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Player:
(Eg:
Carlsen,Magnus
)
McCarthy, Jim
FIDE
:
FIDE Card
Years
:
1992-2008
Number of games
:
97
Number of wins
:
23
Number of draws
:
27
Number of losses
:
47
White score
:
21/49 (42.86% - Average Elo: 2171.64)
Black score
:
15½/48 (32.29% - Average Elo: 2215.33)
Rating progression
Games
White wins
White draws
White losses
Black wins
Black draws
Black losses
Top wins
McCarthy, Jim (2135) - Baker, Chris W (2390), Bunratty Masters op, Bunratty (C88) - 1999
McCarthy, Jim (2147) - Barber, Haydn J (2310), Bunratty Masters op, Bunratty (A89) - 2000
McCarthy, Jim (2082) - Hasman, Cengiz (2152), BCF-chT2 0506 (4NCL), Birmingham (B06) - 2006
Brady, Stephen (2305) - McCarthy, Jim, IRL-ch, Ireland (A46) - 1993
O'Cinneide, Mel (2280) - McCarthy, Jim (2135), IRL-ch, Drogheda (A89) - 1999
Houska, Miroslav (2200) - McCarthy, Jim (2310), Lloyds Bank op 18th, London (A46) - 1994
McCarthy, Jim - ? (42)
O'Connell, Gerard (1/4)
Fox, Anthony (1½/3)
Carton, Niall (0/2)
McMahon, Daire (½/2)
Adelman, Charles D (½/1)
Amlani, Parual (1/1)
Arnott, Jonathan (0/1)
Baker, Chris W (1/1)
Barber, Haydn J (1/1)
Bennett, Eric (½/1)
Brady, Cormac A (1/1)
Butler, Kevin J (1/1)
Byrne, Ray (1/1)
Campbell, Ian (½/1)
Cannon, Raymond Charles (0/1)
Chaplin, Peter Edward (0/1)
Clarke, Thomas M (0/1)
Cumbers, Paul (½/1)
Cummins, Hugh (1/1)
Deiseach, Donal (1/1)
Harding, Timothy David (0/1)
Hasman, Cengiz (1/1)
Heidenfeld, Mark (0/1)
Houston, David A (0/1)
Howell, David (1/1)
Hurley, John (½/1)
Jakubovics, Nick S (0/1)
Keogh, Eamon (0/1)
Kett, Timothy (0/1)
Killane, Jack (1/1)
McElligott, Gerry (½/1)
Naslund, Mikael (½/1)
Nicholson, John (1/1)
O'Brien, Richard (½/1)
O'Rourke, Ray (½/1)
Orr, Mark JL (0/1)
Peart, Alan (0/1)
Roberts, Danny (1/1)
Rochev, Yuri (0/1)
Stimpson, Philip M (½/1)
Valentine, Brian J (0/1)
Vang, Frank Lennart (0/1)
? - McCarthy, Jim (40)
Daly, Colm (½/3)
Kennedy, John (2½/3)
Ryan, Joseph (0/3)
Brady, Stephen (1/2)
McCarthy, Tim (½/2)
Anderson, John (0/1)
Baron Rodriguez, Jesus (0/1)
Beckett, Roger (0/1)
Bland, David (½/1)
Burke, W (1/1)
Cafolla, Peter (0/1)
Carleton, John Joseph (0/1)
Clarke, Thomas M (0/1)
Coleman, David (0/1)
Davis, Lee (0/1)
Fox, Anthony (0/1)
Gormally, Daniel (0/1)
Hillman, Jamie (½/1)
Houska, Miroslav (1/1)
Hurley, John (0/1)
Jamieson, Ian M (½/1)
Jenks, Chris Bruce (½/1)
Joyce, John (0/1)
L'Ami, Alina (0/1)
Levitt, Jonathan (0/1)
McMahon, Daire (0/1)
Moynihan, Kieran (0/1)
Muntadas, Alan (½/1)
O'Cinneide, Mel (1/1)
O'Connell, Gerard (1/1)
O'Connor, Eddie (1/1)
O'Donovan, Richard (0/1)
O'Dwyer, Fergal (½/1)
O'Rourke, Ray (1/1)
Quinn, Mark (½/1)
Short, Philip M (½/1)
Stancak, Andrej (½/1)
Turov, Maxim (0/1)
Wall, Tim (0/1)
Waters, Michael (½/1)
Openings played as White (44)
D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c6 5.e3)
Average Elo:
2240
Result:
1/3 = 33.33%
A43 Old Benoni (1.d4 c5)
Average Elo:
2203.5
Result:
0/2 = 0%
A34 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2141.5
Result:
½/2 = 25%
D56 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3 h6 7.Bh4)
Average Elo:
2107.5
Result:
1/2 = 50%
E16 Queen's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Bb4+)
Average Elo:
2220
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D06 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A40 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4)
Average Elo:
2070
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C88 Ruy Lopez (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3)
Average Elo:
2390
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A89 Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with Nc6 (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.Nc3 Nc6)
Average Elo:
2310
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C02 French, Advance (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C78 Ruy Lopez (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E11 Bogo-Indian Defense (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+)
Average Elo:
2031
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C44 King's Pawn Game (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6)
Average Elo:
2041
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E15 Queen's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3)
Average Elo:
2240
Result:
0/1 = 0%
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:
2240
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D46 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3)
Average Elo:
2060
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.Bxc6+ bxc6 6.d4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B68 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 9...Be7 (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 9.f4 Be7)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D53 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7)
Average Elo:
2120
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D00 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5)
Average Elo:
2103
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D17 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5)
Average Elo:
2225
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B06 Robatsch (1.e4 g6)
Average Elo:
2152
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D02 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2368
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd (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 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.Nbd2 cxd4 13.cxd4)
Average Elo:
2235
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A49 King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4 (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D94 Grunfeld (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.e3)
Average Elo:
2175
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D66 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Bd3 line (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.Rc1 c6 8.Bd3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C10 French (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2145
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C30 King's Gambit Declined (1.e4 e5 2.f4)
Average Elo:
2310
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A28 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2260
