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| Born: | 1962 |
| Results: | Win: 32.2% (79) Loss: 38.8% (95) Draw: 29% (71) Total:245 |
| White Results: | Win: 40.3% (50) Loss: 32.3% (40) Draw: 27.4% (34) Total:124 |
| Black Results: | Win: 24% (29) Loss: 45.5% (55) Draw: 30.6% (37) Total:121 |
| Active: | 1981 to 1997 |
| Current Rating: | 2386 on 2024-12-01 |
| Max Rating: | 2415 on 1983-07-01 |
| FIDE ID: | 1300083 |
| Country: | SUI |
| Most Frequent White Openings | |
|---|---|
| Opening | Played |
| Sicilian Defense, Chekhover Variation | 6 (+1 -3 =2) |
| Sicilian Defense, Paulsen Variation, Bastrikov Variation | 6 (+3 -0 =3) |
| Caro-Kann Defense, Panov Attack | 6 (+2 -1 =3) |
| Sicilian Defense, Sozin Attack, Main Line | 4 (+3 -0 =1) |
| Sicilian Defense, Scheveningen Variation, Fianchetto Variation | 4 (+1 -2 =1) |
| Sicilian Defense, Accelerated Dragon, Modern Bc4 Variation | 4 (+4 -0 =0) |
| Sicilian Defense, Lasker-Pelikan Variation, Sveshnikov Variation | 4 (+0 -3 =1) |
| Caro-Kann Defense, Panov Attack, Modern Defense | 3 (+1 -1 =1) |
| Nimzo-Indian Defense, Panov Attack, Main Line | 3 (+0 -2 =1) |
| Scotch Game, Mieses Variation | 3 (+1 -0 =2) |
| Most Frequent Black Openings | |
|---|---|
| Opening | Played |
| Sicilian Defense, Paulsen Variation, Bastrikov Variation | 16 (+1 -11 =4) |
| English Opening, Anglo-Indian Defense, King's Indian Formation | 6 (+1 -1 =4) |
| Gruenfeld Defense, Exchange Variation, Spassky Variation | 5 (+2 -2 =1) |
| Sicilian Defense, Paulsen Variation, Szen Variation | 4 (+2 -1 =1) |
| Catalan Opening, Closed Variation | 4 (+1 -2 =1) |
| Nimzo-Indian Defense, Reshevsky Variation | 4 (+2 -1 =1) |
| Queen's Gambit Refused, Baltic Defense, Pseudo-Slav | 3 (+1 -1 =1) |
| Gruenfeld Defense, Exchange Variation, Modern Exchange Variation | 3 (+0 -1 =2) |
| Catalan Opening, Closed Variation, Traditional Variation | 3 (+0 -2 =1) |
| Sicilian Defense, French Variation | 3 (+2 -0 =1) |
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