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Player:
(Eg:
Carlsen,Magnus
)
Lau, Wolfgang
FIDE
:
FIDE Card
Years
:
1988-2009
Number of games
:
154
Number of wins
:
39
Number of draws
:
45
Number of losses
:
70
White score
:
32½/71 (45.77% - Average Elo: 2177.61)
Black score
:
29/83 (34.94% - Average Elo: 2178.93)
Rating progression
Games
White wins
White draws
White losses
Black wins
Black draws
Black losses
Top wins
Lau, Wolfgang - Schulz, J (2275), Hessenliga, Germany (B07) - 1995
Lau, Wolfgang (2041) - Wind, Lutz (2242), Wiesbaden op 18th, Wiesbaden (B87) - 1999
Lau, Wolfgang (1967) - Frank, Werner (2163), GER-ch Seniors 15th, Bad Wiessee (B06) - 2003
Gabriel, Josef (2211) - Lau, Wolfgang (2041), Bayern-chI Bank Hofmann 3rd, Bad Wiessee (A54) - 1999
Wallrabenstein, Udo (2133) - Lau, Wolfgang (1957), Oberliga Ost-B 0506, Germany () - 2005
Hupprich, Thorsten (2120) - Lau, Wolfgang, Wiesbaden op 16th, Wiesbaden (C22) - 1997
Lau, Wolfgang - ? (70)
Hicker, Harald (1/2)
Aurin, Pascal (1/1)
Baladjaev, Emin (½/1)
Baumann, Kurt2 (½/1)
Berndt, Norman (1/1)
Bersinger, Franz (1/1)
Bhend, Edwin (0/1)
Bingel, Ottfried (1/1)
Bittner, Friedrich (0/1)
Bobke, Laurenz (1/1)
Boewer, Roland (½/1)
Braum, Hermann Josef (1/1)
Buchal, Stephan (0/1)
Cleve, Carsten (½/1)
Czech, Ludwig (0/1)
Dautov, Rustem (0/1)
Drill, Frank J (½/1)
Emmerich, Dirk (0/1)
Fischer, Roger (½/1)
Frank, Werner (1/1)
Fromm, Christian (1/1)
Funk, Oliver (0/1)
Gasparian, Tigran (0/1)
Gelfenboim, Jaroslaw (0/1)
Gmeiner, Peter (0/1)
Goy, Udo (0/1)
Haertl, Siegfried (0/1)
Heinemann, Ernst (0/1)
Heyland, Wolfram (½/1)
Hobusch, Werner (0/1)
Hoffmann, Joern (1/1)
Jahn, Thomas (0/1)
Kannenberg, Carl Friedrich (½/1)
Klein, Raimund (0/1)
Klose, Werner (½/1)
Klovans, Janis (0/1)
Koehler, Ronald (0/1)
Kraft, Hans (0/1)
Kreilling, Carsten (1/1)
Kruse, Walter (1/1)
Lehr, Ernst (½/1)
Menning, Uwe (1/1)
Mertens, Klaus (½/1)
Mueller, M (0/1)
Mueller, Markus (½/1)
Olbrich, Joachim (0/1)
Orban, Andreas (0/1)
Petz, Stephan (1/1)
Puobis, Jozef (1/1)
Rechel, Ralf (0/1)
Riedel, Frank (1/1)
Rigg, Hans (1/1)
Rosenberger, Frank (½/1)
Rudnizki, Sergej (½/1)
Schaad, Pierluigi (½/1)
Schmitz, Manuela (½/1)
Schoebel, Wolfgang (½/1)
Schulz, J (1/1)
Schwichtenberg, Juergen (0/1)
Steinbacher, Claudia (0/1)
Trautmann, Johannes (1/1)
Uzunovic, Alija (1/1)
Vieweg, Klaus (½/1)
Vogel, Paul (½/1)
Weder, Hanspeter (½/1)
Wehmeier, Stefan (0/1)
Westermann, Bernhard (1/1)
Wieprecht, Gerhard (½/1)
Wind, Lutz (1/1)
Zweschper, Erich (0/1)
? - Lau, Wolfgang (80)
Dittmar, Peter (0/2)
Kobs, Stephan (1/2)
Kock, Hans Uwe (1/2)
Bangert, Bodo (½/1)
Barth, Claus Dieter (0/1)
Becker, Wladimir (0/1)
Beckmann, Klaus (0/1)
Berg, Juergen (1/1)
Bierbach, Utz Friedrich (0/1)
Brauner, Rudolf (½/1)
Buechele, Walter (½/1)
Bunzmann, Dimitrij (0/1)
Chandler, Patrick (0/1)
Chebli, Musa (½/1)
Cornelissen, Philip (1/1)
Danzer, George (0/1)
Domanski, Markus (½/1)
Eberhardt, Olaf (½/1)
Eg, Karlheinz (0/1)
Fichte, Wolfgang (1/1)
Fischer, M (½/1)
Franz, Joachim (0/1)
Gabriel, Josef (1/1)
Guenther, Markus (0/1)
Hajenius, Willem (0/1)
Haubt, Georg (0/1)
Hausmann, Hans Ulrich (1/1)
Henzelmann, Klaus (0/1)
Hofmann, Juergen (0/1)
Hohlbein, Jens (½/1)
Hupprich, Thorsten (1/1)
Isler, Peter (1/1)
Jaenig, Reinhard (0/1)
Kantorik, Marian (0/1)
Karl, Hans (0/1)
Kersten, Uwe (0/1)
Kneutgen, Alexander (0/1)
Kovalev, Denis (0/1)
Kruse, Walter (1/1)
Kuenitz, Klaus (½/1)
Ladstetter, Josef (½/1)
Maeder, Jean Claude (0/1)
Menning, Uwe (1/1)
Muehlbach, Peter (½/1)
Nimsch, Helmut (½/1)
Novkovic, Julia (0/1)
Poetschke, Wolfgang (0/1)
Pohlers, Juergen (0/1)
Pribyl, Josef (0/1)
Puobis, Jozef (1/1)
Rack, Matthias (½/1)
Reichel, Norbert (0/1)
Resa, Tobias (½/1)
Roeberg, Frank (0/1)
Rohrer, Bernhart (0/1)
Roosen, Holger (0/1)
Rose, Anne (½/1)
Rothenbacher, Jochen (0/1)
Schmidt, Erich (1/1)
Schmieder, Wolfgang Ernst (1/1)
Schmitzer, Horst (0/1)
Sonnhoff, Werner (1/1)
Spiegel, Wilfried (0/1)
Tauber, Viktor (0/1)
Topolewski, Dirk (½/1)
Uzunovic, Alija (1/1)
Viehmann, Werner (½/1)
Vogler, Tilmann (0/1)
Wallhof, Dieter (0/1)
Wallrabenstein, Udo (1/1)
Weder, Hanspeter (½/1)
Wege, Jochen (0/1)
Wegener, Hans Karl (1/1)
Weiland, Thomas (½/1)
Wendel, Stefan (0/1)
Wich, Manuela (1/1)
Wrede, Michael (0/1)
Zeuner, Michael (0/1)
Zimmermann, Frank (0/1)
Zunker, Reinhard (½/1)
Openings played as White (46)
B08 Pirc, Classical (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2197.5
Result:
2/5 = 40%
B07 Pirc (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2153.25
Result:
2½/4 = 62.5%
B19 Caro-Kann, Classical (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nd7)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
