FM Kurt Petschar Full name Kurt Petschar Born 1950 (age 76) Place of birth Federation Austria Profiles #4330 World Ranking 2164 Classical 2206 Rapid 2276 Blitz Rating Bio Most Played Openings White Pieces Alapin Sicilian Defense (23 games) Alapin Sicilian Defense: Barmen Defense (10 games) French Defense: Winawer Variation (7 games) Queen's Pawn Opening: Chigorin Variation (5 games) English Opening: Symmetrical, Two Knights Variation (4 games) Black Pieces Sicilian Defense: Open, Löwenthal, Kalashnikov Variation (13 games) English Opening: King's English Variation (9 games) English Opening: Reversed Sicilian, Three Knights System (6 games) Sicilian Defense: Canal Attack (5 games) English Opening: Caro-Kann Defensive System (5 games) Games Players Result Moves Year Kurt Petschar (2186) Timur Kocharin (2304) 0-1 46 2025 Robert Cvek (2429) Kurt Petschar (2186) 1-0 47 2025 David Merei (1929) Kurt Petschar (2208) 0-1 59 2023 Tobias Mayrhuber (2067) Kurt Petschar (2208) ½-½ 30 2023 Mietek Bakalarz (2222) Kurt Petschar (2233) 1-0 28 2022 Kurt Petschar (2226) Per Holst (2150) 1-0 67 2019 Kurt Petschar (2226) Anthony J Stebbings (2281) 1-0 50 2019 Kurt Petschar (2226) Martti Ranki (1940) 1-0 27 2019 Kurt Petschar (2226) GH James (2144) 0-1 46 2019 Kurt Petschar (2226) Mark A Berkovich (2332) ½-½ 29 2019 Show All Games