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GM Rainer Buhmann

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
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