GM John M Emms Full name John M Emms Born 1967 (age 58) Place of birth Federation England Profiles #1561 World Ranking 2411 Classical 2415 Rapid Rating Bio Most Played Openings White Pieces Alapin Sicilian Defense (55 games) Ruy López Opening: Morphy Defense, Closed, Pilnik Variation (33 games) French Defense: Tarrasch, Closed, Main Line (26 games) Pirc Defense: Classical Variation (20 games) Sicilian Defense: Open, Scheveningen, Sozin Attack (17 games) Black Pieces Sicilian Defense: Taimanov, Bastrikov Variation (22 games) Ruy López Opening: Morphy Defense, Columbus Variation (19 games) Benoni Defense: Modern, Classical Variation (19 games) Alapin Sicilian Defense: Barmen Defense (17 games) English Opening: Fianchetto, Ultra-Symmetrical Line (17 games) Games Players Result Moves Year John M Emms (2086) Niels-Peter Nielsen (2409) 1-0 36 2025 John M Emms (2411) Marek Szmyd (1900) 1-0 41 2025 John M Emms (2411) Neil F Dickenson (2250) 1-0 54 2025 John M Emms (2362) Carlo D'Amore (2409) 0-1 58 2025 John M Emms (2408) Thomas E Rendle (2390) ½-½ 14 2025 John M Emms (2348) Juraj Lipka (2409) ½-½ 52 2025 John M Emms (2411) Frank Holzke (2412) ½-½ 28 2025 Marcus R Harvey (2497) John M Emms (2408) 1-0 64 2025 Josef Koblasa (2409) John M Emms (1906) 0-1 37 2025 Dr Wolfgang Polster (2409) John M Emms (2131) 0-1 31 2025 Show All Games