What is Ralf Appel's FIDE rating?

Ralf Appel's FIDE rating is 2508 standard, 2534 blitz. Chess Stalker tracks it together with Ralf Appel's over-the-board games and opening repertoire.

How many OTB games has Ralf Appel played?

The Chess Stalker database holds 577 over-the-board games by Ralf Appel (577 classical), with 39% wins. The full list, with openings and results, is on Ralf Appel's Chess Stalker profile.

How do I prepare against Ralf Appel?

Open Ralf Appel's free Chess Stalker report: opening repertoire with results per line as White and Black, recurring weaknesses and blunder patterns evaluated with Stockfish, and recent games. Then rehearse against the Twin Bot, which imitates Ralf Appel's style, before facing them.

Ralf Appel

Germanyborn 1971FIDE ID 4600924

Rating & statistics

FIDE rating lists · Sep 2023 – Sep 2026

2480

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2560

2508 · Sep 2023

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2534Blitz

2508Classical

2552peak, Jul 2009

577games

225wins, 39%

232draws, 40%

120losses, 21%

Rated gamesInactive · rating frozenOfficial FIDE lists · drag the range below the chartPeak 2552 · Jul 2009

Play style

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Elite accuracy: 92.0% average

Very consistent (88%)

Very precise: only 0.0 blunders/game

Dominates 1.d4 as

(64% in 166 games)

Vulnerable to 1.c4

(only 42%)

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Based on

577 games

Based on 577 games

Openings

Based on player games

No clear weaknesses!

Deep analysis

Stockfish · Classical · 7 analyzedStockfish · Classical games · 7 analyzed

Accuracy by phase

Opening

95.1%

Middlegame

92.9%

Endgame

96.2%

Clutch factor

+5%

Winning (+2)Winning (+2)

93%1g

EqualEqual position

96%3g

Losing (−2)Losing (−2)

88%3g

Accuracy under pressure barely drops when losing.

Problematic pieces

36%

5 err

21%

3 err

14%

2 err

14%

2 err

1 err

Critical moment

Move 20 avg

1-15

100%

16-25

26-35

36-45

46+

100% of blunders occur after move 16-25. Keep tension until then.of blunders occur after move 16-25. Keep tension until then.

Error heatmap · Critical squaresError heatmap

Few

Many

14Errors mapped

e3 / b3Hotspot zone

Critical squares

33 err

22 err

e3/b3 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Critical blunders

2 errors · Stockfish

#29

♛d3?? vs Grischuk

Middlegame · OTB · 2007

#20

d4b3?? vs Kasparov

OTB · 1998

Recent games

577 games

Gypser, Andreas, Dr.(2112)

Pirmasens · 26 Aug 2018

1–0

Sebastian, Dirk(2445)

Bundesliga 2015-16 · 7 Feb 2016

0–1

Kues, Hendrik(2121)

Bundesliga 2015-16 · 6 Feb 2016

1–0

Rau, Hannes(2462)

Bundesliga 2014-15 · 12 Apr 2015

0–1

Seger, Ruediger(2366)

Bundesliga 2014-15 · 11 Apr 2015

½–½

Nielsen, Peter Heine(2660)

Bundesliga 2014-15 · 15 Mar 2015

½–½

Endgame statistics

3 endgames (42.9%)

Strongest

79.4%

R+Bishop vs R+Knight

Weakest

60.6%

Pure Pawn

Reaches Endgame

42.9%

3 / 7

B vs N Pref

52.4%·47.8%

prefers the bishop

PiecesTypeWin %games

Rook + Equal Minors

56%44%

77.9%353g

R+Bishop vs R+Knight

59%41%

79.4%306g

Rook vs Minor (Exchange)

49%50%

73.7%281g

Rook vs Rook

48%50%

72.6%252g

Rook vs Two Minors

56%44%

78.1%160g

Pure Pawn

36%50%14

60.6%109g

Rook + Equal Minors77.9%353g

R+Bishop vs R+Knight79.4%306g

Rook vs Minor (Exchange)73.7%281g

Rook vs Rook72.6%252g

Rook vs Two Minors78.1%160g

Pure Pawn60.6%109g

Weak in : only 0% win rate (0 games). Force this endgameShow all 14 types

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Repertoire

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577 games in scope

Explore the repertoireevery move played, ranked by frequency

298 games45%W38%D17%L

298games in this linewon 45%, drew 38%, lost 17%

Move

1. d4

16611y

49%30%21%

65%

1. ♞f3

11712y

38%49%13

63%

1. e4

714y

57%29%14

71%

1. c4

715y

43%57%

71%

1. b3

113y