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IM Michael Hochstrasser

Full name

Michael Hochstrasser

Born

1/1/1976 (age 48)‎

Place of birth

Federation

Switzerland

Rating

Bio

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

Benoni Defense: Modern, King's Pawn Line (7 games)

King's Indian Defense: Sämisch, Steiner Attack (6 games)

Nimzo-Indian Defense: St. Petersburg, Fischer, Normal Line, Bronstein Variation (4 games)

Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange, Positional Line, Reshevsky Variation (3 games)

Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation (3 games)

Black Pieces

Slav Defense (6 games)

English Opening: Caro-Kann Defensive System (4 games)

Queen's Pawn Opening: Accelerated London System (3 games)

Modern Defense: Averbakh, Kotov Variation (3 games)

French Defense: King's Indian Attack (3 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Michael Hochstrasser (2316) David Pires Tavares Martins (2410)	½-½	35	2024
Michael Hochstrasser (2329) Robin Angst (2156)	0-1	51	2023
Michael Hochstrasser (2329) Samuel Schweizer (2061)	1-0	34	2023
Michael Hochstrasser (2327) Christian Maier (2278)	½-½	63	2023
Michael Hochstrasser (2329) Oliver Sutter (2318)	½-½	35	2023
Michael Hochstrasser (2329) Suvirr Malli (1993)	½-½	59	2023
Michael Hochstrasser (2335) Gabriel Gaehwiler (2414)	½-½	35	2019
Michael Hochstrasser (2335) Manuel Lopez (1957)	1-0	47	2019
Michael Hochstrasser (2335) Gilles Miralles (2433)	½-½	33	2019
Michael Hochstrasser (2314) Pascal Vianin (2113)	1-0	52	2018

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