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Player:
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Blum, Ralph
FIDE
:
FIDE Card
Years
:
1997-2017
Number of games
:
178
Number of wins
:
66
Number of draws
:
55
Number of losses
:
57
White score
:
48/88 (54.55% - Average Elo: 2070.08)
Black score
:
45½/90 (50.56% - Average Elo: 2059.38)
Rating progression
Games
White wins
White draws
White losses
Black wins
Black draws
Black losses
Top wins
Blum, Ralph (2062) - Schneider, Heiko (2228), Karl Mala Memorial op 03rd, Griesheim (A83) - 1999
Blum, Ralph (2038) - Diehl, Werner (2222), Hessen-ch VMT, Willingen (D97) - 2001
Blum, Ralph (2056) - Mueller, Achim (2185), Hessen-ch op, Baunatal (A57) - 1999
Schild, Christoph (2275) - Blum, Ralph, Frankfurt-ch, Frankfurt (A04) - 2001
Leimeister, Erhard (2199) - Blum, Ralph (2038), Karl Mala Memorial op 05th, Frankfurt (C05) - 2001
Klueners, Juergen (2173) - Blum, Ralph (2115), Hessen-chB, Kaufungen (C11) - 2003
Blum, Ralph - ? (82)
Kopp, Peter (0/2)
Lange, Klaus (1/2)
Raab, Peter (1/2)
Schimmer, Michael (2/2)
Von Kiedrowski, Klemens (1/2)
Zimmermann, Hendrik (1½/2)
Ahrends, Norbert (1/1)
Alegria, Oliver (1/1)
Althoff, Guntram (0/1)
Becker, Robert (½/1)
Behnick, Eckhard (½/1)
Blank, Stefan (0/1)
Boehle, Reinhard (½/1)
Brahn, Helmut (1/1)
Breuer, Herbert (0/1)
Busic, Nedjeljko (1/1)
Calvi, Stefan (0/1)
Cicak, Slavko (0/1)
Diehl, Werner (1/1)
Dittenberger, Thomas (0/1)
Eder, Patrick (½/1)
Enders, Georg (1/1)
Ewin, Hans Peter (1/1)
Feicht, Arno (½/1)
Friedrich, Helmut (1/1)
Fussnecker, Manfred (1/1)
Greul, Thomas (1/1)
Grosshans, Ralf Michael (0/1)
Guenzler, Richard (1/1)
Haak, Werner (1/1)
Hagner, Bennet (½/1)
Hahn, Werner (0/1)
Hoppe, Michael (½/1)
Isserman, Ryhor (0/1)
Koch, Markus (0/1)
Kolker, Vladislav (½/1)
Krause, Michael (½/1)
Kreiling, Carsten (0/1)
Kunz, Konstantin (0/1)
Landkocz, Marek (1/1)
Lange, Lars (1/1)
Lehner, Thorsten (½/1)
Leimeister, Erhard (0/1)
Lemonidis, Christos (0/1)
Loeffler, Hartwig (0/1)
Marten, Gero (1/1)
Marth, Juergen (0/1)
Mayer, Frank1 (1/1)
Mehler, Martin (1/1)
Mierse, Frank (1/1)
Moritz, Cornelia (1/1)
Mueller, Achim (1/1)
Mueller, Thorsten (0/1)
Naegele, Hans Juergen (½/1)
Nagel, Bernhard (½/1)
Overbeck, Thorsten (½/1)
Petri, Klaus (½/1)
Petri, Thomas (1/1)
Powalla, Christian (1/1)
Rack, Matthias (½/1)
Rahn, Vincenzo (1/1)
Raquet, Helmut (1/1)
Reinecke, Katharina (½/1)
Reschke, Thomas (0/1)
Riha, Peter (1/1)
Ruppert, Wolfgang (0/1)
Sadeghi, Behrang (0/1)
Scharmann, Hartmut (1/1)
Schlachowitsch, Markus (0/1)
Schneider, Heiko (1/1)
Schuenemann, Klaus (1/1)
Solomunovic, Igor (0/1)
Solonar, Stefan (½/1)
Staggat, Rolf (1/1)
Storck, Eike Werner (½/1)
Uwira, Oliver (0/1)
Wallberg, Andre (1/1)
Weber, Ulrich (0/1)
Wege, Jochen (½/1)
Weisser, Wolfgang (½/1)
Westphal, Frank (½/1)
Zweschper, Erich (1/1)
? - Blum, Ralph (84)
Becker, Robert (1½/2)
Butz, Guenther (1½/2)
Feicht, Arno (0/2)
Henzner, Reiner (1/2)
Warnk, Torsten (1½/2)
Zweschper, Erich (½/2)
Baumgartl, Guenther (1/1)
Blumenstock, Axel (1/1)
Brueggemann, Ludger (½/1)
Coligaew, Dumitru (½/1)
Czech, Ludwig (1/1)
Djakow, Alexander (1/1)
Drill, Frank J (0/1)
Eckard, Markus (½/1)
Ehmsen, Heinrich Eckhart (½/1)
Eibelshaeuser, Stefan (½/1)
Enneper, Eckhard (0/1)
Falk, Thomas (0/1)
Fuchs, Maximilian (1/1)
Gerhardt, Dirk (1/1)
Gertz, Berthold (1/1)
Greul, Thomas (1/1)
Grueneschild, Hildegard (1/1)
Hamann, Joerg (0/1)
Haun, Klaus (1/1)
Hellenkamp, Andre (0/1)
Henrich, Frederik (½/1)
Hoehn, Michael (1/1)
Horhammer, Stefan (1/1)
Huelsdunk, Heinz Juergen (0/1)
Iguyovwe, Theo (1/1)
Kinski, Sven (0/1)
Kirchner, Markus (½/1)
Klueners, Juergen (1/1)
Knorr, Alexander (1/1)
Kolompar, Josef (1/1)
Kraft, Matthias (½/1)
Kreiling, Carsten (1/1)
Krischak, Werner (1/1)
Lebermann, Hellmuth (0/1)
Leimeister, Erhard (1/1)
Machlin, Maxim (½/1)
Meltz, Thomas (1/1)
Meyer, Stefan (0/1)
Nekhamkis, Genadi (1/1)
Neukirchner, Pascal (0/1)
Neumann, Manfred (1/1)
Nogly, Christoph (0/1)
Overbeck, Thorsten (½/1)
Pek, Istvan (0/1)
Pfaff, Timo (0/1)
Polenske, Kai (½/1)
Raab, Peter (0/1)
Rack, Matthias (1/1)
Radtke, Thoralf (1/1)
Reichenbaecher, Thomas (1/1)
Reschke, Stefan (0/1)
Reuschel, Stefan (½/1)
Rota, Emile (1/1)
Rubel, Julian (½/1)
Rueger, Erhard (0/1)
Schild, Christoph (1/1)
Schlein, Julia (0/1)
Schloessner, Henrik (½/1)
Schmidt, Gerhard1 (0/1)
Schuchardt, Guenter (0/1)
Seidel, Andre (0/1)
Seifert, Norbert (½/1)
Stockmann, Michael (0/1)
Stojadinovic, Tomislav (½/1)
Syed, Tareq (0/1)
Thomas, Mario (1/1)
Thomas, Norbert (½/1)
Treffert, Peter (½/1)
Tscherne, Herbert (1/1)
Uwira, Oliver (0/1)
Verges, Joerg (0/1)
Wahedi, Ahmad Siar (0/1)
Wiegel, Joerg (½/1)
Wilke, Joerg (0/1)
Will, Patrick (½/1)
