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Player:
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Willems, Niels
FIDE
:
FIDE Card
Title
:
FM
Years
:
2010-
Number of games
:
199
Number of wins
:
75
Number of draws
:
75
Number of losses
:
49
White score
:
60/96 (62.5% - Average Elo: 2162.07)
Black score
:
52½/103 (50.97% - Average Elo: 2179.26)
Rating progression
Games
White wins
White draws
White losses
Black wins
Black draws
Black losses
Top wins
Willems, Niels (2385) - Peyrer, Konstantin (2480), Mitropa Cup 2025, Trencin SVK (A13) - 2025
Willems, Niels (2311) - Garcia Ramos, Daniel (2462), 9th Oviedo Open 2023, Oviedo ESP (B12) - 2023
Willems, Niels (2279) - Vlachos, Anatole (2418), Festival Jeunes IM 2022, Paris FRA (A10) - 2022
Parligras, Mircea (2560) - Willems, Niels (2328), TCh-FRA Top 16 GpA 2024, Chartres FRA (D41) - 2024
Kobalia, Mihail (2538) - Willems, Niels (2414), Djerba Blitz 2025, Djerba TUN (B90) - 2025
Dgebuadze, Alexandre (2519) - Willems, Niels (2237), Agneaux St Lo op 20th, Agneaux (B18) - 2018
Willems, Niels - ? (91)
Bakalarz, Mietek (1/2)
Ferrari, Louis (1½/2)
Lamblin, Jean (1/2)
Navrotescu, Andreea Cristiana (1½/2)
Vlachos, Anatole (2/2)
Ajay Santhosh Parvathareddy (½/1)
Antognini, Francesco (1/1)
Arruebarrena, Rafael (1/1)
Ballmann, Martin (1/1)
Barbotte, Jeanne (1/1)
Baroyan, Davit (1/1)
Bassini, Emile (1/1)
Bendel, Ra (1/1)
Bergougnoux, Axel (½/1)
Bonte, Andrei (½/1)
Boulos, Carlos (1/1)
Bouzidi, Ahmed (1/1)
Burri, Quentin (0/1)
Charfeddine, Khaled (1/1)
Ciocani, Iosif (1/1)
Cornileau, Juliette (1/1)
Cvitan, Ognjen (0/1)
Dagonia, Steve (1/1)
Dardha, Daniel (0/1)
Djuric, S (1/1)
Ea, Thibault (1/1)
Elier, Ali (1/1)
Fantinel, Thibault (½/1)
Federer, Colin (1/1)
Fend, J (1/1)
Fischer, Marcel (1/1)
Garcia Ramos, Daniel (1/1)
Gavrilescu, David (0/1)
Georgiadis, I (½/1)
Goroshkov, Maksym (1/1)
Grigoryan, K2 (½/1)
Hebert, Floriane (1/1)
Hingouet, Matthieu (0/1)
Jacobsen, Mikkel Manosri (½/1)
Johnson, Daniel (½/1)
Kamber, B (½/1)
Kantzer, Romain (0/1)
Kanyamarala, Tarun (½/1)
Khandelwal, A (0/1)
Kieffer, Anatole (1/1)
Knoedler, Dieter (1/1)
Laurent, Julien G (1/1)
Lavault, Samuel (1/1)
Lazo, A (1/1)
Lehaci, Miruna-Daria (1/1)
Maurizzi, Marc'Andria (0/1)
Mautin, Arthur (1/1)
Mouhamad, Joachin (½/1)
Netzer, Je (0/1)
Omarsson, Adam (1/1)
Onslow, Alfie (0/1)
O'Sullivan, Thomas (0/1)
Peyrer, Konstantin (1/1)
Pham, Arthur (1/1)
Postanogov, Dmitrii (0/1)
Prusikin, Michael (½/1)
Rakotomaharo, Fy Antenaina (½/1)
Razafindratsima, Timothe (½/1)
Rodriguez, Adr FRA (1/1)
Roque, Gaetan (½/1)
Royal, Shreyas (0/1)
Sahidi, Samir (½/1)
Sambuev, Bator (½/1)
Sankalp, Gupta (½/1)
Schlegel, Igor (½/1)
Schmid, C2 (1/1)
Seignat, Florian (1/1)
Semling, Johannes (½/1)
Sokolov, Andrei (½/1)
Solakian Van Eyll, J (1/1)
Stefansson, Vignir Vatnar (0/1)
Stevik, Patrik Jun (0/1)
Stopa, Jacek (½/1)
Tahir, Abderrahmane (1/1)
Tashkinova, Sofiia (0/1)
Trouve, Guillaume (0/1)
Van Foreest, Jorden (0/1)
Vavric, Pavel (1/1)
Velpula, Sarayu (½/1)
Velten, Paul (0/1)
Velychko, Semen (1/1)
Viennot, D (½/1)
Vogt, Lothar (0/1)
Wacker, P (1/1)
Willow, Jonah B (0/1)
Wyss, J (1/1)
? - Willems, Niels (99)
Bogner, S (0/2)
Ferrari, Louis (1½/2)
Filali, Razzouki Marouane (1½/2)
Mohammad, Fahim (0/2)
Achour, Mohamed Anis (1/1)
Alary, Antoine (1/1)
Amdouni, Zoubeir (0/1)
Amghar, Ismael (0/1)
Amrane, Abdellah (1/1)
Ariza, Thomas (1/1)
Asllani, Dorian (½/1)
Atlas, Valeri (½/1)
Badrakova, Kseniya (1/1)
Baenziger, Fabian (0/1)
Bakalarz, Mietek (0/1)
Ballmann, Martin (½/1)
Bassini, Emile (½/1)
Bauer, Ch (½/1)
Becerra, Juan David (½/1)
Bellahcene, Meriem (0/1)
Bergougnoux, Axel (0/1)
Bezemer, Arno (½/1)
Bharath, Subramaniyam H (0/1)
Bluebaum, Matthias (0/1)
Borne, Felix (1/1)
Bouvet, Florian (½/1)
Brunello, Sabino (½/1)
Bujisho, Benjamin (½/1)
Chan, Kim Yew (½/1)
Chia, Yu Zhe Ashton (½/1)
Coiffait, Pierre Basile (½/1)
De Muyser, Xavier (½/1)
Debray, Christopher (½/1)
Derakhshani, Borna (½/1)
Dgebuadze, Alexandre (1/1)
Droin, Augustin (1/1)
Dubnevych, Maksym (½/1)
Duboue, Peio (½/1)
Fedorchuk, S (½/1)
Ferriz, Simon (½/1)
Fitzsimons, D (½/1)
Fruchard, Cyrille (½/1)
Georgescu, Lena (½/1)
Georgiadis, N (0/1)
Gong Qianyun (1/1)
Guedon, Sosthene (0/1)
Gut, Lionel (½/1)
Habiballah, Linda (1/1)
Hagner, Bennet (1/1)
Harish, Neeraj (½/1)
Hartge, Gedeon (0/1)
Hnatyshyn, Anastasiia (½/1)
Jinan, Jomon (0/1)
Jourdren, Kevin (1/1)
Kobalia, Mihail (1/1)
Kobo, Ori (½/1)
Koelle, Tobias (½/1)
Kovchan, Alexander (1/1)
Lagarde, Dimitri (0/1)
Lary, Damien (1/1)
Le Cour, Hugo (1/1)
Lux, Hugo de Melo (1/1)
Maghsoodloo, Parham (0/1)
Makkar, Rajat (0/1)
Marcenac, Delphine (1/1)
Martirosyan, Haik M (0/1)
Maurizzi, Marc Andria (0/1)
Meillon, Judicael (½/1)
Mekhane, Adam (½/1)
Mokrani, Rayan (1/1)
