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Player:
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Esser, Thomas
FIDE
:
FIDE Card
Years
:
2001-2019
Number of games
:
130
Number of wins
:
59
Number of draws
:
34
Number of losses
:
37
White score
:
42/66 (63.64% - Average Elo: 1860.92)
Black score
:
34/64 (53.12% - Average Elo: 1861.42)
Games
White wins
White draws
White losses
Black wins
Black draws
Black losses
Top wins
Esser, Thomas (2003) - Koenig, Falk (2066), Solingen Karneval op, Solingen (D30) - 2016
Esser, Thomas (2006) - Geerlings, Gerd (2035), Mittelrhein Verbandsliga-W 1718, Nordrheinwestfalen (E94) - 2017
Esser, Thomas (2005) - Krings, Thomas (2026), Mittelrhein Verbandsliga-W 1819, Nordrheinwestfalen (E94) - 2018
George, Tom (2149) - Esser, Thomas (2006), Korbach op 8th, Korbach (C42) - 2016
Bondarchuk, Vadim (2039) - Esser, Thomas (1983), Maastricht Limburg op-B 8th, Maastricht (C42) - 2014
Goldenstein, Arnd (2037) - Esser, Thomas (1942), Cologne Longerich op-A 10th, Cologne (E49) - 2013
Esser, Thomas - ? (63)
Dijkhuis, Sven (1/2)
Heinert, Eugen (0/2)
Hess, Dennis (2/2)
Alvarez Carbajales, Fermin (1/1)
Balint, Levente (½/1)
Bausch, Thomas (0/1)
Bergmann, Thomas (1/1)
Bhattacharjee, Sourav (½/1)
Breuer, Leon (1/1)
Coenen, Bert (0/1)
Cromsight, Jeroen (½/1)
De Mey, Juan Pablo (1/1)
Di Franco, Patricio (½/1)
Dijkhuis, Tycho (½/1)
Engel, Johann (1/1)
Freer, Glenn (0/1)
Geene, Joris (1/1)
Geerlings, Gerd (1/1)
Gelsok, Philipp (1/1)
Hagmanns, Raphael (1/1)
Hajek, Florian (½/1)
Haverkamp, Klaus (1/1)
Hemmann, Arnold (½/1)
Hogerhorst, Tony (0/1)
Horbach, Fabian (1/1)
Hund, Isabel (½/1)
Kaehmann, Oliver (1/1)
Kinderreich, Toni (½/1)
Koellner, Ruben Gideon (1/1)
Koenig, Falk (1/1)
Krings, Thomas (1/1)
Laarhoven, Marcel (1/1)
Lafosse, Jimmy (½/1)
Lentjes, Noud (1/1)
Lueckerath, Moritz (1/1)
Lukoviczki, Matyas (0/1)
Lytchak, Boris (½/1)
Mueller, Daniel (½/1)
Nielsen, Klaus (½/1)
Nink, Niklas (1/1)
Peters, Michael (1/1)
Plug, Arjan JH (1/1)
Quintana, Till (1/1)
Roemhild, Wolfgang (½/1)
Runte, Dirk (1/1)
Rutten, David (1/1)
Schaefer, Juergen (0/1)
Schauff, Lutz (½/1)
Schmidt, Johannes (0/1)
Schmidt, Lysander (½/1)
Sergin, Mark (½/1)
Szentivanyi, Raphael (0/1)
Tanz, Manfred (1/1)
Torres, Roberto (1/1)
Vogelmann, Peter (0/1)
Von der Weiden, Ralf (1/1)
Voulon, Oliver (½/1)
Wecker, Martin (0/1)
Whitmire, James David (1/1)
Wiersma, Friederike (0/1)
Wigger, Reiner (½/1)
Xu, Christoph (½/1)
Zegstroo, Martin (1/1)
? - Esser, Thomas (61)
Heinichen, Nils (½/2)
Juelich, Thomas (1½/2)
Mauelshagen, Martin (0/2)
Abolianin, Arthur (0/1)
Bach, Jan Thies (0/1)
Berg, Lauritz (0/1)
Bieberle, Gerhart (0/1)
Bluebaum, Claudia (1/1)
Bondarchuk, Vadim (1/1)
Bozidarevic, Slobodan (0/1)
Christensen, Niels (0/1)
Delpy, Rene (0/1)
Dijkhuis, Sven (½/1)
Dijkstra, Hidde (1/1)
Distelrath, Stephan (1/1)
Dreesbach, Tobias (1/1)
Evers, Leo (½/1)
Flatten, Arnold (0/1)
Frijns, Raoul (1/1)
Geerlings, Gerd (½/1)
Gelsok, Philipp (0/1)
George, Tom (1/1)
Gerlagh, Joris (1/1)
Goldenstein, Arnd (1/1)
Hack, Thomas1 (½/1)
Haertel, Stephan (1/1)
Hainke, Guntram (0/1)
Harbecke, Tim (0/1)
Holscher, Peter AC (½/1)
Kaplun, David (0/1)
Klein, Gernot (½/1)
Kniest, Oliver (0/1)
Knuetter, Helmut (1/1)
Kolar, Dusan (½/1)
La Rocca, Roberto (½/1)
Langner, Jasper (1/1)
Lantsman, Boris (1/1)
Lecomte, Romain (1/1)
Leentjens, Gilbert (1/1)
Lentzen, Markus (1/1)
Loose, Rob (½/1)
Luig, Benjamin (1/1)
Mandt, Joachim (1/1)
Muckelmann, Jan (1/1)
Niesel, Matthias Peter (0/1)
Padva, Leo (0/1)
Pragua, Christoph P (0/1)
Schaum, Moritz (½/1)
Schettler, Juergen (1/1)
Schmitt, Lars (½/1)
Senders, Justin (1/1)
Sewald, Kathrin (1/1)
Siebarth, Raiko (0/1)
Theissen, Frank (1/1)
Tonev, Vasil (1/1)
Tuerlinckx, Ben (0/1)
Van der Valk, Niklas (0/1)
Vladimirow, Anguel (1/1)
Willen, Ronny (1/1)
Wirth, Benedikt (0/1)
Wlogalski, Olivier (½/1)
Openings played as White (50)
C50 Giuoco Piano (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5)
Average Elo:
1322
Result:
½/3 = 16.67%
C58 Two Knights (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Na5)
Average Elo:
1797.67
Result:
2½/3 = 83.33%
D30 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6)
Average Elo:
1933.67
Result:
2½/3 = 83.33%
E11 Bogo-Indian Defense (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+)
Average Elo:
1948
Result:
2/3 = 66.67%
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:
1650.33
Result:
3/3 = 100%
E94 King's Indian, Orthodox (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O)
Average Elo:
2001.33
Result:
2½/3 = 83.33%
B01 Scandinavian (1.e4 d5)
Average Elo:
1844
Result:
2/2 = 100%
B22 Sicilian, Alapin (1.e4 c5 2.c3)
Average Elo:
1773.5
Result:
0/2 = 0%
A59 Benko Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 Bxa6 6.Nc3 d6 7.e4)
Average Elo:
1923
Result:
1/2 = 50%
A58 Benko Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6)
Average Elo:
2022
Result:
½/2 = 25%
C40 King's Knight Opening (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3)
