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IM Richard Forster

Richard Forster
Full name
Richard Forster
Born
1975 (age 51)‎
Place of birth
Federation
Switzerland
Profiles
#
World Ranking
2457
Classical

Bio

Most Played Openings

White Pieces
King's Indian Attack: Yugoslav Variation (12 games)
Sicilian Defense: Taimanov, Bastrikov Variation (9 games)
English Opening: King's English Variation (7 games)
Sicilian Defense: Open, Classical, Richter-Rauzer Variation (7 games)
Vienna Game: Falkbeer, Mieses Variation (6 games)
Black Pieces
King's Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation (20 games)
King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto, Debrecen, Classical Main Line (10 games)
King's Indian Defense: Normal Variation (9 games)
English Opening: Great Snake Variation (8 games)
Scandinavian Defense: Mieses-Kotrč, Main Line (7 games)

Games

Players Result Moves Year
Nicolas Brunner (2460)
Richard Forster (2482)
1-0 57 2025
Anthony Petkidis (2422)
Richard Forster (2482)
1-0 53 2025
Andrei Sokolov (2458)
Richard Forster (2462)
½-½ 31 2025
Valery Atlas (2394)
Richard Forster (2464)
0-1 50 2024
Richard Forster (2460)
Lothar Vogt (2357)
1-0 21 2019
Richard Forster (2460)
Ali Habibi (2222)
1-0 75 2019
Richard Forster (2460)
Robert Huebner (2575)
0-1 40 2019
Richard Forster (2460)
Florin Gheorghiu (2372)
½-½ 30 2019
Marco Gaehler (2376)
Richard Forster (2460)
1-0 30 2019
Mihajlo Stojanovic (2509)
Richard Forster (2460)
1-0 43 2019
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