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ID: 12927031

Dirk Sander

FIDE ratings

1,878Classical
1,859Rapid

Performance

50 games
26% Win
32% Draw
42% Loss

Dirk Sander's playing style

Overall score:42%13W 16D 21L over 50 games
Best with 1.d4 as White:41%in 17 games
Strongest in classical:43%in 36 games
Steady recent form:40%3W 10D 7L in last 20 games
Hard to beat — high draw rate:32%of games are draws

Openings as White

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

Indian Defense: Knights Variation
100%
4g
Indian Defense: Normal Variation
100%
3g
Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation
100%
2g
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Reshevsky Variation
100%
2g
King's Indian Defense: Makogonov Variation
100%
1g

Openings as Black

Among the openings shown, King's Indian Attack has the largest Black sample, with 2 games. These results describe the available sample, not a prediction of the player’s next choice.

King's Indian Attack
100%
2g
Slav Defense
100%
2g
Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation, Bayonet Attack
100%
2g
Caro-Kann Defense: Panov Attack, Modern Defense, Mieses Line
100%
2g
Caro-Kann Defense: Panov Attack, Modern Defense
100%
2g

Repertoire

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

Starting position

23 games in this line · White to move

Results for Sander, Dirk as white · Wins / Draws / Losses

W / D / L
35%
17%
48%
Move
17 · 74%
35%
12%
53%
6 · 26%
33%
33%
33%

Game History

(50 games)
DateSourceColorOpponentResultLink
Oct 19, 2026
OTB - Mark Crowther
FMZenelaj, Samuel(2319)
L—
Jun 15, 2024
OTB - TWIC
FMVan der Hagen, Loek(2334)
L—
Jun 15, 2024
OTB - PGN-Mentor
Van Straten, Jeroen
D—
Jun 15, 2024
OTB - PGN-Mentor
Sander, Tino(1738)
D—
Jun 15, 2024
OTB - LichessBroadcast
Ryan, John(1658)
L—
Jun 15, 2024
OTB - LichessBroadcast
Teianu, Sabin(1962)
L—
Jun 15, 2024
OTB - PGN-Mentor
CMSteenbekkers, Franck(2164)
D—
Jun 15, 2024
OTB - TWIC
John, Ryan(1795)
L—
Jun 15, 2024
OTB - LichessBroadcast
Ryan, John(1658)
L—
Jun 15, 2024
OTB - TWIC
Lammers, Hans(1517)
W—

Research Dirk Sander’s games and opening repertoire

Dirk Sander is rated 1878 in standard, 1859 in rapid by FIDE. Dirk Sander plays for Germany.

Dirk Sander has FIDE ID 12927031.

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