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IM Gerard Welling

Gerard Welling
Full name
Gerard Welling
Born
1959 (age 67)‎
Place of birth
Federation
Netherlands
Profiles
#3141
World Ranking
2214
Classical

Rating

Bio

Most Played Openings

White Pieces
Sicilian Defense (43 games)
Queen's Pawn Opening: Horwitz Defense (16 games)
Nimzowitsch-Larsen Attack: Modern Variation (15 games)
Colle System (14 games)
Indian Game: Knights Variation, East Indian Defense (10 games)
Black Pieces
Modern Defense with 1.e4 (18 games)
Modern Defense with 1.d4 (13 games)
Modern Defense: Standard Line (13 games)
Pirc Defense (10 games)
Owen's Defense (9 games)

Games

Players Result Moves Year
Yuval Yaniv (2467)
Gerard Welling (2234)
½-½ 65 2026
Gerard Welling (2206)
Mark E Page (2049)
1-0 27 2025
Gerard Welling (2206)
Giorgio Sansonetti (1916)
1-0 38 2025
Gerard Welling (2206)
Manfred Gosch (1989)
1-0 62 2025
Gerard Welling (2206)
Sandor Biro (2091)
1-0 32 2025
Gerard Welling (2206)
Mark Ginsburg (2262)
1-0 36 2025
Gerard Welling (2195)
Karen H Grigoryan (2554)
0-1 36 2025
Gerard Welling (2206)
John D M Nunn (2521)
0-1 53 2025
Gerard Welling (2195)
Leif Ogaard (2358)
½-½ 57 2025
Gerard Welling (2195)
Attila Kiss (2276)
½-½ 23 2025
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