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E17 Queen's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7)
Average Elo:
2243
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A44 Old Benoni Defense (1.d4 c5 2.d5 e5)
Average Elo:
2035
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D91 Grunfeld, 5.Bg5 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bg5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E61 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2201
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D85 Grunfeld (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5)
Average Elo:
2175
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B07 Pirc (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2050
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A33 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 Nc6)
Average Elo:
2360
Result:
0/1 = 0%
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:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B22 Sicilian, Alapin (1.e4 c5 2.c3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A52 Budapest Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4)
Average Elo:
1944
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D18 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3)
Average Elo:
1968
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D07 Queen's Gambit Declined, Chigorin Defense (1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nc6)
Average Elo:
2123
Result:
0/1 = 0%
Openings played as Black (44)
C00 French Defense (1.e4 e6)
Average Elo:
2314.5
Result:
½/2 = 25%
A46 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2252.5
Result:
2/2 = 100%
A36 English (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3)
Average Elo:
2310
Result:
½/2 = 25%
A30 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5)
Average Elo:
2287.5
Result:
½/2 = 25%
C02 French, Advance (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5)
Average Elo:
2205
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E67 King's Indian, Fianchetto (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 d6 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 Nbd7)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C82 Ruy Lopez, Open (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6 9.c3)
Average Elo:
2300
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A05 Reti Opening (1.Nf3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
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:
½/1 = 50%
B82 Sicilian, Scheveningen (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.f4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E12 Queen's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C69 Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 6.d4 (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dc 5.O-O f6 6.d4)
Average Elo:
2250
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B80 Sicilian, Scheveningen (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6)
Average Elo:
2320
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B50 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6)
Average Elo:
2095
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D85 Grunfeld (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5)
Average Elo:
2145
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A45 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B28 Sicilian, O'Kelly Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 a6)
Average Elo:
2265
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D13 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.cxd5 cxd5)
Average Elo:
2205
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D80 Grunfeld (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5)
Average Elo:
2095
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A34 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2085
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A89 Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with Nc6 (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.Nc3 Nc6)
Average Elo:
2280
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A01 Nimzovich-Larsen Attack (1.b3)
Average Elo:
2351
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A07 King's Indian Attack (1.Nf3 d5 2.g3)
Average Elo:
2089
Result:
1/1 = 100%
Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo:
2105
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A04 Reti Opening (1.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2089
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A80 Dutch (1.d4 f5)
Average Elo:
2204
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B16 Caro-Kann, Bronstein-Larsen Variation (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ gxf6)
Average Elo:
2175
Result:
0/1 = 0%
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:
2205
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B42 Sicilian, Kan (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3)
Average Elo:
2409
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6)
Average Elo:
2295
Result:
½/1 = 50%
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:
2438
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D18 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3)
Average Elo:
2238
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A06 Reti Opening (1.Nf3 d5)
Average Elo:
1712
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2002
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B44 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6)
Average Elo:
2256
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B49 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.Be2)
Average Elo:
1999
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D02 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2120
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A00 Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo:
2025
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D17 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5)
Average Elo:
2504
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6)
Average Elo:
2305
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D12 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5)
Average Elo:
2303
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B36 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.c4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%