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Player:
(Eg:
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Schaeffner, Claus
FIDE
:
FIDE Card
Years
:
1994-2012
Number of games
:
158
Number of wins
:
45
Number of draws
:
62
Number of losses
:
51
White score
:
45/84 (53.57% - Average Elo: 2199.64)
Black score
:
31/74 (41.89% - Average Elo: 2187.17)
Rating progression
Games
White wins
White draws
White losses
Black wins
Black draws
Black losses
Top wins
Schaeffner, Claus - Rupp, Markus (2310), Schwanstetten op, Schwanstetten (E62) - 1994
Schaeffner, Claus (2195) - Gietl, Thomas (2305), Mittelfranken-ch M1, Heroldsbach (E91) - 1997
Schaeffner, Claus (2225) - Brueggemann, Joachim (2290), BL2-Ost 9596, Germany (E32) - 1996
Lang, Marc (2332) - Schaeffner, Claus (2155), GER-chT Universities, Germany (D00) - 1999
Jirovsky, Pavel (2321) - Schaeffner, Claus (2164), Oberliga Bayern 0405, Bayern () - 2005
Rohrbach, Frank (2235) - Schaeffner, Claus (2220), Mittelfranken-ch Nord HT, Roethenbach (D45) - 1996
Schaeffner, Claus - ? (80)
Frieser, Klaus (1/2)
Gietl, Thomas (1/2)
Rupp, Markus (1½/2)
Wenzel, Johannes (0/2)
Ahner, Andreas (1/1)
Alm, Christopher (½/1)
Asendorf, Joachim (½/1)
Bachmayr, Peter (1/1)
Bauer, Peter (0/1)
Bender, Stephan (½/1)
Berreth, Marc (1/1)
Braginsky, Alexej (0/1)
Braun, Christian (1/1)
Brueggemann, Joachim (1/1)
Deckert, Marc (1/1)
Del Rio, Roland (½/1)
Dgebuadze, Alexandre (½/1)
Eckhardt, Claudia (½/1)
Eckhardt, Wladislaw (0/1)
Erler, Rainer (1/1)
Feist, Reiner (1/1)
Fink, Martin (1/1)
Franz, Gerhard (0/1)
Friedrich, Heinrich (1/1)
Fuchs, Gerhard (1/1)
Fuss, Michael (½/1)
Gegenfurtner, Juergen (½/1)
Grimm, Sascha (0/1)
Gross, Stefan (½/1)
Gutzeit, Kurt (1/1)
Haba, Zdenek (½/1)
Hackel, Mario (0/1)
Halbritter, Josef (½/1)
Heimrath, Reiner (1/1)
Heimrath, Willi (1/1)
Held, Markus (0/1)
Hofmann, Martin1 (1/1)
Iordachescu, Viorel (½/1)
Kessler, Dietmar (0/1)
Kirchner, Thomas (½/1)
Klee, Mario (½/1)
Klein, Waldemar (½/1)
Klek, Hanna Marie (0/1)
Kraft, Volker (½/1)
Kreuzer, Gerhard (1/1)
Krug, Stefan (0/1)
Kustar, Sandor (0/1)
Loos, Roland (0/1)
Lorenz, Mark (½/1)
Maurer, Jochen (½/1)
Meister, Peter (½/1)
Noack, Thomas (1/1)
Oehrlein, Thomas (1/1)
Palkova, Katerina (1/1)
Parulava, Temur (0/1)
Rehak, Martin (½/1)
Riefner, Edwin (0/1)
Rix, Michael (1/1)
Roeder, Frank (0/1)
Saathoff, Richard (1/1)
Schlamp, Robert (0/1)
Schulz, Michael (0/1)
Seuffert, Gabriel (½/1)
Sheremet, Mykhaylo (½/1)
Sippl, Martin (½/1)
Smekal, Ralf (1/1)
Stickler, Roberto (1/1)
Stiller, Juergen (0/1)
Strehlow, Horst (1/1)
Strobel, Norbert (0/1)
Strube, Frank (1/1)
Teslia, Vladimir (1/1)
Trefny, Vlastimil (0/1)
Troyke, Christian (½/1)
Vogt, Peter (½/1)
Wanzek, Daniel (1/1)
Weiss, Matthias (1/1)
Werner, Claus (½/1)
Zeller, Frank (½/1)
Zimmermann, Frank (0/1)
? - Schaeffner, Claus (73)
Speckner, Roland (½/2)
Ahmeti, Musa (½/1)
Bagaturov, Giorgi (0/1)
Bartha, Sandor (0/1)
Boehlig, Heinz (½/1)
Burghardt, Michael (½/1)
Darnstaedt, Frank (½/1)
Dauth, Benjamin (0/1)
Derichs, Roger (0/1)
Feustel, Bernd (½/1)
Gazmaga, Stefan (½/1)
Gempe, Thomas (1/1)
Geske, Julian (0/1)
Glitz, Martin (1/1)
Grabert, Ralf (½/1)
Grosch, Hermann (1/1)
Grundherr, Martin (½/1)
Gruzmann, Boris (0/1)
Halbritter, Josef (½/1)
Heika, Martin (0/1)
Heumann, Joern (½/1)
Hirn, Oskar (0/1)
Jirovsky, Pavel (1/1)
Junker, Rene (½/1)
Kaeppel, Roland (½/1)
Kaiser, Wolfgang (0/1)
Kirchner, Thomas (½/1)
Klek, Hanna Marie (1/1)
Klimpel, Thomas (0/1)
Koch, Moritz (0/1)
Kraenzle, Harald (½/1)
Kraft, Volker (½/1)
Kreuzer, Helmut (1/1)
Kritz, Leonid (0/1)
Lang, Marc (1/1)
Lang, Stefan (½/1)
Laubert, Johannes (1/1)
Legde, Georg (0/1)
Levushkina, Elena (½/1)
Liepold, Stefan (1/1)
Lutz, Dieter (½/1)
Lutz, Thomas (0/1)
Margraf, Matthias (1/1)
Martin Fernandez, Rodrigo (1/1)
Maurer, Heinrich (1/1)
Maurer, Jochen (0/1)
Meulner, Klaus (0/1)
Moor, Roger (0/1)
Mueller, Christian2 (0/1)
Mueller, Marcus2 (½/1)
Oechslein, Rainer (½/1)
Oehrlein, Thomas (0/1)
Olbrich, Joachim (½/1)
Paerr, Manfred (0/1)
Putselyk, Sergiy (½/1)
Rausch, Wolfgang (½/1)
Roeder, Frank (½/1)
Rohrbach, Frank (1/1)
Ruettinger, Johannes (0/1)
Schatz, Christian (½/1)
Schlickenrieder, Gerhard (0/1)
Seeger, Werner (½/1)
Staub, Florian (0/1)
Steinbacher, Matthias (½/1)
Stickler, Roberto (½/1)
Strube, Frank (1/1)
Theisinger, Felix (½/1)
Votruba, Pavel (½/1)
Weiss, Jochen (½/1)
Wichmann, Cliff (0/1)
Willim, Michael (0/1)
Zeller, Frank (½/1)
Zentgraf, Alexander (½/1)
Openings played as White (49)
E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2)
Average Elo:
2309.25
Result:
