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Thomas Erker

Thomas Erker
Full name
Thomas Erker
Born
1965 (age 61)‎
Place of birth
Federation
Germany
Profiles
#25285
World Ranking
2016
Classical
1998
Blitz

Rating

Bio

Most Played Openings

White Pieces
French Defense: Winawer, Advance, Poisoned Pawn Variation (2 games)
French Defense: Classical, Burn, Morozevich Line (1 games)
Ruy López Opening: Berlin, Beverwijk Variation (1 games)
Ruy López Opening: Morphy Defense, Modern Steinitz Defense (1 games)
Scandinavian Defense: Mieses-Kotrč, Gubinsky-Melts, Schiller-Pytel Variation (1 games)
Black Pieces
Dutch Defense: Leningrad, Main Line, Matulović Variation (1 games)
Dutch Defense: Queen's Knight Variation (1 games)
Dutch Defense: Fianchetto, Semi-Leningrad Variation (1 games)
English Opening: Anglo-Dutch Defense (1 games)
Italian Game: Knight Attack, Polerio, Bishop Check Line (1 games)

Games

Players Result Moves Year
Cliff Wichmann (2314)
Thomas Erker (2103)
1-0 28 2018
Mersid Kahrovic (2275)
Thomas Erker (2126)
1-0 12 2014
Igor Neyman (2306)
Thomas Erker (2126)
½-½ 32 2014
Christoph Schild (2316)
Thomas Erker (2119)
1-0 48 2013
Thomas Erker (2162)
Matthias Bluebaum (2413)
0-1 41 2012
Thomas Erker (2162)
Josef Gheng (2349)
0-1 58 2012
Thomas Erker (2134)
Gerard Welling (2317)
1-0 57 2011
Thomas Erker (2134)
Alexander Postoev (2309)
0-1 52 2011
Thomas Erker (2134)
Hartmut Metz (2293)
0-1 40 2011
Hagen Poetsch (2408)
Thomas Erker (2134)
1-0 29 2011
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