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:
979
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C47 Four Knights (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C57 Two Knights (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5)
Average Elo:
1675
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B04 Alekhine's Defense, Modern (1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1918
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B60 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5)
Average Elo:
1865
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C15 French, Winawer (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4)
Average Elo:
1869
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C14 French, Classical (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7)
Average Elo:
2107
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C13 French (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7)
Average Elo:
1635
Result:
1/1 = 100%
Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo:
1967
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B07 Pirc (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
1913
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A64 Benoni, Fianchetto, 11...Re8 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nf3 g6 7.g3 Bg7 8.Bg2 O-O 9.O-O Nbd7 10.Nd2 a6 11.a4 Re8)
Average Elo:
1724
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:
1465
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A06 Reti Opening (1.Nf3 d5)
Average Elo:
1520
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A53 Old Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6)
Average Elo:
1968
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A52 Budapest Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D25 Queen's Gambit Accepted (1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3)
Average Elo:
2169
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A43 Old Benoni (1.d4 c5)
Average Elo:
1853
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A81 Dutch (1.d4 f5 2.g3)
Average Elo:
1946
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D94 Grunfeld (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.e3)
Average Elo:
1870
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A55 Old Indian, Main line (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Nf3 Nbd7 5.e4)
Average Elo:
1681
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D91 Grunfeld, 5.Bg5 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bg5)
Average Elo:
2118
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A42 Modern Defense, Averbakh System (1.d4 d6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4)
Average Elo:
2175
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A60 Benoni Defense (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6)
Average Elo:
2103
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E02 Catalan, Open, 5.Qa4 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Qa4+)
Average Elo:
1604
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6)
Average Elo:
2145
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E75 King's Indian, Averbakh, Main line (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Bg5 c5 7.d5 e6)
Average Elo:
1982
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E35 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa Variation, 5.cd ed (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 exd5)
Average Elo:
2000
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2042
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A63 Benoni, Fianchetto, 9...Nbd7 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nf3 g6 7.g3 Bg7 8.Bg2 O-O 9.O-O Nbd7)
Average Elo:
2250
Result:
½/1 = 50%
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:
2110
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D32 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5)
Average Elo:
1963
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1903
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A80 Dutch (1.d4 f5)
Average Elo:
1798
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D02 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1827
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E05 Catalan, Open, Classical line (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Nf3 Be7)
Average Elo:
2117
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D33 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.g3)
Average Elo:
1788
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E12 Queen's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6)
Average Elo:
2057
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E09 Catalan, Closed (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O Nbd7 7.Qc2 c6 8.Nbd2)
Average Elo:
1964
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E90 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2084
