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Player:
(Eg:
Carlsen,Magnus
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Knaak, Michael
FIDE
:
FIDE Card
Years
:
1993-
Number of games
:
124
Number of wins
:
45
Number of draws
:
20
Number of losses
:
59
White score
:
23½/61 (38.52% - Average Elo: 1926.91)
Black score
:
31½/63 (50% - Average Elo: 1906.78)
Rating progression
Games
White wins
White draws
White losses
Black wins
Black draws
Black losses
Top wins
Knaak, Michael (2125) - Atri, Jamshid (2145), Pinneberg-ch, Pinneberg (B07) - 2004
Knaak, Michael (1998) - Krausser, Helmut (2130), Hamburg Junge op, Hamburg (B15) - 2005
Knaak, Michael (1905) - Van Riesen, Klaus (2070), Pinneberg-ch, Pinneberg (B06) - 2012
Nonnenmacher, Thomas (2213) - Knaak, Michael (2022), Pinneberg-ch, Pinneberg (A31) - 2009
Kroencke, Manfred (2194) - Knaak, Michael (1998), Hamburg Junge op, Hamburg (C01) - 2005
Kurzynsky, Mirko (1993) - Knaak, Michael (1905), Pinneberg-ch, Pinneberg (B34) - 2012
Knaak, Michael - ? (59)
Atri, Jamshid (1½/2)
Hawranke, Dietrich (0/2)
Arif, Bayu (0/1)
Bokelbrink, Uwe (0/1)
Buchholz, Robert (0/1)
Chaichi Tehrani, Fereydoon (1/1)
Deutschbein, Christopher (1/1)
Diehl, Walter (0/1)
Draeger, Klaus (0/1)
Fasser, Walter (1/1)
Fischer, Juergen (1/1)
Fischer, L (0/1)
Gollasch, Theo Heinz (0/1)
Grillmaier, Alexander (½/1)
Hadlich, Winfried (0/1)
Hamann, Frank (0/1)
Hangweyrer, Roman (0/1)
Harder, Clemens (0/1)
Harms, Peter (0/1)
Hirsch, Andreas (0/1)
Isenecker, Frank (1/1)
Iwanow, Thomas (0/1)
Johannsen, Dennis (1/1)
Jordt, Joachim (0/1)
Jung, Gerald (0/1)
Kahlert, Thomas (0/1)
Kambor, Joachim (0/1)
Kammer, Roland (½/1)
Kjaer, Jakob (½/1)
Klausch, Uwe (1/1)
Koester, Gerhard (½/1)
Krausser, Helmut (1/1)
Kroencke, Manfred (0/1)
Krupa, Boguslaw (1/1)
Laber, Witalij (1/1)
Lemke, Detlef (½/1)
Lingnau, Diethard (1/1)
Melde, Christian (0/1)
Metzner, Arne (1/1)
Meyerhold, Sven (0/1)
Miroshnichenko, Evgenij (0/1)
Mungard, Jens Uwe (½/1)
Niehaus, Stephan (0/1)
Osmani, Dritan (0/1)
Paul, Anatolij (0/1)
Retzlaff, Wolfgang (1/1)
Rostalski, Walter (0/1)
Schermer, Denis (0/1)
Schiller, Thomas (1/1)
Schmidt, Jade (0/1)
Schroeder, Raymond (1/1)
Soujon, Daniel (0/1)
Spiesberger, Gerhard (½/1)
Stahl, Alexander (0/1)
Svane, Rasmus (0/1)
Tost, Guenther (1/1)
Van Riesen, Klaus (1/1)
Welsh, Michael (1/1)
Zimmermann, Paul (½/1)
? - Knaak, Michael (60)
Retzlaff, Wolfgang (2/2)
Schroeder, Kai Uwe (1/2)
Tornier, Siegfried (2/2)
Albers, Andreas (1/1)
Asendorf, Joachim (½/1)
Beilfuss, Bjoern (1/1)
Bernhard, Ralph (1/1)
Bobzin, Volker (1/1)
Bokelbrink, Uwe (0/1)
Borchard, Andreas (1/1)
Bracker, Frank (0/1)
Colpe, Helge (0/1)
Fey, Franziska (0/1)
Geyler, Stefan (0/1)
Goepfert, Jakob (0/1)
Hawranke, Dietrich (0/1)
Ibe, Justus (½/1)
Ihlenfeldt, Gerhard (1/1)
Jarnuczak, Detlev (0/1)
Jordan, Juergen (0/1)
Kahlbacher, Helmut (0/1)
Kahlert, Thomas (0/1)
Klaeke, Gregor (1/1)
Kopinits, Anna Christina (0/1)
Kosovs, Ernst (½/1)
Kroencke, Manfred (1/1)
Kurzynsky, Mirko (1/1)
Ljubarskij, Jurij (0/1)
Lorenz, Jens (1/1)
Luettig, Hendrik (1/1)
Meyner, Hannes (0/1)
Mueller, Hans Dieter (0/1)
Nixdorf, Andre (1/1)
Nonnenmacher, Thomas (1/1)
Opasiak, Dustin Tennessee (1/1)
Patjens, Carsten (½/1)
Porth, Hartmut (0/1)
Rakhmanov, Vsevolod (0/1)
Rieling, Thomas (0/1)
Ryll, Karl Heinz (1/1)
Schallueck, Hans Christian (1/1)
Schmidt, Jade (0/1)
Schnelle, Rainer (1/1)
Schranz, Patrick (½/1)
Schroeter, Baldur (0/1)
Seiser, Kurt (½/1)
Sellack, Helmut (½/1)
Skrypkin, Alexey (1/1)
Steinbrecher, Jonathan (0/1)
Stenzel, Jan (0/1)
Stubbe, Werner (1/1)
Szudra, Heinz Werner (½/1)
Vinck, Arne (1/1)
Wang, Huanying (1/1)
Wilms, Ingo (0/1)
Wolff, Stefan (0/1)
Wronn, Bernd (½/1)
Wulf von Moers, Jens (0/1)
Wurzel, Andre (0/1)
Zimmermann, Manfred2 (1/1)
Openings played as White (41)
B21 Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4 (1.e4 c5 2.f4)
Average Elo:
1929.33
Result:
1½/5 = 30%
B07 Pirc (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
1940
Result:
1½/3 = 50%
B22 Sicilian, Alapin (1.e4 c5 2.c3)
Average Elo:
2053.67
Result:
1/3 = 33.33%
C47 Four Knights (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2059
Result:
½/2 = 25%
D00 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5)
Average Elo:
2042
Result:
1/2 = 50%
C00 French Defense (1.e4 e6)
Average Elo:
2063.5
Result:
1/2 = 50%
Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo:
1912.5
Result:
0/2 = 0%
C30 King's Gambit Declined (1.e4 e5 2.f4)
Average Elo:
1522
Result:
1/2 = 50%
A80 Dutch (1.d4 f5)
Average Elo:
2068
Result:
½/2 = 25%
A45 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2041.5
Result:
