GermanyGER
ID: 1271746

Steffen Hess

FIDE ratings

2,075Classical
2,116Rapid
2,045Blitz

Performance

50 games
42% Win
28% Draw
30% Loss

Steffen Hess's playing style

Strong overall score:56%21W 14D 15L over 50 games
Best with 1.d4 as White:56%in 27 games
Steady recent form:50%8W 4D 8L in last 20 games

Openings as White

Among the openings shown, Indian Defense: Knights Variation has the largest White sample, with 6 games. Select a row to explore its moves and inspect example games below.

Indian Defense: Knights Variation
33%
33%
33%
6g
King's Indian Defense: Normal Variation, King's Knight Variation
40%
60%
5g
Benko Gambit Accepted: Fully Accepted Variation
100%
2g
Queen's Pawn Game: Zukertort Variation
100%
2g
Indian Defense: Spielmann-Indian
100%
2g

Openings as Black

Among the openings shown, King's Indian Defense: Normal Variation, King's Knight Variation has the largest Black sample, with 4 games. These results describe the available sample, not a prediction of the player’s next choice.

King's Indian Defense: Normal Variation, King's Knight Variation
50%
50%
4g
King's Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation
100%
2g
French Defense: Winawer Variation, Classical Variation
100%
2g
English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Ultra-Symmetrical Variation
100%
2g
King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation
100%
2g

Repertoire

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

Starting position

27 games in this line · White to move

Results for Hess, Steffen as white · Wins / Draws / Losses

W / D / L
44%
22%
33%
Move
27 · 100%
44%
22%
33%

Game History

(50 games)
DateSourceColorOpponentResultLink
Mar 2, 2026
OTB - LichessBroadcast
IMGrinev, Valeriy(2414)
L—
Mar 2, 2026
OTB - LichessBroadcast
IMGrinev, Valeriy(2414)
L—
Mar 2, 2026
OTB - LichessBroadcast
IMGrinev, Valeriy(2416)
L—
Nov 24, 2019
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Thomas, Tobias(1907)
D—
Nov 24, 2019
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Thomas, Tobias(1907)
D—
Nov 24, 2019
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Ahrends, Norbert(1929)
W—
Nov 24, 2019
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Ahrends, Norbert(1929)
W—
Nov 23, 2019
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Michels, Fabio(1800)
L—
Nov 23, 2019
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Rieger, Mario(1849)
W—
Nov 23, 2019
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Michels, Fabio(1800)
L—

Research Steffen Hess’s games and opening repertoire

Steffen Hess is rated 2075 in standard, 2116 in rapid, 2045 in blitz by FIDE. Steffen Hess plays for Germany.

Steffen Hess has FIDE ID 1271746.

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