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ID: 24122939

Valery Steyn

FIDE ratings

2,306Classical
2,206Rapid
2,166Blitz

Performance

50 games
64% Win
32% Draw
4% Loss

Valery Steyn's playing style

Strong overall score:80%32W 16D 2L over 50 games
Dominates 1.e4 as White:79%in 24 games
Steady recent form:85%16W 2D 2L in last 20 games
Hard to beat — high draw rate:32%of games are draws

Openings as White

Among the openings shown, Bishop's Opening: Berlin Defense has the largest White sample, with 10 games. Select a row to explore its moves and inspect example games below.

Bishop's Opening: Berlin Defense
60%
40%
10g
Sicilian Defense: Delayed Alapin Variation, with d6
50%
50%
8g
Caro-Kann Defense: Exchange Variation
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack, Fianchetto Variation
100%
2g
French Defense: Tarrasch Variation, Closed Variation, Main Line
100%
2g

Openings as Black

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

Petrov's Defense: Nimzowitsch Attack
67%
33%
6g
Indian Defense: Knights Variation
50%
50%
4g
English Opening: King's English Variation, Reversed Closed Sicilian
100%
2g
Bishop's Opening
100%
2g
Petrov's Defense: Classical Attack, Marshall Variation
100%
2g

Repertoire

24 games as white in scope
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Starting position

24 games in this line · White to move

Results for Steyn, Valery as white · Wins / Draws / Losses

W / D / L
58%
42%
Move
24 · 100%
58%
42%

Game History

(50 games)
DateSourceColorOpponentResultLink
Mar 9, 2013
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Grigoriev, Denis(1898)
W—
Mar 9, 2013
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Grigoriev, Denis(1898)
W—
Mar 8, 2013
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
CMMesnyankin, Nikita(1821)
W—
Mar 8, 2013
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
CMMesnyankin, Nikita(1821)
W—
Mar 7, 2013
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Kalinichenko, Alexey
W—
Mar 7, 2013
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Kalinichenko, Alexey(1744)
W—
Mar 6, 2013
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Stenyakin, Viktor(1797)
W—
Mar 6, 2013
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Stenyakin, Viktor(1797)
W—
Mar 5, 2013
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Hryashev, Denis(1974)
W—
Mar 5, 2013
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Hryashev, Denis(1974)
W—

Research Valery Steyn’s games and opening repertoire

FM Valery Steyn is rated 2306 in standard, 2206 in rapid, 2166 in blitz by FIDE. Valery Steyn plays for Russia.

Valery Steyn has FIDE ID 24122939.

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