1/2 = 50%
C29 Vienna Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4)
Average Elo:
2036
Result:
½/2 = 25%
B33 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4)
Average Elo:
1792.5
Result:
½/2 = 25%
C52 Evans Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4 5.c3 Ba5)
Average Elo:
1652.5
Result:
2/2 = 100%
B15 Caro-Kann (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2135.5
Result:
1/2 = 50%
C41 Philidor Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6)
Average Elo:
1748.5
Result:
½/2 = 25%
C14 French, Classical (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7)
Average Elo:
2062
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A57 Benko Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5)
Average Elo:
2254
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C01 French, Exchange (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bg5)
Average Elo:
1118
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B09 Pirc, Austrian Attack (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4)
Average Elo:
1932
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B32 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5)
Average Elo:
1557
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B01 Scandinavian (1.e4 d5)
Average Elo:
2129
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C25 Vienna (1.e4 e5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
1740
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B02 Alekhine's Defense (1.e4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
1985
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:
1918
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B23 Sicilian, Closed (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2139
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C02 French, Advance (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5)
Average Elo:
1434
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C12 French, McCutcheon (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Bb4)
Average Elo:
1765
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D27 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical (1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.O-O a6)
Average Elo:
2195
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C42 Petrov Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
1901
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B44 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6)
Average Elo:
1464
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B70 Sicilian, Dragon Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6)
Average Elo:
1957
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A05 Reti Opening (1.Nf3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2634
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B05 Alekhine's Defense, Modern (1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 Bg4)
Average Elo:
2165
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3)
Average Elo:
1657
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B08 Pirc, Classical (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2230
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6)
Average Elo:
2101
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C44 King's Pawn Game (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6)
Average Elo:
1727
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6)
Average Elo:
2001
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5)
Average Elo:
1710
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B06 Robatsch (1.e4 g6)
Average Elo:
2070
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B12 Caro-Kann Defense (1.e4 c6 2.d4)
Average Elo:
2213
Result:
½/1 = 50%
Openings played as Black (44)
D02 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2090
Result:
½/5 = 10%
D07 Queen's Gambit Declined, Chigorin Defense (1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nc6)
Average Elo:
1891.2
Result:
2½/5 = 50%
Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo:
1693.5
Result:
2½/4 = 62.5%
C01 French, Exchange (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bg5)
Average Elo:
2194
Result:
1/2 = 50%
C45 Scotch Game (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4)
Average Elo:
2170
Result:
½/2 = 25%
B34 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nxc6)
Average Elo:
1893
Result:
2/2 = 100%
C18 French, Winawer (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3)
Average Elo:
1751.5
Result:
2/2 = 100%
C41 Philidor Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6)
Average Elo:
1975.5
