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ID: 34609857

Herbert Rau

FIDE ratings

No FIDE ratings available.

Performance

50 games
38% Win
42% Draw
20% Loss

Herbert Rau's playing style

Strong overall score:59%19W 21D 10L over 50 games
Dominates 1.e4 as White:72%in 29 games
Steady recent form:65%10W 6D 4L in last 20 games
Hard to beat — high draw rate:42%of games are draws

Openings as White

Among the openings shown, Sicilian Defense: Old Sicilian has the largest White sample, with 6 games. Select a row to explore its moves and inspect example games below.

Sicilian Defense: Old Sicilian
83%
17%
6g
French Defense: Exchange Variation
100%
3g
Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Traxler Counterattack, Bishop Sacrifice Line
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Modern Variations
100%
2g
French Defense: Advance Variation
100%
2g

Openings as Black

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

Indian Defense: Budapest Defense, Alekhine Variation
50%
50%
4g
Ruy Lopez: Steinitz Defense
100%
2g
Slav Defense
100%
2g
French Defense: Advance Variation, Milner-Barry Gambit
100%
2g
French Defense: Winawer Variation, Delayed Exchange Variation
100%
1g

Repertoire

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

Starting position

29 games in this line · White to move

Results for Rau, Herbert as white · Wins / Draws / Losses

W / D / L
59%
28%
14%
Move
29 · 100%
59%
28%
14%

Game History

(50 games)
DateSourceColorOpponentResultLink
Oct 30, 1999
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Warega Rich(1671)
D—
Oct 30, 1999
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Wagenmakers, Eric-Jan(1671)
D—
Oct 27, 1999
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Appelt, Gerd(2089)
W—
Oct 27, 1999
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Appelt, Gerd(2089)
W—
Oct 26, 1999
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Mueller, Roland(2182)
W—
Oct 26, 1999
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Mueller, Roland(2096)
W—
Oct 25, 1999
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Sowa, Franz(1858)
W—
Oct 25, 1999
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Sowa, Franz(1858)
W—
Oct 24, 1999
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Acksteiner, Heinz(2012)
D—
Oct 24, 1999
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Heiss, Heinz(1775)
D—

Research Herbert Rau’s games and opening repertoire

Herbert Rau plays for Germany.

Herbert Rau has FIDE ID 34609857.

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