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FM Horst Alber

Horst Alber
Full name
Horst Alber
Born
1963 (age 63)‎
Place of birth
Federation
Germany
Profiles
#
World Ranking
2231
Classical
2274
Rapid

Bio

Most Played Openings

White Pieces
King's Indian Defense: Normal Variation (11 games)
King's Indian Defense: Bayonet Attack (7 games)
Grünfeld Defense: Exchange, Modern Exchange Variation (7 games)
Benko Gambit Declined: Main Line (6 games)
Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange, Positional Line, Reshevsky Variation (5 games)
Black Pieces
Modern Defense: Standard Line (29 games)
Modern Defense with 1.e4 (14 games)
King's Indian Defense: Orthodox, Positional Defense (10 games)
Modern Defense: Standard, Pseudo-Austrian Attack (8 games)
King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto, Debrecen, Classical Main Line (7 games)

Games

Players Result Moves Year
Berthold Engel (2129)
Horst Alber (2287)
½-½ 15 2018
Toms Kantans (2509)
Horst Alber (2293)
1-0 30 2017
Horst Alber (2305)
Igors Rausis (2586)
0-1 37 2014
Horst Alber (2336)
Dr Hans-Joerg Cordes (2289)
1-0 42 2013
Horst Alber (2336)
Christopher Kearns (2134)
½-½ 14 2013
Horst Alber (2336)
Nils Penzel (2125)
½-½ 27 2013
Hagen Poetsch (2426)
Horst Alber (2336)
1-0 34 2013
Vitaly Kunin (2527)
Horst Alber (2336)
1-0 32 2013
Dirk Sroka (2088)
Horst Alber (2336)
½-½ 20 2013
Michael Stockmann (2276)
Horst Alber (2336)
½-½ 6 2013
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