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Player:
(Eg:
Carlsen,Magnus
)
Foster, James M
FIDE
:
FIDE Card
Years
:
2006-2012
Number of games
:
116
Number of wins
:
46
Number of draws
:
24
Number of losses
:
46
White score
:
29½/57 (51.75% - Average Elo: 2028.6)
Black score
:
28½/59 (48.31% - Average Elo: 1974.85)
Rating progression
Games
White wins
White draws
White losses
Black wins
Black draws
Black losses
Top wins
Foster, James M (2018) - Andreev, Sasho (2231), EU-ch U18, Albena (B12) - 2011
Foster, James M (1867) - Kaforos, Dimitrios Alkis (2203), EU-ch U16 19th, Fermo (C01) - 2009
Foster, James M (1924) - Byron, Alan M (2190), South Wales op 7th, Treforest (B12) - 2010
Jaunooby, Ali Reza (2155) - Foster, James M (1924), Uxbridge e2e4 Autumn Challengers-D, Uxbridge (D03) - 2010
Veit, Darlan Rodrigo (2123) - Foster, James M (1961), Uxbridge op, London (C06) - 2010
Surtees, Michael (2113) - Foster, James M (2037), GBR-ch 99th, North Shields (C00) - 2012
Foster, James M - ? (53)
Kingston, Ian (2/3)
Harley Yeo, Gareth (2/2)
Owens, Megan R (1½/2)
Adebajo, Olufemi (1/1)
Andreev, Sasho (1/1)
Antolin Concha, Diego (½/1)
Aperia, Jakob (½/1)
Arvola, Benjamin (0/1)
Bennett, Dominic (0/1)
Bennett, DW (1/1)
Brown, Thomas (0/1)
Burcu, Cagatay (1/1)
BYE (1/1)
Byron, Alan M (1/1)
Chekh Adm Khedr, Aram (1/1)
Clanchy, Nicholas (1/1)
Cox, Reginald E (1/1)
Davis, Ashley J (0/1)
Deswarte, Ian (0/1)
Dodds, Edward P (0/1)
Ganger, Rajan (½/1)
Godart, Francois (0/1)
Hanley, James L (0/1)
Hibbitt, Arthur M (0/1)
Holland, James P (½/1)
Hosken, Nigel (0/1)
Hughes, Roy (½/1)
Jain, Radha (1/1)
Janzelj, Tim (1/1)
Jaunooby, Ali Reza (1/1)
Kaforos, Dimitrios Alkis (1/1)
Kemp, Peter (1/1)
Kirby, Peter J (0/1)
Krishnan, Anand J (½/1)
Kumar, Shankar (½/1)
Kyrkjebo, Erlend (1/1)
Lindner, Daniel (0/1)
Mason, Donald (0/1)
Meribanov, Vitaly (0/1)
Naoum, Spyridon (½/1)
Ochsner, Bjorn Moller (0/1)
Panainte, Daniel Iulian (1/1)
Poobalasingam, Peter (0/1)
Pozzo, Dominic (1/1)
Roe, Simon J (0/1)
Ruigrok, Jacques (0/1)
Schnegg, Daniel (0/1)
Shaw, Matthew H (½/1)
Shaw, Peter (1/1)
Stegink, Laurens (½/1)
Van Overdam, Julian (½/1)
Walker, Colin (½/1)
Yurenok, Maria S (0/1)
? - Foster, James M (57)
Archer Lock, Adrian (½/2)
Jaunooby, Ali Reza (1/2)
Adair, James R (0/1)
Adebajo, Olufemi (1/1)
Asbury, Jon A (1/1)
Atabayev, Yusup (0/1)
Baart, Edwin (0/1)
Balacek, Tadeas (0/1)
Bammeke, Lanre (1/1)
Brooker, Chris H (0/1)
Clarke, Brandon GI (0/1)
Dickson, George A (1/1)
Du Randt, Jeandre (1/1)
Eliseev, Urii (0/1)
Elwin, Adrian G (0/1)
Emiroglu, Cankut (½/1)
Fabri, Henrik (1/1)
Healeas, Simon (1/1)
Hunt, Daniel (0/1)
Jain, Akash (0/1)
Jayasundara, PK Udith Madusank (1/1)
Jones, H Trevor (½/1)
Jones, Jeremy (1/1)
Kett, Timothy (0/1)
Kirby, Peter J (½/1)
Klein, Cornelia (½/1)
Lenier, Jude (0/1)
Lortkipanidze, Nodar (0/1)
McDonald, Ian (0/1)
Meredow, Shanepes (½/1)
Meskovs, Nikita (0/1)
Muheim, Sebastian (0/1)
Myers, Richard Stephen (1/1)
Nestorovic, Lazar (0/1)
O'Connor, J (1/1)
Parry, Matthew (1/1)
Peat, Matthew (1/1)
Price, Hugh (0/1)
Rossi, Nicolo N (1/1)
Rudd, Jack (0/1)
Ruthen, Stephen W (½/1)
Salimbeni, George PW (0/1)
Silva Rodriguez, Julio Jose (½/1)
Smith, Andrew Philip (0/1)
Sosovicka, Juraj (0/1)
Surtees, Michael (1/1)
Tambini, Jasper (1/1)
Timmerman, Peter (1/1)
Townsend, M Paul (½/1)
Veit, Darlan Rodrigo (1/1)
Ward, Matthew J (1/1)
Warden, Peter (1/1)
Whitehouse, B Guy (½/1)
Willmoth, Robert (½/1)
Winter, Kevin (1/1)
Xiao, Alan (1/1)
Zulkipli, Zaidan (0/1)
Openings played as White (31)
B12 Caro-Kann Defense (1.e4 c6 2.d4)
Average Elo:
2120
Result:
4/8 = 50%
C02 French, Advance (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5)
Average Elo:
2129
Result:
1½/5 = 30%
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:
2089
Result:
1/3 = 33.33%
B80 Sicilian, Scheveningen (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6)
Average Elo:
2182.5
Result:
1½/3 = 50%
B33 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4)
Average Elo:
2084.5
Result:
0/3 = 0%
B28 Sicilian, O'Kelly Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 a6)
Average Elo:
1910.33
Result:
2½/3 = 83.33%
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:
1999.5
Result:
2/2 = 100%
B40 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6)
Average Elo:
1680.5
Result:
1/2 = 50%
B07 Pirc (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
1580.5
Result:
2/2 = 100%
C59 Two Knights (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Na5 6.Bb5+ c6 7.dxc6 bxc6 8.Be2 h6)
Average Elo:
2036
Result:
1/2 = 50%
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:
2144
Result:
0/2 = 0%
B48 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3)
Average Elo:
2176.5
Result:
0/2 = 0%
C01 French, Exchange (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bg5)
Average Elo:
2203
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
B52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7)
Average Elo:
2252
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening (1.e4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B06 Robatsch (1.e4 g6)
Average Elo:
