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ID: 24691062

Volker Novak

FIDE ratings

2,061Classical

Performance

50 games
26% Win
48% Draw
26% Loss

Volker Novak's playing style

Overall score:50%13W 24D 13L over 50 games
Best with 1.c4 as White:50%in 16 games
Strongest in classical:51%in 49 games
Steady recent form:55%7W 8D 5L in last 20 games
Hard to beat — high draw rate:48%of games are draws

Openings as White

Among the openings shown, English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, Queen's Knight Variation has the largest White sample, with 4 games. Select a row to explore its moves and inspect example games below.

English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, Queen's Knight Variation
50%
50%
4g
Réti Opening
100%
2g
King's Indian Attack
100%
2g
English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation, Quiet Line
100%
2g
English Opening: King's English Variation, Three Knights System
100%
2g

Openings as Black

Among the openings shown, Slav Indian has the largest Black sample, with 4 games. These results describe the available sample, not a prediction of the player’s next choice.

Slav Indian
100%
4g
French Defense: Rubinstein Variation, Blackburne Defense
100%
2g
Indian Defense: Knights Variation
100%
2g
Caro-Kann Defense: Maróczy Variation
100%
2g
Pirc Defense
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 Novak, Volker as white · Wins / Draws / Losses

W / D / L
22%
52%
26%
Move
16 · 59%
25%
50%
25%
11 · 41%
18%
55%
27%

Game History

(50 games)
DateSourceColorOpponentResultLink
Sep 4, 2025
OTB - TWIC
FMBoehme, Sebastian(2244)
L—
Sep 4, 2025
OTB - TWIC
FMBoehme, Sebastian(1647)
L—
Jan 2, 2025
OTB - LichessBroadcast
FMKolb, Tobias(2342)
L—
Jun 23, 2019
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Riemann, Jonas(1546)
D—
Jun 23, 2019
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Riemann, Jonas(1808)
D—
Jun 22, 2019
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Kessler, Soeren Sebastian(1964)
D—
Jun 22, 2019
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Kessler, Soeren Sebastian(1964)
D—
Jun 22, 2019
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
FMRempe, Jonas(1781)
D—
Jun 22, 2019
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
FMRempe, Jonas(1781)
D—
Jun 21, 2019
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Zweschper, Erich(2021)
D—

Research Volker Novak’s games and opening repertoire

Volker Novak is rated 2061 in standard by FIDE. Volker Novak plays for Germany.

Volker Novak has FIDE ID 24691062.

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