Result:
½/2 = 25%
B22 Sicilian, Alapin (1.e4 c5 2.c3)
Average Elo:
1969
Result:
½/2 = 25%
C19 French, Winawer, Advance (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7)
Average Elo:
2015
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
B02 Alekhine's Defense (1.e4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
1626
Result:
2/2 = 100%
C07 French, Tarrasch (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5)
Average Elo:
2305
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E14 Queen's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.e3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C50 Giuoco Piano (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C56 Two Knights (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.O-O Nxe4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A63 Benoni, Fianchetto, 9...Nbd7 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nf3 g6 7.g3 Bg7 8.Bg2 O-O 9.O-O Nbd7)
Average Elo:
2055
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6)
Average Elo:
1577
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B14 Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6)
Average Elo:
1294
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D35 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
1836
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B25 Sicilian, Closed (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6)
Average Elo:
1700
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C61 Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nd4)
Average Elo:
1784
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B27 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2061
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A20 English (1.c4 e5)
Average Elo:
2328
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A36 English (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3)
Average Elo:
2197
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C04 French, Tarrasch, Guimard Main line (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nc6 4.Ngf3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2096
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C00 French Defense (1.e4 e6)
Average Elo:
2061
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B20 Sicilian (1.e4 c5)
Average Elo:
1569
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D55 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2012
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C74 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.c3)
Average Elo:
2319
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B06 Robatsch (1.e4 g6)
Average Elo:
1641
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C36 King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defense (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 d5)
Average Elo:
1914
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A95 Dutch, Stonewall (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 e6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O d5 7.Nc3 c6)
Average Elo:
2263
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A31 English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation (1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4)
Average Elo:
2213
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D08 Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5)
Average Elo:
1677
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B23 Sicilian, Closed (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
1600
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C42 Petrov Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
1712
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A22 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
1731
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C17 French, Winawer, Advance (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5)
Average Elo:
2133
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A05 Reti Opening (1.Nf3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
1346
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A84 Dutch (1.d4 f5 2.c4)
Average Elo:
2003
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A35 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6)
Average Elo:
2154
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2123
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A51 Budapest Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5)
Average Elo:
1694
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A80 Dutch (1.d4 f5)
Average Elo:
1691
Result:
½/1 = 50%