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ID: 1271550

Holger May

FIDE ratings

1,899Classical

Performance

50 games
24% Win
52% Draw
24% Loss

Holger May's playing style

Overall score:50%12W 26D 12L over 50 games
Dominates e4 vs 1.e4/1.d4 as Black:69%in 16 games
Struggles in the English Opening as White:42%in 26 games
In great form:60%6W 12D 2L in last 20 games
Hard to beat — high draw rate:52%of games are draws

Openings as White

Among the openings shown, English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, Hedgehog System has the largest White sample, with 2 games. Select a row to explore its moves and inspect example games below.

English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, Hedgehog System
100%
2g
English Opening: King's English Variation, Reversed Sicilian
100%
2g
English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Two Knights, Fianchetto Variation
100%
2g
English Opening: King's English Variation, Two Knights Variation, Smyslov System
100%
2g

Openings as Black

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

Sicilian Defense: Kalashnikov Variation
50%
50%
4g
Sicilian Defense: Löwenthal Variation
100%
4g
Sicilian Defense: Grand Prix Attack
100%
2g
Neo-Grünfeld Defense: with g3
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: McDonnell Attack
100%
2g

Repertoire

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

Starting position

26 games in this line · White to move

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

W / D / L
15%
54%
31%
Move
26 · 100%
15%
54%
31%

Game History

(50 games)
DateSourceColorOpponentResultLink
Sep 7, 2014
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
FMVan Dael, Siem
W—
Sep 7, 2014
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
FMVan Dael, Siem(1686)
W—
Sep 6, 2014
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Roos, Elias(1648)
W—
Sep 6, 2014
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Spindler, Florian(1771)
D—
Sep 6, 2014
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Spindler, Florian
D—
Sep 6, 2014
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Roos, Elias(1648)
W—
Sep 5, 2014
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Wilschrey, Andreas
D—
Sep 5, 2014
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Spicks, Norbert(1740)
D—
Sep 5, 2014
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Wilschrey, Andreas(1724)
D—
Sep 5, 2014
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Spicks, Norbert
D—

Research Holger May’s games and opening repertoire

Holger May is rated 1899 in standard by FIDE. Holger May plays for Germany.

Holger May has FIDE ID 1271550.

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