GM Gerald Hertneck Full name Gerald Hertneck Born 1963 (age 63) Place of birth Federation Germany Profiles # World Ranking 2433 Classical 2470 Rapid 2461 Blitz Bio Most Played Openings White Pieces Queen's Indian Defense: Fianchetto, Nimzowitsch Variation (16 games) King's Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation (13 games) Bogo-Indian Defense: Grünfeld Variation (12 games) English Opening: King's English Variation (11 games) Queen's Gambit Declined: Catalan Opening (8 games) Black Pieces French Defense: Tarrasch, Closed, Main Line (31 games) French Defense: Exchange Variation (20 games) French Defense: Winawer, Positional Variation (20 games) English Opening: King's English Variation (19 games) French Defense: Winawer, Advance Variation (18 games) Games Players Result Moves Year Gerald Hertneck (2432) Frank Sawatzki (2336) 1-0 45 2026 Gerald Hertneck (2432) Lukas Winterberg (2421) 1-0 57 2026 Gerald Hertneck (2428) Miroslav D Miljkovic (2404) ½-½ 20 2026 Gerald Hertneck (2432) Gengchun Wong (2229) ½-½ 41 2026 Thies Heinemann (2403) Gerald Hertneck (2432) 1-0 66 2026 Oliver Kurmann (2392) Gerald Hertneck (2428) 0-1 45 2026 Gerald Hertneck (2420) Alexander Maier (2226) 1-0 20 2025 Gerald Hertneck (2420) Christian Koepke (2328) 1-0 76 2025 Gerald Hertneck (2420) Eduard Miller (2338) 1-0 66 2025 Gerald Hertneck (2420) Roland Ollenberger (2206) 1-0 51 2025 Show All Games