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Player:
(Eg:
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Bichsel, Walter
FIDE
:
FIDE Card
Title
:
FM
Years
:
1974-
Number of games
:
165
Number of wins
:
50
Number of draws
:
61
Number of losses
:
54
White score
:
46/85 (54.12% - Average Elo: 2356.42)
Black score
:
34½/80 (43.12% - Average Elo: 2356.98)
Rating progression
Games
White wins
White draws
White losses
Black wins
Black draws
Black losses
Top wins
Bichsel, Walter (2334) - Schneider, Alexander (2522), Bad Zwesten op 8th, Bad Zwesten (B52) - 2004
Bichsel, Walter (2305) - Zueger, Beat (2470), SUI-chT, Switzerland (C14) - 1995
Bichsel, Walter (2290) - Cramling, Dan (2420), Winterthur, Winterthur (B50) - 1986
Huss, Andreas (2380) - Bichsel, Walter (2326), SUI-chT, Switzerland (D85) - 1999
Milosevic, Goran (2365) - Bichsel, Walter (2310), SUI-chT, Switzerland (B70) - 1998
Sutter, Oliver (2321) - Bichsel, Walter (2360), SUI-chT, Switzerland (D96) - 2001
Bichsel, Walter - ? (75)
Preissmann, Emmanuel (2½/3)
Cramling, Dan (2/2)
Kaenel, Hansjuerg (0/2)
Lobron, Eric (½/2)
Mortensen, Erling (1½/2)
Szekely, Peter (1/2)
Toth, Bela (½/2)
Van der Sterren, Paul (½/2)
Weindl, Alfred (½/2)
Adler, Joel Arturo Manuel (0/1)
Al Ashwal, Taher (1/1)
Azzopardi, Charles (1/1)
Baramidze, David (½/1)
Bellmann, Rambert (1/1)
Bhend, Edwin (½/1)
Bonfa, Ileano (½/1)
Cordes, Hans Joerg (1/1)
Costa, Jean Luc (0/1)
Cunningham, Phil (1/1)
De Lange, Daan (½/1)
Djuric, Stefan (1/1)
Duer, Arne (1/1)
Ekstroem, Roland (0/1)
Franzoni, Giancarlo (½/1)
Fritsch, Rolf (0/1)
Gallagher, Joseph G (0/1)
Gobet, Fernand (½/1)
Good, Daniel (1/1)
Goormachtigh, Johan (½/1)
Gruenfeld, Yehuda (0/1)
Hammer, Peter (½/1)
Hartmann, Wolfgang (½/1)
Hellmayr, Alois (1/1)
Hochstrasser, Michael (0/1)
Hort, Vlastimil (0/1)
Hug, Werner (½/1)
Hupe, Henning (1/1)
Huss, Andreas (½/1)
Kamber, Bruno (0/1)
Kelecevic, Nedeljko (½/1)
Kinlay, Jonathan (1/1)
Kirsch, Gerard (1/1)
Klauser, Markus (½/1)
Kosakowski, Jakub (0/1)
Kuligowski, Adam (0/1)
Kurajica, Bojan (½/1)
Landenbergue, Claude (½/1)
Larsen, Ernst (½/1)
Lehmann, A (½/1)
Lematschko, Tatjana (½/1)
Levacic, Damir (½/1)
Markiewicz, Jerzy (1/1)
Maya, Hermes (½/1)
Meinsohn, Pierre (½/1)
Morrison, Robert (½/1)
Motwani, Paul (1/1)
Neuenschwander, Beat (½/1)
Nunn, John DM (0/1)
Ostermeyer, Peter (½/1)
Partos, Charles (0/1)
Rieke, Theo (1/1)
Salonen, Jyrki (1/1)
Salvetti, Alec (1/1)
Sanz Alonso, Francisco Javier (½/1)
Schild, Christophe (1/1)
Schneider, Alexander (1/1)
Schussler, Harry (1/1)
Stean, Michael F (0/1)
Summermatter, Daniel (1/1)
Tarascio, Giuseppe (0/1)
Trepp, Markus (½/1)
Varasdy, Imre (½/1)
Wildi, Marcel (½/1)
Zelba, Maurizio (1/1)
Zueger, Beat (1/1)
? - Bichsel, Walter (70)
Vogt, Lothar (0/3)
Huss, Andreas (1½/2)
Kaenel, Hansjuerg (1½/2)
Nemet, Ivan (0/2)
Podzielny, Karl Heinz (0/2)
Reust, Josef (1/2)
Trepp, Markus (1/2)
Wirthensohn, Heinz (½/2)
Zueger, Beat (½/2)
Ammann, Philipp (½/1)
Barlov, Dragan (½/1)
Bastian, Herbert (½/1)
Bauer, Christian (0/1)
Bergstrom, Christer (0/1)
Bleiman, Yaacov (0/1)
Borkowski, Franciszek (0/1)
Charpentier Morales, William (1/1)
Cuartas, Carlos Enrique (½/1)
Cunningham, Phil (0/1)
De Francisco Sanabria, Carlos (1/1)
De Lange, Job (½/1)
Dieks, Roy G (1/1)
Domont, Alexandre (½/1)
Doucet, Christian (½/1)
Ekstroem, Roland (0/1)
Ernst, Rolf (1/1)
Feustel, Bernd (1/1)
Franzoni, Giancarlo (0/1)
Gerber, Richard (½/1)
Greenfeld, Alon (1/1)
Gruenfeld, Yehuda (½/1)
Ivanov, Mikhail M (0/1)
Juarez Flores, Jorge Guillermo (½/1)
Jurkovic, Ante (1/1)
Kappeler, Kaspar (½/1)
Kempinski, Robert (0/1)
Klauser, Markus (0/1)
Knickel, Aaron (1/1)
Knudsen, Ole Scott (1/1)
Kuhn, Gerhard (1/1)
Landenbergue, Claude (0/1)
Lematschko, Tatjana (0/1)
Liberzon, Vladimir Mikhailovi (0/1)
Littlewood, Paul E (0/1)
Meduna, Eduard (½/1)
Milosevic, Goran (1/1)
Monnard, Laurent (1/1)
Muir, Andrew Joseph (1/1)
Nikolaiczuk, Lothar (1/1)
Ochoa de Echaguen, Francisco Javier (½/1)
Panchenko, Alexander N (0/1)
Pelletier, Yannick (0/1)
Peters, Paul (0/1)
Pils, Walter (½/1)
Rhodin, Christian (1/1)
Roth, Peter (0/1)
Scheipl, Ralf (0/1)
Schneider, Lars Ake (1/1)
Sedina, Elena (0/1)
Sellos, Didier (1/1)
Sokolov, Andrei (½/1)
Staechelin, Ruedi (½/1)
Stean, Michael F (0/1)
Stertenbrink, Guenter (½/1)
Sutter, Oliver (1/1)
Swic, Waldemar (½/1)
Taulbut, Shaun M (½/1)
Uhlmann, Felix (1/1)
Van der Sterren, Paul (0/1)
Wittmann, Walter (0/1)
Openings played as White (37)
B31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6)
Average Elo:
2317.25
Result:
5½/9 = 61.11%
B50 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6)
Average Elo:
2417
Result:
