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Player:
(Eg:
Carlsen,Magnus
)
Balmer, Stephen
FIDE
:
FIDE Card
Years
:
1972-2005
Number of games
:
43
Number of wins
:
12
Number of draws
:
14
Number of losses
:
17
White score
:
12½/24 (52.08% - Average Elo: 1892.33)
Black score
:
6½/19 (34.21% - Average Elo: 2254.33)
Games
White wins
White draws
White losses
Black wins
Black draws
Black losses
Top wins
Balmer, Stephen (1951) - Russell, David (1912), Hawick op, Hawick () - 2005
Balmer, Stephen - Boustedt, Henrik, Edinburgh CC-Kamraterna CC, Edinburgh (C18) - 1999
Balmer, Stephen - Denny, D, Glasgow op U18, Glasgow (D94) - 1973
Miranda, Vladimiro - Balmer, Stephen, Schilde op U18 8th, Schilde (C01) - 1972
Strugo, Victor - Balmer, Stephen, World U20-ch12 Preliminaries B, Teeside (E17) - 1973
Sheinwald, Chagai - Balmer, Stephen, World U20-ch12 Preliminaries B, Teeside (B17) - 1973
Balmer, Stephen - ? (23)
Ammann, Philipp (0/2)
Abravanel, Chely (½/1)
Boustedt, Henrik (1/1)
Denny, D (1/1)
Doucet, Christian (1/1)
Franklin, Chris (1/1)
Gonzalez, R (1/1)
Green, Andrew (½/1)
Gudmundsson, Kristjan (0/1)
Kernan, Bernard (0/1)
Knochel, Torben (½/1)
Nieto Miguez, Manuel (0/1)
Nixon, Rodney J (1/1)
Podzielny, Karl Heinz (0/1)
Russell, David (1/1)
Semokoff, Aleks (1/1)
Sheinwald, Chagai (0/1)
Spencer, Edwin A (½/1)
Swanson, Stephen (½/1)
Szekely, Peter (½/1)
Tanner, Henry (1/1)
Treppner, Gerd (½/1)
Van der Hauw, Henk (0/1)
? - Balmer, Stephen (18)
Pascual, Edmund (½/2)
Berry, Neil (0/1)
Bessenay, Maurice (½/1)
Brixel, Christof (0/1)
Doucet, Christian (0/1)
Garcia, Gildardo (½/1)
Goormachtigh, Johan (½/1)
Kinlay, Jonathan (½/1)
Melrose, Gregory (0/1)
Miranda, Vladimiro (1/1)
Nicholson, John (½/1)
Oney, Adil Feridun (½/1)
Orr, Mark JL (0/1)
Pritchett, Craig William (0/1)
Sheinwald, Chagai (1/1)
Strugo, Victor (1/1)
Van der Sterren, Paul (0/1)
Weber, Leo (0/1)
Openings played as White (20)
B99 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Be7 8.Qf3 Qc7 9.O-O-O Nbd7)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/2 = 50%
D94 Grunfeld (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.e3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
E61 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/2 = 50%
A04 Reti Opening (1.Nf3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/2 = 0%
D46 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A48 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6)
Average Elo:
0
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:
0
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:
1/1 = 100%
A12 English with b3 (1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.b3)
Average Elo:
1720
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A72 Benoni, Classical without 9.O-O (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.Nf3 Bg7 8.Be2 O-O)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B07 Pirc (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo:
1912
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D05 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 e6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
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:
2045
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A06 Reti Opening (1.Nf3 d5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E91 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A42 Modern Defense, Averbakh System (1.d4 d6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4)
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:
½/1 = 50%
B09 Pirc, Austrian Attack (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
Openings played as Black (17)
B17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/2 = 50%
B01 Scandinavian (1.e4 d5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/2 = 50%
A57 Benko Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C01 French, Exchange (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bg5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E08 Catalan, Closed (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O Nbd7 7.Qc2)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C12 French, McCutcheon (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Bb4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B21 Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4 (1.e4 c5 2.f4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B23 Sicilian, Closed (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E17 Queen's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D35 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B16 Caro-Kann, Bronstein-Larsen Variation (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ gxf6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D06 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D01 Richter-Veresov Attack (1.d4 d5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bg5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D52 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.e3 c6 6.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2310
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E91 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2)
Average Elo:
2207
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A80 Dutch (1.d4 f5)
Average Elo:
2246
Result:
0/1 = 0%