1858
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B45 Sicilian, Taimanov (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2024
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7)
Average Elo:
2024
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B01 Scandinavian (1.e4 d5)
Average Elo:
2021
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6)
Average Elo:
1853
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:
2158
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C57 Two Knights (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5)
Average Elo:
2025
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C58 Two Knights (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Na5)
Average Elo:
1992
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B36 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.c4)
Average Elo:
2039
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B72 Sicilian, Dragon (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B84 Sicilian, Scheveningen (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be2 a6)
Average Elo:
1990
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C00 French Defense (1.e4 e6)
Average Elo:
2005
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C50 Giuoco Piano (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B04 Alekhine's Defense, Modern (1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2275
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C42 Petrov Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
1709
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B34 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nxc6)
Average Elo:
1910
Result:
½/1 = 50%
Openings played as Black (29)
C00 French Defense (1.e4 e6)
Average Elo:
1984.67
Result:
4½/7 = 64.29%
C02 French, Advance (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5)
Average Elo:
1977.25
Result:
3/5 = 60%
C14 French, Classical (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7)
Average Elo:
2129
Result:
1/5 = 20%
C01 French, Exchange (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bg5)
Average Elo:
1732
Result:
2½/4 = 62.5%
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:
2064.5
Result:
2/4 = 50%
D31 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3)
Average Elo:
1975.33
Result:
2/4 = 50%
C05 French, Tarrasch (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2099
Result:
1/3 = 33.33%
D30 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6)
Average Elo:
2167
Result:
2½/3 = 83.33%
D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6)
Average Elo:
1812.5
Result:
1/2 = 50%
D02 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1997.5
Result:
1/2 = 50%
C11 French (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2129
Result:
1/2 = 50%
D04 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3)
Average Elo:
1677
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A23 English, Bremen System, Keres Variation (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 c6)
Average Elo:
1930
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C18 French, Winawer (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3)
Average Elo:
0
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:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D07 Queen's Gambit Declined, Chigorin Defense (1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nc6)
Average Elo:
2048
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C17 French, Winawer, Advance (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5)
Average Elo:
1830
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D05 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 e6)
Average Elo:
1655
Result:
½/1 = 50%
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:
1845
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A14 English (1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.O-O)
Average Elo:
2029
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A03 Bird's Opening (1.f4 d5)
Average Elo:
1670
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D63 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 7.Rc1)
Average Elo:
1637
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D12 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5)
Average Elo:
2035
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D00 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5)
Average Elo:
2012
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D20 Queen's Gambit Accepted (1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4)
Average Elo:
1721
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D03 Torre Attack (Tartakower Variation) (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bg5)
Average Elo:
2155
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A11 English, Caro-Kann Defensive System (1.c4 c6)
Average Elo:
2054
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C07 French, Tarrasch (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5)
Average Elo:
2108
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2178
Result:
0/1 = 0%