Rainer Polzin
Number of games in database: 235
Years covered: 1990 to 2013
Last FIDE rating: 2455
Highest rating achieved in database: 2520
Overall record: +61 -78 =92 (46.3%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      4 exhibition games, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  Sicilian (51)      B23 B47 B83 B93 B43  Ruy Lopez (24)      C91 C86 C84 C67 C85  French Defense (21)      C11 C18 C10 C12 C16  Ruy Lopez, Closed (17)      C91 C86 C84 C85 C88  French (14)      C11 C10 C12 C00  Sicilian Scheveningen (9)      B83 B84 B85	With the Black pieces:  King's Indian (46)      E67 E94 E97 E81 E60  Sicilian (29)      B76 B50 B78 B70 B22  Sicilian Dragon (18)      B76 B78 B70 B72 B74  Robatsch (11)      B06  Queen's Pawn Game (8)      A45 A40  English (4)      A15

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   R Polzin vs H Fritzsche, 1996 1-0

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RAINER POLZIN (born Feb-13-1971) 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 match (2010) in their case vs. Chessbase.

page 1 of 10; games 1-25 of 235  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. R Polzin vs H Baecker 1-0 28 1990 It (open) C45 Scotch Game 2. G Welling vs R Polzin   ½-½ 59 1991 Lyngby open B02 Alekhine's Defense 3. R Polzin vs B Kargoll   ½-½ 49 1991 Ch Germany (juniors) C45 Scotch Game 4. R Polzin vs K Mahdi   ½-½ 39 1992 It (open) C45 Scotch Game 5. Baburin vs R Polzin   1-0 43 1992 Gifhorn 56/649 E60 King's Indian Defense 6. P Haba vs R Polzin   1-0 32 1993 Pardubice op B04 Alekhine's Defense, Modern 7. Glek vs R Polzin   1-0 49 1994 Bad Ragaz op B06 Robatsch 8. R Polzin vs H Fritzsche 1-0 9 1996 Berlin (Germany) C24 Bishop's Opening 9. K Burger vs R Polzin   1-0 62 1996 BR 3 12 6/6, 2603 2510 BR 3 12 06/06 B06 Robatsch 10. R Polzin vs Dirk Grote   ½-½ 42 1996 Berliner Sommer 14th E54 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System 11. R Polzin vs A Kerker   1-0 39 1997 Wichern op 4th B32 Sicilian 12. C Gabriel vs R Polzin   1-0 43 1998 Bundesliga -9 E76 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack 13. C Wilhelmi vs R Polzin   0-1 53 1999 Bundesliga 1998/99, Germany E76 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack 14. R Polzin vs Dinstuhl 1-0 20 1999 Bundesliga 1998/99, Germany B23 Sicilian, Closed 15. R Polzin vs J Kapischka 1-0 26 1999 Bundesliga 1998/99, Germany B83 Sicilian 16. M Breutigam vs R Polzin   ½-½ 41 1999 Bundesliga 1998/99, Germany A45 Queen's Pawn Game 17. M Stangl vs R Polzin   0-1 50 1999 Bundesliga 1998/99, Germany E60 King's Indian Defense 18. R Polzin vs J Heissler   ½-½ 45 1999 Bundesliga 1998/99, Germany B47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation 19. R Polzin vs A Zude ½-½ 19 1999 Bundesliga 1998/99, Germany C52 Evans Gambit 20. M Ankerst vs R Polzin   ½-½ 37 1999 Bundesliga 1998/99, Germany B06 Robatsch 21. R Polzin vs J Horvath   ½-½ 23 2000 Tch-AUT -01 B47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation 22. Vogt vs R Polzin   1-0 61 2000 Tch-AUT -01 E67 King's Indian, Fianchetto 23. R Polzin vs S Martinovic   1-0 25 2000 Tch-AUT -01 B57 Sicilian 24. R Polzin vs L B Hansen   0-1 41 2000 Bundesliga -2001 C11 French 25. Chandler vs R Polzin   1-0 41 2001 Bundesliga 2000-1 B06 Robatsch  page 1 of 10; games 1-25 of 235

Jul-23-10    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    Phony Benoni: Looks like this is a case where you pick your own Polzin. Jan-23-11    GrahamClayton: Polzin is quoted here in an article about the Chessbase dispute: http://gambit.blogs.nytimes.com/201...

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