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ID: 533011060

Franz May

FIDE ratings

1,720Classical

Performance

27 games
15% Win
48% Draw
37% Loss

Franz May's playing style

Overall score:39%4W 13D 10L over 27 games
Steady recent form:38%4W 7D 9L in last 20 games
Hard to beat — high draw rate:48%of games are draws

Openings as White

Among the openings shown, Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation, Botvinnik-Carls Defense has the largest White sample, with 2 games. Select a row to explore its moves and inspect example games below.

Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation, Botvinnik-Carls Defense
50%
50%
2g
Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Modern Bishop's Opening
100%
2g
Italian Game: Hungarian Defense
100%
2g
Italian Game: Classical Variation
100%
1g
Petrov's Defense: Three Knights Game
100%
1g

Openings as Black

Among the openings shown, Center Game: Kieseritzky Variation has the largest Black sample, with 2 games. These results describe the available sample, not a prediction of the player’s next choice.

Center Game: Kieseritzky Variation
100%
2g
English Opening: King's English Variation, Two Knights Variation
100%
2g
Scotch Game: Schmidt Variation
100%
1g
Indian Defense: Przepiorka Variation
100%
1g

Repertoire

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

Starting position

13 games in this line · White to move

Results for May, Franz as white · Wins / Draws / Losses

W / D / L
8%
46%
46%
Move
13 · 100%
8%
46%
46%

Game History

(27 games)
DateSourceColorOpponentResultLink
Oct 11, 2026
OTB - Mark Crowther
Medero, Hildo Rodrigo(1452)
W—
Oct 10, 2026
OTB - Mark Crowther
Heid, Anna(1558)
W—
Oct 9, 2026
OTB - Mark Crowther
Ponzecchi, Riccardo(1519)
W—
Oct 8, 2026
OTB - Mark Crowther
Parolin, Mattia(1603)
L—
Oct 7, 2026
OTB - Mark Crowther
Traversi, Carlo(1573)
L—
Oct 6, 2026
OTB - Mark Crowther
Burri, Roland(1611)
D—
Oct 5, 2026
OTB - Mark Crowther
Caputo, Andrea(1620)
D—
Oct 4, 2026
OTB - Mark Crowther
WCMBangerter, Ena(1890)
L—
Oct 3, 2026
OTB - Mark Crowther
Bartonicek, Zdenek(2026)
L—
Oct 4, 2025
OTB - TWIC
Lezzerini, Marco(2122)
L—

Research Franz May’s games and opening repertoire

Franz May is rated 1720 in standard by FIDE. Franz May plays for Germany.

Franz May has FIDE ID 533011060.

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