Moroni, Luca (½/1)
Muradli, Mahammad (0/1)
Mutschnik, Illya (½/1)
Nemec, Jachym (1/1)
N'Guyen, Emilien (1/1)
Osterwald, E (1/1)
O'Sullivan, Thomas (0/1)
Parligras, Mircea (1/1)
Pasztor, Balazs (½/1)
Petriashvili, Nikoloz (0/1)
Pozzi, Gaetan (1/1)
Priansh, Das (0/1)
Roshka, Yevgeniy (½/1)
Roussel, Glenn (½/1)
Roussel, Simon (1/1)
Simonetto, Andrea (½/1)
Smith, Matthieu (0/1)
Stoica, Savas Marin (½/1)
Sutter, O (½/1)
Thiel, T (½/1)
Thorisson, Benedikt (1/1)
Velavaa Ragavesh (½/1)
Viel, Simon (½/1)
Vlachos, Anatole (½/1)
Wadsworth, Matthew J (1/1)
Yilmaz, Baver (½/1)
Zarubitski, Viachaslau (0/1)
Zmboyan, Sargis (1/1)
Zylka, Stanislaw (0/1)
Openings played as White (37)
A13 English (1.c4 e6)
Average Elo:
2321.31
Result:
8/13 = 61.54%
A28 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2231.91
Result:
4½/11 = 40.91%
A17 English (1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6)
Average Elo:
2091.25
Result:
6/9 = 66.67%
A16 English (1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2099.14
Result:
5½/7 = 78.57%
A34 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2087.8
Result:
4/5 = 80%
A22 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2063.75
Result:
3/4 = 75%
A25 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6)
Average Elo:
1540
Result:
2½/3 = 83.33%
A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3)
Average Elo:
1695.33
Result:
1½/3 = 50%
A10 English (1.c4)
Average Elo:
2369.67
Result:
2/3 = 66.67%
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:
2083
Result:
3/3 = 100%
A38 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2005
Result:
2/2 = 100%
A36 English (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3)
Average Elo:
2396.5
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
A11 English, Caro-Kann Defensive System (1.c4 c6)
Average Elo:
2017.5
Result:
1/2 = 50%
A27 English, Three Knights System (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2480.5
Result:
0/2 = 0%
B12 Caro-Kann Defense (1.e4 c6 2.d4)
Average Elo:
2342.5
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+)
Average Elo:
2228.5
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
C11 French (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2445
Result:
1/2 = 50%
A21 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2188
Result:
2/2 = 100%
A31 English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation (1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4)
Average Elo:
1520
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D13 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.cxd5 cxd5)
Average Elo:
1561
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A23 English, Bremen System, Keres Variation (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 c6)
Average Elo:
1764
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A18 English, Mikenas-Carls (1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.e4)
Average Elo:
2024
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c6 5.e3)
Average Elo:
2091
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E69 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Main line (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 d6 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.e4 c6 9.h3)
Average Elo:
2273
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E60 King's Indian Defense (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6)
Average Elo:
2359
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D32 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5)
Average Elo:
2261
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A01 Nimzovich-Larsen Attack (1.b3)
Average Elo:
2292
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A30 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5)
Average Elo:
2045
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B10 Caro-Kann (1.e4 c6)
Average Elo:
2171
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B40 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6)
Average Elo:
2437
Result:
0/1 = 0%
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:
2301
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D00 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5)
Average Elo:
2233
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:
2416
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2)
Average Elo:
2549
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A45 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2197
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C01 French, Exchange (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bg5)
Average Elo:
2496
Result:
½/1 = 50%
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:
2290
Result:
½/1 = 50%