Result:
½/1 = 50%
Openings played as Black (43)
B45 Sicilian, Taimanov (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3)
Average Elo:
1867.75
Result:
3/4 = 75%
B22 Sicilian, Alapin (1.e4 c5 2.c3)
Average Elo:
1755.75
Result:
3/4 = 75%
C50 Giuoco Piano (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5)
Average Elo:
1136
Result:
2/3 = 66.67%
B33 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4)
Average Elo:
1826.67
Result:
2/3 = 66.67%
C42 Petrov Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2064
Result:
3/3 = 100%
D03 Torre Attack (Tartakower Variation) (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bg5)
Average Elo:
1876
Result:
½/2 = 25%
A45 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
1771
Result:
2/2 = 100%
B23 Sicilian, Closed (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
1822
Result:
2/2 = 100%
D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2145.5
Result:
½/2 = 25%
A01 Nimzovich-Larsen Attack (1.b3)
Average Elo:
1891
Result:
½/2 = 25%
D12 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5)
Average Elo:
2222.5
Result:
0/2 = 0%
D17 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5)
Average Elo:
2011
Result:
½/2 = 25%
B20 Sicilian (1.e4 c5)
Average Elo:
1930.5
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
A36 English (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3)
Average Elo:
2272
Result:
0/2 = 0%
C47 Four Knights (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
1141
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6)
Average Elo:
1033
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D38 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Bb4)
Average Elo:
1391
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D06 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4)
Average Elo:
1493
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C54 Giuoco Piano (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.cxd4)
Average Elo:
1570
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A51 Budapest Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5)
Average Elo:
1368
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A52 Budapest Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4)
Average Elo:
1654
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D19 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O O-O 9.Qe2)
Average Elo:
1789
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B40 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6)
Average Elo:
1592
Result:
1/1 = 100%
Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo:
2091
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D05 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 e6)
Average Elo:
2070
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A56 Benoni Defense (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5)
Average Elo:
1887
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A20 English (1.c4 e5)
Average Elo:
2088
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A58 Benko Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6)
Average Elo:
1752
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D30 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6)
Average Elo:
2106
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E49 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Botvinnik System (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3)
Average Elo:
2037
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E38 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A57 Benko Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5)
Average Elo:
2049
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B41 Sicilian, Kan (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6)
Average Elo:
1871
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D23 Queen's Gambit Accepted (1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2194
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A03 Bird's Opening (1.f4 d5)
Average Elo:
1754
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D16 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4)
Average Elo:
2094
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A38 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2060
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E01 Catalan, Closed (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2)
Average Elo:
1995
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:
1909
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D80 Grunfeld (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5)
Average Elo:
1796
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A15 English (1.c4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
1843
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6)
Average Elo:
1814
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B30 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6)
Average Elo:
2070
Result:
0/1 = 0%