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GermanyGER
ID: 4614160

Stefan Balster

FIDE ratings

2,306Classical

Performance

50 games
36% Win
44% Draw
20% Loss

Stefan Balster's playing style

Strong overall score:58%18W 22D 10L over 50 games
Best with e4 vs 1.e4/1.d4 as Black:59%in 22 games
Steady recent form:60%6W 12D 2L in last 20 games
Hard to beat — high draw rate:44%of games are draws

Openings as White

Among the openings shown, English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation, Fianchetto Line has the largest White sample, with 4 games. Select a row to explore its moves and inspect example games below.

English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation, Fianchetto Line
50%
50%
4g
English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, Queen's Knight Variation
50%
50%
4g
English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, Hedgehog System
100%
2g
English Opening: Mikenas-Carls Variation
100%
2g
English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Normal Variation
100%
2g

Openings as Black

Among the openings shown, Sicilian Defense: French Variation has the largest Black sample, with 6 games. These results describe the available sample, not a prediction of the player’s next choice.

Sicilian Defense: French Variation
67%
33%
6g
Queen's Pawn Game: Symmetrical Variation
50%
50%
4g
Sicilian Defense: Grand Prix Attack
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen Variation, Modern Variation
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Closed, Traditional
100%
2g

Repertoire

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

Starting position

16 games in this line · White to move

Results for Balster, Stefan as white · Wins / Draws / Losses

W / D / L
38%
38%
25%
Move
16 · 100%
38%
38%
25%

Game History

(50 games)
DateSourceColorOpponentResultLink
Mar 6, 2016
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
FMKamp, Christoph(2242)
D—
Mar 6, 2016
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
FMKamp, Christoph(2242)
D—
Oct 25, 2015
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Kuhnen, Thomas(2149)
W—
Oct 25, 2015
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Kuhnen, Thomas(2149)
W—
Apr 26, 2015
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
CMBus, Tom(2120)
W—
Apr 26, 2015
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
CMBus, Tom(2120)
W—
Mar 22, 2015
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Ljuboschiz, Alexander(2102)
D—
Mar 22, 2015
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Ljuboschiz, Alexander(2102)
D—
Dec 14, 2014
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Franke, Johannes(2331)
W—
Dec 14, 2014
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Franke, Johannes(2331)
W—

Research Stefan Balster’s games and opening repertoire

FM Stefan Balster is rated 2306 in standard by FIDE. Stefan Balster plays for Germany.

Stefan Balster has FIDE ID 4614160.

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