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Player:
(Eg:
Carlsen,Magnus
)
May, Adam John
Years
:
1992-2021
Number of games
:
189
Number of wins
:
65
Number of draws
:
63
Number of losses
:
61
White score
:
57½/104 (55.29% - Average Elo: 1929.43)
Black score
:
39/85 (45.88% - Average Elo: 1974.22)
Rating progression
Games
White wins
White draws
White losses
Black wins
Black draws
Black losses
Top wins
May, Adam John - Jones, Richard S (2122), Dyfed op, Gwbert on Sea (B01) - 2001
May, Adam John - Cast, Abigail (2118), West Wales op, Swansea (A08) - 1999
May, Adam John (1950) - McDougall, William M (2089), BCF-chT2 S3 (4NCL) online, Lichess.org INT (D77) - 2021
Gayson, Peter (2183) - May, Adam John (1888), EU-Cup 29th, Rhodes () - 2013
Musson, Adam (2049) - May, Adam John (1935), South Wales Autumn op, Pencoed (A46) - 2017
Rodriguez, Juan Talavera (2007) - May, Adam John (1922), Dyfed op, Fishguard (B19) - 2017
May, Adam John - ? (88)
Bevan, Peter M (2½/3)
Davies, Matthew (1½/3)
May, Frank (1½/3)
Sivarajasingam, Venetia (3/3)
Andrews, Norman G (1½/2)
Cast, Abigail (1½/2)
Jones, Adam (1½/2)
Jones, Richard S (1/2)
Marin Marin, Francisco Javier (2/2)
Thomas, Roy (2/2)
Turner, Joseph David (1/2)
Young, Alan J (1/2)
Adams, Mark (½/1)
Alevizos, Athanasios (1/1)
Barber, Andrew (½/1)
Bislimi, Mentor (1/1)
Boland, Dylan (0/1)
Borkowski, J Andrew (½/1)
Bowden, Karl (0/1)
Braun, Walter (0/1)
Brown, Thomas (½/1)
Bullen, Alex (½/1)
Buttell, David (1/1)
Chung, Ethan Cheung Jing (1/1)
Cordy, Steven (1/1)
Davies, Christopher (½/1)
Davies, Nick (1/1)
Davis, Lee (1/1)
Dekan, Hans (0/1)
Denham, Colin (1/1)
Dharmasena, Gavith (0/1)
Di Vetta, Andrew (½/1)
Dixon, Chris (½/1)
Downey, Keith (0/1)
Ehsandar, Peter (0/1)
Evans, Craig (½/1)
Evans, James (1/1)
Fathallah, Joe (0/1)
Francis, Matthew (1/1)
Fraser, Susanna (1/1)
Gemmell, John (1/1)
Greatorex, Roger (½/1)
Harris, George F (1/1)
Hatchett, Paul (0/1)
Heap, Gerry (0/1)
Horrell, Stephen A (1/1)
Hunt, Peter (½/1)
James, Dai (½/1)
James, David J (½/1)
Jameson, David (0/1)
Jones, Iolo Cerredig (0/1)
Jukes, Sam (1/1)
Kollagji, Perikli (1/1)
Kujala, Auvo (0/1)
Lindgren, Philip (0/1)
Lutchman Singh, Karanvir (½/1)
MacNeil, Elliott (1/1)
McDougall, William M (1/1)
Millward, Kevin P (½/1)
Morton, Robert (½/1)
Nasuta, Grzegorz (0/1)
Ong, Weng Yan (1/1)
Parry, Matthew (0/1)
Peng, Zhaoqin (0/1)
Probert, Malcolm (1/1)
Pugh, Glyn D (½/1)
Richmond, Jane (½/1)
Rizvi, Nasir (0/1)
Sands, David A (½/1)
Saunders, Robert (½/1)
Scheffner, Axel (0/1)
Sienczyk, Stephen Paul (1/1)
Sipho, Donovan (1/1)
Sivarajasingam, Shayanna (½/1)
Smith, Lynda (1/1)
Spencer, Douglas (0/1)
Steffens, Olaf (0/1)
Stojcevski, Zoran (0/1)
Sutton, Daniel (0/1)
Tew, Paul (0/1)
Thomas, James M (0/1)
Trickey, Andrew John (1/1)
Van Hoolandt, Patrick (½/1)
Van Kemenade, Rudy (1/1)
Wheatley, Chris J (1/1)
White, Ernest Michael (½/1)
Wilks, Simon (0/1)
Zeidler, Sven P (0/1)
? - May, Adam John (73)
Davis, Lee (0/3)
Kett, Timothy (½/3)
Haigh, Tony (1/2)
Harris, Calum (2/2)
Heaven, Peter (½/2)
Musson, Adam (1/2)
Pinch, David (1/2)
Ralphs, Nigel (½/2)
Sivarajasingam, Venetia (2/2)
Van Kemenade, Rudy (0/2)
Allen, Edwin J (1/1)
Ambrose, Andy (0/1)
Bennett, Roger (1/1)
Brown, Thomas (0/1)
Byway, Paul V (½/1)
Cast, Abigail (½/1)
Choo, Yin Benjamin (½/1)
Chung, Daniel (1/1)
Cizek, Ondrej (1/1)
Cobb, James (0/1)
Darnell, Anton (½/1)
Dawson, Gary B (0/1)
Dhame, Petraq (0/1)
Dixon, Chris (½/1)
Evans Quek, Suan Shiau (0/1)
Evans, CB (½/1)
Evans, Harry G (1/1)
Fox, Chris (1/1)
Gandy, Andrew (0/1)
Gayson, Peter (1/1)
Gibbons, Andrew (½/1)
Haxha, Bali (0/1)
Hodge, Steve R (1/1)
Horrell, Stephen A (1/1)
Hughes, Richard (1/1)
Hurn, Robert AJ (1/1)
James, Dai (½/1)
James, David J (½/1)
Jones, Iolo Cerredig (0/1)
Jukes, Sam (1/1)
Kerr, Rowland (1/1)
Klauner, Theo (½/1)
Lewis, David Rhys (1/1)
Mansner, Harry (½/1)
McMahon, Timothy P (½/1)
Mejdini, Murat (1/1)
Memeti, Kastriot (0/1)
Morris, Gareth (0/1)
Pleasants, Allan J (½/1)
Powell, Lloyd (½/1)
Price, Chris I (½/1)
Rees, Gwynfor (½/1)
Richardson, John R (½/1)
Richmond, Jane (0/1)
Roberts, David N (½/1)
Rodriguez, Juan Talavera (1/1)
Rovaretti, David (1/1)
Sajanani, Vikas (1/1)
Sivarajasingam, Shayanna (1/1)
Smith, Olivia (0/1)
Sokolsky, Juraj (0/1)
Spice, Alan (0/1)
Summers, Charles B (½/1)
Thomas, Joseff (½/1)
Thompson, Ian D (0/1)
Toczek, Grzegorz (0/1)
Van Kemenade, Julie (½/1)
Vozinaki, Anthi Maria (0/1)
Waddington, Mike P (0/1)
Young, Alan J (½/1)
Young, Angelo (½/1)
Zeidler, Sven P (0/1)
Zimmermann, Luc (0/1)
Openings played as White (48)
A14 English (1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.O-O)
Average Elo:
1846.14
Result:
8½/14 = 60.71%
A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3)
Average Elo:
1984.91
Result:
7½/13 = 57.69%
