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Michael Rohde
M Rohde 
Photograph courtesy of newyorkmasters.com.  

Number of games in database: 509
Years covered: 1972 to 2024
Last FIDE rating: 2247 (2312 rapid, 2208 blitz)
Highest rating achieved in database: 2585
Overall record: +189 -133 =145 (56.0%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 42 exhibition games, blitz/rapid, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (53) 
    B43 B81 B30 B42 B27
 English (26) 
    A15 A17 A10 A16 A13
 French Defense (16) 
    C07 C11 C02 C14 C19
 King's Indian (14) 
    E70 E61 E94 E92 E91
 Ruy Lopez (14) 
    C80 C89 C90 C73 C85
 Semi-Slav (13) 
    D45 D47 D46
With the Black pieces:
 Sicilian (50) 
    B47 B40 B33 B48 B21
 Queen's Pawn Game (30) 
    A46 A41 E00 A40 D02
 Nimzo Indian (21) 
    E48 E21 E30 E20 E46
 Bogo Indian (19) 
    E11
 English (18) 
    A13 A15 A17 A14 A16
 Sicilian Taimanov (13) 
    B47 B48 B46 B45
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   M Rohde vs S Polgar, 1992 1-0
   M Rohde vs G DeFotis, 2001 1-0
   M Rohde vs W Martz, 1977 1-0
   M Rohde vs Dlugy, 1990 1-0
   M Rohde vs S Benen, 2003 1-0
   M Rohde vs Seirawan, 1988 1-0
   M Rohde vs K Spraggett, 1987 1-0
   M Rohde vs D Gurevich, 1990 1-0
   M Rohde vs B M Kogan, 1986 1-0
   M Rohde vs D Berry, 1976 1-0

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Marshall Open (1979)
   Nassau Chess Club Championship (1988)
   Pan Pacific International (1987)
   United States Championship (Juniors) (1976)
   Saint John Open I (1988)
   Nassau Chess Club Championship (1989)
   USA Masters (1990)
   20th World Open (1992)
   Be'er Sheva (1987)
   Alicante (1978)
   United States Championship (1987)
   United States Championship (1989)
   New York GHI (1977)
   New York Open (1987)
   World Junior Championship (1977)

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   US Championsip 1987 by Phony Benoni

RECENT GAMES:
   🏆 108th Edward Lasker Mem
   M Rohde vs J Su (Dec-15-24) 0-1
   B Jacobson vs M Rohde (Jan-16-22) 1-0
   M Rohde vs Caruana (Mar-19-19) 0-1, rapid
   So vs M Rohde (Mar-19-19) 1-0, rapid
   J Bloomer vs M Rohde (Mar-19-19) 0-1, rapid

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MICHAEL ROHDE
(born Aug-26-1959, 66 years old) United States of America

[what is this?]

Michael Arthur Rohde, born in New York, was awarded the IM title in 1977 and the GM title in 1988. At age 15, he was the youngest U.S. player since Bobby Fischer to achieve a 2300 rating. His tournament results include 1st at San Francisco 1987 and 2nd= at the 1988 St John Open.

Wikipedia article: Michael Rohde (chess player)

Last updated: 2022-09-17 08:38:37

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 page 1 of 21; games 1-25 of 509  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. L Cohen vs M Rohde 1-0411972North Jersey Junior HS chA07 King's Indian Attack
2. M Rohde vs D Strenzwilk  1-022197475th US OpenC78 Ruy Lopez
3. M Rohde vs D Ball 1-022197475th US OpenB17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation
4. M Rohde vs J Tarjan 0-1281975Lone PineB25 Sicilian, Closed
5. J Grefe vs M Rohde 0-1301975Lone PineB08 Pirc, Classical
6. M Rohde vs Suttles 0-1461975Lone PineA42 Modern Defense, Averbakh System
7. Pilnik vs M Rohde  ½-½521975Lone PineB06 Robatsch
8. M Rohde vs L Day 0-1771975Lone PineC66 Ruy Lopez
9. D Berry vs M Rohde 1-0291975Lone PineA42 Modern Defense, Averbakh System
10. C Barnes vs M Rohde 1-0251975Lone PineB06 Robatsch
11. M Rohde vs D Waterman  0-1591975Lone PineB25 Sicilian, Closed
12. M Rohde vs A Karklins  1-0671975Lone PineC84 Ruy Lopez, Closed
13. D Levy vs M Rohde  1-0301975Lone PineB06 Robatsch
14. M Rohde vs Browne  1-05119753rd World OpenB91 Sicilian, Najdorf, Zagreb (Fianchetto) Variation
15. A Trefler vs M Rohde 1-03919753rd World OpenA67 Benoni, Taimanov Variation
16. Benjamin vs M Rohde ½-½271976New YorkB06 Robatsch
17. M Rohde vs J Fedorowicz  0-1351976Lone PineB06 Robatsch
18. P Cleghorn vs M Rohde  ½-½381976Lone PineB06 Robatsch
19. M Rohde vs J Meyers  ½-½541976Lone PineA01 Nimzovich-Larsen Attack
20. T Taylor vs M Rohde 0-1541976Lone PineB14 Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack
21. M Rohde vs R Henley 0-1291976Lone PineB14 Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack
22. C Barnes vs M Rohde 0-1491976Lone PineB16 Caro-Kann, Bronstein-Larsen Variation
23. M Rohde vs D Berry 1-0601976Lone PineC14 French, Classical
24. M Rohde vs de Firmian 1-0421976United States Championship (Juniors)B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation
25. K Regan vs M Rohde  ½-½401976United States Championship (Juniors)B06 Robatsch
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Jun-03-05
Premium Chessgames Member
  chancho: Just a damn Draw! Rohde shouted. when he could not win his game against Michael Brooks at the Eastern Class Championships in Woburn.
Jun-03-05
Premium Chessgames Member
  WannaBe: Did Michael Rohde boat ashore?
Jan-31-06
Premium Chessgames Member
  WTHarvey: I have the scoresheet for a 3 move win against Michael. He was playing in the Open section in a Washington DC tournament Dec 1990. When it looked like he wouldn't be picking up as many Grand Prix points for the open section as he had anticipated, he entered the G/30 section. He would make a move in one section and then go back over to the other. :-) Things got out of hand pretty, well, rapidly. He then devoted himself to the open section and never came back to pick up his scoresheet. He had only completed the first three moves when his clock ran out.

