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James, Dai



FIDE:	FIDE Card
Years:	1970-2023
Number of games:	242
Number of wins:	73
Number of draws:	76
Number of losses:	93
White score:	58½/112 (52.23% - Average Elo: 1862.21)
Black score:	52½/130 (40.38% - Average Elo: 1896.02)

Rating progression

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Black wins
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Top wins

James, Dai (2048) - Spice, Alan (2207), Monmouth, Monmouth (C02) - 2001

James, Dai (1995) - Yeo, Gareth (2053), BCF-chT3 0910 (4NCL), England (B23) - 2010

James, Dai (1848) - Pleasants, Allan J (2049), South Wales op 16th, Cardiff (B20) - 2019

Fathallah, Joe (1988) - James, Dai (1843), Cardiff Welsh Spring op, Cardiff (A67) - 2023

Van Kemenade, Rudy (1982) - James, Dai (1826), WLS-ch Seniors 4th, Merthyr Tydfil (B30) - 2018

Lutton, J Arnold (1950) - James, Dai (2003), BCF-chT4b 0405 (4NCL), Telford (C02) - 2005

James, Dai - ? (91)

Fathallah, Joe (1½/3)

Lewis, David Rhys (2/3)

Arkell, Keith C (0/2)

Bevan, Peter M (1/2)

Blackmore, Simon (2/2)

Cox, John (2/2)

Davis, Lee (1/2)

Di Vetta, Andrew (2/2)

Haigh, Tony (1/2)

Hardie, John (1/2)

Hurn, Robert AJ (2/2)

Jukes, Sam (1/2)

O'Rourke, Kevin1 (2/2)

Pleasants, Allan J (1/2)

Sivarajasingam, Shayanna (2/2)

Van Kemenade, Rudy (1/2)

Waterfield, John (1½/2)

White, Ian Graham (0/2)

Young, Alan J (0/2)

Bovtramovics, Vladimirs (0/1)

Brown, Thomas (0/1)

Bullen, Alex (0/1)

Burt, William (0/1)

Butterworth, Paul (0/1)

Colburn, Paul J (0/1)

Davis, Ashley J (½/1)

Denning, Julie L (1/1)

Dixon, Chris (½/1)

Dodington, Russell H (0/1)

Eastwood, Frank (1/1)

Eckert, Jonathan (1/1)

Egan, William J (1/1)

Evans, Nicholas Thomas (0/1)

Farrand, Julian (½/1)

Fraser, Susanna (1/1)

Garner, David (0/1)

Gibbons, Andrew (½/1)

Gibiec, Mateusz (1/1)

Hawkins, James Nick (½/1)

Heap, Gerry (0/1)

Heaven, Peter (½/1)

Hogarth, Mark J (½/1)

Howells, Chris (1/1)

Imperor, Amelie (1/1)

Jackson, Dale (½/1)

Jones, Ian Robert (0/1)

Jones, J (1/1)

Jones, Jeremy (½/1)

Kozusek, Daniel (0/1)

Larg, Richard (1/1)

Lauridsen, Jesper Morch (0/1)

Livermore, Richard (1/1)

Lutchman Singh, Aishwarya (1/1)

May, Adam John (½/1)

Morgans, Justin (1/1)

Partington, Anna G (0/1)

Quinn, Peter (1/1)

Ralphs, Nigel (0/1)

Roberts, David Llewelyn (1/1)

Robertson, Jim (1/1)

Rodriguez, Juan Talavera (0/1)

Rudd, Jack (0/1)

Smith, Callum A (½/1)

Smith, Lynda (½/1)

Smith, Richard W (0/1)

Soar, Timothy J (1/1)

Spice, Alan (1/1)

Staniforth, John (0/1)

Stuart, Neil (1/1)

Taylor, Geoffrey P (0/1)

Taylor, Robert Graham (1/1)

Thomas, Roy (0/1)

Thorpe, Thomas (½/1)

Ukken, Somton (½/1)

Waddington, Mike P (0/1)

Wagner, Guy (½/1)

Wang, Alyssa (0/1)

Whitehead, Mark A (½/1)

Williams, David J (1/1)

Williams, Stephen (1/1)

Willow, Hambel M (1/1)

Willow, Jonah B (0/1)

