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ID: 4641442

Klaus Petzold

FIDE ratings

2,165Classical

Performance

50 games
20% Win
32% Draw
48% Loss

Klaus Petzold's playing style

Overall score:36%10W 16D 24L over 50 games
Best with e4 vs 1.e4/1.d4 as Black:44%in 16 games
Struggles in the English Opening as White:29%in 19 games
Out of form:15%0W 6D 14L in last 20 games
Hard to beat — high draw rate:32%of games are draws

Openings as Black

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

Slav Defense: Quiet Variation
50%
50%
4g
Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation, Short Variation
100%
2g
Slav Defense: Exchange Variation
100%
2g
Slav Defense
100%
2g
Caro-Kann Defense: Panov Attack, Fianchetto Defense
100%
2g

Repertoire

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

Starting position

21 games in this line · White to move

Results for Petzold, Klaus as white · Wins / Draws / Losses

W / D / L
10%
33%
57%
Move
19 · 90%
11%
37%
53%
2 · 10%
100%

Game History

(50 games)
DateSourceColorOpponentResultLink
Feb 8, 2026
OTB - TWIC
IMVandenbussche, Thibaut(2400)
L—
Feb 8, 2026
OTB - TWIC
IMVandenbussche, Thibaut(2399)
L—
Feb 8, 2026
OTB - TWIC
IMVandenbussche, Thibaut(2399)
L—
Feb 8, 2026
OTB - TWIC
IMVandenbussche, Thibaut(2392)
L—
Jan 18, 2026
OTB - TWIC
FMErwich, Frank(2368)
L—
Jan 18, 2026
OTB - TWIC
FMErwich, Frank(2365)
L—
Jan 18, 2026
OTB - TWIC
FMErwich, Frank(2368)
L—
Jan 18, 2026
OTB - TWIC
FMErwich, Frank(2368)
L—
May 1, 2022
OTB - TWIC
IMColbow, Collin(2360)
D—
May 1, 2022
OTB - TWIC
IMColbow, Collin(2360)
D—

Research Klaus Petzold’s games and opening repertoire

Klaus Petzold is rated 2165 in standard by FIDE. Klaus Petzold plays for Germany.

Klaus Petzold has FIDE ID 4641442.

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