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GM John M Emms

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
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