Wiltshir, Rich (1/1)

Yeo, Gareth (1/1)

Zavanelli, Max E (0/1)

Zeidler, Sven P (0/1)

? - James, Dai (106)

Waterfield, John (3/7)

Van Kemenade, Rudy (1½/4)

Fathallah, Joe (1½/3)

Hurn, Robert AJ (2½/3)

Young, Alan J (½/3)

Bonutto, Stephen (1½/2)

Bullen, Alex (0/2)

Ehsandar, Peter (½/2)

Kett, Timothy (½/2)

May, Adam John (1/2)

Probert, Malcolm (1/2)

Saunders, Walter NR (1/2)

Spice, Alan (0/2)

Taylor, Robert Graham (½/2)

Adams, Philip (0/1)

Bayliss, Lyall CP (0/1)

Boomsma, Brian H (½/1)

Cannon, Richard James (0/1)

Charnley, Bernard J (0/1)

Chooyin, Ben (0/1)

Day, MR (½/1)

Di Vetta, Andrew (1/1)

Dixon, Chris (½/1)

Dunn, Alan Stephan (½/1)

Eichner, Daniel (0/1)

Emblem, Mark (1/1)

Evans Quek, Suan Shiau (0/1)

Evans, Nicholas Thomas (½/1)

Govindaraj, Neya (1/1)

Green, Emily (½/1)

Hardie, John (½/1)

Harris, Calum (½/1)

Hawkins, James Nick (½/1)

Heaven, Peter (½/1)

Hewitt, William (½/1)

Hogarth, Mark J (½/1)

Hunt, Bill (1/1)

Jaunooby, Ali Reza (½/1)

Jones, Ian Robert (0/1)

Kundt, Guenther (½/1)

L'Ami, Alina (0/1)

Longson, Sarah N (0/1)

Lunn, Matthew (0/1)

Lutchman Singh, Aishwarya (1/1)

Lutton, J Arnold (1/1)

Mallon, Gunnar (0/1)

Marusenko, Petr (0/1)

Mason, Donald (½/1)

McCarthy, Damian (½/1)

McClory, Bernard (1/1)

McDonnell, James J (0/1)

McIntosh, Rachel (½/1)

Moore, Robert (½/1)

Morris, Gareth (0/1)

Mycock, Ken (1/1)

O'Gorman, Brendan (½/1)

Penny, Liam (0/1)

Pinch, David (1/1)

Pleasants, Allan J (½/1)

Preece, Tony (1/1)

Purton, Benjamin (0/1)

Ralphs, Nigel (0/1)

Reynolds, D Ian W (0/1)

Richmond, Peter A (0/1)

Rivlin, Mark (½/1)

Robinson, David (½/1)

Rudd, Jack (0/1)

Rudny, Tomasz (1/1)

Shakespeare, John (½/1)

Shushpanov, Vladimir Fedorovich (0/1)

Siddharth, Jagadeesh (0/1)

Sinnett, Glyn (½/1)

Sivarajasingam, Shayanna (½/1)

Sivarajasingam, Venetia (½/1)

Snook Lumb, Chris (1/1)

Toczek, Grzegorz (0/1)

Tomboline, David (0/1)

Turner, Joseph David (0/1)

Turner, Matthew (0/1)

Valentine, Brian J (½/1)

Varley, Peter (0/1)

White, Ernest Michael (1/1)

White, Ian Graham (½/1)

Williams, Robin (0/1)

Williams, Stephen (½/1)

Wilson, Alexandra (½/1)

Openings played as White (36)

A03 Bird's Opening (1.f4 d5)
Average Elo: 1806.24
Result: 14½/25 = 58%

B23 Sicilian, Closed (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo: 1827.53
Result: 10/19 = 52.63%

C02 French, Advance (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5)
Average Elo: 1988.6
Result: 3½/11 = 31.82%

A00 Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo: 1859
Result: 2½/5 = 50%

C45 Scotch Game (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4)
Average Elo: 1809.8
Result: 2½/5 = 50%

C31 King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4 d5)
Average Elo: 1589.33
Result: 2½/4 = 62.5%

B25 Sicilian, Closed (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6)
Average Elo: 1900.25
Result: 2½/4 = 62.5%

