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Player:
(Eg:
Carlsen,Magnus
)
Sztern, Abraham
FIDE
:
FIDE Card
Years
:
1969-2001
Number of games
:
110
Number of wins
:
27
Number of draws
:
38
Number of losses
:
45
White score
:
21½/51 (42.16% - Average Elo: 2150.58)
Black score
:
24½/59 (41.53% - Average Elo: 2165.36)
Rating progression
Games
White wins
White draws
White losses
Black wins
Black draws
Black losses
Top wins
Sztern, Abraham - Hazai, Laszlo (2470), Doeberl Cup, Canberra (E62) - 1986
Sztern, Abraham (2265) - Fuller, Maxwell L (2325), New South Wales CC op, Sydney (A42) - 1990
Sztern, Abraham - Shaw, Terrey Ian (2305), AUS-ch45 198586, Toowoomba (E07) - 1985
Falchoni, Mario (2122) - Sztern, Abraham (2193), AUS-ch Major, Sydney (E15) - 1990
Ellis, David (2030) - Sztern, Abraham (2120), AUS-ch39 197980, Adelaide (A12) - 1979
Kalisch, Tom (1913) - Sztern, Abraham (2193), AUS-ch Major, Sydney (C29) - 1990
Sztern, Abraham - ? (45)
Canfell, Gregory (½/2)
Colhoun, David (½/2)
Flatow, Alfred (1/2)
Goldsmith, Alan (1½/2)
Shaw, Terrey Ian (1½/2)
Viner, Phillip John (0/2)
Aritonang, Sutan (1/1)
Barker, Geoffrey (½/1)
Bolens, Johnny (1/1)
Booth, Stewart (½/1)
Bordonada, Glenn (½/1)
Cassettari, Stephen (0/1)
Cook, Roger S (0/1)
Davis, Colin J (½/1)
Drummond, Matthew (0/1)
Farrell, Roger S (0/1)
Fuller, Maxwell L (1/1)
Guthrie, Aaron (½/1)
Halpin, Patrick (0/1)
Harp, Joel (½/1)
Hay, Trevor (½/1)
Hazai, Laszlo (1/1)
Hill, Shane Malcolm (1/1)
Hislop, Jamie (0/1)
Hornung, Konrad (0/1)
Horton, L (½/1)
Jordan, William J (1/1)
Kloostra, Juan (½/1)
Lane, Gary William (0/1)
Levi, Eddy (0/1)
Myers, John (1/1)
Parr, David (0/1)
Parr, Peter (0/1)
Peake, Andrew E (½/1)
Purdy, Cecil John Seddon (1/1)
Renic, Branko (0/1)
Ross, Thomas (1/1)
Roza, Peter (½/1)
Seberry, Ralph B (0/1)
Speck, Nick (0/1)
Tal, Mihail (½/1)
Telfer, Kenneth (½/1)
Trisa Ard, Nakorn (1/1)
Voon, Richard (0/1)
Wastell, Gary (0/1)
? - Sztern, Abraham (55)
Barber, Haydn J (1/2)
Curtis, John (1½/2)
Hay, Trevor (½/2)
Zaric, Srboljub (0/2)
Allen, Andrew (0/1)
Aturupane, Harinlal (½/1)
Barker, Geoffrey (½/1)
Booth, Stewart (0/1)
Byrne, Stewart (0/1)
Campbell, Murray D (½/1)
Chan, Peng Kong (½/1)
Davis, Colin J (½/1)
Depasquale, Chris (0/1)
Doel, Henk (½/1)
Ellis, David (1/1)
Falchoni, Mario (1/1)
Fell, Lloyd Stanley (1/1)
Ferris, David (½/1)
Fuller, Maxwell L (0/1)
Gmizic, Peter (1/1)
Hacche, David (½/1)
Hamilton, Douglas Gibson (0/1)
Hanks, John (0/1)
Harrison, Kevin J (0/1)
Hendry, John (½/1)
Hill, Ken J (½/1)
Hirschhorn, Jeremy (½/1)
Hutchings, Frank P (½/1)
Jamieson, Robert Murray (0/1)
Jones, Lee (1/1)
Jordan, William J (0/1)
Kalisch, Tom (1/1)
Kanikevich, Alexander (0/1)
Levi, Eddy (0/1)
Liew, Chee Meng Jimmy (1/1)
Liu, Wenzhe (½/1)
Mescher, Michael (1/1)
Morris, Colin (0/1)
Ozols, Karlis Alexander (1/1)
Pengelley, Justin (0/1)
Purdy, John Spencer (0/1)
Reilly, Tim (½/1)
Rout, Ian Clive (1/1)
Samar, Raul (0/1)
Shewchyk, Yaroslav (½/1)
Spuler, David (½/1)
Szuveges, Narelle (½/1)
Torre, Eugenio (0/1)
Voon, Richard (0/1)
Weeks, Manuel William (0/1)
Winter, George (1/1)
Wohl, Aleksandar H (0/1)
Woodhams, Michael V (1/1)
Wright, Anthony (½/1)
Xie, George Wendi (½/1)
Openings played as White (43)
C10 French (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2044
Result:
1½/3 = 50%
Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/3 = 33.33%
B11 Caro-Kann, Two Knights, 3...Bg4 (1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 Bg4)
Average Elo:
2365
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
B44 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6)
Average Elo:
2122.5
Result:
0/2 = 0%
B24 Sicilian, Closed (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3)
Average Elo:
1960
Result:
½/2 = 25%
C56 Two Knights (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.O-O Nxe4)
Average Elo:
1990
Result:
½/2 = 25%
B73 Sicilian, Dragon, Classical (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.Be2 Nc6 8.O-O)
Average Elo:
0
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:
2048
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B91 Sicilian, Najdorf, Zagreb (Fianchetto) Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.g3)
Average Elo:
2055
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B85 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Classical (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be2 a6 7.O-O Qc7 8.f4 Nc6)
Average Elo:
2215
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E29 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.Bd3 Nc6)
Average Elo:
1984
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C63 Ruy Lopez, Schliemann Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C53 Giuoco Piano (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3)
Average Elo:
2046
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D25 Queen's Gambit Accepted (1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A43 Old Benoni (1.d4 c5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A21 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B07 Pirc (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
1940
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E49 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Botvinnik System (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d6 9.h3)
Average Elo:
2265
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A42 Modern Defense, Averbakh System (1.d4 d6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4)
Average Elo:
2325
Result:
1/1 = 100%
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%
B03 Alekhine's Defense (1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4)
Average Elo:
2215
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A37 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 d6 5.g3)
Average Elo:
2470
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C36 King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defense (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 d5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C07 French, Tarrasch (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5)
Average Elo:
2180
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
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:
2452
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E81 King's Indian, Samisch (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O)
Average Elo:
2039
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B98 Sicilian, Najdorf (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Be7)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E70 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d6 9.d4)
