Player profile

Lau, Udo

Standard: 1895 Rapid: 0 Blitz: 0 (last updated 2026-10-02)
FIDE ID: 4601300 (view FIDE profile)
Federation: GER Sex: M Birth Year: 1955 Age: 71
Title: — Women's title: — Other title: — FOA title: —
Games: 26 Wins: 7 (27%) Draws: 9 (35%) Losses: 10 (38%)
Dossier

26 of 26 games analyzed.

Accuracy: 89.3%
Opened d4: 9/12Opened Nf3: 2/12Opened e4: 1/12
Same-side castling: 23Castled kingside: 22Castled queenside: 2Did not castle: 2Opposite-side castling: 1
Played in the center: 10Played on the kingside: 9Fianchettoed kingside: 8Fianchettoed queenside: 5Played on the queenside: 4
Kept the bishop pair: 16Active pieces: 15Backward pawn: 14Initiated exchanges: 12Space advantage: 12Sacrificed material: 12Isolated pawn: 10Avoided exchanges: 10Missed tactics: 8Played gambits: 1
Openings

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As White 12 games 4W 4D 4L
Queen's Pawn Game 2 games 2W 0D 0L
Colle System 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Anglo-Slav Opening 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Semi-Slav Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Meran Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Wade Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Zukertort Opening 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Nimzo-Indian Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
King's Indian Attack 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Double Fianchetto 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Benko Gambit Accepted 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Fully Accepted Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Queen's Indian Defense 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Kasparov Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
King's Indian Defense 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Normal Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
King's Knight Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Benoni Defense 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Benoni-Indian Defense 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Kingside Move Order 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Pirc Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Classical Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Quiet System, Czech Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Indian Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Tartakower Attack 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
As Black 14 games 3W 5D 6L
Caro-Kann Defense 6 games 1W 1D 4L
Two Knights Attack 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Classical Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Main Line 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Forgacs Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
De Bruycker Defense 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Panov Attack 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Exchange Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
English Opening 2 games 0W 1D 1L
King's English Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Four Knights Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Anglo-Indian Defense 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Queen's Indian Formation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Sicilian Defense 2 games 0W 2D 0L
French Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Westerinen Attack 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Closed 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Horwitz Defense 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Neo-Grünfeld Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Ultra-Delayed Exchange Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Czech Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Nimzo-Indian Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Classical Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Blunders Top 4 of 114

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

2025.10.31 · 73... Kd5 (−47.5% win chance) 1/2-1/2
Lau, Udo
Tietjen, Joshua
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2024.01.04 · 35. Qd1 (−39.8% win chance) 1/2-1/2
Daniel Boerma
Udo Lau
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2025.10.31 · 62... Kd5 (−39.6% win chance) 1/2-1/2
Lau, Udo
Tietjen, Joshua
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2025.10.31 · 67... Ke4 (−37.2% win chance) 1/2-1/2
Lau, Udo
Tietjen, Joshua
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Games Showing all 26 games
Date Event Round Color Opponent Result Accuracy % First moves