B00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening (1.e4)
Average Elo: 1883.5
Result: 2½/4 = 62.5%

B10 Caro-Kann (1.e4 c6)
Average Elo: 2206.67
Result: ½/3 = 16.67%

B24 Sicilian, Closed (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3)
Average Elo: 1580
Result: 2/2 = 100%

B07 Pirc (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6)
Average Elo: 1809.5
Result: 1½/2 = 75%

B01 Scandinavian (1.e4 d5)
Average Elo: 2091.5
Result: 0/2 = 0%

B20 Sicilian (1.e4 c5)
Average Elo: 2073
Result: 1/2 = 50%

B14 Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6)
Average Elo: 1711
Result: 2/2 = 100%

B17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7)
Average Elo: 1965
Result: ½/1 = 50%

C36 King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defense (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 d5)
Average Elo: 1747
Result: 1/1 = 100%

C32 King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4 d5 3.exd5 e4 4.d3 Nf6 )
Average Elo: 1768
Result: 0/1 = 0%

C63 Ruy Lopez, Schliemann Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5)
Average Elo: 1985
Result: 0/1 = 0%

C47 Four Knights (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6)
Average Elo: 1898
Result: 0/1 = 0%

B48 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3)
Average Elo: 1859
Result: ½/1 = 50%

C94 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer 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 Nb8)
Average Elo: 0
Result: 0/1 = 0%

C14 French, Classical (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7)
Average Elo: 0
Result: 1/1 = 100%

A02 Bird's Opening (1.f4)
Average Elo: 1594
Result: 1/1 = 100%

C10 French (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3)
Average Elo: 1832
Result: ½/1 = 50%

D00 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5)
Average Elo: 2039
Result: ½/1 = 50%

B08 Pirc, Classical (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3)
Average Elo: 2316
Result: 0/1 = 0%

C42 Petrov Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6)
Average Elo: 1657
Result: 1/1 = 100%

C30 King's Gambit Declined (1.e4 e5 2.f4)
Average Elo: 0
Result: 1/1 = 100%

B02 Alekhine's Defense (1.e4 Nf6)
Average Elo: 1712
Result: 0/1 = 0%

C86 Ruy Lopez, Worrall Attack (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Qe2)
Average Elo: 1965
Result: 0/1 = 0%

D26 Queen's Gambit Accepted (1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6)
Average Elo: 1649
Result: 1/1 = 100%

C34 King's Gambit Accepted (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3)
Average Elo: 1989
Result: 0/1 = 0%

A10 English (1.c4)
Average Elo: 2004
Result: 1/1 = 100%

C38 King's Gambit Accepted (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 Bg7)
Average Elo: 1958
Result: 1/1 = 100%

B26 Sicilian, Closed, 6.Be3 (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6 6.Be3)
Average Elo: 2326
Result: 0/1 = 0%

B06 Robatsch (1.e4 g6)
Average Elo: 1735
Result: 1/1 = 100%

Openings played as Black (57)

C10 French (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3)
Average Elo: 1955.43
Result: 4½/15 = 30%

A80 Dutch (1.d4 f5)
Average Elo: 1922.88
Result: 3½/8 = 43.75%

C02 French, Advance (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5)
Average Elo: 1730.57
Result: 4/7 = 57.14%

C63 Ruy Lopez, Schliemann Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5)
Average Elo: 1872.71
Result: 3/7 = 42.86%

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: 1978.75
Result: 1/4 = 25%

Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo: 1797.33
Result: 2/4 = 50%

C00 French Defense (1.e4 e6)
Average Elo: 1839.25
Result: 1½/4 = 37.5%

C45 Scotch Game (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4)
Average Elo: 1795.5
Result: 1½/4 = 37.5%

A04 Reti Opening (1.Nf3)
Average Elo: 1940.67
Result: 1/3 = 33.33%

C01 French, Exchange (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bg5)
Average Elo: 1647
Result: 1½/3 = 50%

B40 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6)
Average Elo: 1941
Result: 1/3 = 33.33%

A87 Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3)
Average Elo: 2036.33
Result: ½/3 = 16.67%

A45 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 Nf6)
Average Elo: 1915.67
Result: ½/3 = 16.67%

C55 Two Knights Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6)
Average Elo: 1851
Result: 2½/3 = 83.33%

