Elo:
1690.67
Result:
2½/3 = 83.33%
A48 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6)
Average Elo:
1750
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
A47 Queen's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 b6)
Average Elo:
1786
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
E01 Catalan, Closed (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2)
Average Elo:
1622
Result:
2/2 = 100%
E15 Queen's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3)
Average Elo:
2064
Result:
½/2 = 25%
A36 English (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3)
Average Elo:
1600
Result:
½/2 = 25%
A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3)
Average Elo:
2011.5
Result:
½/2 = 25%
C01 French, Exchange (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bg5)
Average Elo:
1982
Result:
1/2 = 50%
B07 Pirc (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
1748.5
Result:
0/2 = 0%
B22 Sicilian, Alapin (1.e4 c5 2.c3)
Average Elo:
1662.5
Result:
2/2 = 100%
A22 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
1738
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A40 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4)
Average Elo:
1938
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A20 English (1.c4 e5)
Average Elo:
1946
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B01 Scandinavian (1.e4 d5)
Average Elo:
1546
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C18 French, Winawer (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3)
Average Elo:
1611
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A83 Dutch, Staunton Gambit (1.d4 f5 2.e4 fxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5)
Average Elo:
1778
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A45 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
1760
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A80 Dutch (1.d4 f5)
Average Elo:
2328
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A33 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 Nc6)
Average Elo:
1880
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A85 Dutch, with c4 & Nc3 (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3)
Average Elo:
1886
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E05 Catalan, Open, Classical line (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Nf3 Be7)
Average Elo:
1803
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A23 English, Bremen System, Keres Variation (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 c6)
Average Elo:
1676
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A13 English (1.c4 e6)
Average Elo:
1760
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6)
Average Elo:
1683
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A14 English (1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.O-O)
Average Elo:
1583
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A38 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
1599
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A25 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6)
Average Elo:
2112
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A26 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6)
Average Elo:
2091
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B12 Caro-Kann Defense (1.e4 c6 2.d4)
Average Elo:
1465
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D61 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.Qc2)
Average Elo:
1752
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D91 Grunfeld, 5.Bg5 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bg5)
Average Elo:
1619
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D14 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bf4 Bf5)
Average Elo:
1964
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E87 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 e5 7.d5)
Average Elo:
1866
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A52 Budapest Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4)
Average Elo:
1916
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D35 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
1568
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D20 Queen's Gambit Accepted (1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4)
Average Elo:
1635
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E39 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Pirc Variation (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.dxc5 O-O)
Average Elo:
1472
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E35 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa Variation, 5.cd ed (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 exd5)
Average Elo:
2008
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D36 Queen's Gambit Declined, Exchange, Positional line, 6.Qc2 (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.Qc2)
Average Elo:
1316
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E07 Catalan, Closed (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O Nbd7)
Average Elo:
1780
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening (1.e4)
Average Elo:
1564
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A16 English (1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
1780
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C85 Ruy Lopez, Exchange Variation Doubly Deferred (DERLD) (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Bxc6 dxc6)
Average Elo:
1623
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B10 Caro-Kann (1.e4 c6)
Average Elo:
1609
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed (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.d4)
Average Elo:
1705
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C48 Four Knights (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5)
Average Elo:
1740
Result:
0/1 = 0%
Openings played as Black (44)
C10 French (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3)
Average Elo:
1929.5
Result:
4/6 = 66.67%
B07 Pirc (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
1626.33
Result:
4/4 = 100%
C01 French, Exchange (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bg5)
Average Elo:
1939.33
Result:
1/3 = 33.33%
A43 Old Benoni (1.d4 c5)
Average Elo:
1768.33
Result:
1½/3 = 50%
B06 Robatsch (1.e4 g6)
Average Elo:
1902.33
Result:
½/3 = 16.67%
C07 French, Tarrasch (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5)
Average Elo:
1874
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
A48 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6)
Average Elo:
1856.5
Result:
1/2 = 50%
A36 English (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3)
Average Elo:
2079.5
Result:
½/2 = 25%
A40 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4)
Average Elo:
1957.5
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
A37 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1732.5
Result:
1/2 = 50%
B22 Sicilian, Alapin (1.e4 c5 2.c3)
Average Elo:
1711
Result:
½/2 = 25%
B34 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nxc6)
Average Elo:
1734.5
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
A01 Nimzovich-Larsen Attack (1.b3)
Average Elo:
1565
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
E01 Catalan, Closed (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2)
Average Elo:
1822
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A85 Dutch, with c4 & Nc3 (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3)
Average Elo:
1630
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A34 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
1942
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B09 Pirc, Austrian Attack (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4)
Average Elo:
1819
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A31 English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation (1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4)
Average Elo:
1507
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A02 Bird's Opening (1.f4)
Average Elo:
2029
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C02 French, Advance (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5)
Average Elo:
1915
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E60 King's Indian Defense (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6)
Average Elo:
2048
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C15 French, Winawer (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4)
Average Elo:
1746
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E90 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1738
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A41 Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6) (1.d4 d6)
Average Elo:
2040
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C00 French Defense (1.e4 e6)
Average Elo:
1663
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C30 King's Gambit Declined (1.e4 e5 2.f4)
Average Elo:
1702
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D94 Grunfeld (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.e3)
Average Elo:
1400
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B25 Sicilian, Closed (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6)
Average Elo:
1562
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A20 English (1.c4 e5)
Average Elo:
1893
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E69 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Main line (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 d6 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.e4 c6 9.h3)
Average Elo:
1908
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D00 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5)
Average Elo:
1593
Result:
½/1 = 50%
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:
2039
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B24 Sicilian, Closed (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3)
Average Elo:
1970
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B72 Sicilian, Dragon (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3)
Average Elo:
1571
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E09 Catalan, Closed (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O Nbd7 7.Qc2 c6 8.Nbd2)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A03 Bird's Opening (1.f4 d5)
Average Elo:
1933
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A30 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5)
Average Elo:
1934
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A47 Queen's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 b6)
Average Elo:
1290
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A46 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1569
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B08 Pirc, Classical (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2)
Average Elo:
1615
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D02 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1756
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A54 Old Indian, Ukrainian Variation, 4.Nf3 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1645
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E91 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2)
Average Elo:
1567
Result:
1/1 = 100%