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ID: 4646452

Lars Balzer

FIDE ratings

2,008Classical

Performance

50 games
10% Win
60% Draw
30% Loss

Lars Balzer's playing style

Overall score:40%5W 30D 15L over 50 games
Best with 1.e4 as White:52%in 22 games
Steady recent form:35%3W 8D 9L in last 20 games
Hard to beat — high draw rate:60%of games are draws

Openings as White

Among the openings shown, Sicilian Defense: Closed has the largest White sample, with 12 games. Select a row to explore its moves and inspect example games below.

Sicilian Defense: Closed
8%
83%
8%
12g
Italian Game: Paris Defense
100%
2g
Indian Defense: Knights Variation
100%
2g
Italian Game: Giuoco Pianissimo, Normal
100%
2g
Italian Game: Classical Variation, Giuoco Pianissimo, with a6
100%
1g

Openings as Black

Among the openings shown, Caro-Kann Defense: Exchange Variation has the largest Black sample, with 4 games. These results describe the available sample, not a prediction of the player’s next choice.

Caro-Kann Defense: Exchange Variation
100%
4g
Caro-Kann Defense
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: O'Kelly Variation, Venice System, Steiner Line
100%
2g
Old Indian Defense
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Kalashnikov Variation
100%
1g

Repertoire

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

Starting position

25 games in this line · White to move

Results for Balzer, Lars as white · Wins / Draws / Losses

W / D / L
16%
72%
12%
Move
22 · 88%
18%
68%
14%
3 · 12%
100%

Game History

(50 games)
DateSourceColorOpponentResultLink
Jan 2, 2026
OTB - TWIC
CMHu, Junyan(1860)
L—
Jan 2, 2026
OTB - TWIC
CMHu, Junyan(1860)
L—
Jan 2, 2026
OTB - TWIC
CMHu, Junyan(1862)
L—
Jan 2, 2026
OTB - TWIC
CMHu, Junyan(1860)
L—
Jan 1, 2026
OTB - TWIC
Halas, Kim Aleksander(1729)
W—
Jan 1, 2026
OTB - TWIC
WCMAshton, Alannah(1983)
L—
Dec 31, 2025
OTB - TWIC
Venkatesh, Anuj(1825)
D—
Dec 30, 2025
OTB - TWIC
Freeman, Luke(1867)
L—
Dec 30, 2025
OTB - TWIC
Ruane, Brendan J(1857)
D—
Dec 29, 2025
OTB - TWIC
Swiatkowski, Aram(1843)
D—

Research Lars Balzer’s games and opening repertoire

Lars Balzer is rated 2008 in standard by FIDE. Lars Balzer plays for Germany.

Lars Balzer has FIDE ID 4646452.

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