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Player:
(Eg:
Carlsen,Magnus
)
Banik, Thorsten
FIDE
:
FIDE Card
Years
:
1996-2015
Number of games
:
136
Number of wins
:
52
Number of draws
:
41
Number of losses
:
43
White score
:
40/65 (61.54% - Average Elo: 2158.91)
Black score
:
32½/71 (45.77% - Average Elo: 2135.12)
Rating progression
Games
White wins
White draws
White losses
Black wins
Black draws
Black losses
Top wins
Banik, Thorsten - Feygin, Michael (2515), Dortmund Sparkassen op, Dortmund (D02) - 1998
Banik, Thorsten - Beil, Zdenek (2330), Sueder Sommer op, Sueder (A45) - 1996
Banik, Thorsten - Huss, Rolf (2215), Dortmund Sparkassen op, Dortmund (A87) - 1998
Krueger, Erich (2210) - Banik, Thorsten (2124), Ruhrgebiet VK1 0708, Germany (D12) - 2008
Baumhackel, Mario (2190) - Banik, Thorsten, Dortmund Sparkassen op, Dortmund (A05) - 1998
Romczik, Detlef (2170) - Banik, Thorsten (2180), Ruhrgebiet VK4 9900, Ruhrgebiet (A16) - 1999
Banik, Thorsten - ? (64)
Feygin, Michael (1/2)
Badke, Sven (0/1)
Barbaric, Mirko (1/1)
Beil, Zdenek (1/1)
Blenkers, Christian (1/1)
Brillo, Sascha (½/1)
Busch, Christian (½/1)
Denig, Friedrich (1/1)
Doering, Carsten (½/1)
Fuellgrabe, Thomas (½/1)
Galonska, Joern (½/1)
Geisler, Reinhard (1/1)
Genkin, Anatoli (0/1)
Gerst, Michael (1/1)
Goldschmidt, Christian (1/1)
Happel, Heiner (0/1)
Hartig, Frank (1/1)
Hellbing, Bernd (1/1)
Hemmert, Burghard (0/1)
Henrichs, Thomas (0/1)
Henrichs, Wenke (1/1)
Hoepner, Andreas (0/1)
Husari, Satea (½/1)
Huss, Rolf (1/1)
Jahn, Hendrik (1/1)
Janz, Raphael (1/1)
Klausmeier, Achim (1/1)
Klempt, Guenter (1/1)
Komans, Dieter (1/1)
Krueger, Heiner (½/1)
Lorum, Karsten (0/1)
Mainka, Romuald (0/1)
Maniocha, Marek (0/1)
Mueller, Marcus3 (½/1)
Nuber, Korbinian (½/1)
Pak, Raman (0/1)
Patscha, Elias (1/1)
Patzer, Stefan (1/1)
Pelz, Alexander (0/1)
Pfleger, Sascha (1/1)
Philipowski, Robert (0/1)
Poschke, Markus (0/1)
Reichenberg, Thomas (1/1)
Reinhold, Klaus (1/1)
Sarakauskas, Gediminas (0/1)
Sathe, Madan (1/1)
Schebler, Gerhard (0/1)
Scherber, Peter (1/1)
Schiller, Thomas (1/1)
Schneider, Hans Peter (½/1)
Senff, Martin (½/1)
Siepmann, Martin (1/1)
Tkachuk, Sergey Anatolyevich (1/1)
Trzaska, Peter (½/1)
Tsarouhas, Vasilios (½/1)
Tschendel, Roland (1/1)
Villwock, Martin (1/1)
Voigt, Ingrid (1/1)
Windfuhr, Thomas (0/1)
Wrede, Michael (1/1)
Wuebbeke, Christoph (0/1)
Wyrwich, Markus (½/1)
Zabarska, Natalia (1/1)
Zentgraf, Robert (1/1)
? - Banik, Thorsten (67)
Buschmann, Andreas (1½/2)
Herud, Martin (½/2)
Unteregge, Michael (½/2)
Wilde, Pierre (½/2)
Badura, Malte (½/1)
Balduan, Markus (0/1)
Baumhackel, Mario (1/1)
Beckmann, Emanuel (1/1)
Blaskowski, Johannes (0/1)
Blayvas, Jan (1/1)
Bogdanos, Antonios (1/1)
Braun, Vitali (½/1)
Bree, Thomas (0/1)
Brueggestrass, Volker (½/1)
Cleven, Maria (0/1)
Crede, Dietmar (1/1)
Daus, Peter (1/1)
Dehne, Mirko (½/1)
Eggenstein, Frank (½/1)
Ellen, Jan (½/1)
Frey, Nicole (1/1)
Goihl, Mona (1/1)
Hassler, Rolf (½/1)
Hebestreit, Andreas (½/1)
Hemig, Claas (1/1)
Henn, Marcus (½/1)
Heyen, Michael (½/1)
Hort, Alexej (½/1)
Husari, Satea (0/1)
Kalikhman, Grigorij (1/1)
Kern, Guido (0/1)
Koscielski, Janusch (0/1)
Krueger, Erich (1/1)
Krueger, Heiner (0/1)
Kruse, Peter (0/1)
Lauche, Christoph (1/1)
Levin, Felix (0/1)
Lietz, Werner (1/1)
Martin, Andreas (½/1)
Mayer Guerr, Stephan (0/1)
Meier, Jan (½/1)
Mittelbachert, Ulrich (½/1)
Moeller (0/1)
Nowik, Volker (0/1)
Okrajek, Alexander (0/1)
Ozerov, Ilja (½/1)
Polushkina, Svetlana (0/1)
Romczik, Detlef (1/1)
Rueberg, Jobst (0/1)
Schettki, Martin (1/1)
Schlaap, Ralf (½/1)
Schmidt, Oliver (1/1)
Schreiber, Joachim (½/1)
Schumacher, Dennis (½/1)
Sebald, Ralph (½/1)
Sinnwell, Horst (½/1)
Tan, Stephan (½/1)
Vandenbergen, Nicolas (½/1)
Volkhausen, Tobias (1/1)
Voss, Hubertus (0/1)
Wicht, Juergen (0/1)
Winkler, Sebastian (1/1)
Woestmann, Ulrich (0/1)
Wolter, Kai (0/1)
Wuebbeke, Christoph (0/1)
Zrinscak, Stephen (0/1)
Zumsande, Martin (½/1)
Openings played as White (30)
A45 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2181.71
Result:
9½/14 = 67.86%
D00 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5)
Average Elo:
2074
Result:
7/12 = 58.33%
D03 Torre Attack (Tartakower Variation) (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bg5)
Average Elo:
2220
Result:
2½/5 = 50%
D02 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2300
Result:
2½/4 = 62.5%
B22 Sicilian, Alapin (1.e4 c5 2.c3)
Average Elo:
2141.5
Result:
1/2 = 50%
C10 French (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2348
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
A44 Old Benoni Defense (1.d4 c5 2.d5 e5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
2/2 = 100%
B08 Pirc, Classical (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2008
Result:
1/2 = 50%
D53 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D52 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.e3 c6 6.Nf3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B40 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6)
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%
A87 Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2215
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D51 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Nbd7)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A80 Dutch (1.d4 f5)
Average Elo:
2475
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A91 Dutch Defense (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 e6 4.Bg2 Be7)
Average Elo:
2305
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B21 Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4 (1.e4 c5 2.f4)
Average Elo:
2230
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:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C11 French (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2482
