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Player:
(Eg:
Carlsen,Magnus
)
Link, Michael
FIDE
:
FIDE Card
Years
:
1988-2004
Number of games
:
142
Number of wins
:
61
Number of draws
:
37
Number of losses
:
44
White score
:
47½/72 (65.97% - Average Elo: 2191.3)
Black score
:
32/70 (45.71% - Average Elo: 2214.37)
Rating progression
Games
White wins
White draws
White losses
Black wins
Black draws
Black losses
Top wins
Link, Michael (2290) - Kovalev, Andrei (2530), Staufer op 06th, Schwaebisch Gmuend (B89) - 1994
Link, Michael (2290) - Kveinys, Aloyzas (2520), Reykjavik op, Reykjavik (B43) - 1994
Link, Michael (2130) - Podzielny, Karl Heinz (2435), Goch op 03rd, Goch (B42) - 1992
Doncevic, Dario (2370) - Link, Michael (2295), Oberliga Sued W 9394, Germany (E73) - 1994
Berset, Philippe (2235) - Link, Michael (2290), Geneve op, Geneve (B80) - 1994
Henssler, Joachim (2230) - Link, Michael (2290), Cannes op-B, Cannes (B43) - 1994
Link, Michael - ? (70)
Linn, Burkhard (2/2)
Pax, Horst (1/2)
Ackermann, Frank (½/1)
Balcerak, Jakob (½/1)
Barsov, Alexei (0/1)
Bastian, Martin (1/1)
Bjornsson, Bjorn Freyr (½/1)
Bogdanovich, Grigory Grigorievic (1/1)
Braemigk, Uwe (1/1)
Burden, James (1/1)
Chenaux, Patrick (1/1)
Conquest, Stuart (0/1)
Czap, Bernhard (1/1)
Daum, Dieter (1/1)
De Ruyter, Luuk (1/1)
Doettling, Gustav (½/1)
Fleuren, Jan (1/1)
Forthofer, Robert (½/1)
Frenzel, Siegfried (1/1)
Glenzer, Siegfried (1/1)
Haas, Karmi (1/1)
Haessler, Carl A (1/1)
Hjartarson, Johann (½/1)
Hund, Gerhard (½/1)
Ibragimov, Ildar (0/1)
Ionescu, Constantin (0/1)
Jung, Michael (½/1)
Junker, R (1/1)
Karnaoughk, Valerie (1/1)
Keller, Wolfgang (1/1)
Kengis, Edvins (0/1)
Kersten, Uwe (0/1)
Kienast, Joerg (0/1)
Kiselev, Gennady Aleksandrov (0/1)
Komhard, Oliver (1/1)
Kovalev, Andrei (1/1)
Krieger, Hermann (1/1)
Krumm, Johannes (1/1)
Kveinys, Aloyzas (1/1)
Lada, Ireneusz (0/1)
Leimeister, Erhard (0/1)
Lorenz, Dietmar (½/1)
Mahdy, Khaled (1/1)
Mauro, Alan (1/1)
Mohaupt, Sascha (½/1)
Mueller, P (1/1)
Neumann, Horst (1/1)
Ostermeyer, Peter (½/1)
Pawlitzki, Thomas (1/1)
Peters, Andreas (½/1)
Phillips, Gordon (1/1)
Podzielny, Karl Heinz (1/1)
Popovic, Petar (0/1)
Ramroth, Stefan (1/1)
Richter, Kurt (0/1)
Rosenberger, Frank (1/1)
Schlecht, Daniel (1/1)
Schneider, Udo (½/1)
Schwing, Hans Elmar (½/1)
Send, Sebastian (0/1)
Shalnev, Nicolai (0/1)
Srokowski, Jaroslav (1/1)
Thielen, Dankward (½/1)
Vogel, Christian (1/1)
Wehbe, Ricardo (1/1)
Wells, Peter K (0/1)
Weyerhauser, Joerg (1/1)
Wich, Manuela (1/1)
Wieckert, Martin (0/1)
Zeller, Frank (1/1)
? - Link, Michael (69)
Schmaltz, Roland (0/2)
Allegro, Valery (0/1)
Anka, Emil (½/1)
Astengo, Corrado (1/1)
Begovac, Franja (0/1)
Behling, Robert (½/1)
Berger, Thomas (0/1)
Bermadinger, Hermann (1/1)
Berset, Philippe (1/1)
Bilitza, Alwin (1/1)
Bonning, James (0/1)
Budnikov, Alexandar (½/1)
Classen, Harald (½/1)
De Ruyter, Luuk (1/1)
Doncevic, Dario (1/1)
Drill, Frank J (0/1)
Dueckstein, Andreas (½/1)
Ebeling, Jens (½/1)
Eckert, Frank (0/1)
Ehlvest, Jaan (0/1)
Eshuis, Hans (½/1)
Esswein, Karlheinz (½/1)
Glanznig, Mario (1/1)
Gross, Karl (½/1)
Gross, Klaus Juergen (1/1)
Grosshans, Ralf Michael (0/1)
Gurevich, Dmitry (0/1)
Guttenbacher, Bernhard (1/1)
Haas, Stefan (0/1)
Haenisch, Uwe (0/1)
Heidenreich, Mathias (1/1)
Hennsler, Joachim (1/1)
Henssler, Joachim (1/1)
Holl, Andreas (1/1)
Horstmann, Olaf (½/1)
Ikonnikov, Vyacheslav (½/1)
Jacobs, Johan (1/1)
Kaber, Claude (1/1)
Kalinitschew, Sergey (0/1)
Klafki, Christoph (½/1)
Klock, Stephan (½/1)
Kohlei, Rolf (1/1)
Loos, Stephan (0/1)
Meijers, Viesturs (0/1)
Meinhardt, Michael (0/1)
Neurohr, Stephan (0/1)
Panzalovic, Srdjan (0/1)
Polak, Tomas (0/1)
Portisch, Ferenc (½/1)
Rashkovsky, Nukhim N (½/1)
Raubal, Martin (1/1)
Ritter, Uwe (0/1)
Rosenberger, Frank (0/1)
Sand, Rolf (1/1)
Sax, Gyula (0/1)
Scheunemann, Tim (1/1)
Schmidt, Johannes (½/1)
Schroeder, Juergen (½/1)
Sefeloge, Michael (1/1)
Seifert, Christopher (0/1)
Shneider, Aleksandr (½/1)
Stanec, Nikolaus (0/1)
Tchernyi, Andrei (0/1)
Terwey, Matthias (1/1)
Traub, Boris (0/1)
Van Wely, Loek (½/1)
Wieckert, Martin (½/1)
Winterkamp, Stefan (1/1)
Zeller, Frank (0/1)
Openings played as White (46)
B42 Sicilian, Kan (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3)
Average Elo:
2395
Result:
4/5 = 80%
B89 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Bc4 Nc6 7.Be3)
Average Elo:
2413.33
Result:
3/5 = 60%
B20 Sicilian (1.e4 c5)
Average Elo:
2260
Result:
3/3 = 100%
B36 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.c4)
Average Elo:
2185
Result:
1½/3 = 50%
D01 Richter-Veresov Attack (1.d4 d5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bg5)
Average Elo:
1761.33
Result:
1½/3 = 50%
C43 Petrov, Modern Attack (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 exd4 4.e5 Ne4 5.Qxd4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
