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Windram, James

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FIDEFIDE 2628538· Male· Canada· Born in 2006

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James Windram, a 20-year-old Canadian player, is rated 2009 — his current career high. He is progressing steadily with +25 Elo over the past 12 months. 25 rated games in the past year (≈24/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 2025 Toronto Open Crown, 2025 Royal City Masters Crown, and 2025 Canadian Open - Open Section. Also played 1 blitz event (including 2026 Edmonton Easter Chess Festival - Blitz) recently. He took a 26-month break between Dec 2022 and Mar 2025.

At junior level, he reached #19, #17, #7, #9 and #16 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14 and U12.

Current rating

2009

Standard

Rpd2018·Blz2025

All-time high

2009

at best
Oct 2025 · age 19

Activity

14

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

22 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active

Signature stat

#26,129

#26,129 · players worldwide · of 218,279

Career timeline

14 entries
2025
19th Canadian U20 player
at age 19 · rated 2009
Oct 2025
All-time peak 2009
at age 19
Oct 2025
Crossed 2000
at age 19
Sep 2025
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2025
2023
17th Canadian U18 player
at age 17 · rated 1918
Jan 2023
2022
Inactive for 26 months
paused at 1918 → returned at 1945
Dec 2022

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.

Activity & highlights

Best result
2025 Royal City Masters Crown
perf 2103 (+98) · 3/8 · #31
Top opponent
vs Victor PlotkinFM 2,282
2025 Royal City Masters Crown · Aug 2025 · +16.6 Elo
Evolution
+25
1984 → 2009
Tournaments
3
22 games
Score
9.5/ 2243.2%
7W5D10L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsVictor PlotkinFM2,282·2025 Royal City Masters Crown·R6·+16.6
2.[W]vsJozef Polacek2,240·2025 Royal City Masters Crown·R9·+15.9
3.[W]vsMichael BarronIM2,034·2025 Toronto Open Crown·R4·+10.7
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsLarry Yang2,108·2025 Toronto Open Crown·R5·-7.2
2.[L]vsLeo LinCM2,109·2025 Canadian Open - Open Section·R8·-6.5
3.[L]vsRoman GavrilinFM2,147·2025 Toronto Open Crown·R2·-6.2

Last 12 months — tournaments

3 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
2025 Toronto Open Crown
Swiss
Aug 20252.5/6#192018+3.8
2025 Royal City Masters Crown
Open Swiss
Aug 20253/8#312103+21.2
2025 Canadian Open - Open Section
Open Swiss
Jul 20254/8#451995+0.4
Hot streak: 3 tournaments without losing Elo.

Most-Played Opponents

vsOmid Malek
🇨🇦CAN·2021
+0 −6 =0
6 games·last met Feb 2022
View head-to-head →
vsIan ZhaoFM
🇨🇦CAN·2291
+0 −6 =0
6 games·last met Nov 2019
View head-to-head →
vsPaul Wang
🇨🇦CAN·1996
+2 −3 =0
5 games·last met Aug 2022
View head-to-head →

Rankings

/
Canada
#190
out of 1,900 players
Americas
#2,727
in continent
World
#26,129
out of 400,000+

National ranking

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1
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10
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