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Michael Ziegler

Michael Ziegler
Full name
Michael Ziegler
Born
1972 (age 54)‎
Place of birth
Federation
Germany
Retired
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White Pieces
Modern Defense with 1.d4 (1 games)
Queen's Indian Defense: Kasparov Variation, Petrosian Variation (1 games)
Dutch Defense: Leningrad, Main Line, Matulović Variation (1 games)
Black Pieces
King's Indian Defense: Alekhine Anti-Grünfeld Variation (1 games)
Neo-Grünfeld Defense: Delayed Exchange Variation (1 games)
Scandinavian Defense: Mieses-Kotrč, Gubinsky-Melts, Bronstein Variation (1 games)

Games

Players Result Moves Year
Michael Ziegler (2117)
Evgenij Lesovoi (2349)
1-0 89 2018
Michael Ziegler (2117)
Gleb Apryshko (2377)
0-1 33 2018
Bulat Murtazin (2404)
Michael Ziegler (2117)
1-0 39 2018
Michael Ziegler (2158)
Michael Schmid (2227)
1-0 61 2014
Harald Golda (2345)
Michael Ziegler (2158)
½-½ 28 2014
Dirk Schuh (2261)
Michael Ziegler (2145)
½-½ 24 2004
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