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Romuald Mainka
R Mainka 
Photo credit: schach.lga. 

Number of games in database: 614
Years covered: 1981 to 2024
Last FIDE rating: 2351
Highest rating achieved in database: 2550
Overall record: +246 -166 =191 (56.6%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 11 exhibition games, blitz/rapid, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (139) 
    B90 B30 B31 B50 B62
 French Defense (40) 
    C11 C07 C19 C16 C18
 Ruy Lopez (37) 
    C67 C99 C84 C64 C92
 Sicilian Najdorf (27) 
    B90 B92
 Caro-Kann (25) 
    B12 B18 B13 B14 B10
 French Winawer (16) 
    C19 C18 C16
With the Black pieces:
 Sicilian (55) 
    B22 B42 B81 B83 B46
 Modern Benoni (27) 
    A57 A58 A59 A56
 English, 1 c4 e5 (26) 
    A21 A20 A22 A26 A28
 Benko Gambit (26) 
    A57 A58 A59
 Ruy Lopez (26) 
    C78 C77 C69 C67 C65
 Queen's Pawn Game (21) 
    A46 A45 A41 E10 A40
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   R Mainka vs Psakhis, 1994 1-0
   R Mainka vs Nunn, 1990 1/2-1/2
   A Braun vs R Mainka, 2004 1/2-1/2

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Staufer Open (1995)
   18th Lloyds Bank Masters Open (1994)
   Recklinghausen (1995)
   German Championship (1994)
   Bundesliga 2008/09 (2008)
   West German Championship (1989)
   Lippstadt (1995)
   Sueder Sommer Open (1999)
   Katowice Fibak Open (1993)
   German Championship (1996)
   Bad Zwesten Open (2000)
   Travemuende Open (2004)
   Bundesliga 2007/08 (2007)
   Bad Zwesten Open (1999)
   Bad Woerishofen Open (2001)

RECENT GAMES:
   🏆 Sparkassen Open-A
   V Bernig le Duigou vs R Mainka (Aug-18-24) 0-1
   R Mainka vs A Wagner (Aug-17-24) 1-0
   T Thiel vs R Mainka (Aug-16-24) 0-1
   R Mainka vs J Zwirs (Aug-15-24) 1-0
   A Krueger vs R Mainka (Aug-14-24) 0-1

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ROMUALD MAINKA
(born May-15-1963, 62 years old) Poland (federation/nationality Germany)

[what is this?]
This Grandmaster was born in Gliwice (Poland). During the 1970s his family moved to Dortmund (North Rhine-Westphalia). Gregor Mainka is his twin brother.

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 page 1 of 25; games 1-25 of 614  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. C Pieper-Emden vs R Mainka  1-0771981FRG-ch U20A59 Benko Gambit
2. U Waagener vs R Mainka  0-1311985BL2-West 8586B81 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack
3. R Mainka vs K Goehring  1-0291986BL2-West 8687C72 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O
4. R Mainka vs L Cserna  1-0291986Dortmund OpenB90 Sicilian, Najdorf
5. R Mainka vs P Ostermeyer  ½-½551986Dortmund OpenB90 Sicilian, Najdorf
6. U Kottke vs R Mainka  1-0371986Dortmund OpenA58 Benko Gambit
7. R Mainka vs R Weisshaupt  1-0421986Dortmund OpenC99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd
8. R Mainka vs R Borngaesser  1-0241987BL2-W 8788C16 French, Winawer
9. R Mainka vs I Morovic Fernandez  ½-½441987Lugano OpenC89 Ruy Lopez, Marshall
10. R Mainka vs A Hoffmann  1-0231987Lugano OpenB90 Sicilian, Najdorf
11. B Kohlweyer vs R Mainka  ½-½421987Dortmund-BA17 English
12. G Moser vs R Mainka  ½-½311987Graz OpenA57 Benko Gambit
13. R Kraut vs R Mainka  ½-½521987Graz OpenA21 English
14. R Mainka vs N Beraha  0-1301987Graz OpenC97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin
15. Hort vs R Mainka  1-0421988Dortmund-AA46 Queen's Pawn Game
16. R Mainka vs C Hansen  0-1201988Dortmund-AB81 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack
17. M Wilder vs R Mainka  0-1461988Dortmund-AA15 English
18. J Pinter vs R Mainka  1-0411988Dortmund-AA57 Benko Gambit
19. V Eingorn vs R Mainka  1-0501988Dortmund-AE15 Queen's Indian
20. S Kindermann vs R Mainka  1-0391988Dortmund-AC78 Ruy Lopez
21. R Mainka vs H Olafsson  0-1401988Dortmund-AB80 Sicilian, Scheveningen
22. R Mainka vs P Popovic  1-0381988Dortmund-AB67 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7
23. R Mainka vs Lputian  0-1301988Dortmund-AB32 Sicilian
24. D King vs R Mainka  0-1481988Dortmund-AB23 Sicilian, Closed
25. R Kuczynski vs R Mainka  ½-½301988Biel (Switzerland)C55 Two Knights Defense
 page 1 of 25; games 1-25 of 614  PGN Download
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Kibitzer's Corner
Oct-20-05  lopium: He is the player of the day, but we don't know anything about him. Birthday?
Oct-20-05  WMD: I saw him play about ten years ago in London. All I remember are a tasteless shirt and a dodgy moustache. Typically German.
Oct-20-05
Premium Chessgames Member
  chancho: At least he won two games versus Judit and Susan.
Apr-26-09  myschkin: . . .

This typical German GM was born in
Gliwice* (15 May 1963). During the 1970s his family moved to Dortmund (North Rhine-Westphalia). Gregor Mainka is his twin brother.

Fide Card: http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?...

* beautiful city in Poland

Apr-26-09  Prugno: I played a couple of matches as his team-mate a few years ago (on a much lower board, of course), and recall him with great pleasure as an extremely modest and kind person. His opinions, even when I did not agree with them 100%, were always voiced in such a quiet and unassuming way that it was impossible to argue with him.

The only exception I noticed in such a low-key personality, apart from his very interesting and aggressive playing style, was a great interest in motor cars, especially Formula 1.

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