2/2 = 100%
A03 Bird's Opening (1.f4 d5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
2/2 = 100%
B82 Sicilian, Scheveningen (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.f4)
Average Elo:
2150
Result:
2/2 = 100%
B12 Caro-Kann Defense (1.e4 c6 2.d4)
Average Elo:
2327.5
Result:
0/2 = 0%
B08 Pirc, Classical (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1890
Result:
2/2 = 100%
C11 French (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2425
Result:
1/2 = 50%
A24 English, Bremen System with ...g6 (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 g6)
Average Elo:
2385
Result:
½/2 = 25%
A25 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6)
Average Elo:
2195
Result:
1/2 = 50%
B29 Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2405
Result:
2/2 = 100%
A30 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5)
Average Elo:
2068
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
A43 Old Benoni (1.d4 c5)
Average Elo:
2118
Result:
0/2 = 0%
B15 Caro-Kann (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2092
Result:
1/2 = 50%
C77 Ruy Lopez (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C05 French, Tarrasch (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
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:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B56 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2405
Result:
½/1 = 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:
2285
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C16 French, Winawer (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B02 Alekhine's Defense (1.e4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2495
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B86 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Bc4)
Average Elo:
1780
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C10 French (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3)
Average Elo:
1940
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C18 French, Winawer (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3)
Average Elo:
1985
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B01 Scandinavian (1.e4 d5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B84 Sicilian, Scheveningen (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be2 a6)
Average Elo:
2425
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B06 Robatsch (1.e4 g6)
Average Elo:
2235
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C80 Ruy Lopez, Open (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4)
Average Elo:
2595
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C67 Ruy Lopez (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4)
Average Elo:
2200
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B90 Sicilian, Najdorf (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2520
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening (1.e4)
Average Elo:
2525
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B27 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2065
Result:
1/1 = 100%
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:
2425
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A40 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4)
Average Elo:
2575
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B57 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bc4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A06 Reti Opening (1.Nf3 d5)
Average Elo:
1790
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A26 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6)
Average Elo:
2085
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E65 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav, 7.O-O (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 d6 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 c5 7.O-O)
Average Elo:
1810
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A16 English (1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2215
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A15 English (1.c4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2205
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B07 Pirc (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2336
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D00 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5)
Average Elo:
1312
Result:
1/1 = 100%
Openings played as Black (45)
B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2103.33
Result:
5/6 = 83.33%
B22 Sicilian, Alapin (1.e4 c5 2.c3)
Average Elo:
2166.67
Result:
4/5 = 80%
E92 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5)
Average Elo:
2533.33
Result:
1/4 = 25%
B42 Sicilian, Kan (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3)
Average Elo:
2212.5
Result:
1/4 = 25%
A30 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5)
