Player profile

Ask, Josef

Standard: 2085 Rapid: 2080 Blitz: 2089 (last updated 2026-11-02)
FIDE ID: 1704583 (view FIDE profile)
Federation: SWE Sex: M Birth Year: 1975 Age: 51
Title: FM Women's title: — Other title: — FOA title: —
Games: 145 Wins: 64 (44%) Draws: 8 (6%) Losses: 72 (50%) Other: 1
Dossier

118 of 145 games analyzed.

Accuracy: 87.9%
Opened e4: 20/49Opened g4: 6/49Opened c4: 6/49Opened Nf3: 5/49Opened b3: 5/49Opened b4: 3/49Opened g3: 2/49Opened Nc3: 1/49Opened d4: 1/49
Castled kingside: 66Same-side castling: 57Did not castle: 20Opposite-side castling: 11Castled queenside: 9
Played on the kingside: 45Fianchettoed kingside: 44Fianchettoed queenside: 28Played on the queenside: 21Played in the center: 8
Active pieces: 72Initiated exchanges: 71Sacrificed material: 69Kept the bishop pair: 63Backward pawn: 57Space advantage: 57Isolated pawn: 53Missed tactics: 43Avoided exchanges: 10Played gambits: 8
Openings

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As White 63 games 33W 4D 25L
Sicilian Defense 13 games 5W 0D 7L
Myers Attack 6 games 2W 0D 4L
with a4 5 games 1W 0D 4L
with h4 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Smith-Morra Gambit Accepted 5 games 2W 0D 2L
(unspecified) 5 games 2W 0D 2L
Smith-Morra Gambit Declined 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Push Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Czerniak Attack 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
English Opening 8 games 3W 1D 4L
Agincourt Defense 3 games 1W 1D 1L
(unspecified) 3 games 1W 1D 1L
Symmetrical Variation 3 games 1W 0D 2L
Ultra-Symmetrical Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Duchamp Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Great Snake Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Grob Opening 6 games 0W 1D 5L
(unspecified) 6 games 0W 1D 5L
(unspecified) 6 games 0W 1D 5L
Nimzo-Larsen Attack 6 games 4W 1D 1L
Classical Variation 2 games 1W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 2 games 1W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Indian Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Modern Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
English Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
French Defense 4 games 4W 0D 0L
Horwitz Attack 2 games 2W 0D 0L
Papa-Ticulat Gambit 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Alekhine-Chatard Attack 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Albin-Chatard Gambit 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Advance Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Nimzowitsch System 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Polish Opening 3 games 2W 0D 1L
Bugayev Attack 3 games 2W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 3 games 2W 0D 1L
Center Game Accepted 3 games 2W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 3 games 2W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 3 games 2W 0D 1L
Caro-Kann Defense 3 games 2W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 3 games 2W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 3 games 2W 1D 0L
Réti Opening 2 games 2W 0D 0L
Advance Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Anglo-Slav Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
New York System 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Hungarian Opening 2 games 2W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 2 games 2W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 2 games 2W 0D 0L
Vienna Game 2 games 1W 0D 1L
Falkbeer Variation 2 games 1W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 2 games 1W 0D 1L
Nimzowitsch Defense 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Wheeler Gambit 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Alekhine Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Four Pawns Attack 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Cambridge Gambit 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Van Geet Opening 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Indian Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Reversed Chigorin Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Catalan Opening 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Closed 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
King's Pawn Game 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Maróczy Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
King's Gambit Declined 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Classical Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Kádas Opening 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Blackmar-Diemer Gambit Declined 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Vienna Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Center Game 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Ross Gambit 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Scandinavian Defense 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
As Black 56 games 23W 2D 31L
Sicilian Defense 14 games 7W 0D 7L
Lasker-Pelikan Variation 4 games 3W 0D 1L
Bird Variation 2 games 2W 0D 0L
Sveshnikov Variation, Chelyabinsk Variation 2 games 1W 0D 1L
Alapin Variation 2 games 0W 0D 2L
(unspecified) 2 games 0W 0D 2L
Closed 2 games 2W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 2 games 2W 0D 0L
Portsmouth Gambit 2 games 2W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 2 games 2W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Godiva Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Moscow Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Fianchetto Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Zukertort Opening 6 games 1W 0D 5L
Polish Defense 3 games 0W 0D 3L
(unspecified) 3 games 0W 0D 3L
Basman Defense 2 games 1W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 2 games 1W 0D 1L
Sicilian Invitation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
English Opening 5 games 3W 1D 1L
Jaenisch Gambit 3 games 2W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 3 games 2W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 2 games 1W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 2 games 1W 1D 0L
Benoni Defense 4 games 2W 0D 2L
Old Benoni 4 games 2W 0D 2L
(unspecified) 3 games 2W 0D 1L
Mujannah Formation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Latvian Gambit 4 games 1W 0D 3L
(unspecified) 3 games 1W 0D 2L
(unspecified) 3 games 1W 0D 2L
Fraser Defense 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Indian Defense 3 games 1W 0D 2L
Polish Variation 2 games 0W 0D 2L
(unspecified) 2 games 0W 0D 2L
Accelerated London System 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Duras Gambit 3 games 1W 0D 2L
(unspecified) 3 games 1W 0D 2L
(unspecified) 3 games 1W 0D 2L
Philidor Defense 2 games 1W 1D 0L
Albin-Blackburne Gambit 2 games 1W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 2 games 1W 1D 0L
Nimzowitsch Defense 2 games 1W 0D 1L
Williams Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Scandinavian Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Advance Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Englund Gambit 2 games 0W 0D 2L
Soller Gambit Deferred 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Hartlaub-Charlick Gambit 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Vienna Game 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Latvian Gambit Accepted 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Englund Gambit Declined 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Goldsmith Defense 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Tarrasch Defense 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Schara Gambit 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Queen's Pawn Game 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Chigorin Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Irish Gambit 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Borg Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Yusupov-Rubinstein System 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Nimzo-Larsen Attack 1 game 0W 0D 1L
English Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Queen's Indian Defense 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Kasparov-Petrosian Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Modern Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
King's Indian Defense 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Exchange Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Blunders Top 4 of 788

This player's costliest moves in analyzed games. Can you find the winning move?

2023.02.10 · 42. Nd4 (−90.9% win chance) 1/2-1/2
Johansson, Roland 1961
Ask, Josef
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2024.07.01 · 20... Qe7 (−56.7% win chance) 1-0
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Joensson, Oscar
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2026.10.02 · 39... Bg3+ (−52.2% win chance) 1-0
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Religa, Marek
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? · 29... Bf6 (−49.9% win chance) 1-0
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Larsen, Magnus
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