2/5 = 40%
D49 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 9.e4 c5 10.e5 cxd4 11.Nxb5 )
Average Elo:
2231.67
Result:
2½/4 = 62.5%
A57 Benko Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5)
Average Elo:
2080
Result:
2½/4 = 62.5%
E91 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2)
Average Elo:
2100.75
Result:
2½/4 = 62.5%
D85 Grunfeld (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5)
Average Elo:
2207.5
Result:
2/4 = 50%
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:
2172.5
Result:
1½/3 = 50%
A52 Budapest Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4)
Average Elo:
2284.33
Result:
2/3 = 66.67%
A69 Benoni, Four Pawns Attack, Main line (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.f4 Bg7 8.Nf3 O-O 9.Be2 Re8)
Average Elo:
2273
Result:
1/3 = 33.33%
A56 Benoni Defense (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5)
Average Elo:
2151
Result:
2½/3 = 83.33%
E98 King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov, 9.Ne1 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Ne1)
Average Elo:
2077.5
Result:
1/2 = 50%
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:
2262.5
Result:
0/2 = 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:
2195
Result:
1/2 = 50%
A61 Benoni (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nf3 g6)
Average Elo:
2170
Result:
2/2 = 100%
A88 Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with c6 (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.Nc3 c6)
Average Elo:
2154
Result:
0/2 = 0%
D24 Queen's Gambit Accepted (1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2351
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
A46 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2272.5
Result:
0/2 = 0%
D55 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2114
Result:
1/2 = 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:
2095
Result:
2/2 = 100%
E38 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5)
Average Elo:
2224
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
E99 King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Ne1 Nd7 10.f3 f5)
Average Elo:
2237.5
Result:
1/2 = 50%
D31 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2285
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E41 Nimzo-Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5)
Average Elo:
2310
Result:
½/1 = 50%
Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo:
2074
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D63 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.Rc1)
Average Elo:
2245
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E36 Nimzo-Indian, Classical (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.a3)
Average Elo:
2140
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A55 Old Indian, Main line (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Nf3 Nbd7 5.e4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D53 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7)
Average Elo:
1890
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D34 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.g3 Nf6 7.Bg2 Be7)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
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:
2195
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A86 Dutch (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3)
Average Elo:
2176
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A43 Old Benoni (1.d4 c5)
Average Elo:
2358
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D18 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3)
Average Elo:
2255
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D02 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1850
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:
2435
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:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A90 Dutch (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 e6 4.Bg2)
Average Elo:
2314
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A87 Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2268
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E43 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6)
Average Elo:
2290
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E33 Nimzo-Indian, Classical (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 Nc6)
Average Elo:
2047
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6)
Average Elo:
2290
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 d6 5.g3)
Average Elo:
2310