Average Elo:
2418.33
Result:
1/3 = 33.33%
A45 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2210
Result:
1/3 = 33.33%
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:
2032.5
Result:
1½/3 = 50%
A48 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6)
Average Elo:
2480
Result:
1/2 = 50%
A10 English (1.c4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
A34 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2425
Result:
0/2 = 0%
C42 Petrov Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2157.5
Result:
0/2 = 0%
B23 Sicilian, Closed (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B06 Robatsch (1.e4 g6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E61 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2400
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B21 Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4 (1.e4 c5 2.f4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A67 Benoni, Taimanov Variation (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.f4 Bg7 8.Bb5+)
Average Elo:
2310
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B41 Sicilian, Kan (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6)
Average Elo:
1950
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B25 Sicilian, Closed (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A26 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6)
Average Elo:
2275
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E73 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2)
Average Elo:
2370
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B48 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E90 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2545
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B80 Sicilian, Scheveningen (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6)
Average Elo:
2235
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A01 Nimzovich-Larsen Attack (1.b3)
Average Elo:
2255
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E84 King's Indian, Samisch, Panno Main line (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 Nc6 7.Nge2 a6 8.Qd2 Rb8)
Average Elo:
2125
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B82 Sicilian, Scheveningen (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.f4)
Average Elo:
2445
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E97 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6)
Average Elo:
2570
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A49 King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4 (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3)
Average Elo:
2535
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A04 Reti Opening (1.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2080
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A56 Benoni Defense (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5)
Average Elo:
2210
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E98 King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov, 9.Ne1 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Ne1)
Average Elo:
2555
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B84 Sicilian, Scheveningen (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be2 a6)
Average Elo:
2450
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E81 King's Indian, Samisch (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O)
Average Elo:
2425
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E60 King's Indian Defense (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B20 Sicilian (1.e4 c5)
Average Elo:
2010
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C44 King's Pawn Game (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6)
Average Elo:
2511
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D32 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5)
Average Elo:
2226
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C37 King's Gambit Accepted (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2101
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C24 Bishop's Opening (1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
1992
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C43 Petrov, Modern Attack (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 exd4 4.e5 Ne4 5.Qxd4)
Average Elo:
1465
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:
1487
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D35 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
1272
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C26 Vienna (1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2089
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A08 King's Indian Attack (1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c5 3.Bg2)
Average Elo:
1610
Result:
1/1 = 100%