GM Rainer Buhmann Photo: Maria Emelianova/Chess.com. Full name Rainer Buhmann Born Feb 20, 1981 (age 44) Place of birth Leimen, Germany Federation Germany Profiles # World Ranking 2544 Classical 2616 Rapid 2613 Blitz Bio Rainer Buhmann is a German Grandamster. Most Played Openings White Pieces Queen's Gambit Declined: Catalan Opening (39 games) Catalan Opening: Closed (28 games) Slav Defense: Modern, Quiet, Schallopp Defense (25 games) English Opening: Symmetrical Variation (21 games) Slav Defense: Modern, Chameleon Variation (18 games) Black Pieces French Defense: Classical, Steinitz, Boleslavsky Variation (34 games) Ruy López Opening: Berlin Defense (22 games) Slav Defense: Modern, Quiet Variation (19 games) King's Indian Attack: Yugoslav Variation (18 games) French Defense: Tarrasch, Open, Chistyakov Defense (18 games) Games Players Result Moves Year Rainer Buhmann (2540) Daniel Hausrath (2450) 1-0 46 2025 Rainer Buhmann (2543) Joerg Wegerle (2413) 1-0 30 2025 Rainer Buhmann (2545) Nikita Petrov (2578) ½-½ 42 2025 Rainer Buhmann (2545) Dominik Horvath (2557) ½-½ 31 2025 Shreyas Royal (2519) Rainer Buhmann (2545) 1-0 52 2025 Julius Ohler (2303) Rainer Buhmann (2543) 0-1 29 2025 Peter Michalik (2564) Rainer Buhmann (2545) 0-1 52 2025 Klaudia Kulon (2401) Rainer Buhmann (2540) ½-½ 22 2025 Hans Moehn (2370) Rainer Buhmann (2548) ½-½ 40 2025 Georg Mohr (2396) Rainer Buhmann (2545) ½-½ 31 2025 Show All Games