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Balster, Stefan



FIDE:	FIDE Card
Title:	FM
Years:	1991-2016
Number of games:	177
Number of wins:	60
Number of draws:	71
Number of losses:	46
White score:	47/85 (55.29% - Average Elo: 2293.44)
Black score:	48½/92 (52.72% - Average Elo: 2279.24)

Rating progression

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Black wins
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Top wins

Balster, Stefan (2200) - Kishnev, Sergey (2520), Gelsenkirchen, Gelsenkirchen (A25) - 1991

Balster, Stefan (2200) - Costa, Jean Luc (2405), Gelsenkirchen, Gelsenkirchen (C41) - 1991

Balster, Stefan (2334) - Peng, Zhaoqin (2401), BL2-West 0102, Germany (A22) - 2002

Niklasch, Oliver (2363) - Balster, Stefan (2323), BL2-West 9900, Germany (E02) - 2000

Hubert, Ralf (2347) - Balster, Stefan (2349), Oberliga NRW 0203 II, Germany (D43) - 2003

Rosen, Bernd (2340) - Balster, Stefan (2305), BL2-West 9899, Germany (A34) - 1999

Balster, Stefan - ? (82)

Buscher, Michael (1/2)

Metz, Hartmut (½/2)

Zimmermann, Frank (1/2)

Agdestein, Simen (½/1)

Backwinkel, Paul (½/1)

Balashov, Yuri S (0/1)

Baumann, Frank (1/1)

Baumhus, Reinhard (½/1)

Bayer, Ernst Wolfgang (0/1)

Becker, Marcel (1/1)

Becking, Stephan (1/1)

Blasek, Ralph (½/1)

Boe, Mads (1/1)

Boehm, Joachim (1/1)

Boguszlavszkij, Jevgenyij (1/1)

Bosboom, Manuel (0/1)

Buchal, Stephan (½/1)

Buchenthal, Dieter (1/1)

Buecker, Stefan (0/1)

Burkart, Patrick (½/1)

Bus, Tom (1/1)

Cooke, Eric (1/1)

Costa, Jean Luc (1/1)

Danielmeier, Ralf (1/1)

David, Alberto (0/1)

De Groote, Ewoud (1/1)

Dobos, Jozsef (½/1)

Dub, Zeev (1/1)

Dueball, Juergen (1/1)

Egeli, Per Ove (½/1)

Elsen, Mark (1/1)

Fischdick, Gisela (1/1)

Fork, Raphael (1/1)

Gallinnis, Norbert (0/1)

Gottschalk, Jens (0/1)

Griasev, Dimitri (1/1)

Grooten, Herman (1/1)

Halasz, Tamas (0/1)

Hanisch, Bernd (0/1)

Hellsten, Johan (0/1)

Himpenmacher, Andy (½/1)

Jacob, Gunnar (½/1)

Kahn, Evarth (½/1)

Keller, Thomas L (1/1)

Kettner, Juergen (½/1)

Kishnev, Sergey (1/1)

Koch, Thomas (0/1)

Kreutzkamp, Reinhold (½/1)

Loifenfeld, Jakov (0/1)

Mainka, Romuald (0/1)

McDonald, Neil R (1/1)

Meyer, Armin (½/1)

Osieka, Udo (½/1)

Pedersen, Nicolai Vesterbaek (½/1)

Peng, Zhaoqin (1/1)

Puth, Dieter (1/1)

Racherbaeumer, Marcel (½/1)

Raubal, Martin (0/1)

Richter, Olav (1/1)

Roesemann, Rainer (½/1)

Sawatzki, Frank (½/1)

Schmidt, Kai Uwe (½/1)

Schnitzspan, Lothar (1/1)

Siebenhaar, Erich (½/1)

Sipos, Istvan (0/1)

Skulener, Wladimir (0/1)

Sonntag, Hans Hubert (½/1)

Soos, Bela (0/1)

