NetherlandsNED
ID: 1006061

Michiel Besseling

FIDE ratings

2,132Classical

Performance

50 games
24% Win
32% Draw
44% Loss

Michiel Besseling's playing style

Overall score:40%12W 16D 22L over 50 games
Best with 1.d4 as White:46%in 26 games
Steady recent form:45%4W 10D 6L in last 20 games
Hard to beat — high draw rate:32%of games are draws

Openings as White

Among the openings shown, Benko Gambit Declined: Main Line has the largest White sample, with 4 games. Select a row to explore its moves and inspect example games below.

Benko Gambit Declined: Main Line
100%
4g
Semi-Slav Defense
100%
2g
King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Debrecen Defense
100%
2g
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Variation
100%
2g
Dutch Defense: Fianchetto Variation
100%
2g

Openings as Black

Among the openings shown, Semi-Slav Defense: Quiet Variation has the largest Black sample, with 2 games. These results describe the available sample, not a prediction of the player’s next choice.

Semi-Slav Defense: Quiet Variation
100%
2g
Caro-Kann Defense: Exchange Variation, Rubinstein Variation
100%
2g
Benoni Defense
100%
2g
Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation, Tal Variation
100%
2g
Caro-Kann Defense
100%
2g

Repertoire

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

Starting position

26 games in this line · White to move

Results for Besseling, Michiel as white · Wins / Draws / Losses

W / D / L
31%
31%
38%
Move
26 · 100%
31%
31%
38%

Game History

(50 games)
DateSourceColorOpponentResultLink
Oct 4, 2025
OTB - LichessBroadcast
IMCardon, Helmut(2307)
L—
Oct 4, 2025
OTB - LichessBroadcast
IMCardon, Helmut(2307)
L—
Nov 25, 2017
OTB - PGNMentor
CMElgersma, Simon(2127)
D—
Nov 25, 2017
OTB - PGN-Mentor
CMElgersma, Simon(2147)
D—
May 28, 2017
OTB - PGNMentor
IMCzerw, Dawid(2176)
L—
May 28, 2017
OTB - PGN-Mentor
Czerw, Dawid(2176)
L—
May 27, 2017
OTB - PGNMentor
Kozelsky, Marek(1974)
D—
May 27, 2017
OTB - PGN-Mentor
Kozelsky, Marek(1974)
D—
May 26, 2017
OTB - BenBase
Taus, Martin(2051)
D—
May 26, 2017
OTB - BenBase
Taus, Martin(2051)
D—

Research Michiel Besseling’s games and opening repertoire

Michiel Besseling is rated 2132 in standard by FIDE. Michiel Besseling plays for Netherlands.

Michiel Besseling has FIDE ID 1006061.

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