IM Martin Ballmann Full name Martin Ballmann Born 1968 (age 57) Place of birth Federation Switzerland Profiles #3305 World Ranking 2325 Classical Rating Bio Most Played Openings White Pieces Torre Attack: Fianchetto Defense (22 games) Queen's Pawn Opening: Symmetrical Variation (16 games) Torre Attack: Classical Defense, Nimzowitsch Variation (14 games) Torre Attack (13 games) Queen's Pawn Opening: Horwitz Defense (12 games) Black Pieces King's Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation (16 games) Modern Defense: Standard Line (12 games) Alapin Sicilian Defense (9 games) Sicilian Defense: Open, Dragon, Old Line (9 games) Sicilian Defense: Open, Dragon, Rauzer Variation (8 games) Games Players Result Moves Year Gregor Haag (2335) Martin Ballmann (2326) 1-0 29 2024 Gabriel Gaehwiler (2396) Martin Ballmann (2326) ½-½ 31 2024 Dennis Breder (2420) Martin Ballmann (2346) 1-0 41 2023 Joerg Gruenenwald (2325) Martin Ballmann (2346) ½-½ 32 2023 Martin Ballmann (2361) David Pires Tavares Martins (2420) 0-1 47 2019 Martin Ballmann (2361) Ioannis Georgiadis (2467) 0-1 35 2019 Martin Ballmann (2353) P Aeschbach (2286) 0-1 35 2019 Martin Ballmann (2361) Thomas Flueckiger (2215) 0-1 61 2019 Martin Ballmann (2361) Werner Hug (2466) ½-½ 25 2019 Martin Ballmann (2353) Elias Giesinger (2132) ½-½ 37 2019 Show All Games