Straeter, Timo (0/1)

Stromer, Alexander (½/1)

Timman, Jan H (0/1)

Ueter, Heinz Dieter (1/1)

Vandrey, Wolfgang (1/1)

Wagenknecht, Uwe (½/1)

Wahls, Matthias (0/1)

Weber, Dirk (1/1)

Wehmeier, Stefan (½/1)

Wittenberg, Andreas (½/1)

Wolter, Kai (½/1)

Zimmermann, Rolf (1/1)

Zude, Erik (½/1)

Zueger, Beat (½/1)

? - Balster, Stefan (90)

Mertens, Heiko (1½/2)

Meyer, Peter (½/2)

Arnold, Ferenc (0/1)

Bauduin, Etienne (0/1)

Beeker, Detlef (1/1)

Bischof, Detlef (½/1)

Bobras, Piotr (0/1)

Bonnmann, Reinhard (1/1)

Bruchmann, Norbert (1/1)

Bruemmer, Frank (1/1)

Buchenau, Frank (0/1)

Castaneda, Nelson (½/1)

Dassel, Ulrich (1/1)

Daum, Holger (1/1)

Derichs, Roger (½/1)

Diedam, Norbert (½/1)

Dobos, Jozsef (½/1)

Dresen, Ulrich (½/1)

Drollinger, Dennis (½/1)

Eng, Holger (0/1)

Eperjesi, Laszlo (½/1)

Franke, Johannes (1/1)

Funke, Reinhard (½/1)

Gallinnis, Norbert (1/1)

Gerst, Michael (1/1)

Gikas, Andreas Basilius (1/1)

Grafl, Florian (1/1)

Heinbuch, Detlef Ulrich (½/1)

Ivic, Roman Eric (1/1)

Jepson, Christian (1/1)

Joachim, Sven (0/1)

Kamp, Christoph (½/1)

Kilian, Ralf (½/1)

Klein, Felix (0/1)

Knoche, Lennart (1/1)

Kober, Henning (0/1)

Konson, Konstantin (1/1)

Koscielski, Janusch (½/1)

Kraemer, Matthias (1/1)

Kuhnen, Thomas (1/1)

Kurr, Gerd (1/1)

Kveinys, Aloyzas (0/1)

Lau, Dietmar (0/1)

Lendwai, Reinhard (0/1)

Ljuboschiz, Alexander (½/1)

Lobron, Eric (0/1)

Marechal, Andy (½/1)

Maslak, Sulejman (½/1)

Metz, Hartmut (1/1)

Mork, Kjell Arne (1/1)

Nagatz, Frank (½/1)

Niermann, Michael (½/1)

Niklasch, Oliver (1/1)

Orsher, Ilya (0/1)

Oswald, Hans Joachim (½/1)

Ottens, Stephan (1/1)

Pachow, Joerg (½/1)

Paci, Cedric (½/1)

Padevsky, Nikola Bochev (½/1)

Partenheimer, Axel (½/1)

Peschel, Andreas (½/1)

Pham, Minh Hoang (0/1)

Pichler, Juergen (½/1)

Roski, Ferdinand (0/1)

Schaefer, Juergen (1/1)

Schmitz, Joachim (½/1)

Schuh, Hubert (½/1)

Siebrecht, Sebastian (½/1)

Sigfusson, Sigurdur Dadi (½/1)

Smyslov, Vassily V (0/1)

Stabolewski, Andreas (1/1)

Stewart, Neil (½/1)

Stoering, Volker (½/1)

Timagin, Piotr (0/1)

Van Beek, Alexander (0/1)

Vyzmanavin, Alexey (½/1)

Weber, Peter (1/1)

Wicht, Juergen (½/1)

Wittenberg, Andreas (½/1)

Zatschek, Mark (0/1)

Zimmer, Ralph (0/1)

Openings played as White (37)