2½/4 = 62.5%
B34 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nxc6)
Average Elo:
2187
Result:
1½/3 = 50%
B44 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6)
Average Elo:
2253
Result:
0/3 = 0%
B01 Scandinavian (1.e4 d5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/2 = 50%
B85 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Classical (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be2 a6 7.O-O Qc7 8.f4 Nc6)
Average Elo:
2012
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
B33 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4)
Average Elo:
2188
Result:
0/2 = 0%
C41 Philidor Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/2 = 50%
C14 French, Classical (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/2 = 25%
B06 Robatsch (1.e4 g6)
Average Elo:
2163
Result:
1/2 = 50%
C57 Two Knights (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5)
Average Elo:
2115
Result:
1/2 = 50%
B87 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin with ...a6 and ...b5 (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Bc4 a6 7.Bb3 b5)
Average Elo:
2243.5
Result:
1/2 = 50%
B86 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Bc4)
Average Elo:
2415
Result:
1/2 = 50%
C18 French, Winawer (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3)
Average Elo:
2210
Result:
½/2 = 25%
A24 English, Bremen System with ...g6 (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 g6)
Average Elo:
2091
Result:
1/2 = 50%
B56 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B15 Caro-Kann (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C71 Ruy Lopez (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6)
Average Elo:
2141
Result:
0/1 = 0%
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:
2214
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A83 Dutch, Staunton Gambit (1.d4 f5 2.e4 fxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5)
Average Elo:
2153
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B62 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6)
Average Elo:
2560
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C19 French, Winawer, Advance (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E51 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Nf3 d5)
Average Elo:
1991
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A11 English, Caro-Kann Defensive System (1.c4 c6)
Average Elo:
2105
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D60 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3 Nbd7)
Average Elo:
2108
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B35 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Modern Variation with Bc4 (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4)
Average Elo:
2149
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C26 Vienna (1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c6 5.e3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C10 French (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 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:
2143
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C50 Giuoco Piano (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7)
Average Elo:
2160
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B72 Sicilian, Dragon (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D33 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.g3)
Average Elo:
2008
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B75 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3)
Average Elo:
1986
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C02 French, Advance (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5)
Average Elo:
2121
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C12 French, McCutcheon (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Bb4)
Average Elo:
2224
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B28 Sicilian, O'Kelly Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 a6)
Average Elo:
2105
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C60 Ruy Lopez (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C45 Scotch Game (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4)
Average Elo:
2168
Result:
½/1 = 50%
Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B54 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4)
Average Elo:
2428
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B03 Alekhine's Defense (1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E46 Nimzo-Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B95 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6...e6 (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
