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ID: 34604405

Michael Stierhof

FIDE ratings

1,950Classical
1,978Rapid
1,984Blitz

Performance

50 games
28% Win
40% Draw
32% Loss

Michael Stierhof's playing style

Overall score:48%14W 20D 16L over 50 games
Best with d4 vs 1.e4/1.d4 as Black:47%in 17 games
Out of form:40%6W 4D 10L in last 20 games
Hard to beat — high draw rate:40%of games are draws

Openings as White

Among the openings shown, Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation, Botvinnik-Carls Defense has the largest White sample, with 2 games. Select a row to explore its moves and inspect example games below.

Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation, Botvinnik-Carls Defense
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Alapin Variation
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Alapin Variation, Stoltz Attack
100%
2g
Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation, Tal Variation
100%
2g
Réti Opening: Advance Variation
100%
2g

Openings as Black

Among the openings shown, Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation has the largest Black sample, with 2 games. These results describe the available sample, not a prediction of the player’s next choice.

Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation, Yugoslav Attack
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation, Yugoslav Attack, Hungarian Dragon
100%
2g
Benko Gambit Accepted: Yugoslav
100%
2g
Torre Attack: Classical Defense
100%
2g

Repertoire

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

Starting position

21 games in this line · White to move

Results for Stierhof, Michael as white · Wins / Draws / Losses

W / D / L
29%
62%
10%
Move
12 · 57%
50%
33%
17%
9 · 43%
100%

Game History

(50 games)
DateSourceColorOpponentResultLink
Apr 19, 2026
OTB - TWIC
Krzeszewski, Filip(1766)
W—
Apr 19, 2026
OTB - TWIC
Krzeszewski, Filip(1759)
W—
Apr 16, 2026
OTB - LichessBroadcast
Zelak, Wladyslaw(1898)
L—
Apr 16, 2026
OTB - LichessBroadcast
Zelak, Wladyslaw(1866)
L—
Apr 15, 2026
OTB - LichessBroadcast
Was, Stanislaw(1760)
D—
Apr 15, 2026
OTB - LichessBroadcast
Was, Stanislaw(1806)
D—
Apr 13, 2026
OTB - LichessBroadcast
WFMObada, Ema(2181)
L—
Apr 13, 2026
OTB - LichessBroadcast
WFMObada, Ema(2166)
L—
Apr 12, 2026
OTB - LichessBroadcast
Mierzwinski, Wiktor(1405)
W—
Apr 12, 2026
OTB - LichessBroadcast
Mierzwinski, Wiktor(1497)
W—

Research Michael Stierhof’s games and opening repertoire

Michael Stierhof is rated 1950 in standard, 1978 in rapid, 1984 in blitz by FIDE. Michael Stierhof plays for Germany.

Michael Stierhof has FIDE ID 34604405.

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