A25 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6)
Average Elo: 2344.62
Result: 5/8 = 62.5%

A21 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo: 2249.86
Result: 3/7 = 42.86%

A39 English, Symmetrical, Main line with d4 (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.O-O O-O 7.d4)
Average Elo: 2036.25
Result: 4/5 = 80%

A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3)
Average Elo: 2290
Result: 2½/5 = 50%

A30 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5)
Average Elo: 2341.75
Result: 3/4 = 75%

A12 English with b3 (1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.b3)
Average Elo: 2270
Result: 2½/4 = 62.5%

A10 English (1.c4)
Average Elo: 2262.5
Result: 2/4 = 50%

A18 English, Mikenas-Carls (1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.e4)
Average Elo: 2275.5
Result: 2/4 = 50%

A37 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3)
Average Elo: 2194.33
Result: 2½/4 = 62.5%

A36 English (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3)
Average Elo: 2288.33
Result: 2/3 = 66.67%

A24 English, Bremen System with ...g6 (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 g6)
Average Elo: 2235
Result: 2½/3 = 83.33%

A34 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo: 2447.5
Result: 1½/2 = 75%

A13 English (1.c4 e6)
Average Elo: 2255
Result: 1/2 = 50%

A16 English (1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3)
Average Elo: 2204
Result: 1½/2 = 75%

A35 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6)
Average Elo: 2298.5
Result: 1/2 = 50%

D94 Grunfeld (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.e3)
Average Elo: 2240
Result: ½/2 = 25%

D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c6 5.e3)
Average Elo: 2274
Result: ½/2 = 25%

E69 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Main line (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 d6 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.e4 c6 9.h3)
Average Elo: 2244.5
Result: ½/2 = 25%

A22 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6)
Average Elo: 2383.5
Result: 2/2 = 100%

C25 Vienna (1.e4 e5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo: 2410
Result: 0/1 = 0%

C26 Vienna (1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6)
Average Elo: 2580
Result: 0/1 = 0%

C41 Philidor Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6)
Average Elo: 2405
Result: 1/1 = 100%

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: 2425
Result: ½/1 = 50%

A38 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 Nf6)
Average Elo: 0
Result: 1/1 = 100%

A14 English (1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.O-O)
Average Elo: 2355
Result: 0/1 = 0%

A19 English, Mikenas-Carls, Sicilian Variation (1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.e4 c5)
Average Elo: 2280
Result: 0/1 = 0%

E67 King's Indian, Fianchetto (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 d6 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 Nbd7)
Average Elo: 2444
Result: 0/1 = 0%

D71 Neo-Grunfeld (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 d5)
Average Elo: 2533
Result: 0/1 = 0%

A17 English (1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6)
Average Elo: 2215
Result: ½/1 = 50%

A31 English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation (1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4)
Average Elo: 2568
Result: 0/1 = 0%

A84 Dutch (1.d4 f5 2.c4)
Average Elo: 2281
Result: 1/1 = 100%

E15 Queen's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3)
Average Elo: 2382
Result: ½/1 = 50%

Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo: 2254
Result: 0/1 = 0%

D76 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.cd Nxd5, 7.O-O Nb6 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.O-O Nb6)
Average Elo: 2202
Result: 1/1 = 100%

E14 Queen's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.e3)
Average Elo: 2214
Result: ½/1 = 50%

A98 Dutch, Ilyin-Genevsky Variation with Qc2 (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 e6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.Nc3 Qe8 8.Qc2)
Average Elo: 2390
Result: 1/1 = 100%

D56 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3 h6 7.Bh4)
Average Elo: 2371
Result: ½/1 = 50%

Openings played as Black (45)

D36 Queen's Gambit Declined, Exchange, Positional line, 6.Qc2 (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.Qc2)
Average Elo: 2310.2
Result: 5/10 = 50%

B80 Sicilian, Scheveningen (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6)
Average Elo: 2423.67
Result: 1½/5 = 30%

