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Player Profile
Player:
(Eg:
Carlsen,Magnus
)
Menzel, Josef
Years
:
1986-2010
Number of games
:
105
Number of wins
:
56
Number of draws
:
25
Number of losses
:
24
White score
:
38½/55 (70% - Average Elo: 1811.97)
Black score
:
30/50 (60% - Average Elo: 1849.47)
Rating progression
Games
White wins
White draws
White losses
Black wins
Black draws
Black losses
Top wins
Menzel, Josef - Mueller, Matthias (2375), Rheinhausen-ch 5th, Rheinhausen (E88) - 2001
Menzel, Josef (1963) - Pak, Raman (2195), Rheinhausen-ch 13th, Duisburg Rheinhausen (B41) - 2009
Menzel, Josef - Kaufeld, Juergen (2074), Rheinhausen-ch 3rd, Rheinhausen (A77) - 1999
Leers Fischer, Hans (2219) - Menzel, Josef, Rheinhausen-ch 4th, Rheinhausen (A13) - 2000
Sandten, Ulrich (2120) - Menzel, Josef, Rheinhausen-ch 2nd, Rheinhausen (B12) - 1998
Jentzsch, Daniel (1948) - Menzel, Josef (1934), Rheinhausen-ch 11th, Duisburg Rheinhausen () - 2007
Menzel, Josef - ? (45)
Visser, Dirk (1/3)
Becker, M (1/2)
Hamm, Siegfried (1/2)
Jentzsch, Daniel (2/2)
Kaufeld, Juergen (1/2)
Mazurkiewicz, Kazimierz (1/2)
Proettel, Swen (½/2)
Sadzio, Joerg (2/2)
Schumacher, Peter (2/2)
Angermann, Immo Frank (½/1)
Bluemer, Timo (½/1)
Fehmers, Werner (½/1)
Glende, Siegfried (0/1)
Grabowski, Marian (1/1)
Grigat, Klaus Dieter (½/1)
Grunwald, Guenther (1/1)
Halfmann, Peter (1/1)
Hamm, Michael (1/1)
Heinzel, Olaf (0/1)
Herbst, Bernhard1 (1/1)
Hoffmann, Fabian (1/1)
Hort, Vlastimil (0/1)
Jacobi, Wolfgang (1/1)
Kaufung, Christian (½/1)
Kersten, Uwe (0/1)
Kirchner, Stefan1 (1/1)
Klemmt, Hartmut (1/1)
Kock, Stefan (1/1)
Luett, Michael (½/1)
Mellinger, Thomas (1/1)
Mueller, M (½/1)
Mueller, Matthias (1/1)
Niermann, Rainer (1/1)
Pak, Maxim (1/1)
Pak, Raman (1/1)
Palmowski, Sascha (1/1)
Pennekamp, Manfred (1/1)
Ritter, Uwe (1/1)
Rivinius, Otto (1/1)
Schanzenbach, Heiko (1/1)
Schnelle, Lukas (0/1)
Sprewitz, Ingo (1/1)
Steiz, Johann (1/1)
Tendick, Frank (½/1)
Waldmann, Kai (1/1)
? - Menzel, Josef (45)
Glende, Siegfried (3/3)
Halfmann, Peter (2/2)
Visser, Dirk (1/2)
Zahn, Richard (1½/2)
Angermann, Immo Frank (1/1)
Bluemer, Timo (1/1)
Daus, Peter (1/1)
Ebert, Juergen (0/1)
Gottschling, Stefan (½/1)
Hamm, Siegfried (1/1)
Heinert, Alex (0/1)
Heinert, Eugen (0/1)
Honacker, W (1/1)
Hubert, Winfried (½/1)
Imbierowicz, Dirk (1/1)
Jentzsch, Daniel (1/1)
Junker, Bernd (½/1)
Kaiser, Daniel (½/1)
Kirov, Nino (0/1)
Leers Fischer, Hans (1/1)
Lohmeier, Horst (0/1)
Maczkowiak, Thomas (½/1)
Mammen, Heino (1/1)
Michels, Rene (1/1)
Modr, Bretislav (0/1)
Molinaroli, Martin (½/1)
Pak, Raman (0/1)
Palmowski, Sascha (1/1)
Pennekamp, Manfred (0/1)
Plueckelmann, Thomas (1/1)
Poschmann, Marcel (1/1)
Proettel, Swen (½/1)
Pusch, Thomas (0/1)
Reisloh, Carsten (1/1)
Remek, Uwe (½/1)
Ritter, Uwe (0/1)
Sandten, Ulrich (1/1)
Schanzenbach, Heiko (0/1)
Schinske, Eric (1/1)
Schwarz, Ingo (1/1)
Spitzer, Erwin (0/1)
Szalanczy, Emil (0/1)
Vasiljev, Jurij (½/1)
Wiemer, Ralf (0/1)
Zielinski, Werner (1/1)
Openings played as White (44)
D05 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 e6)
Average Elo:
1629.75
Result:
4½/6 = 75%
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:
1554
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
E07 Catalan, Closed (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O Nbd7)
Average Elo:
1795
Result:
1/2 = 50%
D04 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3)
Average Elo:
1629.5
Result:
2/2 = 100%
A77 Benoni, Classical, 9...Re8, 10.Nd2 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.Nf3 Bg7 8.Be2 O-O 9.O-O Re8 10.Nd2)
Average Elo:
2074
Result:
2/2 = 100%
A56 Benoni Defense (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
A42 Modern Defense, Averbakh System (1.d4 d6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4)
Average Elo:
2261
Result:
1/2 = 50%
D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A04 Reti Opening (1.Nf3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2)
Average Elo:
1600
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A34 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
1830
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E85 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox Variation (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 e5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B06 Robatsch (1.e4 g6)
Average Elo:
1833
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4)
Average Elo:
1610
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:
1700
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B76 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 O-O)
Average Elo:
1595
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A46 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2370
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C00 French Defense (1.e4 e6)
Average Elo:
1576
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A73 Benoni, Classical, 9.O-O (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.Nf3 Bg7 8.Be2 O-O 9.O-O)
Average Elo:
2545
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:
1/1 = 100%
B33 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4)
Average Elo:
1833
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A07 King's Indian Attack (1.Nf3 d5 2.g3)
Average Elo:
1715
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E73 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
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:
1556
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C02 French, Advance (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B90 Sicilian, Najdorf (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f4)
Average Elo:
1920
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D02 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E74 King's Indian, Averbakh, 6...c5 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Bg5 c5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