A37 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1933.14
Result:
5/8 = 62.5%
A26 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6)
Average Elo:
1877.75
Result:
4/8 = 50%
Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo:
2160
Result:
½/4 = 12.5%
A21 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
1857.67
Result:
2/3 = 66.67%
A25 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6)
Average Elo:
1950.67
Result:
1/3 = 33.33%
A39 English, Symmetrical, Main line with d4 (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.O-O O-O 7.d4)
Average Elo:
1599.67
Result:
3/3 = 100%
A20 English (1.c4 e5)
Average Elo:
1864
Result:
2/3 = 66.67%
A10 English (1.c4)
Average Elo:
1839.33
Result:
1½/3 = 50%
E01 Catalan, Closed (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2)
Average Elo:
1736
Result:
1/2 = 50%
A34 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
1657
Result:
2/2 = 100%
A36 English (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3)
Average Elo:
1591.5
Result:
2/2 = 100%
B01 Scandinavian (1.e4 d5)
Average Elo:
2198.5
Result:
1/2 = 50%
A41 Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6) (1.d4 d6)
Average Elo:
1999
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B28 Sicilian, O'Kelly Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 a6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A49 King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4 (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3)
Average Elo:
2348
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A27 English, Three Knights System (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2214
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A08 King's Indian Attack (1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c5 3.Bg2)
Average Elo:
2118
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C00 French Defense (1.e4 e6)
Average Elo:
2121
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B32 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C42 Petrov Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2072
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A38 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
1906
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A30 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5)
Average Elo:
1651
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D02 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1709
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A05 Reti Opening (1.Nf3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A16 English (1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
1970
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C63 Ruy Lopez, Schliemann Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
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:
1/1 = 100%
D78 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O c6 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O c6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f4)
Average Elo:
2238
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C43 Petrov, Modern Attack (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 exd4 4.e5 Ne4 5.Qxd4)
Average Elo:
2260
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+)
Average Elo:
2339
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6)
Average Elo:
2225
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A11 English, Caro-Kann Defensive System (1.c4 c6)
Average Elo:
2278
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D34 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.g3 Nf6 7.Bg2 Be7)
Average Elo:
1787
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D77 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O)
Average Elo:
2089
Result:
1/1 = 100%
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:
½/1 = 50%
A43 Old Benoni (1.d4 c5)
Average Elo:
1795
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B04 Alekhine's Defense, Modern (1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B12 Caro-Kann Defense (1.e4 c6 2.d4)
Average Elo:
2318
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B08 Pirc, Classical (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1735
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A23 English, Bremen System, Keres Variation (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 c6)
Average Elo:
1659
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E08 Catalan, Closed (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O Nbd7 7.Qc2)
Average Elo:
2005
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C10 French (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3)
Average Elo:
1966
