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ID: 24664081

Michael Appel

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FIDE ratings

1,897Classical

Performance

33 games
33% Win
36% Draw
31% Loss

Michael Appel's playing style

Overall score:52%11W 12D 10L over 33 games
Dominates 1.c4 as White:70%in 15 games
Steady recent form:53%6W 9D 5L in last 20 games
Hard to beat — high draw rate:36%of games are draws

Openings as White

Among the openings shown, English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, Queen's Knight Variation has the largest White sample, with 3 games. Select a row to explore its moves and inspect example games below.

English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, Queen's Knight Variation
33%
33%
33%
3g
English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Normal Variation
100%
3g
English Opening: King's English Variation, Three Knights System
50%
50%
2g
English Opening: King's English Variation, Kramnik-Shirov Counterattack
100%
1g
English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, Nimzo-English
100%
1g

Openings as Black

Among the openings shown, Sicilian Defense: Old Sicilian has the largest Black sample, with 2 games. These results describe the available sample, not a prediction of the player’s next choice.

Sicilian Defense: Old Sicilian
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Pin Variation, Koch Variation
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: French Variation
100%
2g
Indian Defense: Spielmann-Indian
100%
2g
English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Two Knights Variation
100%
1g

Repertoire

15 games as white in scope
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Move arrowsfrequency, not engine evaluation

Starting position

15 games in this line · White to move

Results for Appel, Michael as white · Wins / Draws / Losses

W / D / L
53%
33%
13%
Move
15 · 100%
53%
33%
13%

Game History

(33 games)
DateSourceColorOpponentResultLink
Aug 29, 1998
OTB - PGNMentor
Lesniak, Kacper(1354)
W—
Aug 28, 1998
OTB - PGNMentor
Weiland, Thomas(2031)
D—
Aug 27, 1998
OTB - Codekiddy
Zschischang, Gunnar(2237)
D—
Aug 26, 1998
OTB - Codekiddy
Herms, Axel(2135)
L—
Aug 25, 1998
OTB - PGNMentor
Helland, Gunleif(1595)
W—
Aug 24, 1998
OTB - PGNMentor
Dunkel, Horst(1993)
D—
Aug 23, 1998
OTB - PGNMentor
Kraus, Uwe(1794)
D—
Aug 23, 1998
OTB - Codekiddy
Hausmann, Hans-Ulrich(1977)
L—
Aug 22, 1998
OTB - Codekiddy
Koellmer, Hans(1535)
L—
Jan 1, 1998
OTB - Codekiddy
Kaatz, Daniel
D—

Research Michael Appel’s games and opening repertoire

Michael Appel is rated 1897 in standard by FIDE. Michael Appel plays for Germany.

Michael Appel has FIDE ID 24664081.

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