Ralf Lau
Number of games in database: 158
Years covered: 1979 to 2006
Current FIDE rating: 2448
Highest rating achieved in database: 2540
Overall record: +43 -40 =75 (50.9%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  Sicilian (21)      B80 B23 B90 B63 B58  French Defense (13)      C18 C11 C01 C12 C05  Ruy Lopez (7)      C61 C97 C90 C67 C64  French (5)      C11 C12 C00 C10  Queen's Indian (4)      E12  Sicilian Scheveningen (4)      B80 B82 B84	With the Black pieces:  Queen's Pawn Game (15)      A41 A46 A40 E00 D02  Queen's Indian (12)      E15 E12 E14  Sicilian (11)      B40 B43 B93 B54 B51  Grunfeld (5)      D85 D90 D94 D76  Sicilian Najdorf (4)      B93 B91 B90

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   R Lau vs Barsov, 1993 1-0

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RALF LAU (born Oct-19-1959) Germany [what is this?] Ralf Lau was born on the 19th of October 1959 in West Germany. He was awarded the GM title in 1986 and in tournaments was 1st= at Budapest 1985, 2nd= at New York 1985, 2nd= at Solingen 1986 and 1st at Budapest 1986. He also played on the German Olympiad teams of 1984, 1986 and 1988.

page 1 of 7; games 1-25 of 158  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. R Lau vs Ulf Andersson   ½-½ 60 1979 Munich B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 2. Balashov vs R Lau   ½-½ 41 1979 Munich A61 Benoni 3. Huebner vs R Lau   1-0 32 1979 Munich A07 King's Indian Attack 4. R Lau vs Yusupov   ½-½ 18 1979 Wch U18 C42 Petrov Defense 5. R Lau vs Speelman   ½-½ 23 1980 Berlin tt C41 Philidor Defense 6. R Lau vs G Muller   ½-½ 13 1980 German championship B56 Sicilian 7. M Gerusel vs R Lau   0-1 33 1981 NRW-ch A61 Benoni 8. W Beckemeier vs R Lau   0-1 41 1981 NRW-ch D01 Richter-Veresov Attack 9. R Lau vs P Schaffarth   ½-½ 41 1981 NRW-ch D37 Queen's Gambit Declined 10. R Lau vs P Ostermeyer   1-0 22 1981 NRW-ch E12 Queen's Indian 11. R Lau vs K Schiffer   1-0 72 1981 BL 8182 Solingen-D,sseldorf A41 Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6) 12. A Weiermann vs R Lau   0-1 31 1981 NRW-ch A00 Uncommon Opening 13. M Pamuk vs R Lau   0-1 42 1981 Graz B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 14. R Lau vs S Ingenerf   ½-½ 34 1981 NRW-ch A41 Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6) 15. W Groenegress vs R Lau   ½-½ 22 1981 NRW-ch B54 Sicilian 16. D Paulsen vs R Lau   ½-½ 24 1981 BL 8182 Solingen-Bochum D85 Grunfeld 17. R Lau vs Schmittdiel   1-0 29 1981 NRW-ch D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 18. R Lau vs H Vetter   ½-½ 27 1981 NRW-ch A07 King's Indian Attack 19. U Dresen vs R Lau   1-0 52 1981 NRW-ch A28 English 20. M Mudersbach vs R Lau   0-1 41 1981 NRW-ch B91 Sicilian, Najdorf, Zagreb (Fianchetto) Variation 21. W Rosin vs R Lau   ½-½ 44 1981 BL 8182 FH Hamburg-Solingen A46 Queen's Pawn Game 22. R Lau vs P Gruen   0-1 30 1981 NRW-ch E12 Queen's Indian 23. R Lau vs Gerhard Schmidt   0-1 50 1981 NRW-ch B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 24. R Lau vs D Paulsen   ½-½ 11 1981 NRW-ch B12 Caro-Kann Defense 25. B Schmidt vs R Lau   ½-½ 18 1981 BL 8182 Porz-Solingen D90 Grunfeld  page 1 of 7; games 1-25 of 158

Oct-17-04    Benzol: Is this player any relation to <Benjamin Lau>? Oct-13-05    cade: This guy was a strong player in the mid eighties. Oct-05-06    OlimpBase: Not only in 1986 did he compete at the Olympiads but also in 1984 and 1988 Oct-19-06    BIDMONFA: Ralf Lau LAU, Ralf http://www.bidmonfa.com/lau_ralf.htm _

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