4/7 = 57.14%
B52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7)
Average Elo:
2414
Result:
3/6 = 50%
B01 Scandinavian (1.e4 d5)
Average Elo:
2144.67
Result:
4/5 = 80%
B40 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6)
Average Elo:
2435
Result:
2/4 = 50%
Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo:
2355
Result:
1½/4 = 37.5%
B30 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6)
Average Elo:
2372.25
Result:
1½/4 = 37.5%
B09 Pirc, Austrian Attack (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4)
Average Elo:
2400
Result:
1/3 = 33.33%
B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+)
Average Elo:
2490
Result:
1/3 = 33.33%
B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2380
Result:
1/3 = 33.33%
B08 Pirc, Classical (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2235.33
Result:
1½/3 = 50%
B80 Sicilian, Scheveningen (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6)
Average Elo:
2348.33
Result:
2½/3 = 83.33%
B06 Robatsch (1.e4 g6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
2/2 = 100%
C60 Ruy Lopez (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/2 = 25%
C63 Ruy Lopez, Schliemann Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
2/2 = 100%
B53 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4)
Average Elo:
2462.5
Result:
0/2 = 0%
B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5)
Average Elo:
2340
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
C14 French, Classical (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7)
Average Elo:
2285.5
Result:
2/2 = 100%
C06 French, Tarrasch (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ne2 cxd4 8.cxd4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B45 Sicilian, Taimanov (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B29 Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C72 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.O-O)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B97 Sicilian, Najdorf (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Qb6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B07 Pirc (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d6 9.d4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C41 Philidor Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B18 Caro-Kann, Classical (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5)
Average Elo:
2405
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C00 French Defense (1.e4 e6)
Average Elo:
2405
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C01 French, Exchange (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bg5)
Average Elo:
2360
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B05 Alekhine's Defense, Modern (1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 Bg4)
Average Elo:
2325
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B15 Caro-Kann (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2315
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C80 Ruy Lopez, Open (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4)
Average Elo:
2485
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C18 French, Winawer (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3)
Average Elo:
2445
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C42 Petrov Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2400
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C85 Ruy Lopez, Exchange Variation Doubly Deferred (DERLD) (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Bxc6 dxc6)
Average Elo:
2310
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2335
Result:
0/1 = 0%
Openings played as Black (46)
Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo:
2362.5
Result:
5/10 = 50%
B70 Sicilian, Dragon Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6)
Average Elo:
2341.67
Result:
4/5 = 80%
B22 Sicilian, Alapin (1.e4 c5 2.c3)
Average Elo:
2383.5
Result:
1/5 = 20%
D85 Grunfeld (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5)
Average Elo:
2346.6
Result:
2/5 = 40%
A07 King's Indian Attack (1.Nf3 d5 2.g3)
Average Elo:
2291.67
Result:
1½/4 = 37.5%
B76 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 O-O)
Average Elo:
2440
Result:
½/3 = 16.67%
B71 Sicilian, Dragon, Levenfish Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.f4)
Average Elo:
2425
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
B52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/2 = 50%
B73 Sicilian, Dragon, Classical (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.Be2 Nc6 8.O-O)
Average Elo:
2385
Result:
½/2 = 25%
A48 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6)
