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IM Richard Forster

Full name

Richard Forster

Born

1/1/1975 (age 49)‎

Place of birth

Federation

Switzerland

Rating

Bio

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

King's Indian Attack: Yugoslav Variation (12 games)

Sicilian Defense: Taimanov, Bastrikov Variation (9 games)

English Opening: King's English Variation (7 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Classical, Richter-Rauzer Variation (7 games)

Vienna Game: Falkbeer, Mieses Variation (6 games)

Black Pieces

King's Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation (20 games)

King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto, Debrecen, Classical Main Line (10 games)

King's Indian Defense: Normal Variation (9 games)

English Opening: Great Snake Variation (8 games)

Scandinavian Defense: Mieses-Kotrč, Main Line (7 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Richard Forster (2460) Lothar Vogt (2357)	1-0	21	2019
Richard Forster (2460) Ali Habibi (2222)	1-0	75	2019
Richard Forster (2460) Robert Huebner (2575)	0-1	40	2019
Richard Forster (2460) Florin Gheorghiu (2372)	½-½	30	2019
Richard Forster (2460) Christian Maier (2386)	1-0	26	2018
Richard Forster (2460) Dr Carl Christian Buhr (2342)	1-0	33	2018
Richard Forster (2460) Michael Hochstrasser (2314)	0-1	51	2018
Richard Forster (2460) Oliver Kurmann (2469)	½-½	31	2018
Richard Forster (2460) Robert Ris (2435)	½-½	32	2018
Richard Forster (2460) Andrei Sokolov (2495)	½-½	18	2018

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