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Rainer Buhmann
Buhmann 
Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons 

Number of games in database: 774
Years covered: 1997 to 2024
Last FIDE rating: 2540 (2616 rapid, 2613 blitz)
Highest rating achieved in database: 2645
Overall record: +273 -110 =342 (61.2%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 49 exhibition games, blitz/rapid, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 King's Indian (42) 
    E97 E94 E73 E95 E90
 Slav (41) 
    D12 D15 D11 D17 D18
 Queen's Pawn Game (38) 
    D02 A41 A45 A46 E00
 English (36) 
    A15 A13 A17 A14
 Reti System (31) 
    A04
 Catalan (28) 
    E04 E06 E09
With the Black pieces:
 French Defense (82) 
    C11 C07 C02 C00 C01
 Ruy Lopez (44) 
    C67 C65 C78 C95 C77
 French (43) 
    C11 C00 C12 C13
 Semi-Slav (34) 
    D45 D48 D43 D44 D47
 Slav (28) 
    D11 D15 D10 D13 D12
 Queen's Gambit Declined (27) 
    D35 D37 D31 D30 D39
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Buhmann vs B Saeheng, 2008 1-0
   Kramnik vs Buhmann, 2016 1/2-1/2
   Fressinet vs Buhmann, 2019 0-1
   Buhmann vs Harikrishna, 2013 1/2-1/2
   G Hertneck vs Buhmann, 2017 0-1
   H Asauskas vs Buhmann, 2000 0-1
   A Rombaldoni vs Buhmann, 2011 0-1
   D Berczes vs Buhmann, 2017 1/2-1/2
   R Appel vs Buhmann, 2008 0-1
   Buhmann vs McShane, 2001 1-0

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Winterthur Open (2007)
   Austrian Bundesliga 2017/18 (2017)
   Tschaturanga Open (2014)
   Austrian Bundesliga 2015/16 (2015)
   German Championship (2007)
   Bundesliga 2014/15 (2014)
   Austrian Bundesliga 2018/19 (2018)
   Austrian Bundesliga 2019/20 (2019)
   Austrian Bundesliga 2022/23 (2022)
   European Junior Championship (2001)
   Bundesliga 2017/18 (2017)
   Vienna Chess Open (2013)
   20th OIBM (2016)
   European Championship (2008)
   GRENKE Chess Open (2017)

RECENT GAMES:
   🏆 Bundesliga 2024/25
   Buhmann vs J Wegerle (Apr-26-25) 1-0
   J Ohler vs Buhmann (Apr-25-25) 0-1
   K Kulon vs Buhmann (Mar-23-25) 1/2-1/2
   Buhmann vs D Hausrath (Mar-22-25) 1-0
   L Costa vs Buhmann (Oct-06-24) 1/2-1/2

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RAINER BUHMANN
(born Feb-20-1981, 44 years old) Germany

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Grandmaster and FIDE Trainer. Winner of the 7th Winterthur Chess Week 2007. German champion in 2018.