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C66 Ruy Lopez (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O d6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C64 Ruy Lopez, Classical (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Bc5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
Openings played as Black (43)
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:
1874.88
Result:
6/8 = 75%
B12 Caro-Kann Defense (1.e4 c6 2.d4)
Average Elo:
1853.5
Result:
4/7 = 57.14%
B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5)
Average Elo:
1851.33
Result:
2½/6 = 41.67%
B10 Caro-Kann (1.e4 c6)
Average Elo:
1982.8
Result:
1½/5 = 30%
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:
2200
Result:
½/3 = 16.67%
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:
2149.33
Result:
1/3 = 33.33%
Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo:
2081
Result:
2½/3 = 83.33%
B18 Caro-Kann, Classical (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5)
Average Elo:
2044
Result:
1/3 = 33.33%
D38 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Bb4)
Average Elo:
1965
Result:
1/3 = 33.33%
D31 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3)
Average Elo:
1802
Result:
2½/3 = 83.33%
C55 Two Knights Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
1846
Result:
½/2 = 25%
D00 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5)
Average Elo:
1335
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2370
Result:
½/2 = 25%
D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1980.5
Result:
0/2 = 0%
D53 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7)
Average Elo:
2092
Result:
1/2 = 50%
D37 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2144
Result:
1/2 = 50%
E14 Queen's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.e3)
Average Elo:
2019.5
Result:
1/2 = 50%
D02 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1654.5
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
E99 King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Ne1 Nd7 10.f3 f5)
Average Elo:
2010
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C44 King's Pawn Game (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B02 Alekhine's Defense (1.e4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E70 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4)
Average Elo:
2051
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A45 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2286
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C45 Scotch Game (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4)
Average Elo:
2135
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B07 Pirc (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2267
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C28 Vienna Game (1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bc4 Nc6)
Average Elo:
2161
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2048
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A80 Dutch (1.d4 f5)
Average Elo:
2210
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6)
Average Elo:
1733
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D13 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.cxd5 cxd5)
Average Elo:
1665
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A07 King's Indian Attack (1.Nf3 d5 2.g3)
Average Elo:
1664
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E11 Bogo-Indian Defense (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+)
Average Elo:
2088
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E40 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3)
Average Elo:
2063
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A46 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2049
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D60 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3 Nbd7)
Average Elo:
2119
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B11 Caro-Kann, Two Knights, 3...Bg4 (1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 Bg4)
Average Elo:
2080
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A03 Bird's Opening (1.f4 d5)
Average Elo:
1953
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A35 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6)
Average Elo:
2209
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D05 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 e6)
Average Elo:
2252
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A01 Nimzovich-Larsen Attack (1.b3)
Average Elo:
1866
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E01 Catalan, Closed (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2)
Average Elo:
1669
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c6 5.e3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B15 Caro-Kann (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3)
Average Elo:
1972
Result:
1/1 = 100%