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E34 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa Variation (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5)
Average Elo:
2230
Result:
½/1 = 50%
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:
2266
Result:
½/1 = 50%
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:
2135
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A94 Dutch, Stonewall with Ba3 (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 e6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O d5 7.b3 c6 8.Ba3)
Average Elo:
2195
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A44 Old Benoni Defense (1.d4 c5 2.d5 e5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D07 Queen's Gambit Declined, Chigorin Defense (1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nc6)
Average Elo:
2095
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A17 English (1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
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:
2290
Result:
0/1 = 0%
Openings played as Black (34)
B12 Caro-Kann Defense (1.e4 c6 2.d4)
Average Elo:
2125.5
Result:
2½/8 = 31.25%
B17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7)
Average Elo:
2312.5
Result:
4/7 = 57.14%
C41 Philidor Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6)
Average Elo:
2151.43
Result:
3½/7 = 50%
D02 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2112.4
Result:
2/5 = 40%
B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5)
Average Elo:
2227
Result:
1½/3 = 50%
A11 English, Caro-Kann Defensive System (1.c4 c6)
Average Elo:
2129
Result:
½/3 = 16.67%
B14 Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6)
Average Elo:
2221.33
Result:
1½/3 = 50%
B10 Caro-Kann (1.e4 c6)
Average Elo:
2148.33
Result:
½/3 = 16.67%
D07 Queen's Gambit Declined, Chigorin Defense (1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nc6)
Average Elo:
2163
Result:
½/3 = 16.67%
A21 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2005
Result:
0/2 = 0%
D13 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.cxd5 cxd5)
Average Elo:
2347.5
Result:
1/2 = 50%
D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c6 5.e3)
Average Elo:
2205
Result:
1/2 = 50%
D43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c6)
Average Elo:
2225
Result:
1/2 = 50%
D00 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5)
Average Elo:
2123
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
A12 English with b3 (1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.b3)
Average Elo:
2212.5
Result:
1/2 = 50%
Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo:
2313.5
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
D52 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.e3 c6 6.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2265
Result:
0/1 = 0%
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:
0
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:
2450
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A07 King's Indian Attack (1.Nf3 d5 2.g3)
Average Elo:
2270
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B22 Sicilian, Alapin (1.e4 c5 2.c3)
Average Elo:
2280
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D61 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.Qc2)
Average Elo:
2140
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D12 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5)
Average Elo:
2140
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A25 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6)
Average Elo:
2240
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2175
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D37 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2215
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D35 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E57 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with 8...dc and 9...cd (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Nf3 d5 6.Bd3 c5 7.O-O Nc6 8.a3 dxc4 9.Bxc4)
Average Elo:
2120
Result:
½/1 = 50%
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:
2266
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C25 Vienna (1.e4 e5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2123
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B07 Pirc (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2122
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A06 Reti Opening (1.Nf3 d5)
Average Elo:
2114
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A10 English (1.c4)
Average Elo:
2039
Result:
0/1 = 0%