E14 Queen's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.e3)
Average Elo: 2000.5
Result: 1/2 = 50%

C13 French (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7)
Average Elo: 2033.5
Result: 1/2 = 50%

C05 French, Tarrasch (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6)
Average Elo: 2166
Result: 0/2 = 0%

D00 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5)
Average Elo: 1851
Result: ½/2 = 25%

A57 Benko Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5)
Average Elo: 2075.5
Result: 0/2 = 0%

A96 Dutch, Classical Variation (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 e6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O d6)
Average Elo: 1898
Result: ½/2 = 25%

A21 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo: 1725
Result: 0/2 = 0%

C11 French (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6)
Average Elo: 2114
Result: ½/2 = 25%

A88 Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with c6 (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.Nc3 c6)
Average Elo: 2113.5
Result: ½/2 = 25%

A10 English (1.c4)
Average Elo: 1989.5
Result: ½/2 = 25%

C12 French, McCutcheon (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Bb4)
Average Elo: 1958
Result: 1½/2 = 75%

C24 Bishop's Opening (1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6)
Average Elo: 1853
Result: 1½/2 = 75%

A83 Dutch, Staunton Gambit (1.d4 f5 2.e4 fxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5)
Average Elo: 1541.5
Result: 1½/2 = 75%

B30 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6)
Average Elo: 1990
Result: 1/2 = 50%

E18 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 7.Nc3 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3)
Average Elo: 2159
Result: ½/2 = 25%

A67 Benoni, Taimanov Variation (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.f4 Bg7 8.Bb5+)
Average Elo: 2079.5
Result: 1/2 = 50%

B22 Sicilian, Alapin (1.e4 c5 2.c3)
Average Elo: 2021
Result: ½/1 = 50%

E72 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.g3)
Average Elo: 0
Result: ½/1 = 50%

A00 Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo: 2207
Result: 0/1 = 0%

B20 Sicilian (1.e4 c5)
Average Elo: 0
Result: ½/1 = 50%

E01 Catalan, Closed (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2)
Average Elo: 1939
Result: ½/1 = 50%

A65 Benoni, 6.e4 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4)
Average Elo: 1160
Result: 0/1 = 0%

B37 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.c4 Bg7)
Average Elo: 2261
Result: 0/1 = 0%

A40 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4)
Average Elo: 1640
Result: 1/1 = 100%

A92 Dutch (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 e6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O)
Average Elo: 1640
Result: 1/1 = 100%

B01 Scandinavian (1.e4 d5)
Average Elo: 1571
Result: ½/1 = 50%

D02 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3)
Average Elo: 1902
Result: ½/1 = 50%

A84 Dutch (1.d4 f5 2.c4)
Average Elo: 2181
Result: ½/1 = 50%

A43 Old Benoni (1.d4 c5)
Average Elo: 0
Result: ½/1 = 50%

B28 Sicilian, O'Kelly Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 a6)
Average Elo: 1558
Result: 1/1 = 100%

B09 Pirc, Austrian Attack (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4)
Average Elo: 2024
Result: ½/1 = 50%

B14 Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6)
Average Elo: 1699
Result: 0/1 = 0%

B84 Sicilian, Scheveningen (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be2 a6)
Average Elo: 1452
Result: ½/1 = 50%

C32 King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4 d5 3.exd5 e4 4.d3 Nf6 )
Average Elo: 1948
Result: 0/1 = 0%

A30 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5)
Average Elo: 1544
Result: 1/1 = 100%

A85 Dutch, with c4 & Nc3 (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3)
Average Elo: 1733
Result: ½/1 = 50%

C50 Giuoco Piano (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5)
Average Elo: 0
Result: 1/1 = 100%

A60 Benoni Defense (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6)
Average Elo: 1719
Result: 1/1 = 100%

D55 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3)
Average Elo: 2245
Result: 0/1 = 0%

A38 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 Nf6)
Average Elo: 2519
Result: 0/1 = 0%

E17 Queen's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7)
Average Elo: 1646
Result: 1/1 = 100%

C46 Three Knights (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3)
Average Elo: 1975
Result: 0/1 = 0%

A81 Dutch (1.d4 f5 2.g3)
Average Elo: 1541
Result: ½/1 = 50%