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Player:
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Sonnhalter, Walter
FIDE
:
FIDE Card
Years
:
1990-2014
Number of games
:
138
Number of wins
:
56
Number of draws
:
34
Number of losses
:
48
White score
:
38½/70 (55% - Average Elo: 2057.34)
Black score
:
34½/68 (50.74% - Average Elo: 2031.33)
Rating progression
Games
White wins
White draws
White losses
Black wins
Black draws
Black losses
Top wins
Sonnhalter, Walter - Schuetz, Thomas (2295), Saarland-ch MBT, Ludweiler (A27) - 1994
Sonnhalter, Walter - Bureik, Matthias (2275), Saarland-ch Gr-A, Dudweiler (E76) - 1995
Sonnhalter, Walter - Augustin, Christian (2174), Saarland-ch MB1, Saarlouis (B01) - 2004
Wolf, Ulrich (2055) - Sonnhalter, Walter (1952), Saarland-ch MB 87th, Voelklingen (E83) - 2012
Maurer, Rainer (2053) - Sonnhalter, Walter, Saarland-ch MB, Eppelborn (E72) - 2008
Thiel, Jean Claude (2013) - Sonnhalter, Walter, Saarland-ch MB1, Voelklingen (A45) - 2003
Sonnhalter, Walter - ? (60)
Augustin, Christian (2½/4)
Stephan, Roland (1½/3)
Braun, Burkhard (1/2)
Dorozala, Jean Pierre (2/2)
Grewenig, Rolf (1/2)
Kreuscher, Wolfgang (1/2)
Ziegler, Mario (1½/2)
Adrian, Claude (0/1)
Alt, Hans Juergen (½/1)
Becker, Marc (0/1)
Becker, Thomas (0/1)
Becking, Franz Josef (½/1)
Bost, Albert (1/1)
Bureik, Matthias (1/1)
Cara, Bogdan (½/1)
Conrad, Egon (1/1)
Degner, Friedhelm (½/1)
Dehnhard, Nicolai (1/1)
Donauer, Holger (1/1)
Dudek, Christoph (1/1)
Emser, Heinrich (1/1)
Engel, Frank (0/1)
Ferner, Joachim (1/1)
Geyer, Thomas (0/1)
Grewenig, Jan (½/1)
Grewenig, Marc (1/1)
Hell, Manfred (0/1)
Kieffer, Horst (1/1)
Klein, Joachim (0/1)
Klein, Reinhard (1/1)
Kreiser, Ulrich (0/1)
Maertin, Eberhard (0/1)
Maurer, Rainer (1/1)
Mischke, Luis (0/1)
Naeckel, Gerhard (0/1)
Pfeiffer, Dieter (0/1)
Pietzka, Martin (½/1)
Pohlig, Bernd (0/1)
Raphael, Juergen (0/1)
Ratayczak, Hauke (1/1)
Rueckert, Helge (½/1)
Sahm, Philipp (0/1)
Sandmeier, Toni (0/1)
Schaefer, Hans Juergen (1/1)
Schaefer, Peter (½/1)
Schippan, Bernhard (0/1)
Schleich, Markus (0/1)
Schuetz, Thomas (1/1)
Siebert, Viktor (1/1)
Simons, Joerg (½/1)
Spektorov, Leonid (0/1)
Spengler, Hanno (0/1)
Thamm, Udo (1/1)
Thieme, Hans (1/1)
Trumm, Achim (1/1)
Van Nieuwenborg, Henk (1/1)
Velten, Edgar (1/1)
Wannemacher, Thomas (1/1)
Weller, Friedhelm (1/1)
Wobbe, Sven (½/1)
? - Sonnhalter, Walter (59)
Maurer, Rainer (3/4)
Biehl, Tim (1½/2)
Czech, Torsten (1/2)
Demuth, Juergen (2/2)
Morgenstern, Martin (1½/2)
Radtke, Eduard (2/2)
Schwarz, Karsten (1½/2)
Aubertin, Tim (½/1)
Baldes, Dirk (½/1)
Becker, Carsten (0/1)
Becker, Thomas (1/1)
Becking, Franz Josef (½/1)
Bock, Andreas (½/1)
Boettcher, Markus (1/1)
Braun, Burkhard (0/1)
Braun, Konstantin (0/1)
Dittgen, Thomas (1/1)
Engel, Frank (0/1)
Faas, Dominik (0/1)
Fichtner, Bernd (1/1)
Graeser, Kurt (0/1)
Grewenig, Rolf (½/1)
Hein, Manfred (0/1)
Hell, Manfred (0/1)
Hoefer, Ulrich (½/1)
Hovens, Geert (1/1)
Jung, Karl Otto (0/1)
Klicker, Fritz (½/1)
Kniest, Karl (½/1)
Kohlweyer, Bernd (0/1)
Koscielski, Janusch (0/1)
Kraenzle, Harald (0/1)
Kreiser, Ulrich (0/1)
Kreutzer, Alexander (½/1)
Linn, Burkhard (0/1)
Lukas, Hubertus (0/1)
Meinke, Dietlind (1/1)
Neumeyer, Hannelore (1/1)
Ney, Herbert (0/1)
Panfilenko, Wladimir (1/1)
Pattard, Thomas (0/1)
Pietzka, Martin (1/1)
Polnarieva, Larisa (0/1)
Raphael, Juergen (1/1)
Ripperger, Reinhold (1/1)
Sahm, Philipp (1/1)
Schleich, Markus (0/1)
Schnaitmann, Herbert (1/1)
Schuster, Leopold (0/1)
Simons, Joerg (½/1)
Stachel, Michael (0/1)
Stopp, Hans Juergen (0/1)
Thiel, Jean Claude (1/1)
Vujovic, M (0/1)
Wild, Achim (½/1)
Wilhelm, Jochen (1/1)
Witte, Manfred (½/1)
Wolf, Ulrich (1/1)
Zimmer, Herbert (0/1)
Openings played as White (42)
E76 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f4)
Average Elo:
2126.5
Result:
6½/7 = 92.86%
A18 English, Mikenas-Carls (1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.e4)
Average Elo:
1832
Result:
3½/5 = 70%
A42 Modern Defense, Averbakh System (1.d4 d6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4)
Average Elo:
2091
Result:
2½/4 = 62.5%
A37 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2220
Result:
1/2 = 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:
1884
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
A86 Dutch (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3)
Average Elo:
2285
Result:
0/2 = 0%
A30 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5)
Average Elo:
2129
Result:
1/2 = 50%
A27 English, Three Knights System (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2272
Result:
1/2 = 50%
A54 Old Indian, Ukrainian Variation, 4.Nf3 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Nf3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
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:
0
Result:
0/2 = 0%
A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/2 = 0%
A10 English (1.c4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/2 = 0%
A40 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4)
Average Elo:
1961
Result:
2/2 = 100%
B10 Caro-Kann (1.e4 c6)
Average Elo:
2065
Result:
1/2 = 50%
B09 Pirc, Austrian Attack (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4)
Average Elo:
2118
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
E70 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4)
Average Elo:
1830
Result:
0/2 = 0%
C24 Bishop's Opening (1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2005
Result:
1/2 = 50%
C12 French, McCutcheon (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Bb4)
Average Elo:
1974
Result:
1/2 = 50%
A23 English, Bremen System, Keres Variation (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 c6)
Average Elo:
2255
