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IM Karsten Volke

Karsten Volke
Full name
Karsten Volke
Born
1965 (age 61)‎
Place of birth
Federation
Germany
Profiles
#807
World Ranking
2394
Classical
2349
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Most Played Openings

White Pieces
Slav Defense: Modern, Chameleon, Advance System (11 games)
King's Indian Defense: Orthodox, Glek Defense (10 games)
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Reshevsky Variation (7 games)
Grünfeld Defense: Exchange, Classical Variation (6 games)
English Opening: King's English Variation (6 games)
Black Pieces
Sicilian Defense: Open, Scheveningen, Keres Attack (17 games)
Alapin Sicilian Defense (13 games)
King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto, Debrecen, Classical Main Line (10 games)
Trompowsky Attack (8 games)
King's Indian Defense: Orthodox, Aronin-Taimanov Defense (8 games)

Games

Players Result Moves Year
Karsten Volke (2474)
H James Plaskett (2455)
1-0 56 2018
Karsten Volke (2473)
Stefan Walter (2404)
½-½ 21 2018
Karsten Volke (2474)
Ulrich Rohrmueller (2205)
½-½ 74 2018
Karsten Volke (2474)
Elena Fatalibekova (2195)
½-½ 58 2018
Karsten Volke (2474)
Alex Yermolinsky (2505)
½-½ 40 2018
Ludo Tolhuizen (2118)
Karsten Volke (2474)
0-1 38 2018
Bernd Winnig (2002)
Karsten Volke (2474)
0-1 34 2018
Guenther Heinsohn (2150)
Karsten Volke (2474)
½-½ 58 2018
Karsten Volke (2467)
Abhijeet Gupta (2626)
1-0 28 2017
Karsten Volke (2467)
Jonas Hacker (2321)
1-0 46 2017
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