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Axel Stephan

Axel Stephan
Full name
Axel Stephan
Born
1975 (age 51)‎
Place of birth
Federation
Germany
Profiles
#2915
World Ranking
2225
Classical
2132
Rapid
2220
Blitz

Rating

Bio

Most Played Openings

White Pieces
French Defense: King's Indian Attack (7 games)
King's Indian Attack: Yugoslav Variation (6 games)
Closed Sicilian Defense: Chameleon Variation (4 games)
Closed Sicilian Defense (3 games)
King's Indian Attack (3 games)
Black Pieces
Sicilian Defense: Pin Variation (5 games)
King's Indian Defense (4 games)
Sicilian Defense: Open, Scheveningen, Classical Variation (3 games)
English Opening: Carls-Bremen, Reversed Dragon Variation (3 games)
Indian Game (2 games)

Games

Players Result Moves Year
Axel Stephan (2226)
Michael Paulins (1749)
1-0 50 2025
Axel Stephan (2226)
Nikita Vitiugov (2609)
0-1 32 2025
Axel Stephan (2226)
Jan Murawski (2003)
0-1 45 2025
Harvey Li (1919)
Axel Stephan (2226)
0-1 34 2025
Seshagiri Vaddadi (1990)
Axel Stephan (2226)
0-1 32 2025
Axel Stephan (2204)
Chris B Rice (1963)
½-½ 57 2018
Axel Stephan (2204)
Maciej Mazur (1772)
1-0 48 2018
Axel Stephan (2204)
Felix Gerlach (2050)
½-½ 40 2018
Axel Stephan (2204)
Ranesh Ratnesan (2055)
½-½ 37 2018
Marcel Marentini (2030)
Axel Stephan (2204)
0-1 40 2018
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