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Uwe Boensch
U Boensch 
Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons 

Number of games in database: 1,129
Years covered: 1974 to 2025
Last FIDE rating: 2465 (2557 blitz)
Highest rating achieved in database: 2575
Overall record: +358 -271 =498 (53.9%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 2 exhibition games, blitz/rapid, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 King's Indian (70) 
    E73 E94 E97 E60 E92
 Queen's Indian (47) 
    E12 E15 E17 E16 E14
 Sicilian (38) 
    B42 B87 B44 B92 B39
 Reti System (34) 
    A04 A06 A05
 English (33) 
    A15 A14 A10 A12 A13
 Modern Benoni (30) 
    A57 A56 A70 A60 A75
With the Black pieces:
 Sicilian (213) 
    B81 B83 B32 B22 B30
 Queen's Gambit Declined (92) 
    D37 D35 D31 D36 D30
 Sicilian Scheveningen (84) 
    B81 B83 B82 B84 B80
 Orthodox Defense (42) 
    D58 D50 D56 D55 D59
 English (34) 
    A13 A14 A15 A16 A17
 Queen's Pawn Game (28) 
    D02 A45 A46 E00 D00
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Uhlmann vs U Boensch, 1976 0-1
   U Boensch vs K Litkiewicz, 1974 1-0
   U Boensch vs V Chekhov, 1987 1-0
   U Boensch vs J Pinter, 1986 1-0
   J Kraai vs U Boensch, 1998 0-1
   Huebner vs U Boensch, 2009 1/2-1/2
   U Boensch vs D Hausrath, 2007 1-0
   Ftacnik vs U Boensch, 1996 0-1

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Szekszard Open (1989)
   East German Championship (1985)
   Vidmar Memorial (1987)
   East German Championship (1986)
   Lippstadt (1994)
   Austrian Bundesliga 2014/15 (2014)
   Austrian Bundesliga 2013/14 (2013)
   East German Championship (1976)
   East German Championship (1982)
   Halle DSV (1987)
   East German Championship (1981)
   Hungarian Open Championship (1987)
   East German Championship (1980)
   East German Championship (1974)
   Dortmund Open-A (1992)

RECENT GAMES:
   🏆 Bundesliga 2024/25
   U Boensch vs L Costa (Apr-27-25) 0-1
   T Razafindratsima vs U Boensch (Apr-25-25) 1/2-1/2
   U Boensch vs Van Wely (Mar-23-25) 0-1
   A Esipenko vs U Boensch (Mar-22-25) 1-0
   U Boensch vs J Girel (Jan-12-25) 1-0

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UWE BOENSCH
(born Oct-15-1958, 66 years old) Germany

[what is this?]
Uwe Bönsch is a (East) German player who was awarded the GM title in 1986. He was either first or first equal in the following tournaments; Leipzig 1986 (Category 8), Budapest Open 1986, Leipzig 1986 (Category 9), Portoroz 1987, and Polanica Zdroj 1987. He is also a FIDE Senior Trainer.

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 page 1 of 46; games 1-25 of 1,140  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. Uhlmann vs U Boensch  1-0331974East German ChampionshipA22 English
2. M Boehnisch vs U Boensch  ½-½241974East German ChampionshipB20 Sicilian
3. U Boensch vs K Litkiewicz 1-0301974East German ChampionshipC69 Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation
4. C Syre vs U Boensch  0-1371974East German ChampionshipE61 King's Indian
5. U Boensch vs D Neukirch  0-1681974East German ChampionshipA07 King's Indian Attack
6. W Heinig vs U Boensch  0-1371974East German ChampionshipE73 King's Indian
7. U Boensch vs H Liebert  ½-½181974East German ChampionshipB23 Sicilian, Closed
8. H Rossmann vs U Boensch  1-0361974East German ChampionshipB93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4
9. U Boensch vs K Mueller  0-1341974East German ChampionshipC69 Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation
10. U Boensch vs L Zinn  1-0391974East German ChampionshipA07 King's Indian Attack
11. U Boensch vs B Malich  0-1431974East German ChampionshipB25 Sicilian, Closed
12. U Boensch vs H Gruenberg  0-1301974East German ChampionshipA07 King's Indian Attack
13. H Broberg vs U Boensch  0-1461974East German ChampionshipB43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3
14. G Moehring vs U Boensch  1-0411974East German ChampionshipA36 English
15. U Boensch vs L Vogt  ½-½411974East German ChampionshipB00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening
16. U Boensch vs B Starck  1-0361974East German ChampionshipB13 Caro-Kann, Exchange
17. L Espig vs U Boensch  1-0361974East German ChampionshipA04 Reti Opening
18. T Paehtz Sr vs U Boensch  1-0381974East German ChampionshipA25 English
19. Knaak vs U Boensch  0-1401974East German ChampionshipE87 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox
20. U Boensch vs T Paehtz Sr  0-1371974Halle DSVA07 King's Indian Attack
21. U Boensch vs Smejkal  ½-½431974Halle DSVC69 Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation
22. U Boensch vs J Rodriguez Gonzalez  1-0381974Halle DSVA04 Reti Opening
23. U Boensch vs Tal 0-1371974Halle DSVB87 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin with ...a6 and ...b5
24. U Boensch vs A Filipowicz  ½-½261974Halle DSVB45 Sicilian, Taimanov
25. Savon vs U Boensch  ½-½191974Halle DSVB93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4
 page 1 of 46; games 1-25 of 1,140  PGN Download
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Kibitzer's Corner
Mar-13-05
Premium Chessgames Member
  WTHarvey: Here are some mates and wins from Uwe's games not given here: http://www.wtharvey.com/boen.html
Mar-13-05  pazzed paun: O.K. a random player on a random day becomes player of the day. Who is this guy? does he get an note telling him he was player of the day?
Mar-13-05  DanielBryant: Check this game out: U Boensch vs Chekhov, 1987
Mar-14-06  Warrush: Nice attacking game.
Oct-15-06  BIDMONFA: Uwe Boensch

BOENSCH, Uwe
http://www.bidmonfa.com/boensch_uwe...
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Oct-15-06  Milo: player of the day... twice?
Oct-15-06  Karpova: He's the trainer of the german national team
Oct-15-07  whiteshark: Well there is a lot of German material...here r ingelisch 1:

http://www.chessville.com/News/FIDE... http://www.schachlinks.com/cgi-bin/... (gg)

Nov-16-08  whiteshark: German national coach Uwe Bönsch @ Dresden 2008: http://chessbase.de/2008/dresdenoly...
Jul-07-10
Premium Chessgames Member
  GrahamClayton: Here is an interesting article about a lecture and training seminar organised by Uew Boensch at Berlin in November 2005:

http://www.correspondencechess.com/...

Oct-15-10  whiteshark: <Karpova: He's the trainer of the German national team> aka <der Bundes-Teekocher <:D>>
Oct-15-10
Premium Chessgames Member
  ketchuplover: Happy Birthday mein herr
Oct-15-11  whiteshark: Listen, don't you realize if you're not part of the solution you're part of the problem.

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