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James E Vigus
J E Vigus 
 

Number of games in database: 70
Years covered: 1995 to 2007
Last FIDE rating: 2317 (2279 rapid)
Highest rating achieved in database: 2323
Overall record: +24 -20 =26 (52.9%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Queen's Pawn Game (8) 
    A45 D01 D02
 English (7) 
    A10 A13 A14
 Uncommon Opening (4) 
    A00
With the Black pieces:
 Pirc (10) 
    B08 B07 B09
 Slav (9) 
    D16 D10 D15 D11
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   K Mah vs J E Vigus, 2001 0-1

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Smith & Williamson Young Masters (2001)
   Hampstead IM (1998)
   Smith & Williamson Young Masters (2000)
   British Championship (1995)
   British Championship (1996)
   British Championship (1997)

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JAMES E VIGUS
(born Sep-17-1978, 46 years old) United Kingdom

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FIDE Master "I studied at Cambridge as an undergraduate and PhD student, completing my dissertation on Samuel Taylor Coleridge in 2006. I then went to Germany to pursue a postdoctoral project tracking the intellectual and pedestrian journey of Henry Crabb Robinson in that country at the beginning of the nineteenth century. After three years at the Institute of Philosophy at the Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, I moved to the Department of English and American Studies at the Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich. I joined Queen Mary in September 2012. I co-directed the Dr Williams's Centre for Dissenting Studies from 2013 to 2015. I am a member of the Queen Mary Centre for Religion and Literature in English, launched in January 2016. Alongside my academic publications I've written some books on chess"

https://www.qmul.ac.uk/sed/staff/vi...

Last updated: 2023-05-07 23:29:12

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 page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 74  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. M Barnes vs J E Vigus  0-1391995British ChampionshipA45 Queen's Pawn Game
2. J E Vigus vs G W Lawton  0-1301995British ChampionshipA14 English
3. G M Hayes vs J E Vigus  1-0501995British ChampionshipA57 Benko Gambit
4. J E Vigus vs B Hague  1-0441995British ChampionshipA21 English
5. J E Vigus vs J Rudd  0-1261995British ChampionshipA45 Queen's Pawn Game
6. G Buckley vs J E Vigus  0-1461995British ChampionshipB07 Pirc
7. J E Vigus vs D Mason  ½-½671995British ChampionshipA00 Uncommon Opening
8. L Cooper vs J E Vigus  ½-½281995British ChampionshipB08 Pirc, Classical
9. J E Vigus vs H Hunt  ½-½451995British ChampionshipA13 English
10. I Thompson vs J E Vigus  1-0401995British ChampionshipA36 English
11. J E Vigus vs M Condie  1-0401995British ChampionshipA34 English, Symmetrical
12. J Radovanovic vs J E Vigus  1-0211995Hastings Challengers 1995/96B08 Pirc, Classical
13. J E Vigus vs M Lyell  ½-½581996Hastings Challengers 1995/96A81 Dutch
14. J E Vigus vs H Schmedders  1-0361996Hastings Challengers 1995/96D00 Queen's Pawn Game
15. S Lalic vs J E Vigus  ½-½621996Hastings Challengers 1995/96B08 Pirc, Classical
16. J E Vigus vs Suetin  1-0601996Hastings Challengers 1995/96A45 Queen's Pawn Game
17. J E Vigus vs J Emms  0-1501996British ChampionshipA37 English, Symmetrical
18. J E Vigus vs S W Dauber  1-0401996British ChampionshipA45 Queen's Pawn Game
19. G D Lee vs J E Vigus  1-0261996British ChampionshipB07 Pirc
20. P Wheldon vs J E Vigus  0-1331996British ChampionshipB08 Pirc, Classical
21. J E Vigus vs D Tebb  ½-½191996British ChampionshipD01 Richter-Veresov Attack
22. J E Vigus vs S Conquest  0-1251997British ChampionshipA45 Queen's Pawn Game
23. J E Vigus vs E Dearing  ½-½221997British ChampionshipD31 Queen's Gambit Declined
24. J E Vigus vs M Mitchell  1-0301997British ChampionshipA10 English
25. K Mah vs J E Vigus  0-1311997British ChampionshipD16 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
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Kibitzer's Corner
Mar-15-07  Bent Bexley: James Vigus is a British FIDE Master who also recently completed his PhD in English Literature at Cambridge.

His The Pirc in Black and White was just published by Everyman. It is 381 pages long and strikes me as similar to Andrew Greet's 376 page Play the Ruy Lopez (also published by Everyman) in that the hard work and passion for the subject are readily evident. Actually, probably more so because Vigus has played the Pirc more then Greet played the Spanish before writing their respective books.

Aug-25-11  whiteshark: <"Your bookshelf cannot do without it."> -- James Vigus

on http://www.bcmchess.co.uk/reviews/b...

Sep-06-11  wordfunph: FM James Vigus authored..

+ Play the Slav
+ The Pirc in Black and White

co-authored Dangerous Weapons series..

+ Flank Openings
+ The Dutch
+ The Pirc and Modern

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