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Rainer Polzin
R Polzin 
Photo credit schachfreunde.berlin 

Number of games in database: 453
Years covered: 1990 to 2022
Last FIDE rating: 2393 (2415 rapid, 2349 blitz)
Highest rating achieved in database: 2520
Overall record: +121 -114 =146 (50.9%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 72 exhibition games, blitz/rapid, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (89) 
    B23 B43 B93 B47 B83
 Ruy Lopez (41) 
    C91 C78 C86 C84 C67
 French Defense (34) 
    C11 C18 C10 C12 C01
 French (21) 
    C11 C10 C12 C00
 Ruy Lopez, Closed (20) 
    C91 C86 C84 C85
 Caro-Kann (14) 
    B12 B10
With the Black pieces:
 King's Indian (84) 
    E67 E94 E81 E60 E97
 Sicilian (39) 
    B76 B50 B70 B78 B32
 Robatsch (26) 
    B06
 Sicilian Dragon (22) 
    B76 B78 B70 B72 B73
 English (11) 
    A15 A10
 Queen's Pawn Game (11) 
    A45 A46 A40
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   R Polzin vs M Aboudi, 2012 1-0
   R Polzin vs F Levin, 2005 1/2-1/2
   R Polzin vs P Tzouganakis, 2012 1-0
   R Polzin vs H Baecker, 1990 1-0
   M A Zaror Cordeiro vs R Polzin, 2015 0-1
   H Rolletschek vs R Polzin, 2002 0-1
   R Polzin vs A Kerker, 1997 1-0
   R Polzin vs R Appel, 2009 1/2-1/2
   R Polzin vs Uhlmann, 2011 1-0

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Goch Open (1994)
   Bad Ragaz Open (1994)
   Bundesliga 2004/05 (2004)
   Dresden Open (1998)
   Oberwart Open (1992)
   Bundesliga 2006/07 (2006)
   Wichern Open (1997)
   Bundesliga 2011/12 (2011)
   Berliner Sommer (1994)
   Bundesliga 1998/99 (1998)
   Bundesliga 1999/00 (1999)
   Bundesliga 2005/06 (2005)
   Bundesliga 2000/01 (2000)
   Czech Open-A (2007)
   Bundesliga 2009/10 (2009)

RECENT GAMES:
   🏆 37th European Chess Club Cup
   A Volokitin vs R Polzin (Oct-03-22) 1-0
   T Banusz vs R Polzin (Nov-16-19) 1-0
   R Polzin vs D H Fernandez (Nov-15-19) 1-0
   R Polzin vs Zvjaginsev (Nov-14-19) 1/2-1/2
   P Koykka vs R Polzin (Nov-13-19) 1/2-1/2

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RAINER POLZIN
(born Feb-13-1971, 54 years old) Germany

[what is this?]
He earned the titles of IM in 1993, and GM in 2007. A lawyer by profession, he represented the organizers of the Anand - Topalov World Chess Championship (2010) in their case vs. Chessbase.

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 page 1 of 19; games 1-25 of 453  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. V Moskalenko vs R Polzin  1-0411990St Ingbert opD07 Queen's Gambit Declined, Chigorin Defense
2. R Polzin vs H Baecker 1-0281990Wiesbaden opC45 Scotch Game
3. R Polzin vs B Kargoll  ½-½491991Ch Germany (juniors)C45 Scotch Game
4. V Malaniuk vs R Polzin  1-0381991Lyngby opA46 Queen's Pawn Game
5. G Welling vs R Polzin  ½-½591991Lyngby openB02 Alekhine's Defense
6. M Wais vs R Polzin  0-1241992Oberwart OpenE63 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation
7. R Polzin vs J Prochaska  1-0341992Oberwart OpenB93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4
8. H Kummer vs R Polzin  0-1351992Oberwart OpenE11 Bogo-Indian Defense
9. J Klinger vs R Polzin  ½-½611992Oberwart OpenD06 Queen's Gambit Declined
10. R Polzin vs K Mahdy  ½-½391992Oberwart OpenC45 Scotch Game
11. R Polzin vs P Tomcsanyi  1-0211992Oberwart OpenB33 Sicilian
12. V Lazarev vs R Polzin  ½-½191992Oberwart OpenE11 Bogo-Indian Defense
13. R Polzin vs D Donchev  ½-½821992Oberwart OpenC50 Giuoco Piano
14. O Cvitan vs R Polzin  ½-½691992Oberwart OpenE63 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation
15. A Baburin vs R Polzin 1-0431992Gifhorn intE60 King's Indian Defense
16. R Polzin vs I Blasovszky  ½-½711993Budapest Spring OpenC53 Giuoco Piano
17. W Pajeken vs R Polzin  1-0391993Budapest Spring OpenE82 King's Indian, Samisch, double Fianchetto Variation
18. R Behnk vs R Polzin  ½-½261993Budapest Spring OpenB02 Alekhine's Defense
19. R Polzin vs Z Almasi 0-1651993Budapest Spring OpenC54 Giuoco Piano
20. T Rozsnyai vs R Polzin  0-1421993Budapest Spring OpenB21 Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4
21. P Rasmussen vs R Polzin  1-0241993Budapest Spring OpenB32 Sicilian
22. M Roj vs R Polzin  ½-½431993Czech OpenB04 Alekhine's Defense, Modern
23. M Jacek vs R Polzin  ½-½421993Czech OpenB02 Alekhine's Defense
24. R Polzin vs K Znamenacek  1-0171993Czech OpenB32 Sicilian
25. P Haba vs R Polzin  1-0321993Czech OpenB04 Alekhine's Defense, Modern
 page 1 of 19; games 1-25 of 453  PGN Download
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Kibitzer's Corner
Jul-23-10
Premium Chessgames Member
  Tabanus: GM Rainer Polzin, Germany, born 13 February 1971. Now rated 2494, http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?...

IM in 1993, GM in 2007. Rated 2520 in July 2008.

GM application: http://ratings.fide.com/title_appli...

He is a lawyer, now representing the organizers of the Anand-Topalov match (2010) in their case vs Chessbase. Homepage: http://www.ra-polzin.de/

Interview 2006: http://www.sfr-berlin.de/index.php?...

Pictures:
http://sfr-berlin.de/images/dbmm200...
http://www.chessbase.de/2008/politi...
http://www.berlinerschachverband.de...

115 more games here: R Polzin

Jul-23-10
Premium Chessgames Member
  Phony Benoni: Looks like this is a case where you pick your own Polzin.
Jan-23-11
Premium Chessgames Member
  GrahamClayton: Polzin is quoted here in an article about the Chessbase dispute:

http://gambit.blogs.nytimes.com/201...

Feb-13-16  TheFocus: Happy birthday, Rainer Polzin.
Feb-13-19  Ilkka Salonen: One problem about payable chess viewing is that it is a threat to player safety. The modern world is an incredibly corrupted place with intelligence and security services and many other bodies just doing stuff because they have lots of money to spend. Why would it be a good idea to sacrifice the somewhat unbiased eye of the world wide audience to earn some thousands of euros?

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