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:
2375
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B41 Sicilian, Kan (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6)
Average Elo:
2195
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A00 Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A81 Dutch (1.d4 f5 2.g3)
Average Elo:
2115
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D87 Grunfeld, Exchange (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 O-O 8.Ne2 c5)
Average Elo:
1935
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A12 English with b3 (1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.b3)
Average Elo:
1869
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A25 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B10 Caro-Kann (1.e4 c6)
Average Elo:
1477
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D67 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 dxc4 9.Bxc4 Nd5)
Average Elo:
1508
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D48 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, Meran (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 a6)
Average Elo:
1523
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:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
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:
1468
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B07 Pirc (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2120
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A05 Reti Opening (1.Nf3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2038
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:
1926
Result:
1/1 = 100%
Openings played as Black (37)
B12 Caro-Kann Defense (1.e4 c6 2.d4)
Average Elo:
2252.5
Result:
1/3 = 33.33%
Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo:
1847.33
Result:
3/3 = 100%
D03 Torre Attack (Tartakower Variation) (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bg5)
Average Elo:
2345
Result:
1/2 = 50%
B15 Caro-Kann (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3)
Average Elo:
1669
Result:
½/2 = 25%
A08 King's Indian Attack (1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c5 3.Bg2)
Average Elo:
1940
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
B07 Pirc (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
1930
Result:
1/2 = 50%
C00 French Defense (1.e4 e6)
Average Elo:
1735
Result:
½/2 = 25%
A00 Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo:
1730.5
Result:
2/2 = 100%
A85 Dutch, with c4 & Nc3 (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3)
Average Elo:
1661
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
A25 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6)
Average Elo:
1845
Result:
1/2 = 50%
B06 Robatsch (1.e4 g6)
Average Elo:
1526
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:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A28 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2325
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E11 Bogo-Indian Defense (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E08 Catalan, Closed (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O Nbd7 7.Qc2)
Average Elo:
2470
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A26 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B21 Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4 (1.e4 c5 2.f4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B14 Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A13 English (1.c4 e6)
Average Elo:
2219
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B09 Pirc, Austrian Attack (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D75 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.cd Nxd5, 7.O-O c5, 8.dxc5 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.O-O c5 8.dxc5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B35 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Modern Variation with Bc4 (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4)
Average Elo:
2162
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A27 English, Three Knights System (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2135
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E51 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Nf3 d5)
Average Elo:
1614
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E87 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 e5 7.d5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5)
Average Elo:
1402
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A21 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
1761
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A04 Reti Opening (1.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1770
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C07 French, Tarrasch (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5)
Average Elo:
1961
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A82 Dutch, Staunton Gambit (1.d4 f5 2.e4)
Average Elo:
1304
Result:
1/1 = 100%
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:
2049
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E01 Catalan, Closed (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2)
Average Elo:
2014
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A56 Benoni Defense (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5)
Average Elo:
1204
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:
1799
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A10 English (1.c4)
Average Elo:
1600
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D02 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1672
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B10 Caro-Kann (1.e4 c6)
Average Elo:
1929
Result:
1/1 = 100%