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Black, James

Standard: 2098 Rapid: 2199 Blitz: 2253 (last updated 2026-10-02)
FIDE ID: 2048280 (view FIDE profile)
Federation: USA Sex: M Birth Year: 1998 Age: 28
Title: — Women's title: — Other title: — FOA title: —
Games: 5 Wins: 3 (60%) Draws: 1 (20%) Losses: 1 (20%)
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Dossier

5 of 5 games analyzed.

Accuracy: 90.3%
Opened d4: 2/3Opened Nc3: 1/3
Castled kingside: 5Same-side castling: 2Opposite-side castling: 2
Played in the center: 3Played on the kingside: 2Played on the queenside: 1Fianchettoed kingside: 1
Sacrificed material: 4Initiated exchanges: 4Kept the bishop pair: 3Space advantage: 3Active pieces: 3Isolated pawn: 2Backward pawn: 2Avoided exchanges: 1Played gambits: 1Missed tactics: 1
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Openings

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As White 3 games 1W 1D 1L
Rapport-Jobava System 2 games 1W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 2 games 1W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 2 games 1W 1D 0L
Van Geet Opening 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
As Black 2 games 2W 0D 0L
Caro-Kann Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Advance Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Botvinnik-Carls Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Sicilian Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
French Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Westerinen Attack 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Blunders Top 4 of 24

This player's costliest moves in analyzed games. Can you find the winning move?

2025.03.29 · 47. b4 (−34.7% win chance) 1/2-1/2
Shangin, Lev
Black, James
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2025.03.30 · 19. O-O (−25.1% win chance) 1-0
Goodrich, Elliott
Black, James
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2025.03.29 · 32... Re7 (−20.9% win chance) 0-1
Black, James
Mottola, Max
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2025.03.28 · 23. Qf6 (−14.6% win chance) 0-1
Stern, Kevin B
Black, James
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Games Showing all 5 games
Date Event Round Color Opponent Result Accuracy % First moves