Here are some winning combinations from his games: http://www.wtharvey.com/rohd.html

Feb-01-06  Chess Classics: <WTHarvey> That must have been the game of the month in his column for Chess Life that month :-)

Regards,
CC

Mar-24-06  BIDMONFA: Michael Rohde

ROHDE, Michael A.
http://www.bidmonfa.com/rohde_micha...
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Mar-24-06  midknightblue: I love his book on the evan's gambit.
Mar-24-06  azaris: Who is Evan?
Mar-24-06
Premium Chessgames Member
  keypusher: You mean you don't know <the> Evan? Or his gambit?
Mar-24-06  azaris: No, I presume he's some guy who also isn't familiar with the correct use of apostrophes.
Mar-24-06
Premium Chessgames Member
  keypusher: Yes, it was my own ignorance of apostrophes that kept me from playing the delightful <Gambit of Captain Evans> for so long -- could not fit the name of the opening into the space on the scoresheet. Then I learned you could, if you wished, write it without apostrophes altogether: <The Evans Gambit>, in the style of <The Maltese Falcon> or <The Bronze Age> . Now it's just <the Stone-Ware Defense> and its affiliated hyphens that keep me up at night.
Mar-24-06  azaris: <Now it's just <the Stone-Ware Defense> and its affiliated hyphens that keep me up at night.>

I recommend the variation known as <Tupper-Ware Defense>.

Mar-26-06  midknightblue: Thank you for correcting me. Kindest and humblest regards... MKB
Mar-26-06
Premium Chessgames Member
  keypusher: Dont' have any worry's about's it's.
Mar-26-06  midknightblue: <Azaris> Let him have it! I never screw up three apostrophes'es'es in one sentence
Mar-27-06
Premium Chessgames Member
  WannaBe: Since I'm on a roll here... More potential pun, "Rohde Scholar"
Mar-27-06  Jim Bartle: Wannabe: A good comedian knows an exit line, and you will never top 'Michael Rohde boat ashore."

By the way, back in the day I was a Rohde for the Allman Brothers.

Sep-27-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  Tabanus: Picture of him as 17-year-old IM, from the interesting site http://nezhmet.wordpress.com/2007/0...:

http://nezhmet.files.wordpress.com/...

Oct-18-11  wordfunph: <GM Michael Rohde once wrote in Chess Life that there are about five moves per game where Grandmasters don't know what to do and have to think, International Masters eight moves per game, FIDE masters ten, and National Masters fifteen.>

from Dan Heisman's The Improving Chess Thinker.

Oct-18-11  Strongest Force: My advice: never play bughouse with 3 screaming kids: me and Mike against Dlugy and Benjamin. All 3 would be GMs but they were very young then. I was doing very well against Max but I couldn't take Mike's screaming in my ear and I had to let someone take my place.
Jul-13-13  SoUnwiseTheKnight B4: GM Michael Rohde went +27-2=1 in a central park simul today. The milk shake drinkers were out in droves.
Jul-14-13  Strongest Force: Central Park is where I started. At ICC I had a anonymous account. I used every chance I could get to verbally abuse Mike because I knew he had a famous temper. He didn't disappoint. He was apoplectic with anger and even became an admin to find out who I was. Once he found out he thought it was one of the funniest things ever. 
Jul-14-13  SoUnwiseTheKnight B4: haha, that is hysterical <Strongest Force>. I never would've guessed about the temper, he was polite and well behaved. Although I did catch a look in his eye at one point, in hindsight, i'm imagining it now as slight agitation. :) It was a one and done for him at the park yesterday, hopefully he'll return next summer.
Jul-14-13
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: <Strongest Force: My advice: never play bughouse with 3 screaming kids: me and Mike against Dlugy and Benjamin. All 3 would be GMs but they were very young then.....>

So far as I know, you were the only one of that foursome I never played.

Jul-14-13  Strongest Force: I needed bughouse genius Jon Schroer as a partner against any of the others. Jon is the Bobby Fischer of bughouse and he allows you to think by not constantly yelling in your ear.
Jul-14-13
Premium Chessgames Member
  HeMateMe: <tab> Interesting photos.
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