FM Michael Berg Full name Michael Berg Born 1969 (age 57) Place of birth Federation Germany Profiles # World Ranking 2221 Classical 2331 Rapid 2186 Blitz Bio Most Played Openings White Pieces Queen's Gambit Accepted: Mannheim Variation (2 games) Blumenfeld Countergambit: Duz-Khotimirsky, Spielmann Variation (1 games) King's Indian Defense: Orthodox, Glek Defense (1 games) Queen's Indian Defense: Fianchetto, Classical, Traditional Variation (1 games) English Opening: Anglo-Dutch Defense (1 games) Black Pieces Benko Gambit Half-Accepted: Modern Variation (2 games) Caro-Kann Defense: Advance, Botvinnik-Carls Defense (2 games) Caro-Kann Defense: Classical, Spassky Variation (2 games) Slav Defense: Modern, Quiet, Schallopp Defense (1 games) King's Indian Defense: Normal Variation (1 games) Games Players Result Moves Year Michael Berg (2272) David Berczes (2419) 0-1 25 2025 Michael Hammes (2296) Michael Berg (2272) 1-0 40 2025 Frode Olav Olsen Urkedal (2523) Michael Berg (2313) 1-0 25 2022 Michael Fedorovsky (2410) Michael Berg (2313) 1-0 58 2022 Michael Berg (2312) Michael Buscher (2391) 1-0 28 2018 Michael Berg (2331) Jonathan Rosenthal (2315) 1-0 41 2018 Michael Berg (2312) Mark Helbig (2357) ½-½ 58 2018 Michael Berg (2331) Lucas Ranaldi (2335) ½-½ 71 2018 Dr Arkadius Georg Kalka (2329) Michael Berg (2312) 1-0 41 2018 Spartak Grigorian (2347) Michael Berg (2331) 1-0 68 2018 Show All Games