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Player:
(Eg:
Carlsen,Magnus
)
Klaus, Michael
FIDE
:
FIDE Card
Years
:
1995-2025
Number of games
:
112
Number of wins
:
27
Number of draws
:
49
Number of losses
:
36
White score
:
30½/55 (55.45% - Average Elo: 1920.14)
Black score
:
21/57 (36.84% - Average Elo: 1932.94)
Rating progression
Games
White wins
White draws
White losses
Black wins
Black draws
Black losses
Top wins
Klaus, Michael (1847) - Busche, Klaus (2026), Ruhrgebiet Regionalliga 1213, Nordrheinwestfalen (D02) - 2012
Klaus, Michael (1952) - Mueller, Konstantin (1940), NRW Class1 2425, Germany (E65) - 2024
Klaus, Michael (1869) - Wiese, Thomas (1917), Ruhrgebiet Regionalliga 1314, Ruhrgebiet (E18) - 2013
Schneider, Hans Joachim (1922) - Klaus, Michael (1937), Ruhrgebiet VK2 0001, Ruhrgebiet (A39) - 2001
Schmitz, Juergen (1859) - Klaus, Michael (1856), Ruhrgebiet Verbandsliga Gruppe 1 1516, Germany (C02) - 2015
Isdepski, Marcus (1825) - Klaus, Michael (1847), Ruhrgebiet Regionalliga 1213, Nordrheinwestfalen (C05) - 2012
Klaus, Michael - ? (53)
Kowalczyk, Frank (1/2)
Sanders, Gregor (½/2)
Arndt, Olaf (1/1)
Baar, Michael (1/1)
Becker, Joerg (0/1)
Belic, Zivko (0/1)
Berndt, Joachim (0/1)
Boehm, Malte (½/1)
Braun, Uwe (1/1)
Busche, Klaus (1/1)
Crede, Dietmar (0/1)
Dukic, Dalibor (½/1)
Grodotzki, Kenneth Alexander (1/1)
Gross, Thomas (½/1)
Haberhausen, Ansgar (½/1)
Helfrich, Leo (1/1)
Hengster, Wolfgang (1/1)
Hochstein, Udo (½/1)
Hoffmann, Alexander (0/1)
Jerig, Markus (½/1)
Kemna, Martin (½/1)
Kindermann, Carsten (½/1)
Kloss, Detlev (½/1)
Klueners, Juergen (½/1)
Korber, Markus (½/1)
Krueger, Erich (½/1)
Leimkuehler, Dirk (1/1)
Liebetruth, Jimmy (1/1)
Lombardi, Marco (1/1)
Matzat, Andre (½/1)
Meier, Jan (0/1)
Metzner, Carsten (1/1)
Mueller, Konstantin (1/1)
Niekrens, Stefan (0/1)
Olschewski, Niklas (1/1)
Ortpaul, Mario (0/1)
Ott, Helmut (½/1)
Reisberg, Andre (0/1)
Ricken, Roland (½/1)
Schaller, Fabian (0/1)
Schmock, Sven (1/1)
Schwebel, Markus (½/1)
Shevchuk, Arseniy (1/1)
Simsheuser, Josef (0/1)
Soehnchen, Andreas (0/1)
Starp, Klaus (1/1)
Steinke, Matthias (½/1)
Trobonjaca, Milos (1/1)
Vorkoetter, Daniel (1/1)
Wallhof, Dieter (1/1)
Weyh, Thomas (0/1)
Wiese, Thomas (1/1)
Wloka, Sebastian (½/1)
? - Klaus, Michael (54)
Dawid, Adalbert (1/2)
Schneider, Hans Joachim (1/2)
Woestmann, Ulrich (0/2)
Bartel, Mario (0/1)
Belic, Jordanka (0/1)
Bossy, Arnim (1/1)
Brockmann, Michael (0/1)
Broksch, Dirk (0/1)
Burchert, Wolfgang (0/1)
Bury, Tobias (½/1)
Butschek, Tanja (0/1)
Dlouhy (1/1)
Friedrich, Patrick (0/1)
Funke, Eckhard (1/1)
Gajda, Peter (0/1)
Goessling, Juergen (½/1)
Grodotzki, Kenneth Alexander (0/1)
Gross, Thomas (½/1)
Hater, Norbert (1/1)
Herud, Martin (½/1)
Hessel, Malte (½/1)
Hoefker, Mathias (½/1)
Hornung, Ruediger (½/1)
Huettemann, Karl Heinz (0/1)
Imberg, Thorsten (½/1)
Isdepski, Marcus (1/1)
Jacubowski, Andreas (½/1)
Jaeger, Heinz (½/1)
Karsunke, Marvin (½/1)
Klovans, Janis (½/1)
Kucheyda, Joerg (½/1)
Laschat, Stefan (½/1)
Mittelbachert, Ulrich (½/1)
Naumann, Klaus (½/1)
Petri, Norbert (½/1)
Reinholz, Benjamin (½/1)
Richter, Rainer (½/1)
Riegel, Frank (½/1)
Riesenbeck, Juergen (0/1)
Ringwelski, Marius (½/1)
Salzmann, Juergen (0/1)
Schmitz, Juergen (1/1)
Schnorr, Christian (½/1)
Schnorr, Elke (½/1)
Schuetze, Andre (0/1)
Schulze Bergcamen, Stefan (0/1)
Sicars, Thorsten (0/1)
Tecklenborg, Georg (½/1)
Thormann, Olaf (½/1)
Traunecker, Thomas (0/1)
Volbracht, Michael (½/1)
Voss, Wieland (0/1)
Winzbeck, Frank (0/1)
Zeldin, Vitali (0/1)
Openings played as White (41)
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:
1946
Result:
1½/3 = 50%
C01 French, Exchange (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bg5)
Average Elo:
1989
Result:
1½/3 = 50%
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:
2028
Result:
1/2 = 50%
E61 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3)
Average Elo:
1749.5
Result:
2/2 = 100%
D02 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2014
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5)
Average Elo:
2143.5
Result:
1/2 = 50%
B01 Scandinavian (1.e4 d5)
Average Elo:
1853
Result:
1/2 = 50%
B73 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)
Average Elo:
2027.5
Result:
1/2 = 50%
D90 Grunfeld (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1905
Result:
1/2 = 50%
D37 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1810
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
B55 Sicilian, Prins Variation, Venice Attack (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.f3 e5 6.Bb5+)
Average Elo:
1902
Result:
1/2 = 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:
1948
Result:
½/2 = 25%
A37 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1876
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A36 English (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3)
Average Elo:
1882
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E63 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 d6 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 Nc6 7.O-O a6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
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:
2063
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A48 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6)
Average Elo:
1999
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3)
Average Elo:
2180
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A49 King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4 (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3)
Average Elo:
2006
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A87 Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1864
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E70 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4)
Average Elo:
1628
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 d6 5.g3)
Average Elo:
1893
