GermanyGER
ID: 16257324

Karsten Birnbaum

FIDE ratings

2,178Rapid

Performance

50 games
20% Win
48% Draw
32% Loss

Karsten Birnbaum's playing style

Overall score:44%10W 24D 16L over 50 games
Best with 1.d4 as White:42%in 26 games
Out of form:35%0W 14D 6L in last 20 games
Hard to beat — high draw rate:48%of games are draws

Openings as White

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

Indian Defense: Normal Variation
100%
2g
Old Indian Defense
100%
2g
King's Indian Defense: Normal Variation, King's Knight Variation
100%
2g
Dutch Defense: Queen's Knight Variation
100%
2g
Queen's Pawn Game: Symmetrical Variation, Pseudo-Catalan
100%
2g

Openings as Black

Among the openings shown, Dutch Defense: Staunton Gambit has the largest Black sample, with 2 games. These results describe the available sample, not a prediction of the player’s next choice.

Dutch Defense: Staunton Gambit
100%
2g
Dutch Defense: Blackmar's Second Gambit
100%
2g
Caro-Kann Defense: Exchange Variation
100%
1g

Repertoire

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

Starting position

30 games in this line · White to move

Results for Birnbaum, Karsten as white · Wins / Draws / Losses

W / D / L
13%
67%
20%
Move
26 · 87%
8%
69%
23%
4 · 13%
50%
50%

Game History

(50 games)
DateSourceColorOpponentResultLink
Apr 11, 2010
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Joerg, Harald, Dr.(2248)
L—
Apr 11, 2010
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Joerg, Harald, Dr.(2248)
L—
Mar 21, 2010
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Siebenwirth, Christian(1812)
D—
Mar 21, 2010
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Siebenwirth, Christian(1812)
D—
Feb 28, 2010
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Epple, Ulrich, Dr.(2127)
D—
Feb 28, 2010
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Epple, Ulrich, Dr.(2127)
D—
Feb 7, 2010
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Schmidt, Hans(2081)
L—
Feb 7, 2010
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Schmidt, Hans(2081)
L—
Nov 29, 2009
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Demir, Bilal(2160)
D—
Nov 29, 2009
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Demir, Bilal(2160)
D—

Research Karsten Birnbaum’s games and opening repertoire

Karsten Birnbaum is rated 2178 in rapid by FIDE. Karsten Birnbaum plays for Germany.

Karsten Birnbaum has FIDE ID 16257324.

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