James Cross
Number of games in database: 32
Years covered: 1946 to 1959
Overall record: +10 -10 =12 (50.0%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

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D31		Queen's Gambit Declined (2 games)

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JAMES CROSS (born 1930) United States of America [what is this?] In 1950, James B. Cross won the US Junior Championship, held in Milwaukee. In 1957, James Cross won the California State Chess Championship.

page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 32  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. O Ulvestad vs J Cross   1-0 54 1946 US Open prelim C45 Scotch Game 2. J Cross vs G Kramer   0-1 37 1946 US Open prelim D31 Queen's Gambit Declined 3. J Cross vs P Dietz   1-0 30 1946 US Junior Championship D55 Queen's Gambit Declined 4. J Cross vs P Peterson   1-0 26 1948 California State-ch D31 Queen's Gambit Declined 5. J Cross vs P Poschel   1-0 38 1948 US Junior Ch E22 Nimzo-Indian, Spielmann Variation 6. J Cross vs G Croy ½-½ 41 1949 California State-ch C02 French, Advance 7. J Cross vs I Rivise   0-1 71 1949 California State-ch D02 Queen's Pawn Game 8. J Cross vs E Pruner   ½-½ 49 1949 California State-ch E10 Queen's Pawn Game 9. A Sandrin vs J Cross   1-0 40 1951 US Open D19 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch 10. J Cross vs G Eastman   ½-½ 50 1951 USA-op 52nd E47 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 11. L Magee vs J Cross   0-1 31 1951 US Open B83 Sicilian 12. J Cross vs N Whitaker   1-0 48 1951 USA-op 52nd D53 Queen's Gambit Declined 13. H Ridout vs J Cross   0-1 26 1951 US Open D17 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 14. J Cross vs E Hearst   ½-½ 21 1951 USA-op 52nd D57 Queen's Gambit Declined, Lasker Defense 15. H E Myers vs J Cross   0-1 38 1951 US Open D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 16. J Cross vs K R Jones   1-0 33 1951 USA-op 52nd D93 Grunfeld, with Bf4 & e3 17. J C Gonzalez vs J Cross   1-0 63 1951 US Open D30 Queen's Gambit Declined 18. J Cross vs Larry Evans   ½-½ 49 1951 USA-op 52nd D27 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical 19. J T Westbrock vs J Cross   0-1 30 1951 US Open D14 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation 20. J Cross vs Graf-Stevenson   1-0 43 1952 Hollywood D50 Queen's Gambit Declined 21. J Cross vs Kashdan   ½-½ 45 1952 Hollywood A50 Queen's Pawn Game 22. A Pomar-Salamanca vs J Cross   1-0 43 1952 Hollywood E00 Queen's Pawn Game 23. Gligoric vs J Cross ½-½ 46 1952 Hollywood E40 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 24. Dake vs J Cross   ½-½ 48 1952 Hollywood B80 Sicilian, Scheveningen 25. J Cross vs R Martin   ½-½ 46 1952 Hollywood D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 32

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