Wolf, Philipp (0/1)
Zentgraf, Alexander (½/1)
Zuschlag, Volker (0/1)
Openings played as White (47)
A83 Dutch, Staunton Gambit (1.d4 f5 2.e4 fxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5)
Average Elo:
2135.4
Result:
5/8 = 62.5%
A57 Benko Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5)
Average Elo:
2021.67
Result:
4/7 = 57.14%
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:
1881.75
Result:
3½/4 = 87.5%
E81 King's Indian, Samisch (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O)
Average Elo:
2267.67
Result:
½/4 = 12.5%
A61 Benoni (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nf3 g6)
Average Elo:
2136.5
Result:
1½/3 = 50%
D97 Grunfeld, Russian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 O-O 7.e4)
Average Elo:
1899.67
Result:
3/3 = 100%
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:
2170.67
Result:
1/3 = 33.33%
A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2350
Result:
2/3 = 66.67%
A42 Modern Defense, Averbakh System (1.d4 d6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4)
Average Elo:
1826
Result:
1/3 = 33.33%
E16 Queen's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Bb4+)
Average Elo:
2069
Result:
1½/3 = 50%
E80 King's Indian, Samisch Variation (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
2/2 = 100%
E88 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox, 7.d5 c6 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 e5 7.d5 c6)
Average Elo:
2099
Result:
½/2 = 25%
A51 Budapest Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5)
Average Elo:
1750.5
Result:
2/2 = 100%
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:
1992
Result:
1/2 = 50%
E11 Bogo-Indian Defense (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+)
Average Elo:
2089.5
Result:
1/2 = 50%
A53 Old Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6)
Average Elo:
2228.5
Result:
½/2 = 25%
E15 Queen's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3)
Average Elo:
2200
Result:
1/2 = 50%
D06 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4)
Average Elo:
2282
Result:
1/2 = 50%
D07 Queen's Gambit Declined, Chigorin Defense (1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nc6)
Average Elo:
2159
Result:
1/2 = 50%
A04 Reti Opening (1.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2131
Result:
2/2 = 100%
A52 Budapest Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4)
Average Elo:
2140
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E18 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 7.Nc3 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2193
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:
1536
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E83 King's Indian, Samisch (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 Nc6)
Average Elo:
1857
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A54 Old Indian, Ukrainian Variation, 4.Nf3 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2183
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D53 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A44 Old Benoni Defense (1.d4 c5 2.d5 e5)
Average Elo:
1664
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 d6 5.g3)
Average Elo:
2128
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D54 Queen's Gambit Declined, Anti-Neo-Orthodox Variation (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Rc1)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D51 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Nbd7)
Average Elo:
2142
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E10 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2188
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D14 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bf4 Bf5)
Average Elo:
2164
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A07 King's Indian Attack (1.Nf3 d5 2.g3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
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:
1/1 = 100%
D32 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5)
Average Elo:
2175
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A82 Dutch, Staunton Gambit (1.d4 f5 2.e4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A50 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4)
Average Elo:
2190
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A86 Dutch (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3)
Average Elo:
2167
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:
2060
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D98 Grunfeld, Russian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 O-O 7.e4 Bg4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A40 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4)
