South Africa RSA

ID: 14397960

Michael Calane

FIDE ratings

1,556Classical

Performance

28 games

36% Win

32% Draw

32% Loss

Michael Calane's playing style

Overall score:52%10W 9D 9L over 28 games

Steady recent form:55%7W 8D 5L in last 20 games

Hard to beat — high draw rate:32%of games are draws

Openings as White

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

French Defense: Exchange Variation, Monte Carlo Variation

100%

English Opening: Carls-Bremen System

100%

Queen's Gambit Declined: Queen's Knight Variation

100%

Sicilian Defense: Taimanov Variation, Szén Variation

100%

Sicilian Defense: Closed

100%

Openings as Black

Among the openings shown, King's Indian Defense: Petrosian Variation has the largest Black sample, with 1 games. These results describe the available sample, not a prediction of the player’s next choice.

King's Indian Defense: Petrosian Variation

100%

Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen Variation, English Attack, with f3

100%

Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation

100%

Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation, Classical Variation

100%

Sicilian Defense: Alapin Variation

100%

Repertoire

12 games as white in scope

Move arrowsfrequency, not engine evaluation

Starting position

12 games in this line · White to move

Results for Calane, Michael as white · Wins / Draws / Losses

W / D / L

25%

42%

33%


9 · 75%	20y ago	22% 56% 22%
2 · 17%	32y ago	100%
1 · 8%	12y ago	100%

Game History

(28 games)

Date	Source	Opponent	Result	Time	Event	Opening	Link
Mar 14, 2014	OTB - Canada	Claude, Sebastien(1095)	W	Classical	Mauricie Open U1200	D31dQueen's Gambit Declined: Queen's Knight Variation	—
Jan 6, 2006	OTB - Codekiddy	Lukursky, Boris	D	Classical	AUS Ch Major	B44cSicilian Defense: Taimanov Variation, Szén Variation	—
Jan 5, 2006	OTB - Codekiddy	Bielen, Nathanael	D	Classical	AUS Ch Major	E92cKing's Indian Defense: Petrosian Variation	—
Jan 4, 2006	OTB - Codekiddy	Boulware, Hunter Wayne	W	Classical	AUS Ch Major	B90iSicilian Defense: Scheveningen Variation, English Attack, with f3	—
Dec 31, 2005	OTB - Codekiddy	Russell, Luthien(1849)	W	Classical	AUS Ch Major	B90Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation	—
Jan 31, 2004	OTB - Codekiddy	Chirivella Martinez, Julio(1778)	D	Classical	Valencia Autonomico Center	D86Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation, Classical Variation	—
Jun 28, 2003	OTB - Canada	Kostin, Andrey(1695)	W	Classical	Solstice Saturday Chess Fever	B22Sicilian Defense: Alapin Variation	—
Nov 18, 2000	OTB - Canada	Scoones, Dan(2179)	L	Classical	Jack Taylor Memorial	B01aaScandinavian Defense: Panov Transfer	—
Jan 23, 2000	OTB - Codekiddy	Stanford, Mike(2257)	D	Classical	MacAdam Memorial	B33gSicilian Defense: Lasker-Pelikan Variation, Sveshnikov Variation, Chelyabinsk Variation	—
Nov 20, 1999	OTB - Canada	FMYoos, John C.(2302)	L	Classical	Jack Taylor Memorial	B33fSicilian Defense: Lasker-Pelikan Variation, Sveshnikov Variation	—

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Michael Calane is rated 1556 in standard by FIDE. Michael Calane plays for South Africa.

Michael Calane has FIDE ID 14397960.

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Michael Calane

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Michael Calane's playing style

Openings as White

Openings as Black

Repertoire

Starting position

Games in this line

Game History

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