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BJ
Black, James
🇺🇸FIDE 2048280· Male· United States of America· Born in 1998
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James Black, a 28-year-old American player, is rated 2114 and sitting in the top 6% of players worldwide. He plays occasionally (4 games in the last 12 months) and had 2 career breaks: 40 months (2014–2017) and 66 months (2019–2025, COVID-19 included). Recent appearance: 2026 March NYCNorms FIDE Swiss - Masters. His peak of 2201 was reached at age 14 (May 2012).
At junior level, he reached World #43 in U14, World #80 in U12 and #30, #27 and #13 nationally in U20, U18 and U16.
Current rating
2114
Standard
Rpd2199·Blz2253
All-time high
2201
−87 pts below
May 2012 · age 14
May 2012 · age 14
Activity
7
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
4 past 12 mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
Top 6%
#14,130 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
16 entries2019
Inactive for 66 months
paused at 2171 → returned at 2110
Aug 2019
2017
30th American U20 player
at age 19 · rated 2164
Oct 2017
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2017
2015
27th American U18 player
at age 17 · rated 2181
Jan 2015
2014
Inactive for 40 months
paused at 2181 → returned at 2164
May 2014
13th American U16 player
at age 16 · rated 2184
Jan 2014
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-4
2118 → 2114
Tournaments
2
8 games
Score
2.5/ 831.3%
2W1D5L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
2 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Jun 2026 | 1/4 | #22 | 1961 | -15.8 |
Swiss | Mar 2026 | 1.5/4 | #17 | 2091 | -3.6 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsJay BoninIM
🇺🇸USA·2078
+0 −4 =4
8 games·last met Mar 2025
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vsJoshua ColasFM
🇺🇸USA·2307
+2 −2 =2
6 games·last met Aug 2014
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vsMikheil KekelidzeGM
🇬🇪GEO·2385
+1 −2 =2
5 games·last met Aug 2014
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vsEdward Kopiecki
🇺🇸USA
+4 −0 =1
5 games·last met Mar 2013
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vsAleksandr OstrovskiyIM
🇺🇸USA·2373
+1 −3 =1
5 games·last met Jul 2012
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Rankings
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United States of America
#437
out of 5,510 players
Americas
#1,489
in continent
World
#14,130
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
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