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ID: 14301440

Heinrich Basson

FIDE ratings

1,900Classical
1,850Rapid
1,950Blitz

Performance

50 games
22% Win
36% Draw
42% Loss

Heinrich Basson's playing style

Overall score:40%11W 18D 21L over 50 games
Best with 1.d4 as White:32%in 19 games
Steady recent form:38%6W 3D 11L in last 20 games
Hard to beat — high draw rate:36%of games are draws

Openings as White

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

Indian Defense: Spielmann-Indian
100%
2g
Queen's Pawn Game: London System, with e6
100%
2g
Indian Defense: London System
100%
2g
Queen's Pawn Game: London System
100%
2g
London System
100%
2g

Openings as Black

Among the openings shown, Queen's Pawn Game: Symmetrical Variation has the largest Black sample, with 4 games. These results describe the available sample, not a prediction of the player’s next choice.

Queen's Pawn Game: Symmetrical Variation
50%
50%
4g
King's Indian Attack
100%
4g
Slav Defense: Exchange Variation
100%
2g
Semi-Slav Defense
100%
2g

Repertoire

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

Starting position

23 games in this line · White to move

Results for Basson, Heinrich as white · Wins / Draws / Losses

W / D / L
22%
43%
35%
Move
19 · 83%
5%
53%
42%
4 · 17%
100%

Game History

(50 games)
DateSourceColorOpponentResultLink
Dec 7, 2025
OTB - TWIC
FMAllan Smith.P(2145)
L—
Dec 7, 2025
OTB - TWIC
FMSmith, An(2145)
L—
Dec 6, 2025
OTB - LichessBroadcast
IMRoebers, Eline(2396)
L—
Dec 6, 2025
OTB - TWIC
IMRoebers, Eline(2392)
L—
Dec 21, 2024
OTB - LichessBroadcast
GMGrieve, Harry(2463)
L—
Mar 3, 2024
OTB - Britbase
Rogowski, Rafal(1728)
W—
Mar 3, 2024
OTB - Britbase
Wainwright, Charlie(1632)
D—
Mar 3, 2024
OTB - Britbase
Jacklin, Sam(1723)
W—
Mar 3, 2024
OTB - Britbase
Rogowski, Rafal(1728)
W—
Mar 3, 2024
OTB - Britbase
Wainwright, Charlie(1783)
D—

Research Heinrich Basson’s games and opening repertoire

Heinrich Basson is rated 1900 in standard, 1850 in rapid, 1950 in blitz by FIDE. Heinrich Basson plays for South Africa.

Heinrich Basson has FIDE ID 14301440.

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