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ID: 4687531

Holger Scherer

FIDE ratings

2,061Classical
2,178Rapid
2,164Blitz

Performance

50 games
30% Win
44% Draw
26% Loss

Holger Scherer's playing style

Overall score:52%15W 22D 13L over 50 games
Best with 1.e4 as White:54%in 28 games
Strongest in classical:53%in 49 games
Steady recent form:45%5W 8D 7L in last 20 games
Hard to beat — high draw rate:44%of games are draws

Openings as White

Among the openings shown, King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Modern Transfer has the largest White sample, with 2 games. Select a row to explore its moves and inspect example games below.

King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Modern Transfer
100%
2g
King's Gambit Accepted: Abbazia Defense
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation, Yugoslav Attack, Modern Line
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: O'Kelly Variation, Maróczy Bind, Paulsen Line
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Löwenthal Variation
100%
2g

Openings as Black

Among the openings shown, English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, Queen's Knight Variation has the largest Black sample, with 4 games. These results describe the available sample, not a prediction of the player’s next choice.

English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, Queen's Knight Variation
50%
50%
4g
King's Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation, Yates Defense
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation, Modern Variation
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation, Knight Variation
100%
2g
Queen's Pawn Game: Barry Attack, Grünfeld Variation
100%
2g

Repertoire

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

Starting position

28 games in this line · White to move

Results for Scherer, Holger as white · Wins / Draws / Losses

W / D / L
32%
43%
25%
Move
28 · 100%
32%
43%
25%

Game History

(50 games)
DateSourceColorOpponentResultLink
Oct 25, 2026
OTB - Mark Crowther
IMGschnitzer, Adrian(2419)
L—
May 26, 2017
OTB - PGN-Mentor
Pap, Marko(2480)
L—
May 26, 2017
OTB - PGN-Mentor
Kowalczyk, Patrycja(2347)
W—
May 26, 2017
OTB - PGNMentor
Kowalczyk, Patrycja(2347)
W—
May 26, 2017
OTB - PGNMentor
Pap, Marko(1630)
L—
Jan 10, 2015
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Dekan, Hans(2193)
D—
Jan 10, 2015
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Dekan, Hans(2193)
D—
May 12, 2013
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Probst, Alexander(1972)
W—
May 12, 2013
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Probst, Alexander(1972)
W—
May 11, 2013
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Gheng, Simona(2025)
L—

Research Holger Scherer’s games and opening repertoire

Holger Scherer is rated 2061 in standard, 2178 in rapid, 2164 in blitz by FIDE. Holger Scherer plays for Germany.

Holger Scherer has FIDE ID 4687531.

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