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James Obst

Number of games in database: 15
Years covered: 2004 to 2006
Last FIDE rating: 2097
Overall record: +4 -8 =3 (36.7%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games.

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JAMES OBST
(born Aug-03-1990, 34 years old) Australia

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Last updated: 2023-04-11 18:01:09

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Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. R Song vs J Obst  0-1242004AUS-ch op U20B01 Scandinavian
2. J Obst vs D Smerdon  0-1362004AUS Masters U20C12 French, McCutcheon
3. J Obst vs R Song  0-1582004AUS Masters U20C18 French, Winawer
4. R Song vs J Obst  ½-½762005Australian opB56 Sicilian
5. J Obst vs I Goldenberg  1-0562005Australian Championship 2005/06B53 Sicilian
6. A Caoili vs J Obst  0-1402005Australian Championship 2005/06A18 English, Mikenas-Carls
7. J Obst vs Chandler  0-1282005Australian Championship 2005/06A45 Queen's Pawn Game
8. A Wohl vs J Obst  1-0322005Australian Championship 2005/06B40 Sicilian
9. J Obst vs A Guthrie  ½-½132006Australian Championship 2005/06B33 Sicilian
10. Z Zhao vs J Obst  1-0342006Australian Championship 2005/06D86 Grunfeld, Exchange
11. M Pyke vs J Obst  ½-½722006Australian Championship 2005/06A14 English
12. J Obst vs M Ly  0-1572006Australian Championship 2005/06B30 Sicilian
13. N Frame vs J Obst  0-1822006Australian Championship 2005/06A02 Bird's Opening
14. J Obst vs A Bird  0-1572006Australian Championship 2005/06B53 Sicilian
15. C Wallis vs J Obst  1-0362006Australian Championship 2005/06B01 Scandinavian
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Kibitzer's Corner
Apr-10-23
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: This player is far better known in the poker world, having largely given up chess early on.

https://www.wsop.com/players/profil...

Jun-23-23
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: Was watching some video of a WSOP event held this week and saw Obst playing for the first time in a while; it seems he had left poker to have a go at professional tennis, which strikes me as a strange decision, given Obst being well into his twenties at the time.

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