Openings played as Black (45)
D25 Queen's Gambit Accepted (1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3)
Average Elo:
2262.4
Result:
2/8 = 25%
D20 Queen's Gambit Accepted (1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4)
Average Elo:
2188
Result:
1½/6 = 25%
C45 Scotch Game (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4)
Average Elo:
2208
Result:
1/5 = 20%
C55 Two Knights Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2240
Result:
2½/5 = 50%
A12 English with b3 (1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.b3)
Average Elo:
2294
Result:
1/3 = 33.33%
D02 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2117.5
Result:
1½/3 = 50%
D24 Queen's Gambit Accepted (1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2151.5
Result:
1/3 = 33.33%
C77 Ruy Lopez (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2115
Result:
1/2 = 50%
A00 Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo:
2240
Result:
1/2 = 50%
C80 Ruy Lopez, Open (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4)
Average Elo:
2287
Result:
0/2 = 0%
C83 Ruy Lopez, Open (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6)
Average Elo:
2016
Result:
½/2 = 25%
C47 Four Knights (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2089
Result:
1/2 = 50%
C24 Bishop's Opening (1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2175.5
Result:
0/2 = 0%
A54 Old Indian, Ukrainian Variation, 4.Nf3 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2173
Result:
1/2 = 50%
C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7)
Average Elo:
2213
Result:
1/2 = 50%
A25 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6)
Average Elo:
2253
Result:
0/2 = 0%
D00 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5)
Average Elo:
2180
Result:
1/2 = 50%
B06 Robatsch (1.e4 g6)
Average Elo:
2208.5
Result:
0/2 = 0%
D06 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4)
Average Elo:
2140.5
Result:
½/2 = 25%
A06 Reti Opening (1.Nf3 d5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A01 Nimzovich-Larsen Attack (1.b3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C22 Center Game (1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.Qxd4 Nc6)
Average Elo:
2120
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A28 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C64 Ruy Lopez, Classical (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Bc5)
Average Elo:
2280
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D91 Grunfeld, 5.Bg5 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bg5)
Average Elo:
2070
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D04 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B20 Sicilian (1.e4 c5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C31 King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4 d5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3)
Average Elo:
2188
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D16 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4)
Average Elo:
2179
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C68 Ruy Lopez, Exchange (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6)
Average Elo:
2110
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:
2133
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D22 Queen's Gambit Accepted (1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 a6 4.e3 Bg4 5.Bxc4 e6 6.d5)
Average Elo:
2329
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A07 King's Indian Attack (1.Nf3 d5 2.g3)
Average Elo:
2325
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A09 Reti Opening (1.Nf3 d5 2.c4)
Average Elo:
2243
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C44 King's Pawn Game (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A16 English (1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D23 Queen's Gambit Accepted (1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2060
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A20 English (1.c4 e5)
Average Elo:
2170
Result:
0/1 = 0%
Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo:
2133
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A36 English (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3)
Average Elo:
1989
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D35 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2020
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C11 French (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2015
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E12 Queen's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6)
Average Elo:
2169
Result:
½/1 = 50%