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ID: 4659147

Volker Branding

FIDE ratings

2,137Classical
2,214Rapid
2,262Blitz

Performance

50 games
22% Win
36% Draw
42% Loss

Volker Branding's playing style

Overall score:40%11W 18D 21L over 50 games
Best with 1.e4 as White:50%in 23 games
Out of form:30%2W 8D 10L in last 20 games
Hard to beat — high draw rate:36%of games are draws

Openings as White

Among the openings shown, Sicilian Defense: Closed has the largest White sample, with 4 games. Select a row to explore its moves and inspect example games below.

Sicilian Defense: Closed
50%
50%
4g
French Defense: Winawer Variation, Positional Variation
50%
50%
4g
French Defense: Rubinstein Variation, Fort Knox Variation
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Alapin Variation, Barmen Defense
50%
50%
2g
Caro-Kann Defense: Exchange Variation
100%
2g

Openings as Black

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

Sicilian Defense: Hyperaccelerated Fianchetto
100%
2g
English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Ultra-Symmetrical Variation
100%
2g
Mexican Defense
100%
1g
French Defense: Tarrasch Variation, Open System, Main Line
100%
1g
French Defense: Tarrasch Variation, Closed Variation, Main Line
100%
1g

Repertoire

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

Starting position

24 games in this line · White to move

Results for Branding, Volker as white · Wins / Draws / Losses

W / D / L
29%
42%
29%
Move
23 · 96%
30%
39%
30%
1 · 4%
100%

Game History

(50 games)
DateSourceColorOpponentResultLink
Mar 26, 2017
OTB - TWIC
IMHuber, Martin Christian(2412)
D—
Mar 26, 2017
OTB - BenBase
IMHuber, Martin Christian(2412)
D—
Mar 25, 2017
OTB - PGN-Mentor
FMReichmann, Egon(2267)
L—
Mar 25, 2017
OTB - PGNMentor
FMReichmann, Egon(2266)
L—
Mar 24, 2017
OTB - PGNMentor
IMPilaj, Herwig(2390)
D—
Mar 24, 2017
OTB - PGN-Mentor
IMPilaj, Herwig(2382)
D—
Jan 29, 2017
OTB - BenBase
FMEnoeckl, Philipp(2298)
L—
Jan 29, 2017
OTB - BenBase
FMEnoeckl, Philipp(2322)
L—
Jan 28, 2017
OTB - PGNMentor
FMFahrner, Kurt(2269)
L—
Jan 28, 2017
OTB - PGN-Mentor
FMFahrner, Kurt(2268)
L—

Research Volker Branding’s games and opening repertoire

Volker Branding is rated 2137 in standard, 2214 in rapid, 2262 in blitz by FIDE. Volker Branding plays for Germany.

Volker Branding has FIDE ID 4659147.

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