GM John M Emms Full name John M Emms Born 1967 (age 59) Place of birth Federation England Profiles #673 World Ranking 2414 Classical 2385 Rapid Rating Bio Most Played Openings White Pieces Alapin Sicilian Defense (55 games) Ruy López Opening: Morphy Defense, Closed, Pilnik Variation (33 games) French Defense: Tarrasch, Closed, Main Line (26 games) Pirc Defense: Classical Variation (20 games) Sicilian Defense: Open, Scheveningen, Sozin Attack (17 games) Black Pieces Sicilian Defense: Taimanov, Bastrikov Variation (22 games) Ruy López Opening: Morphy Defense, Columbus Variation (19 games) Benoni Defense: Modern, Classical Variation (19 games) Alapin Sicilian Defense: Barmen Defense (17 games) English Opening: Fianchetto, Ultra-Symmetrical Line (17 games) Games Players Result Moves Year John M Emms (2410) Lorenzo Fava (2369) 1-0 37 2026 John M Emms (2414) Alexander Kovchan (2445) ½-½ 42 2026 James P Jackson (2373) John M Emms (2414) 0-1 72 2026 Alan B Merry (2409) John M Emms (2410) ½-½ 57 2026 John M Emms (2086) Niels-Peter Nielsen (2409) 1-0 36 2025 John M Emms (2411) Marek Szmyd (1900) 1-0 41 2025 John M Emms (2411) Neil F Dickenson (2250) 1-0 54 2025 John M Emms (2417) Theo Khoury (2229) 1-0 79 2025 John M Emms (2417) Alexandr Pereslavtsev (2040) 1-0 21 2025 John M Emms (2417) Donald J Mason (2011) 1-0 22 2025 Show All Games