Openings played as Black (42)
B12 Caro-Kann Defense (1.e4 c6 2.d4)
Average Elo:
2066.64
Result:
10/14 = 71.43%
B18 Caro-Kann, Classical (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5)
Average Elo:
1839.3
Result:
6½/10 = 65%
B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5)
Average Elo:
1921
Result:
4½/9 = 50%
B11 Caro-Kann, Two Knights, 3...Bg4 (1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 Bg4)
Average Elo:
2213.75
Result:
2/8 = 25%
B90 Sicilian, Najdorf (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6)
Average Elo:
2356.4
Result:
3½/5 = 70%
A43 Old Benoni (1.d4 c5)
Average Elo:
2370
Result:
½/3 = 16.67%
B19 Caro-Kann, Classical (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nd7)
Average Elo:
2267.33
Result:
2½/3 = 83.33%
A35 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6)
Average Elo:
2440.33
Result:
½/3 = 16.67%
E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2444.33
Result:
1/3 = 33.33%
A05 Reti Opening (1.Nf3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2281.33
Result:
1½/3 = 50%
B10 Caro-Kann (1.e4 c6)
Average Elo:
2197.67
Result:
2/3 = 66.67%
D41 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c5 5.cxd5)
Average Elo:
2434.67
Result:
2/3 = 66.67%
A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3)
Average Elo:
1545
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
A57 Benko Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5)
Average Elo:
2223.5
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
A04 Reti Opening (1.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2339
Result:
½/2 = 25%
B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+)
Average Elo:
2407
Result:
½/2 = 25%
A45 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2459
Result:
½/2 = 25%
D02 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2470
Result:
½/2 = 25%
A56 Benoni Defense (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A59 Benko Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 Bxa6 6.Nc3 d6 7.e4)
Average Elo:
1372
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:
1749
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B14 Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6)
Average Elo:
2159
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C07 French, Tarrasch (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5)
Average Elo:
2160
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A08 King's Indian Attack (1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c5 3.Bg2)
Average Elo:
2324
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A30 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5)
Average Elo:
2361
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A58 Benko Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6)
Average Elo:
1962
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2)
Average Elo:
2116
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A28 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2469
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2)
Average Elo:
2380
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B50 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6)
Average Elo:
2320
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D05 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 e6)
Average Elo:
2234
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A15 English (1.c4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2680
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E51 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Nf3 d5)
Average Elo:
2555
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C83 Ruy Lopez, Open (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6)
Average Elo:
2201
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C77 Ruy Lopez (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2525
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C55 Two Knights Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2262
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A33 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 Nc6)
Average Elo:
2443
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E20 Nimzo-Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4)
Average Elo:
2436
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D37 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2458
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C80 Ruy Lopez, Open (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4)
Average Elo:
2150
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2340
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E46 Nimzo-Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O)
Average Elo:
2328
Result:
0/1 = 0%