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James, Shemilah
WCM🇹🇹FIDE 7702060· Female· Trinidad and Tobago· Born in 2003
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Shemilah James, a 23-year-old Woman Candidate Master, is rated 1758 — just 27 short of her peak of 1785 (Nov 2025, age 22). She has held steady between 1750 and 1800 for 2 years. 20 rated games in the past year (≈21/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Paladins All Females 2026, Paladins SBM Open 2026, and National Swiss Championship 2025 - Female. Also played 1 blitz event (including Mind Warriors and Valkyries Open Blitz tournament 2025) recently. She reached #16 nationally in Mar 2022.
Awarded WCM in 2016 (age 13). At junior level, she reached #3, #3, #3, #3 and #3 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14 and U12.
Current rating
1758
Standard
Rpd1719·Blz1722
All-time high
1785
−27 pts below
Nov 2025 · age 22
Nov 2025 · age 22
Activity
16
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
20 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#89,860
#89,860 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
22 entries2025
All-time peak 1785
at age 22 · −27 from today
Nov 2025
2024
Best 12-month gain (+204 Elo)
1570 → 1774
Sep 2024
2023
Re-crossed 1600
at age 20
Nov 2023
2022
Re-crossed 1600
at age 19
Aug 2022
3rd U20 player nationally
at age 19 · rated 1593
Apr 2022
Peak national rank: #16
at age 19 · rated 1593
Mar 2022
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-12
1770 → 1758
Tournaments
4
24 games
Score
16.5/ 2468.8%
14W5D5L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
4 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Feb 2026 | 4/4 | #1 | 2393 | +2.6 |
Swiss | Feb 2026 | 2.5/5 | #12 | 1672 | -11.0 |
Swiss | Nov 2025 | 3/3 | #6 | 2451 | -20.0 |
Swiss | Sep 2025 | 7/8 | #3 | 1986 | +15.4 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsZara La FleurWCM
🇹🇹TTO·1826
+9 −2 =3
14 games·last met Nov 2025
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vsGabriella JohnsonWIM
🇹🇹TTO·1819
+2 −9 =0
11 games·last met Aug 2023
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vsSean YearwoodCM
🇹🇹TTO·1839
+0 −6 =5
11 games·last met Jan 2021
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vsJennika Lynch
🇹🇹TTO·1663
+4 −2 =3
9 games·last met Nov 2018
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vsAditi SoondarsinghWCM
🇹🇹TTO·1812
+0 −8 =1
9 games·last met Sep 2017
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Rankings
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Trinidad and Tobago
#39
out of 187 players
Americas
#10,533
in continent
World
#89,858
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
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