Average Elo:
1964
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A41 Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6) (1.d4 d6)
Average Elo:
2053
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A43 Old Benoni (1.d4 c5)
Average Elo:
2089
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B25 Sicilian, Closed (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6)
Average Elo:
2328
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A00 Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo:
2266
Result:
½/1 = 50%
Openings played as Black (36)
A88 Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with c6 (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.Nc3 c6)
Average Elo:
2163.5
Result:
3/7 = 42.86%
A80 Dutch (1.d4 f5)
Average Elo:
2087
Result:
2/7 = 28.57%
C01 French, Exchange (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bg5)
Average Elo:
2016
Result:
4½/6 = 75%
C00 French Defense (1.e4 e6)
Average Elo:
2049.33
Result:
2½/5 = 50%
A81 Dutch (1.d4 f5 2.g3)
Average Elo:
2152.67
Result:
1½/5 = 30%
A86 Dutch (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3)
Average Elo:
2118.5
Result:
2/4 = 50%
C06 French, Tarrasch (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ne2 cxd4 8.cxd4)
Average Elo:
1855
Result:
1½/4 = 37.5%
A85 Dutch, with c4 & Nc3 (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3)
Average Elo:
1911
Result:
2/4 = 50%
C15 French, Winawer (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4)
Average Elo:
2091.67
Result:
1/4 = 25%
A04 Reti Opening (1.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2153.5
Result:
2½/3 = 83.33%
A83 Dutch, Staunton Gambit (1.d4 f5 2.e4 fxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
2/3 = 66.67%
A91 Dutch Defense (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 e6 4.Bg2 Be7)
Average Elo:
2076
Result:
1/3 = 33.33%
C02 French, Advance (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5)
Average Elo:
2049.5
Result:
2/3 = 66.67%
A26 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6)
Average Elo:
2057
Result:
½/2 = 25%
A21 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
1878
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:
2165
Result:
0/2 = 0%
A10 English (1.c4)
Average Elo:
2066
Result:
1/2 = 50%
C17 French, Winawer, Advance (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
A97 Dutch, Ilyin-Genevsky (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 e6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.Nc3 Qe8)
Average Elo:
1609
Result:
2/2 = 100%
C05 French, Tarrasch (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2009.5
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
A87 Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2145.5
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
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:
1936
Result:
0/2 = 0%
A14 English (1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.O-O)
Average Elo:
2185
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D41 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c5 5.cxd5)
Average Elo:
2253
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A08 King's Indian Attack (1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c5 3.Bg2)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A01 Nimzovich-Larsen Attack (1.b3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A96 Dutch, Classical Variation (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 e6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O d6)
Average Elo:
2153
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6)
Average Elo:
2103
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C19 French, Winawer, Advance (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7)
Average Elo:
2033
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D05 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 e6)
Average Elo:
2065
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C11 French (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2173
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A02 Bird's Opening (1.f4)
Average Elo:
2163
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A40 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4)
Average Elo:
2166
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A45 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
1584
Result:
1/1 = 100%
Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo:
1976
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C12 French, McCutcheon (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Bb4)
Average Elo:
1941
Result:
½/1 = 50%