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FM Hans-Joachim Vatter

Full name

Hans-Joachim Vatter

Born

1/1/1956 (age 69)‎

Place of birth

Federation

Germany

Rating

Bio

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

Alapin Sicilian Defense (18 games)

Trompowsky Attack (18 games)

French Defense: Advance, Paulsen, Euwe Variation (15 games)

Sicilian Defense: Kan, Modern Variation (12 games)

Sicilian Defense: Taimanov, Bastrikov Variation (11 games)

Black Pieces

Queen's Pawn Opening: Wade Defense (21 games)

English Opening: King's English Variation (13 games)

Scandinavian Defense: Mieses-Kotrč, Gubinsky-Melts Defense (12 games)

English Opening: Reversed Sicilian, Kramnik-Shirov Counterattack (11 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Accelerated Dragon, Modern Variation (10 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Hans-Joachim Vatter (2211) Maurizio Diotallevi (1982)	1-0	57	2024
Hans-Joachim Vatter (2214) Raj Bhopal (1991)	1-0	25	2024
Hans-Joachim Vatter (2217) Jacek Stopa (2326)	0-1	29	2024
Hans-Joachim Vatter (2212) Timothy Taylor (2144)	0-1	49	2024
Hans-Joachim Vatter (2211) Franz Scheckenbach (2038)	½-½	18	2024
Hans-Joachim Vatter (2211) Michael Babar (2099)	½-½	40	2024
Hans-Joachim Vatter (2211) Ralf Schober (2092)	½-½	55	2024
Hans-Joachim Vatter (2214) Brian W R Hewson (2042)	½-½	56	2024
Hans-Joachim Vatter (2214) Avigdor Bykhovsky (2341)	½-½	20	2024
Hans-Joachim Vatter (2212) Leon David Piasetski (2171)	½-½	23	2024

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