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D13 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.cxd5 cxd5)
Average Elo:
2052
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C41 Philidor Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6)
Average Elo:
1669
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A46 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1918
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:
2066
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:
1788
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B07 Pirc (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
1887
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E33 Nimzo-Indian, Classical (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 Nc6)
Average Elo:
2000
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A34 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2176
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E90 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1941
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:
1673
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A47 Queen's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 b6)
Average Elo:
1835
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A38 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
1985
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D92 Grunfeld, 5.Bf4 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bf4)
Average Elo:
1821
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A22 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
0
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:
1891
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1665
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D12 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5)
Average Elo:
1637
Result:
1/1 = 100%
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:
1870
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C57 Two Knights (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
Openings played as Black (35)
C01 French, Exchange (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bg5)
Average Elo:
1860.14
Result:
2½/8 = 31.25%
D02 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1865
Result:
1½/5 = 30%
C02 French, Advance (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5)
Average Elo:
1939.75
Result:
1/4 = 25%
D03 Torre Attack (Tartakower Variation) (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bg5)
Average Elo:
1976
Result:
1/3 = 33.33%
D35 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
1848
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1970
Result:
0/2 = 0%
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:
1873
Result:
1/2 = 50%
C05 French, Tarrasch (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6)
Average Elo:
1940.5
Result:
1/2 = 50%
C00 French Defense (1.e4 e6)
Average Elo:
1914
Result:
1/2 = 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:
1839
Result:
1/2 = 50%
B12 Caro-Kann Defense (1.e4 c6 2.d4)
Average Elo:
2505
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D53 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7)
Average Elo:
2255
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C03 French, Tarrasch (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A01 Nimzovich-Larsen Attack (1.b3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B75 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3)
Average Elo:
2342
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D00 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
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:
1922
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A13 English (1.c4 e6)
Average Elo:
1866
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B73 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)
Average Elo:
1988
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A05 Reti Opening (1.Nf3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
1938
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D55 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1938
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A16 English (1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
1871
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D70 Neo-Grunfeld Defense (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 d5)
Average Elo:
1765
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A36 English (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3)
Average Elo:
1811
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:
1916
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C14 French, Classical (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7)
Average Elo:
2102
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B02 Alekhine's Defense (1.e4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
1961
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A49 King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4 (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3)
Average Elo:
1951
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D13 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.cxd5 cxd5)
Average Elo:
1781
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c6 5.e3)
Average Elo:
2062
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D05 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 e6)
Average Elo:
1898
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3)
Average Elo:
1916
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A54 Old Indian, Ukrainian Variation, 4.Nf3 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1868
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A02 Bird's Opening (1.f4)
Average Elo:
1970
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B01 Scandinavian (1.e4 d5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%