Average Elo:
1962
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B99 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Be7 8.Qf3 Qc7 9.O-O-O Nbd7)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B34 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nxc6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B95 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6...e6 (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A83 Dutch, Staunton Gambit (1.d4 f5 2.e4 fxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E07 Catalan, Closed (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O Nbd7)
Average Elo:
2305
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%
B16 Caro-Kann, Bronstein-Larsen Variation (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ gxf6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A05 Reti Opening (1.Nf3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C45 Scotch Game (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4)
Average Elo:
2250
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A28 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2215
Result:
0/1 = 0%
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:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
Openings played as Black (45)
Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
3/4 = 75%
A52 Budapest Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4)
Average Elo:
2020
Result:
1½/3 = 50%
A07 King's Indian Attack (1.Nf3 d5 2.g3)
Average Elo:
2260
Result:
0/2 = 0%
B30 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6)
Average Elo:
2127
Result:
0/2 = 0%
C56 Two Knights (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.O-O Nxe4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
C69 Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 6.d4 (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dc 5.O-O f6 6.d4)
Average Elo:
2277.5
Result:
0/2 = 0%
C77 Ruy Lopez (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/2 = 25%
C85 Ruy Lopez, Exchange Variation Doubly Deferred (DERLD) (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Bxc6 dxc6)
Average Elo:
2255
Result:
½/2 = 25%
C89 Ruy Lopez, Marshall (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5)
Average Elo:
2340
Result:
0/2 = 0%
C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d6 9.d4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/2 = 50%
D85 Grunfeld (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5)
Average Elo:
2261
Result:
1/2 = 50%
A01 Nimzovich-Larsen Attack (1.b3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A05 Reti Opening (1.Nf3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2050
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A12 English with b3 (1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.b3)
Average Elo:
2030
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A15 English (1.c4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A16 English (1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A23 English, Bremen System, Keres Variation (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 c6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A38 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2128
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A51 Budapest Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5)
Average Elo:
2295
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A80 Dutch (1.d4 f5)
Average Elo:
2030
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B07 Pirc (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B59 Sicilian, Boleslavsky Variation, 7.Nb3 (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B60 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C27 Vienna Game (1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bc4 Nxe4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C29 Vienna Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4)
Average Elo:
1913
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C32 King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4 d5 3.exd5 e4 4.d3 Nf6 )
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C68 Ruy Lopez, Exchange (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C82 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 9.c3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C86 Ruy Lopez, Worrall Attack (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Qe2)
Average Elo:
2053
Result:
½/1 = 50%
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:
2065
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D19 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O O-O 9.Qe2)
Average Elo:
2280
Result:
0/1 = 0%
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:
2265
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D96 Grunfeld, Russian Variation (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3)
Average Elo:
2010
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E12 Queen's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E14 Queen's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.e3)
Average Elo:
2254
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E15 Queen's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3)
Average Elo:
2122
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E16 Queen's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Bb4+)
Average Elo:
2394
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E33 Nimzo-Indian, Classical (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 Nc6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E38 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5)
Average Elo:
2040
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E64 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav System (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 d6 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 c5)
Average Elo:
2260
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%
E74 King's Indian, Averbakh, 6...c5 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Bg5 c5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E86 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox, 7.Nge2 c6 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 e5 7.Nge2 c6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E88 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox, 7.d5 c6 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 e5 7.d5 c6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%