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B07 Pirc (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2449
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D91 Grunfeld, 5.Bg5 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bg5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B01 Scandinavian (1.e4 d5)
Average Elo:
2031
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B06 Robatsch (1.e4 g6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A47 Queen's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 b6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2408
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E05 Catalan, Open, Classical line (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Nf3 Be7)
Average Elo:
1664
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A81 Dutch (1.d4 f5 2.g3)
Average Elo:
1997
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d6 9.h3)
Average Elo:
1969
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A40 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4)
Average Elo:
1823
Result:
1/1 = 100%
Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo:
2002
Result:
0/1 = 0%
Openings played as Black (45)
A16 English (1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2266
Result:
2½/7 = 35.71%
B22 Sicilian, Alapin (1.e4 c5 2.c3)
Average Elo:
2127.5
Result:
2½/4 = 62.5%
B01 Scandinavian (1.e4 d5)
Average Elo:
2080.25
Result:
2/4 = 50%
A00 Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo:
2057
Result:
1½/3 = 50%
D85 Grunfeld (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5)
Average Elo:
2280.33
Result:
½/3 = 16.67%
A34 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2345
Result:
½/2 = 25%
D94 Grunfeld (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.e3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
B11 Caro-Kann, Two Knights, 3...Bg4 (1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 Bg4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/2 = 50%
A05 Reti Opening (1.Nf3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2116
Result:
1/2 = 50%
B26 Sicilian, Closed, 6.Be3 (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6 6.Be3)
Average Elo:
1694
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
D96 Grunfeld, Russian Variation (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
B50 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
2/2 = 100%
D91 Grunfeld, 5.Bg5 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bg5)
Average Elo:
2187
Result:
1/2 = 50%
D88 Grunfeld, Spassky Variation, Main line, 10...cd, 11.cd (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 O-O 8.Ne2)
Average Elo:
2070.5
Result:
1/2 = 50%
B07 Pirc (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2004
Result:
½/2 = 25%
B84 Sicilian, Scheveningen (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be2 a6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B09 Pirc, Austrian Attack (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D78 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O c6 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O c6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B10 Caro-Kann (1.e4 c6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B18 Caro-Kann, Classical (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B54 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
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:
2155
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A38 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A30 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D92 Grunfeld, 5.Bf4 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bf4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C00 French Defense (1.e4 e6)
Average Elo:
0
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:
2290
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7)
Average Elo:
2125
Result:
0/1 = 0%
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:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C41 Philidor Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6)
Average Elo:
2340
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B33 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4)
Average Elo:
2280
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D03 Torre Attack (Tartakower Variation) (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bg5)
Average Elo:
2092
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B23 Sicilian, Closed (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2079
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2)
Average Elo:
1937
Result:
1/1 = 100%
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%
A26 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6)
Average Elo:
2056
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D74 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.cd Nxd5, 7.O-O (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.O-O)
Average Elo:
2192
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D86 Grunfeld, Exchange (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4)
Average Elo:
2105
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B36 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.c4)
Average Elo:
1959
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D12 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5)
Average Elo:
2210
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A45 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2233
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A15 English (1.c4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2066
Result:
½/1 = 50%
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:
1967
Result:
½/1 = 50%
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:
1991
Result:
0/1 = 0%