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ID: 4620267

Herbert Kruse

FIDE ratings

2,113Classical

Performance

50 games
10% Win
78% Draw
12% Loss

Herbert Kruse's playing style

Overall score:49%5W 39D 6L over 50 games
Best with 1.e4 as White:55%in 19 games
Steady recent form:48%5W 9D 6L in last 20 games
Hard to beat — high draw rate:78%of games are draws

Openings as White

Among the openings shown, Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, English Attack has the largest White sample, with 7 games. Select a row to explore its moves and inspect example games below.

Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, English Attack
100%
7g
Sicilian Defense: Closed, Chameleon Variation
100%
4g
Caro-Kann Defense: Tartakower Variation
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Closed, Traditional
100%
2g
King's Indian Attack
100%
2g

Openings as Black

Among the openings shown, Pirc Defense: Byrne Variation has the largest Black sample, with 3 games. These results describe the available sample, not a prediction of the player’s next choice.

Pirc Defense: Byrne Variation
100%
3g
Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, Adams Attack
100%
3g
French Defense: Steinitz Variation, Boleslavsky Variation
100%
2g
Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense, Anti-Berlin Variation
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, English Attack, Anti-English
100%
2g

Repertoire

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

Starting position

32 games in this line · White to move

Results for Kruse, Herbert as white · Wins / Draws / Losses

W / D / L
16%
84%
Move
19 · 59%
11%
89%
6 · 19%
100%
5 · 16%
60%
40%
2 · 6%
100%

Game History

(50 games)
DateSourceColorOpponentResultLink
Mar 26, 2026
OTB - LichessBroadcast
Burkhardt, Holger(2124)
L—
Mar 26, 2026
OTB - LichessBroadcast
Browning, Rebecca(2002)
D—
Mar 26, 2026
OTB - LichessBroadcast
Bentel, Robin(2240)
L—
Mar 26, 2026
OTB - LichessBroadcast
Bennemann, Ingmar(1942)
W—
Mar 26, 2026
OTB - LichessBroadcast
Bentel, Robin(2197)
L—
Mar 26, 2026
OTB - LichessBroadcast
Browning, Rebecca(2002)
D—
Mar 26, 2026
OTB - LichessBroadcast
Burkhardt, Holger(2123)
L—
Mar 26, 2026
OTB - LichessBroadcast
Bennemann, Ingmar(1942)
W—
Mar 26, 2026
OTB - LichessBroadcast
Burkhardt, Holger(2124)
L—
Mar 26, 2026
OTB - LichessBroadcast
Browning, Rebecca(2022)
D—

Research Herbert Kruse’s games and opening repertoire

Herbert Kruse is rated 2113 in standard by FIDE. Herbert Kruse plays for Germany.

Herbert Kruse has FIDE ID 4620267.

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