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FM Oliver Kniest

Oliver Kniest
Full name
Oliver Kniest
Born
1975 (age 51)‎
Place of birth
Federation
Germany
Profiles
#
World Ranking
2162
Classical
2237
Rapid
2306
Blitz

Bio

Most Played Openings

White Pieces
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical Variation (4 games)
Colle System: Rubinstein Opening (3 games)
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical, Noa Variation (3 games)
Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Slav Defense, Quiet Variation (3 games)
Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange, Positional Line, Reshevsky Variation (2 games)
Black Pieces
Caro-Kann Defense: Advance, Botvinnik-Carls Defense (2 games)
Indian Game: Knights Variation (2 games)
English Opening: Symmetrical Variation (2 games)
French Defense: Winawer, Advance, Poisoned Pawn Variation (2 games)
Ruy López Opening: Morphy Defense, Arkhangelsk Variation (2 games)

Games

Players Result Moves Year
Alexander Hilverda (2216)
Oliver Kniest (2122)
½-½ 54 2026
Oliver Kniest (2188)
Egor Bogdanov (2489)
0-1 49 2025
Oliver Kniest (2170)
Fabrizio Bellia (2390)
0-1 68 2025
Christian Richter
Oliver Kniest (2188)
½-½ 15 2025
Nenad Fercec (2362)
Oliver Kniest (2170)
1-0 50 2025
Frank Holzke (2409)
Oliver Kniest (2184)
1-0 15 2025
Oliver Kniest (2208)
Axel Heinz (2412)
½-½ 50 2024
Oliver Kniest (2262)
Felix Jaeschke (2063)
1-0 54 2024
Oliver Kniest (2262)
Adrian Gschnitzer (2423)
½-½ 40 2024
Niklas Wunder (2088)
Oliver Kniest (2208)
0-1 29 2024
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