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ID: 14350777

Matthew Badenhorst

FIDE ratings

1,467Classical

Performance

50 games
52% Win
34% Draw
14% Loss

Matthew Badenhorst's playing style

Strong overall score:69%26W 17D 7L over 50 games
Dominates 1.e4 as White:69%in 18 games
Steady recent form:70%10W 8D 2L in last 20 games
Hard to beat — high draw rate:34%of games are draws

Openings as White

Among the openings shown, Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical Variation, Berlin Variation, Macieja System has the largest White sample, with 2 games. Select a row to explore its moves and inspect example games below.

Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical Variation, Berlin Variation, Macieja System
50%
50%
2g
Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Arkhangelsk Variation
100%
1g
Ruy Lopez: Bird Variation
100%
1g
Catalan Opening: Open Defense, Classical Line
100%
1g
Ruy Lopez: Closed
100%
1g

Openings as Black

Among the openings shown, Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation has the largest Black sample, with 3 games. These results describe the available sample, not a prediction of the player’s next choice.

Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation
33%
67%
3g
Sicilian Defense: Modern Variations
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation, Yugoslav Attack
50%
50%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation, Yugoslav Attack, Modern Line
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen Variation, Classical Variation
100%
1g

Repertoire

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

Starting position

24 games in this line · White to move

Results for Badenhorst, Matthew as white · Wins / Draws / Losses

W / D / L
54%
33%
13%
Move
18 · 75%
56%
28%
17%
6 · 25%
50%
50%

Game History

(50 games)
DateSourceColorOpponentResultLink
Jan 15, 2007
OTB - IECG
Bartsch, Christian(1804)
D—
Jan 15, 2007
OTB - IECG
Milde, Lars(1905)
W—
Jan 15, 2007
OTB - IECG
Wheeler, James M(2026)
D—
Jan 15, 2007
OTB - IECG
Hartnack, Bob(2034)
D—
Jan 15, 2007
OTB - IECG
Klykow, Luke(1880)
D—
Apr 1, 2006
OTB - IECG
Kovacs, Arthur Dr.(2163)
D—
Apr 1, 2006
OTB - IECG
Anjel, Vlado(1751)
W—
Apr 1, 2006
OTB - IECG
CMAlonso, Rodolfo(2211)
W—
Apr 1, 2006
OTB - IECG
Epiney, Flo(2252)
L—
Apr 1, 2006
OTB - IECG
Blom, Erik H L(2375)
D—

Research Matthew Badenhorst’s games and opening repertoire

Matthew Badenhorst is rated 1467 in standard by FIDE. Matthew Badenhorst plays for South Africa.

Matthew Badenhorst has FIDE ID 14350777.

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