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Paul Van der Sterren
Number of games in database: 496
Years covered: 1974 to 2001
Current FIDE rating: 2535
Highest rating achieved in database: 2605
Overall record: +126 -175 =192 (45.0%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      3 exhibition games, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  King's Indian (35)      E97 E92 E94 E87 E63  Queen's Indian (29)      E15 E12 E17 E16  Queen's Gambit Declined (15)      D38 D37 D31 D35 D06  Sicilian (15)      B92 B39 B96 B33 B60  Bogo Indian (13)      E11  Queen's Pawn Game (12)      A41 A40 E10 D02 A45	With the Black pieces:  Ruy Lopez (34)      C95 C92 C69 C77 C94  Queen's Gambit Declined (31)      D35 D37 D36  Ruy Lopez, Closed (27)      C95 C92 C94 C86 C93  Orthodox Defense (17)      D55 D58 D54 D59 D64  Sicilian (13)      B31 B83 B54 B33 B82  English (11)      A13 A16 A15

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Van der Sterren vs Korchnoi, 1978 1-0
   Ljubojevic vs Van der Sterren, 1988 0-1
   Van der Sterren vs Hort, 1993 1-0
   Leko vs Van der Sterren, 1992 0-1

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   Wijk aan Zee 1977 B by EmperorAtahualpa
   Wijk aan Zee 1983 B by EmperorAtahualpa

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PAUL VAN DER STERREN (born Mar-17-1956) Netherlands [what is this?] Paul Van der Sterren was born on the 17th of March 1956 in Venlo, the Netherlands. Awarded the IM title in 1979 and later a GM he was Netherlands Champion in 1985.

page 1 of 20; games 1-25 of 496  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Van der Sterren vs V Kozlov   1-0 31 1974 Training Game B60 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer 2. Van der Sterren vs R Hartoch   0-1 53 1975 30. NED-ch B83 Sicilian 3. P Du Chattel vs Van der Sterren   1-0 26 1975 30. NED-ch B06 Robatsch 4. A Van Dop vs Van der Sterren   1-0 41 1975 30. NED-ch A04 Reti Opening 5. Van der Sterren vs F Borm   ½-½ 53 1975 30. NED-ch B39 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Breyer Variation 6. Van der Sterren vs J Vogel   ½-½ 22 1975 30. NED-ch C16 French, Winawer 7. Van der Sterren vs R Dieks   1-0 68 1975 30. NED-ch B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 8. Van der Sterren vs Schouten Nico   0-1 61 1975 30. NED-ch C77 Ruy Lopez 9. A Kuligowski vs Van der Sterren   0-1 52 1975 Wch U20 A04 Reti Opening 10. B Enklaar vs Van der Sterren   1-0 44 1975 30. NED-ch B31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation 11. H Bohm vs Van der Sterren 1-0 37 1975 30. NED-ch D03 Torre Attack (Tartakower Variation) 12. Van der Sterren vs Chekhov   0-1 26 1975 Wch U20 C42 Petrov Defense 13. Van der Sterren vs H Ree   ½-½ 42 1975 30. NED-ch C11 French 14. Timman vs Van der Sterren   1-0 37 1975 2, Leeuwarden NED ch E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto 15. Van der Sterren vs L Popov   1-0 56 1977 Hoogovens-B B42 Sicilian, Kan 16. R Jamieson vs Van der Sterren   0-1 94 1977 Hoogovens-B B33 Sicilian 17. Ftacnik vs Van der Sterren   ½-½ 28 1977 Amsterdam IBM II A37 English, Symmetrical 18. Van der Sterren vs Z Krnic   0-1 43 1977 Hoogovens-B B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 19. Christiansen vs Van der Sterren   ½-½ 48 1977 Wijk aan Zee II C07 French, Tarrasch 20. Van der Sterren vs J Eslon   1-0 41 1977 Hoogovens-B C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 21. Korchnoi vs Van der Sterren   1-0 59 1977 Leeuwarden NED ch A30 English, Symmetrical 22. R Hartoch vs Van der Sterren   ½-½ 27 1977 Hoogovens-B A00 Uncommon Opening 23. Van der Sterren vs Kupreichik   1-0 53 1977 Wijk aan Zee II C61 Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense 24. Van der Sterren vs J M Bellon Lopez   ½-½ 65 1977 Hoogovens-B A22 English 25. Timman vs Van der Sterren   1-0 32 1977 2, Leeuwarden NED ch C19 French, Winawer, Advance  page 1 of 20; games 1-25 of 496    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2) | Van der Sterren wins | Van der Sterren loses

Apr-13-05    WTHarvey: Here are some diagrams of the critical positions in Paul's games. http://www.wtharvey.com/vdst.html Mar-17-06    BIDMONFA: Paul Van der Sterren VAN DER STERREN, Paul http://www.bidmonfa.com/van_der_ste... _ Mar-31-06    blingice: You would think 411 games and a GM title would get you SOME kibitzing. It absolutely doesn't, apparently. Your career must be filled with conflict, politics, and drama. Mar-31-06    AlexanderMorphy: i love his game against Leko(GOTD today!) Mar-31-06    EmperorAtahualpa: "van der Sterren" means "of the Stars" in Dutch! :) Mar-31-06    Open Defence: oh, i thought Sterren was probably a place or town Mar-31-06    dakgootje: < oh, i thought Sterren was probably a place or town> Well...yes in some way you can consider the stars as being a place...;-) May-14-06    Gypsy: Qualified for FIDE candidates in 1993. (Lost match to Kamsky.) Mar-17-08    brankat: A strong GM, not active in last few years. Happy Birthday GM Sterren!

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