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ID: 1516183

Erling Steigum

FIDE ratings

1,853Classical
1,826Rapid
1,832Blitz

Performance

50 games
40% Win
22% Draw
38% Loss

Erling Steigum's playing style

Overall score:51%20W 11D 19L over 50 games
Dominates 1.d4 as White:67%in 15 games
Struggles in the Sicilian Defense as Black:30%in 15 games
Steady recent form:48%6W 7D 7L in last 20 games

Openings as White

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

Queen's Gambit Declined
100%
2g
Torre Attack: Classical Defense
100%
2g
Slav Defense: Three Knights Variation
100%
2g
Nimzo-Indian Defense: St. Petersburg Variation
100%
2g
Queen's Gambit Declined: Marshall Defense
100%
1g

Openings as Black

Among the openings shown, Indian Defense: Knights Variation has the largest Black sample, with 6 games. These results describe the available sample, not a prediction of the player’s next choice.

Indian Defense: Knights Variation
33%
33%
33%
6g
Sicilian Defense: Alapin Variation
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack, Fianchetto Variation
100%
2g
English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, Queen's Knight Variation
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Grand Prix Attack
100%
2g

Repertoire

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

Starting position

24 games in this line · White to move

Results for Steigum, Erling as white · Wins / Draws / Losses

W / D / L
50%
17%
33%
Move
15 · 63%
60%
13%
27%
7 · 29%
43%
57%
2 · 8%
100%

Game History

(50 games)
DateSourceColorOpponentResultLink
Nov 1, 2025
OTB - TWIC
Tsynman, Boris(2008)
D—
Oct 31, 2025
OTB - TWIC
Renaud, Jacques(1694)
W—
Oct 21, 2025
OTB - TWIC
IMPetran, Pe(2172)
L—
Nov 22, 2019
OTB - PGN-Mentor
Hjertenes, Oystein(2001)
D—
Nov 22, 2019
OTB - PGNMentor
Hjertenes, Oystein(2001)
D—
Nov 21, 2019
OTB - PGN-Mentor
Melkeraen, Terje(1991)
D—
Nov 21, 2019
OTB - PGNMentor
Melkeraen, Terje(1991)
D—
Nov 20, 2019
OTB - PGN-Mentor
Candea, Haralambie(2005)
D—
Nov 20, 2019
OTB - PGNMentor
Candea, Ghe1(2005)
D—
Nov 19, 2019
OTB - TWIC
Parvulescu, Nicu(1630)
W—

Research Erling Steigum’s games and opening repertoire

Erling Steigum is rated 1853 in standard, 1826 in rapid, 1832 in blitz by FIDE. Erling Steigum plays for Norway.

Erling Steigum has FIDE ID 1516183.

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