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ID: 14606771

Bostjan Benko

FIDE ratings

1,858Classical
1,943Rapid
1,997Blitz

Performance

50 games
18% Win
44% Draw
38% Loss

Bostjan Benko's playing style

Overall score:40%9W 22D 19L over 50 games
Best with 1.e4 as White:41%in 22 games
Struggles in the Caro-Kann Defense as Black:23%in 15 games
Strongest in classical:40%in 49 games
Steady recent form:43%6W 5D 9L in last 20 games
Hard to beat — high draw rate:44%of games are draws

Openings as White

Among the openings shown, Sicilian Defense: Closed has the largest White sample, with 5 games. Select a row to explore its moves and inspect example games below.

Sicilian Defense: Closed
40%
60%
5g
Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, Freak Attack
100%
4g
Bishop's Opening: Berlin Defense
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Lasker-Pelikan Variation
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Hyperaccelerated Fianchetto
100%
1g

Openings as Black

Among the openings shown, Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation, Short Variation has the largest Black sample, with 7 games. These results describe the available sample, not a prediction of the player’s next choice.

Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation, Short Variation
71%
29%
7g
Caro-Kann Defense: Exchange Variation, Rubinstein Variation
100%
2g
Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation, Botvinnik-Carls Defense
100%
2g
Neo-Grünfeld Defense: Goglidze Attack
100%
2g
Czech Defense
100%
1g

Repertoire

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

Starting position

22 games in this line · White to move

Results for Benko, Bostjan as white · Wins / Draws / Losses

W / D / L
14%
55%
32%
Move
22 · 100%
14%
55%
32%

Game History

(50 games)
DateSourceColorOpponentResultLink
Oct 11, 2026
OTB - Mark Crowther
Gorsek, Gregor(2110)
L—
Oct 10, 2026
OTB - Mark Crowther
Ivanec, Dezider(2045)
D—
Oct 9, 2026
OTB - Mark Crowther
FMUrbanc, Peter(2153)
L—
Oct 4, 2026
OTB - Mark Crowther
Korze, Danilo(2001)
D—
Oct 3, 2026
OTB - Mark Crowther
Smon, Gregor(1947)
D—
Oct 2, 2026
OTB - Mark Crowther
Kunsek, Ana(1436)
W—
Sep 6, 2026
OTB - Mark Crowther
Klasinc, Kristjan(1825)
W—
Sep 6, 2026
OTB - Mark Crowther
Klasinc, Kristjan(1825)
W—
Sep 5, 2026
OTB - Mark Crowther
Curkovic, Jan(1833)
L—
Sep 5, 2026
OTB - Mark Crowther
Curkovic, Jan(1833)
L—

Research Bostjan Benko’s games and opening repertoire

Bostjan Benko is rated 1858 in standard, 1943 in rapid, 1997 in blitz by FIDE. Bostjan Benko plays for Slovenia.

Bostjan Benko has FIDE ID 14606771.

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