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Steigum, Erling



FIDE:	FIDE Card
Years:	1974-2025
Number of games:	43
Number of wins:	17
Number of draws:	10
Number of losses:	16
White score:	12½/21 (59.52% - Average Elo: 1763.62)
Black score:	9½/22 (43.18% - Average Elo: 1888.65)

Rating progression

Games
White wins
White draws
White losses
Black wins
Black draws
Black losses

Top wins

Steigum, Erling (1988) - Newey, Richard H (1704), San Francisco TNM Fall op, San Francisco (D78) - 2012

Steigum, Erling (1916) - Handler, Andrew Todd (1701), San Francisco TNM Fall op, San Francisco (A85) - 2016

Steigum, Erling (1896) - Renaud, Jacques (1694), 33rd World Senior 65+, Gallipoli ITA (A04) - 2025

Morriss, Pete R (2013) - Steigum, Erling (1868), Wch Seniors 65 29th, Bucharest (A25) - 2019

Melville, Cailen Jeremiah (1806) - Steigum, Erling (1988), San Francisco TNM Fall op, San Francisco (E27) - 2012

Chan, John (1595) - Steigum, Erling (1916), San Francisco TNM Fall op, San Francisco (A46) - 2016

Steigum, Erling - ? (21)

Acers, Jude Frazer (0/1)

Al Junid, F (1/1)

Allen, Tom (1/1)

Donnelly, Patrick T (1/1)

Dvorsky, David (1/1)

Eales, Richard G (½/1)

Handler, Andrew Todd (1/1)

Hjertenes, Oystein (½/1)

LaCounte, Brendan A (0/1)

Lee, Gordon S Arai (½/1)

Lin, Aung Tun (1/1)

Michalet, Guy (0/1)

Montoya, Daniel (0/1)

Nakayama, K (1/1)

Newey, Richard H (1/1)

Parvulescu, Nicu (1/1)

Poling, Scott (0/1)

Raikin, Leonid (0/1)

Renaud, Jacques (1/1)

Strand, Kjetil (0/1)

White, Benjamin M (1/1)

? - Steigum, Erling (22)

Agdamag, Samuel (1/1)

Al Junid, F (1/1)

Candea, Gheorghe (½/1)

Chan, John (1/1)

De Jonghe, Bruno (½/1)

Estefano Rilova, Fernando (½/1)

Jhunjhnuwala, Naresh (½/1)

Ladisic, Alex Sacha (0/1)

Marrus, Matthew E (1/1)

Melkeraaen, Terje (½/1)

Melville, Cailen Jeremiah (1/1)

Mercant Simo, Jaime (0/1)

Meyer, Eugene B (0/1)

Morriss, Pete R (1/1)

O'Connor, Derek (0/1)

Petran, Peter (0/1)

Sevall, Jacob Cameron (0/1)

Traub, Igor Vladimirovich (0/1)

Tsynman, Boris (½/1)

Valdez, A (½/1)

Woebcke, Carl (0/1)

Yakimenko, Alexander A (0/1)

Openings played as White (17)

D06 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4)
Average Elo: 2241
Result: 1/2 = 50%

D12 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5)
Average Elo: 1620.5
Result: 1½/2 = 75%

A85 Dutch, with c4 & Nc3 (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3)
Average Elo: 1642
Result: 1/2 = 50%

A06 Reti Opening (1.Nf3 d5)
Average Elo: 1865
Result: 1/2 = 50%

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: 0
Result: 1/1 = 100%

E43 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6)
Average Elo: 1647
Result: 1/1 = 100%

D53 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7)
Average Elo: 1313
Result: 1/1 = 100%

D79 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O, Main line (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O c6 7.cxd5 cxd5)
Average Elo: 0
Result: ½/1 = 50%

A42 Modern Defense, Averbakh System (1.d4 d6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4)
Average Elo: 2001
Result: ½/1 = 50%

D37 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3)
Average Elo: 1924
Result: 0/1 = 0%

E12 Queen's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6)
Average Elo: 1681
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%

C41 Philidor Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6)
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: 1704
Result: 1/1 = 100%

A46 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3)
Average Elo: 1747
Result: 0/1 = 0%

A04 Reti Opening (1.Nf3)
Average Elo: 1694
Result: 1/1 = 100%

A12 English with b3 (1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.b3)
Average Elo: 2011
Result: 0/1 = 0%

Openings played as Black (16)

B45 Sicilian, Taimanov (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3)
Average Elo: 0
Result: 1½/3 = 50%

B40 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6)
Average Elo: 1765.5
Result: 2/3 = 66.67%

E11 Bogo-Indian Defense (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+)
Average Elo: 2042.5
Result: ½/2 = 25%

B22 Sicilian, Alapin (1.e4 c5 2.c3)
Average Elo: 2006.5
Result: 1/2 = 50%

A30 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5)
Average Elo: 0
Result: 0/1 = 0%

B33 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4)
Average Elo: 2083
Result: 0/1 = 0%

B48 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3)
Average Elo: 1786
Result: 0/1 = 0%

E27 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch Variation (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 O-O)
Average Elo: 1806
Result: 1/1 = 100%

C01 French, Exchange (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bg5)
Average Elo: 1534
Result: ½/1 = 50%

B44 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6)
Average Elo: 1335
Result: 1/1 = 100%

A46 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3)
Average Elo: 1595
Result: 1/1 = 100%

B47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7)
Average Elo: 2033
Result: 0/1 = 0%

B23 Sicilian, Closed (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo: 2149
Result: 0/1 = 0%

A25 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6)
Average Elo: 2013
Result: 1/1 = 100%

B31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6)
Average Elo: 1972
Result: 0/1 = 0%

A00 Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo: 2172
Result: 0/1 = 0%