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Luis Engel
L Engel 
Photo by Gerhard Hund 

Number of games in database: 174
Years covered: 2013 to 2025
Last FIDE rating: 2549 (2452 rapid, 2455 blitz)
Highest rating achieved in database: 2556
Overall record: +82 -46 =42 (60.6%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 4 exhibition games, blitz/rapid, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (25) 
    B90 B42 B30 B31 B45
 Ruy Lopez (18) 
    C77 C67 C80 C72 C71
 French Defense (15) 
    C07 C03 C09 C04 C00
 French Tarrasch (14) 
    C07 C03 C09 C08 C04
 Sicilian Najdorf (6) 
    B90 B91
 Giuoco Piano (6) 
    C53 C50
With the Black pieces:
 Sicilian (40) 
    B90 B51 B50 B96 B92
 Sicilian Najdorf (17) 
    B90 B96 B92 B93 B95
 Queen's Pawn Game (6) 
    D02 E10 A45 A40
 Queen's Gambit Declined (5) 
    D39 D38 D30
 English (5) 
    A13 A18 A14
 Nimzo Indian (4) 
    E31 E20 E32 E53
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NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   German Championship (2021)
   German Masters (2022)
   German Championship (2017)
   Grenke Chess Open (2025)
   Bundesliga 2018/19 (2018)
   Bundesliga 2017/18 (2017)
   Politiken Cup (2015)
   Basel Masters (2017)
   Bundesliga 2019/21 (2019)
   Bundesliga 2024/25 (2024)
   European Championship (2025)
   GRENKE Chess Open (2024)

RECENT GAMES:
   🏆 Grenke Chess Open
   A D Nguyen vs L Engel (Apr-21-25) 0-1
   L Engel vs M Kekelidze (Apr-21-25) 1-0
   L Engel vs J von Mettenheim (Apr-20-25) 0-1
   G B Harshavardhan vs L Engel (Apr-20-25) 1/2-1/2
   Mandar Pradip Lad vs L Engel (Apr-19-25) 0-1

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LUIS ENGEL
(born Oct-14-2002, 22 years old) Germany

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Grandmaster.

He scored 8/9 (claiming top prize on the 2nd board) on Germany's 2nd team at the 2016 World youth chess Olympiad(1).

References: (1) http://wyco2016chess.sk/en/ (2016 World youth team Olympiad).

Wikipedia article: Luis Engel

Last updated: 2021-08-06 10:32:13

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 page 1 of 7; games 1-25 of 174  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. L Engel vs R Gralla 0-1182013District League Hamburg - Schachelschweine IIC41 Philidor Defense
2. L Engel vs U Von Herman 1-0422014Koenigsjaeger Fruehling, A-OpenB00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening
3. L Engel vs A Moller  1-0232015Politiken CupB90 Sicilian, Najdorf
4. L Engel vs K J Hjornevik  ½-½442015Politiken CupC03 French, Tarrasch
5. N Kistrup vs L Engel  1-0472015Politiken CupE60 King's Indian Defense
6. B Stam vs L Engel  1-0412015Politiken CupB50 Sicilian
7. L Engel vs A Tenold 1-0352015Politiken CupD38 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation
8. A Subramanian vs L Engel  0-1392015Politiken CupA42 Modern Defense, Averbakh System
9. L Engel vs M F Jensen  1-0462015Politiken CupB00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening
10. R E Andersen vs L Engel  0-1392015Politiken CupB22 Sicilian, Alapin
11. L Engel vs D Semcesen 0-1632015Politiken CupC41 Philidor Defense
12. P Liedbeck vs L Engel  0-1302015Politiken CupB90 Sicilian, Najdorf
13. A Ostrovskiy vs L Engel  1-0442016Hamburg HSK IMB92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation
14. P Teclaf vs L Engel  1-0422016EU-ch U14 26thB06 Robatsch
15. C Rietze vs L Engel  0-1282016Hamburg HSK IMD85 Grunfeld
16. L Engel vs M Muha  1-0392016World ol U16A20 English
17. L Engel vs L de La Fuente  1-0452016EU-ch U14 26thB31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation
18. L Engel vs B Uksini  1-0452016Hamburg HSK IMA16 English
19. L Engel vs Julius Muckle  1-0322017GER-ch U16C00 French Defense
20. L Engel vs J Heinemann  0-1212017GER-ch U26 IntC53 Giuoco Piano
21. A Riess vs L Engel  1-0302017GER-ch U26 IntD85 Grunfeld
22. L Engel vs J Martin  1-0452017GER-ch U16B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack
23. L Engel vs S Schweizer  1-0402017Basel MastersC47 Four Knights
24. L Engel vs K Nguyen  0-1512017Basel MastersE64 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav System
25. Z Low vs L Engel  1-0942017Basel MastersB20 Sicilian
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Kibitzer's Corner
Jan-14-14  Nightsurfer: One more WHIZZKID of the renowned <"Hamburger Schachklub von 1830">: young <Luis Engel> who has taken part in the Youth World Championship 2012 at Maribor/Slovenia, please read the blog http://luiswirdweltmeister.wordpres... ... with the proud claim <"Luis wird Weltmeister">, translation: <"Luis will become World Champion">! Hi, Magnus Carlsen, you should better watch out!
Jun-04-18
Premium Chessgames Member
  Penguincw: Luis Engel wins U16 German Championship
with 7/9, tying him with David Färber.

Looked like the heavy favourite coming in.

https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-t...

May-15-19  SueursFroides: +2500 elo for this talented 2002 player, and I think a strong GM norm during the Grenke open with a win against Gm van Wely
Oct-16-19  Eastfrisian: He received his final GM-Norm during 1. Christoph-Engelbert-Gedenkturnier in Hamborg.
Dec-09-19  SueursFroides: A nice win with black pieces against Kovalenko a a really nice mat attack against Georgiadis! Very strong perf during the first four games of the schachbudensliga 2019.
Aug-06-21  Albertan: Luis Engel wins 2021 German Masters:

https://www.fide.com/news/1248

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