FM Thomas Michalczak Full name Thomas Michalczak Born 1973 (age 53) Place of birth Federation Germany Profiles # World Ranking 2176 Classical 2203 Blitz Bio Most Played Openings White Pieces Alapin Sicilian Defense (60 games) Alapin Sicilian Defense: Barmen Defense (20 games) French Defense: Classical, Steinitz, Boleslavsky Variation (13 games) Alapin Sicilian Defense: Barmen, Modern Line (12 games) Modern Defense: Standard Line (10 games) Black Pieces Giuoco Piano Game: Main Line, Giuoco Pianissimo Variation (11 games) English Opening: Neo-Catalan Defense Declined (8 games) Alapin Sicilian Defense (7 games) Ruy López Opening: Morphy Defense, Keres, Breyer, Zaitsev Hybrid Variation (7 games) Catalan Opening: Open Defense, Classical Line (7 games) Games Players Result Moves Year Thomas Michalczak (2249) Ulrich Woestmann (2016) 1-0 27 2025 Thomas Michalczak (2249) Dirk Jansen (2019) 1-0 35 2025 Thomas Michalczak (2249) Jan-Louis Wichtrup (2120) 1-0 54 2025 Thomas Michalczak (2248) Yan Liu (2531) 0-1 19 2025 Thomas Michalczak (2194) Sven Joachim (2405) ½-½ 30 2025 Thomas Michalczak (2249) Martin Merz (2021) ½-½ 81 2025 Thomas Michalczak (2249) Sebastian Riechenberg (2073) ½-½ 37 2025 Volodymyr Vetoshko (2529) Thomas Michalczak (2194) 1-0 51 2025 Jan Klimkowski (2517) Thomas Michalczak (2248) 1-0 38 2025 Christian Gloeckler (2446) Thomas Michalczak (2248) 1-0 72 2025 Show All Games