Wikipedia article: Rainer Buhmann

Last updated: 2023-04-28 15:33:46

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 page 1 of 32; games 1-25 of 784  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. Buhmann vs S Schmidt-Schaeffer  ½-½261997Boeblingen OpenB20 Sicilian
2. P Dittmar vs Buhmann  ½-½561997Boeblingen OpenA18 English, Mikenas-Carls
3. Buhmann vs A Meier  0-1481997Boeblingen OpenC54 Giuoco Piano
4. D Bunzmann vs Buhmann  ½-½601997Boeblingen OpenE17 Queen's Indian
5. Buhmann vs J Gheng  1-0721997Boeblingen OpenB20 Sicilian
6. F Doettling vs Buhmann  ½-½291998GER-ch U20A47 Queen's Indian
7. H Grund vs Buhmann  1-01131999Baden-chC19 French, Winawer, Advance
8. R Ehret vs Buhmann  0-1381999Staufer OpenB18 Caro-Kann, Classical
9. L Hodova vs Buhmann  0-1281999Staufer OpenC02 French, Advance
10. Buhmann vs G Bagaturov  ½-½411999Staufer OpenA07 King's Indian Attack
11. K Podzielny vs Buhmann  1-0561999Staufer OpenE17 Queen's Indian
12. J Jurek vs Buhmann  0-1361999Staufer OpenA14 English
13. Buhmann vs P Haba  ½-½561999Czech OpenA43 Old Benoni
14. Buhmann vs J Jirka  1-0461999Czech OpenD15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
15. E Anka vs Buhmann  1-0451999Czech OpenC07 French, Tarrasch
16. Buhmann vs A Pridorozhni  1-0351999EU-ch U18D30 Queen's Gambit Declined
17. R Bastys vs Buhmann  0-1431999World Championship U18D28 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical
18. Buhmann vs P Acs  ½-½251999World Championship U18D02 Queen's Pawn Game
19. Fedorchuk vs Buhmann 1-0261999World Championship U18C09 French, Tarrasch, Open Variation, Main line
20. Buhmann vs J Berkvens  0-1431999World Championship U18A85 Dutch, with c4 & Nc3
21. Buhmann vs R Loetscher  ½-½451999World Championship U18A61 Benoni
22. J C Alvarez Marquez vs Buhmann  1-0421999World Championship U18D27 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical
23. Buhmann vs H Pilaj  1-0711999World Championship U18A57 Benko Gambit
24. D Stojanovski vs Buhmann  ½-½381999World Championship U18C18 French, Winawer
25. Buhmann vs K Heinrich  1-0412000Staufer OpenA90 Dutch
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Kibitzer's Corner
Jun-12-06  BIDMONFA: Rainer Buhmann

BUHMANN, Rainer
http://www.bidmonfa.com/buhmann_rai...
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Oct-14-07  Karpova: He won the 7th Winterthur Chess Week 2007 (10/5/07 to 10/13/07) - Swiss format, 2 h for 40 moves and 1 h for the rest of the game.

He had 7.5 points (+6 =3 -0) and won 2500 €. He ended up ahead of Malakhatko (who plays for Belgium, 7.5 points, +7 =1 -1, with worse Buchholz number, winning 1800 €) and Jenni (7 points, +6 =2 -1, 1200 €).

http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail...

Aug-29-10
Premium Chessgames Member
  GrahamClayton: Photo of Buhmann giving a simultaneous exhibition in Guyana in mid-2010:

http://www.stabroeknews.com/images/...

Feb-17-14  waustad: He is a regular in both German and Austrian team play, playing for SV 1930 Hockenheim and Schachclub MPÖ Maria Saal respectively.
Feb-20-14
Premium Chessgames Member
  Penguincw: Happy 23rd birthday to GM Rainer Buhmann.
Feb-20-14  whiteshark: <23rd> http://cobb.typepad.com/.a/6a00d834...
May-12-14  waustad: He won the Tschaturanga Open 2014, which shouldn't be a shock since he was the rating leader by 100 elo. Looking him up with a player search on chess-results I was surprised just how much he plays around Wien. He's in several Austrian leagues and actually plays in almost all rounds and he's entered in most tournaments in the area. He's still however listed as German. Of course by air Europe isn't very large, but flying adds to expenses.
Sep-06-14  waustad: He's playing in the Wiener Landesmeisterschaft 2014, the only player from another federation. The games can be found live here starting Sept. 6: http://chess-results.com/live.aspx
Aug-08-16  diagonal: "Die Ruhrpott Perle" from Vlad and Buhmann at Dortmund (2016): Kramnik vs R Buhmann, 2016
Aug-14-18  whiteshark: German Champion 2018!!

With a key last round win, Buhmann became German champion (89th German Individual Championship ) with a full point lead. He succeeds German number one, Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu, who won the tournament in 2017.

https://en.chessbase.com/post/germa...

Aug-15-18
Premium Chessgames Member
  Telemus: Congratulations to Buhmann!

Those who took part can not be made responsible for those who stayed away. But for the German championship it would have been much better if Buhmann and Poetsch had not played! Then IM Kvetny (who?) would have been the rating favourite (ELO 2421!).

Happy Lasker year, Schachbund!

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