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E73 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A16 English (1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D13 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.cxd5 cxd5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A22 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D35 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2420
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C16 French, Winawer (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 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%
C13 French (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7)
Average Elo:
2218
Result:
0/1 = 0%
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:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening (1.e4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B01 Scandinavian (1.e4 d5)
Average Elo:
2174
Result:
1/1 = 100%
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:
1967
Result:
½/1 = 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:
1950
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A19 English, Mikenas-Carls, Sicilian Variation (1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.e4 c5)
Average Elo:
1900
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C25 Vienna (1.e4 e5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B12 Caro-Kann Defense (1.e4 c6 2.d4)
Average Elo:
2038
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C42 Petrov Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A28 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2034
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C88 Ruy Lopez (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3)
Average Elo:
1824
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A20 English (1.c4 e5)
Average Elo:
1864
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B23 Sicilian, Closed (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
1853
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A21 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2197
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A25 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6)
Average Elo:
1971
Result:
1/1 = 100%
Openings played as Black (33)
B06 Robatsch (1.e4 g6)
Average Elo:
2015.33
Result:
4½/6 = 75%
B34 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nxc6)
Average Elo:
2038
Result:
1½/5 = 30%
B21 Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4 (1.e4 c5 2.f4)
Average Elo:
1966
Result:
3/4 = 75%
B07 Pirc (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2015.5
Result:
1/4 = 25%
B32 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5)
Average Elo:
2344
Result:
1½/4 = 37.5%
B31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6)
Average Elo:
2102.5
Result:
½/3 = 16.67%
A52 Budapest Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/3 = 33.33%
B23 Sicilian, Closed (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2125
Result:
1½/3 = 50%
A00 Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo:
1939.67
Result:
1½/3 = 50%
B77 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 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.Bc4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
2/2 = 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:
2055
Result:
2/2 = 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:
0
Result:
½/2 = 25%
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:
1888
Result:
1/2 = 50%
A46 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
2/2 = 100%
A48 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6)
Average Elo:
1930
Result:
½/2 = 25%
B39 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Breyer Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.c4 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Nc3 Ng4)
Average Elo:
2149
Result:
½/2 = 25%
B24 Sicilian, Closed (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3)
Average Elo:
1865
Result:
1/2 = 50%
B22 Sicilian, Alapin (1.e4 c5 2.c3)
Average Elo:
1857
Result:
½/2 = 25%
E66 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav Panno (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 d6 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 c5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5)
Average Elo:
2210
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A03 Bird's Opening (1.f4 d5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B25 Sicilian, Closed (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E60 King's Indian Defense (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A49 King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4 (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
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:
½/1 = 50%
E97 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6)
Average Elo:
2455
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A45 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2013
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E61 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3)
Average Elo:
1936
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A26 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B27 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2049
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E90 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1940
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E72 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.g3)
Average Elo:
2053
Result:
1/1 = 100%
Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo:
2000
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E92 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5)
Average Elo:
1889
Result:
1/1 = 100%