FM Oliver Kniest

Full name

Oliver Kniest

Born

1975 (age 51)‎

Place of birth

Federation

Germany

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