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Player:
(Eg:
Carlsen,Magnus
)
Simpson, James
FIDE
:
FIDE Card
Years
:
1966-2008
Number of games
:
68
Number of wins
:
23
Number of draws
:
16
Number of losses
:
29
White score
:
19½/35 (55.71% - Average Elo: 2215.07)
Black score
:
11½/33 (34.85% - Average Elo: 2273.77)
Rating progression
Games
White wins
White draws
White losses
Black wins
Black draws
Black losses
Top wins
Simpson, James (2245) - Sherwin, James T (2344), BCF-ch 89th, Torquay (B07) - 2002
Simpson, James (2270) - Anderton, David William (2251), ENG-ch Seniors, Dovedale (A81) - 2008
Simpson, James - Pert, Nicholas (2240), BCF-ch 84th, Hove () - 1997
Martyn, Rafe (2201) - Simpson, James (2245), BCF-ch 89th, Torquay (E08) - 2002
Ellison, Derek George (2086) - Simpson, James (2270), ENG-ch Seniors, Dovedale (B15) - 2008
Keeling, Geoff (2075) - Simpson, James (2245), Durham op, Durham (B24) - 2000
Simpson, James - ? (35)
Al Sayed, Mohammed (0/1)
Anderton, David William (1/1)
Bellaiche, Antony (0/1)
Butterworth, Andrew (0/1)
Canfell, Gregory (0/1)
Caruana, Fabiano (0/1)
Cobb, Charles (0/1)
Cook, Michael P (½/1)
Eggleston, David (0/1)
Fell, Lloyd Stanley (1/1)
Garnett, John S (½/1)
Greet, Andrew (1/1)
Hill, Robin (1/1)
Jennings, Roger (1/1)
Kooiman, Bernard (1/1)
Laird, Craig (0/1)
Marsh, Sean (½/1)
McClen, David (1/1)
Mitchell, Martin (0/1)
Nicholson, Michael (1/1)
Oswald, Graeme (0/1)
Parsonage, Ian (1/1)
Pelling, Tim W (1/1)
Pert, Nicholas (1/1)
Player, Edmund C (1/1)
Rowson, Jonathan (½/1)
Sherwin, James T (1/1)
Strand, Haakon (1/1)
Tan, Desmond (½/1)
Taylor, Robert Marc (1/1)
Vijayalakshmi, Subbaraman (½/1)
Wall, Gavin (0/1)
Waters, Clive L (½/1)
Whiteley, Andrew Jonathan (½/1)
Wynarczyk, Raymond (½/1)
? - Simpson, James (33)
Addison, Bret (0/1)
Anderton, Matthew (½/1)
Carame Gonzalez, Francisco (1/1)
Crouch, Colin S (0/1)
Donaghay, Richard H (1/1)
Dzagnidze, Nana (0/1)
Eames, Robert (0/1)
Edwards, C (1/1)
Eggleston, Thomas (½/1)
Ellison, Derek George (1/1)
Ganguly, Surya Shekhar (0/1)
Goldberg, Jeff (1/1)
Hamilton, Douglas Gibson (0/1)
Hebden, Mark (0/1)
Houska, Jovanka (½/1)
Johansen, Darryl Keith (0/1)
Keeling, Geoff (1/1)
Knott, Simon JB (0/1)
Koneru, Humpy (0/1)
Kunte, Abhijit (0/1)
Law, Andrew P (0/1)
Levi, Eddy (0/1)
Ludgate, Alan Templeton (0/1)
Martyn, Rafe (1/1)
Moss, Neil (½/1)
Perkins, Alan H (0/1)
Ross, Chris Neil (0/1)
Round, Michael (0/1)
Sowray, Peter John (½/1)
Tissir, Mohamed (½/1)
Waters, Clive L (0/1)
Watt, A (1/1)
West, Guy (½/1)
Openings played as White (27)
Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo:
2225.5
Result:
2/4 = 50%
D02 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1998
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
A51 Budapest Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5)
Average Elo:
2206
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2147
Result:
0/2 = 0%
D27 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical (1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.O-O a6)
Average Elo:
2343.5
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
A85 Dutch, with c4 & Nc3 (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2367
Result:
0/2 = 0%
B09 Pirc, Austrian Attack (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C19 French, Winawer, Advance (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D41 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c5 5.cxd5)
Average Elo:
2032
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D94 Grunfeld (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.e3)
Average Elo:
2367
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E97 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6)
Average Elo:
2002
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E76 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D33 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.g3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A49 King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4 (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3)
Average Elo:
2001
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A41 Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6) (1.d4 d6)
Average Elo:
2147
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B07 Pirc (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2344
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D03 Torre Attack (Tartakower Variation) (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bg5)
Average Elo:
2399
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2)
Average Elo:
2292
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E94 King's Indian, Orthodox (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O)
Average Elo:
1824
Result:
1/1 = 100%
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:
2169
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c6 5.e3)
Average Elo:
2460
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D40 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c5)
Average Elo:
2015
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A46 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2472
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D05 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 e6)
Average Elo:
2492
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A43 Old Benoni (1.d4 c5)
Average Elo:
1968
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A81 Dutch (1.d4 f5 2.g3)
Average Elo:
2251
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:
2265
Result:
½/1 = 50%
Openings played as Black (26)
Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo:
2313.33
Result:
½/3 = 16.67%
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:
2467.33
Result:
1/3 = 33.33%
B82 Sicilian, Scheveningen (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.f4)
Average Elo:
2364
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
B81 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.g4)
Average Elo:
2264
Result:
0/2 = 0%
B15 Caro-Kann (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2003
Result:
1/2 = 50%
E47 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3)
Average Elo:
0
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:
2480
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E97 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6)
Average Elo:
2208
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B22 Sicilian, Alapin (1.e4 c5 2.c3)
Average Elo:
2136
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:
2160
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A14 English (1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.O-O)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E12 Queen's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6)
Average Elo:
2424
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B24 Sicilian, Closed (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3)
Average Elo:
2075
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B95 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6...e6 (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6)
Average Elo:
0
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:
2201
Result:
1/1 = 100%
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:
2473
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D03 Torre Attack (Tartakower Variation) (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bg5)
Average Elo:
2534
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B14 Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6)
Average Elo:
2330
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A32 English, Symmetrical Variation (1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B28 Sicilian, O'Kelly Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 a6)
Average Elo:
2000
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E01 Catalan, Closed (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2)
Average Elo:
2515
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B85 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Classical (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be2 a6 7.O-O Qc7 8.f4 Nc6)
Average Elo:
1916
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D68 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Classical (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.Rc1 c6 8.Bd3 dxc4)
Average Elo:
2463
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B23 Sicilian, Closed (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
1963
Result:
1/1 = 100%