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ID: 14300320

Michelle Minnaar

FIDE ratings

2,050Classical

Performance

50 games
26% Win
30% Draw
44% Loss

Michelle Minnaar's playing style

Overall score:41%13W 15D 22L over 50 games
Best with 1.d4 as White:56%in 24 games
In great form:53%9W 3D 8L in last 20 games
Hard to beat — high draw rate:30%of games are draws

Openings as White

Among the openings shown, Torre Attack: Fianchetto Defense has the largest White sample, with 4 games. Select a row to explore its moves and inspect example games below.

Torre Attack: Fianchetto Defense
100%
4g
Queen's Pawn Game: Torre Attack, Grünfeld Variation, Main Line
100%
4g
Torre Attack: Classical Defense
50%
50%
4g
Indian Defense: Knights Variation
50%
50%
4g
Queen's Pawn Game: Torre Attack
100%
3g

Openings as Black

Among the openings shown, Old Indian Defense: Normal Variation has the largest Black sample, with 5 games. These results describe the available sample, not a prediction of the player’s next choice.

Old Indian Defense: Normal Variation
100%
5g
English Opening: King's English Variation, Reversed Sicilian
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation, Levenfish Variation
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Prins Variation
100%
2g
Old Indian Defense
100%
2g

Repertoire

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

Starting position

24 games in this line · White to move

Results for Minnaar, Michelle as white · Wins / Draws / Losses

W / D / L
42%
29%
29%
Move
24 · 100%
42%
29%
29%

Game History

(50 games)
DateSourceColorOpponentResultLink
Mar 15, 2001
OTB - Codekiddy
GMVarga, Zoltan(2519)
L—
Mar 15, 2001
OTB - Codekiddy
Varga, Zoltan(2519)
L—
Jan 1, 2001
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Matzat, Andre(2245)
L—
Jan 1, 2001
OTB - Codekiddy
FMSalvermoser, Bernd(2275)
L—
Jan 1, 2001
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Hofmann, Juergen(2181)
W—
Jan 1, 2001
OTB - Codekiddy
Popitz, Andreas(2188)
D—
Jan 1, 2001
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Foehl, Frithjof(1840)
W—
Jan 1, 2001
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
FMSalvermoser, Bernd(2275)
L—
Jan 1, 2001
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
FMSalvermoser, Bernd(2275)
L—
Jan 1, 2001
OTB - Codekiddy
Seifert, Dierk, Dr.(2168)
W—

Research Michelle Minnaar’s games and opening repertoire

Michelle Minnaar is rated 2050 in standard by FIDE. Michelle Minnaar plays for South Africa.

Michelle Minnaar has FIDE ID 14300320.

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