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Max Warmerdam
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Max Warmerdam

NetherlandsBorn 2000 (age 26)FIDE ID 1048104

Luft classical

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Monthly Luft ratings, now 2562
FIDE

FIDE classical

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Monthly FIDE ratings, now 2553
Luft

Flair

Max Warmerdam's classical flairs

0 of 19 earned over the last 12 months

  • TitanLuft classical rating averaging 2800+ over the last 4 years
  • Serial WinnerWon 2+ elite events in the last 12 months
  • UnderdogRegularly beats players rated 50+ higher
  • Fortress25+ games in a row without a loss
  • Black BeltDoes better with black than with white
  • IronmanPlayed 50+ games over the last 12 months
  • RisingAged 18 or under, Luft rating up 40+ over the last 12 months
  • Endgame SpecialistEndgame 90+: converting, saving and not throwing endgames
  • TacticianTactics 90+: sharp, tactical games they made sharp
  • LightningTop 20 at speed chess (mostly blitz, some rapid)
  • Hot StreakAt least 6 points from 7 straight games against strong opposition
  • SignatureSticks to one defence with black far more than most
  • ChameleonPlays a wide range of defences with black
  • WildcardBrilliant one event, off the next: hard to predict
  • ReliableConsistent across all top events
  • FighterRarely draws, and wins far more than they lose
  • AdaptableTactics and Positional both 90+
  • PositionalPositional 90+: slow, quiet games they steered
  • PodiumTop 3 in at least half of their elite events

No classical flair in the last year yet.

Trophy cabinet

Max Warmerdam's classical titles

2 classical titles, newest first

  • Dutch Championship 20241st
  • Dutch Championship 20211st
  • Dutch Championship×2

Attributes

Tactics 68Positional 79Endgame 82Openings 80Composure 73Defence 81Speed 77Consistency 72

Luft classical rating

2562No. 161

From 43 classical games in top events over the last year, playing at a 2553 level.

ResultsPlayed at a 2553 level, blended with their FIDE rating0
Tournament winsNone in the last year0
FormThe last 3 months against the whole year+10
ConsistencyHow steady they are from event to event−5
Activity43 classical games in top events+4

Openings

Their most-played, from 170 classical games in top events over the last 4 years

OpeningGamesScore
English Opening1362%
Ruy Lopez757%
Queen's Gambit Declined750%
King's Indian Defense658%
Sicilian Defense570%

English Opening

With White: 13 games, won 5, drew 6, lost 2 · 62%

VariationGamesScore
King's English Variation463%
Anglo-Indian Defense383%
Agincourt Defense250%
Symmetrical Variation250%
Neo-Catalan1100%
Four Knights System10%

Ruy Lopez

With White: 7 games, won 2, drew 4, lost 1 · 57%

VariationGamesScore
Morphy Defense350%
Berlin Defense250%
Closed1100%
Open Berlin Defense150%

Queen's Gambit Declined

With White: 7 games, won 1, drew 5, lost 1 · 50%

VariationGamesScore
Exchange Variation250%
Janowski Variation250%
Three Knights Variation1100%
Austrian Defense150%
Charousek Variation10%

King's Indian Defense

With White: 6 games, won 3, drew 1, lost 2 · 58%

VariationGamesScore
Petrosian Variation2100%
Orthodox Variation250%
Normal Variation150%
Fianchetto Variation10%

Sicilian Defense

With White: 5 games, won 2, drew 3, lost 0 · 70%

VariationGamesScore
Najdorf Variation250%
Old Sicilian1100%
Delayed Alapin Variation1100%
Alapin Variation150%

Sicilian Defense

With Black: 20 games, won 4, drew 10, lost 6 · 45%

VariationGamesScore
Moscow Variation667%
Najdorf Variation530%
Classical Variation225%
Alapin Variation225%
Kan Variation1100%
Modern Variations150%
Main line150%
Scheveningen Variation150%
Closed10%

King's Indian Defense

With Black: 11 games, won 3, drew 3, lost 5 · 41%

VariationGamesScore
Karpov System450%
Normal Variation250%
Fianchetto Variation20%
Semi-Averbakh System1100%
Smyslov Variation150%
Sämisch Variation10%

Ruy Lopez

With Black: 7 games, won 1, drew 3, lost 3 · 36%

VariationGamesScore
Closed550%
Morphy Defense10%
Berlin Defense10%

Queen's Gambit Declined

With Black: 6 games, won 0, drew 5, lost 1 · 42%

VariationGamesScore
Barmen Variation250%
Exchange Variation250%
Semi-Tarrasch Defense150%
Main line10%

King's Indian Attack

With Black: 6 games, won 0, drew 4, lost 2 · 33%

VariationGamesScore
Symmetrical Defense333%
Main line150%
Spassky Variation150%
Double Fianchetto10%

Recent events

See all
EventPlace+/−+/−
Amsterdam Chess Open 202625 Oct 20262½/3+8+9
German Bundesliga 2026/2711 Oct 20261½/3+2+2
Dutch Meesterklasse 202619 Sep 20260/1−6−6
German Bundesliga 2025/2626 Apr 20264½/11−5−3
European Individual Chess Championship 202619 Apr 2026=89th−6−6

Best wins

OpponentRating
GMF. Caruana2 Feb 2025 · Tata Steel Chess 20252803
GMA. Erigaisi25 Jan 2025 · Tata Steel Chess 20252801
GMR. Rapport28 Apr 2024 · Bundesliga 2023/242719
GMJ. van Foreest14 Jan 2024 · Tata Steel Masters 20242682
GMF. Svane1 Dec 2024 · German Bundesliga 2024/252664

Most played

OpponentGamesWDL
GMA. BrkicLast 6 Dec 2025 · German Bundesliga 2025/263021
GMGukesh D.Last 22 Oct 2025 · European Chess Club Cup 20253003
GMN. AbdusattorovLast 26 Apr 2025 · German Bundesliga 2024/253012
GML. LivaicLast 27 Apr 2025 · German Bundesliga 2024/253012
GMA. IndjicLast 12 Sep 2025 · FIDE Grand Swiss 20253012

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How attributes are calculated

From their games in top events over the last 12 months, each judged against the opponent's rating

  • TacticsHow well they score in sharp games they chose to make sharp.
  • PositionalHow well they score in quiet, manoeuvring games they steered.
  • EndgameHow they do in endgames against what the position promised when it began: converting a winning one earns a little, saving a losing one earns a lot, and throwing a winning one costs a lot.
  • OpeningsThe engine's verdict on their position around moves 15 to 20, against what's normal for that colour, as the score it points to. Over the last 4 years, with older games counting less.
  • ComposureHow well they score under pressure: the game straight after a loss, and the last 3 games of an event while they can still win it. Over the last 4 years.
  • DefenceHow they do in games where they were 0.8 pawns or more worse after move 18, against what that position usually scores: holding the draw earns, turning it around earns more, and losing costs a little.
  • SpeedTheir Luft rapid and blitz ratings. With neither, an estimate a little below their classical level.
  • ConsistencyTheir Luft rating, less their off days: tournaments (5+ games each) over the last 4 years where they played 50+ below it. Anything better never counts against them.

  • "How well they score" is a performance rating: the opponent's rating, plus 400 for a win and minus 400 for a loss, averaged. So it's always judged against who they played.

    The score out of 100: 80 is a 2600 level, and each 13 rating points adds one, so 2860 and up is 100.

    Fair to everyone: with only a few games of a kind, the result leans towards their overall Luft rating. Strengths and weaknesses are measured against their overall level and compared with the top 100, so a specialist's best side stands out. A little recent form is added to all but Speed.