Average Elo:
2300
Result:
2/2 = 100%
A16 English (1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2402.5
Result:
0/2 = 0%
B77 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 O-O 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.Bc4)
Average Elo:
2372.5
Result:
1/2 = 50%
D00 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5)
Average Elo:
2495.5
Result:
½/2 = 25%
D90 Grunfeld (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2501.5
Result:
0/2 = 0%
B65 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...Be7 Defense, 9...Nxd4 (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 Be7 8.O-O-O O-O 9.f4 Nxd4 10.Qxd4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C54 Giuoco Piano (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.cxd4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A01 Nimzovich-Larsen Attack (1.b3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B78 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 10.castle long (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 O-O 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.Bc4 Bd7 10.O-O-O)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D53 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C45 Scotch Game (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3)
Average Elo:
2220
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D86 Grunfeld, Exchange (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B53 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B25 Sicilian, Closed (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6)
Average Elo:
2305
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D79 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O, Main line (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O c6 7.cxd5 cxd5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E72 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.g3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B01 Scandinavian (1.e4 d5)
Average Elo:
2220
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A08 King's Indian Attack (1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c5 3.Bg2)
Average Elo:
2255
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A34 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D99 Grunfeld Defense, Smyslov (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 O-O 7.e4 Bg4 8.Be3)
Average Elo:
2460
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A11 English, Caro-Kann Defensive System (1.c4 c6)
Average Elo:
2305
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D91 Grunfeld, 5.Bg5 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bg5)
Average Elo:
2445
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D03 Torre Attack (Tartakower Variation) (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bg5)
Average Elo:
2370
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A15 English (1.c4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2335
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B24 Sicilian, Closed (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3)
Average Elo:
2335
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A55 Old Indian, Main line (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Nf3 Nbd7 5.e4)
Average Elo:
2415
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D87 Grunfeld, Exchange (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 O-O 8.Ne2 c5)
Average Elo:
2415
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B72 Sicilian, Dragon (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3)
Average Elo:
2245
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B26 Sicilian, Closed, 6.Be3 (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6 6.Be3)
Average Elo:
2175
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B50 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6)
Average Elo:
2374
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D96 Grunfeld, Russian Variation (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3)
Average Elo:
2321
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B74 Sicilian, Dragon, Classical (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.Be2 Nc6 8.O-O O-O 9.Nb3)
Average Elo:
1894
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E37 Nimzo-Indian, Classical (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 Ne4 7.Qc2)
Average Elo:
2561
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B38 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Maroczy Bind, 6.Be3 (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.c4 Bg7 6.Be3)
Average Elo:
2488
Result:
½/1 = 50%