B22 Sicilian, Alapin (1.e4 c5 2.c3)
Average Elo: 2370.33
Result: 2½/4 = 62.5%

B82 Sicilian, Scheveningen (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.f4)
Average Elo: 2356.25
Result: 1½/4 = 37.5%

A34 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo: 2287.5
Result: 2½/4 = 62.5%

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: 2197
Result: 2½/4 = 62.5%

B25 Sicilian, Closed (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6)
Average Elo: 2281.67
Result: 2½/4 = 62.5%

E02 Catalan, Open, 5.Qa4 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Qa4+)
Average Elo: 2175
Result: 2½/3 = 83.33%

B23 Sicilian, Closed (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo: 2181.5
Result: 3/3 = 100%

C00 French Defense (1.e4 e6)
Average Elo: 2343
Result: ½/2 = 25%

B81 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.g4)
Average Elo: 2430
Result: 1/2 = 50%

D61 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.Qc2)
Average Elo: 2481
Result: ½/2 = 25%

A30 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5)
Average Elo: 2287.5
Result: 1½/2 = 75%

A04 Reti Opening (1.Nf3)
Average Elo: 2202
Result: 1½/2 = 75%

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: 2312.5
Result: ½/2 = 25%

D00 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5)
Average Elo: 2189.5
Result: 1½/2 = 75%

B20 Sicilian (1.e4 c5)
Average Elo: 2248
Result: 1/2 = 50%

D43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c6)
Average Elo: 2231
Result: 1/2 = 50%

B40 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6)
Average Elo: 2412
Result: ½/2 = 25%

Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo: 2190
Result: 1/2 = 50%

B24 Sicilian, Closed (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3)
Average Elo: 2174.5
Result: 1/2 = 50%

A05 Reti Opening (1.Nf3 Nf6)
Average Elo: 2169.5
Result: 1½/2 = 75%

B44 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6)
Average Elo: 2277
Result: 1/2 = 50%

B83 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be2)
Average Elo: 2031.5
Result: 1½/2 = 75%

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: 2435
Result: 0/1 = 0%

D66 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Bd3 line (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.Rc1 c6 8.Bd3)
Average Elo: 0
Result: ½/1 = 50%

E14 Queen's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.e3)
Average Elo: 2235
Result: 0/1 = 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: 2235
Result: 0/1 = 0%

D02 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3)
Average Elo: 2260
Result: 0/1 = 0%

A39 English, Symmetrical, Main line with d4 (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.O-O O-O 7.d4)
Average Elo: 2335
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: 2320
Result: 1/1 = 100%

D34 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.g3 Nf6 7.Bg2 Be7)
Average Elo: 2295
Result: ½/1 = 50%

D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c6 5.e3)
Average Elo: 2105
Result: ½/1 = 50%

A07 King's Indian Attack (1.Nf3 d5 2.g3)
Average Elo: 2345
Result: 0/1 = 0%

B48 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3)
Average Elo: 2341
Result: ½/1 = 50%

D35 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6)
Average Elo: 2309
Result: ½/1 = 50%

B88 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Bc4 Nc6)
Average Elo: 2360
Result: ½/1 = 50%

B47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7)
Average Elo: 2290
Result: ½/1 = 50%

C01 French, Exchange (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bg5)
Average Elo: 2208
Result: ½/1 = 50%

D63 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 7.Rc1)
Average Elo: 2262
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: 2102
Result: 1/1 = 100%

E03 Catalan, Open (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Qa4+ Nbd7 6.Qxc4)
Average Elo: 2107
Result: ½/1 = 50%

E05 Catalan, Open, Classical line (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Nf3 Be7)
Average Elo: 2210
Result: 1/1 = 100%

B50 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6)
Average Elo: 2181
Result: ½/1 = 50%

A36 English (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3)
Average Elo: 2273
Result: ½/1 = 50%