Christof Sielecki is an International Master from Germany.

He has been teaching and training chess

for many years, and runs an extremely popular YouTube channel called ChessExplained.

IM Cristof Sielecki from the popular YouTube Chess Channel

“ChessExplained” started making videos for his channel about a
year ago and built a very large following with over 2,000 subscribers
and nearly 400,000 hits! The German IM Christof Sielecki is an
excellent chess teacher who communicates his ideas very clearly,
making him popular amongst beginner and advanced crowds alike.
In the below video, I examine a very nice positional win by IM
Sielecki (ChessExplained) over IM Mark Van der Werf using intense
positional pressure. If you enjoy this video make sure to check out
IM Sielecki’s channel and also check out the coverage he did of one
of my games.

Sielecki Places Intense Positional Pressure

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IM Christof Sielecki Demonstrates Great Positional Attack

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ChessExplained opens with 1. Nf3 and ends up playing a Double-
Fianchetto opening, avoiding immediate complications and taking
the game into a smoother, positional route. Black spends time trying
to generate counterplay on the queenside but is too slow,
meanwhile white completes a fluid development and initiates an
attack in the center – leading to excellent piece-play. Black fails to
sense the danger and snatches a pawn at a very bad time with 21.
…Qxa3? – deserting the kingside which ChessExplained takes
advantage of with a ferocious kingside attack – leading to black’s
resignation on 29. Be6!

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Christof Sielecki (born May 24, 1974 ) is a German chess player from Dinslaken.

contents

 1life

 2works

 3web links

 4individual proofs

Life [ Edit | Edit ]

Sielecki completed a bank education after he had dropped out of college. Subsequently, he worked
until 2014 in the controlling of a commercial bank. [1]
Sielecki won the NRW championship in 1999 in Oberhausen in front of Sebastian Siebrecht . [2] In
November 2000, at the 72nd German Chess Individual Championship in Heringsdorf that Robert
Rabiega won, he got 4.5 points from 9 games. [3]
Christof Sielecki is active as an active player, especially in team championships. The greatest
successes in Germany, he scored for the SV Mülheim -Northern , with which he rose from the
Verbandsliga Ruhrgebiet (1998) to the 1st Bundesliga (2004). In the first Bundesliga he played a
total of 15 games from 2004 to 2007, scoring 3 wins, 1 defeat and 11 draws. Since 2008 he is back
at his home club SV Dinslaken active and was involved in all three climbs. Since 2012, the SV
Dinslaken plays for the first time in club history in the NRW class. In 2011 he won with the SV
Dinslaken the NRW team cup and participated with the club in 2012 at the German team lightning
championships.
In the Dutch league Christof Sielecki played from 1998 to 2004 at the Enschede
club ESGOO . Since the season 2008/09 he plays with the SV Voerendaal, with whom
he won the 2012 Dutch team championship. In 2011 he had already participated with his club in
the European Cup in Rogaška Slatina , scoring the best individual result of his team. [4] This result
also meant the fulfillment of another standard, thus awarding the title International Master , which
took place in February 2012 found. Sielecki fulfilled the other two required standards in July 1997 at
two tournaments in Kecskemét .[5]
In the Belgian league Sielecki is active since 1998, first at KSK Eupen 1947, later after club merger
with multiple Belgian team champion KSK 47 Eynatten , where he comes for various teams
used. 2006 and 2014 he was with Eynatten Belgian team champion, in 2014, he also took part in the
European Club Cup [4] .
Since 2011 Sielecki regularly publishes videos about chess on YouTube , [6] mainly in English. For
the Internet Chess Club (ICC) he produces a regular video series in German ( The Opening
Compass ). Since 2014 he is a full-time chess player and author. [1]
Christof Sielecki's Elo rating is 2433 (as of January 2019), reaching its highest Elo rating of 2451 in
December 2014 and again in March 2015.

Works [ edit | Edit ]

 Christof Sielecki: Nimzo and Bogo Indian - Opening Repertoire , Everyman Chess, London,
2015, ISBN 978-1781941096

 Christof Sielecki: Keep it Simple 1.e4 , New in Chess, Alkmaar, 2018, ISBN 978-90-5691-
805-7

Web links [ edit | Edit ]

 Christof Sielecki at the World Chess Federation FIDE (English)

 Playable games by Christof Sielecki on 365Chess.com

Christof Sielecki
Fide Id 4620437

DSB Id 10207953

Title International Master

Federation
Germany
 2434
FIDE Elo
Highest 2451 (December 2014)

URS Rating 2413

Born 24.May.1974 (Age 45)

Club Schachverein Dinslaken 1

Ranking: World #1542, Europe #1130, Germany #168

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Reti (49%): A05 A06 A04 A04 A07 A09 Queen's pawn (13%): A40 A41 A40 A40 D02 E10
English (16%): A16 A17 A18 A30 A15 A16 French defence (11%): C07 C13 C00 C02 C15 C16
Queen's gambit (7%): D26 D35 D66 D21 D06 D30 Ruy Lopez (10%): C91 C63 C77 C68 C90 C84
Queen's pawn (5%): D02 A46 A40 D02 A41 A46 Sicilian defence (10%): B22 B32 B34 B32 B50 B30
King's Indian (4%): E80 E81 E94 E97 E70 E73 Reti (10%): A06 A04 A05 A06 A09 A07
Play tendencies Endgame tendencies
Sacrifices: Not available Average draws at: Move #30 (details)
Blunders ( ): Explore blunders Optimal play: 98.18% [what is this?]

Positional player: Not available Optimal checkmate: Not available

Exchange tendencies: -1.159 (details) Endgame blunders: Explore blunders
Stockfish first line: Not available [calculate] Strength:
Quality of play: 89.03 (games) [what is this?] Exploitive analysis: Not available
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Game analysis
1.Nf3 b6 2. g3 Bb7 3. Bg2 e5 4. c4 f5 5. O-O e4 6. N
d4 Qf6 7. Nb5 Na6 8. d3 Qe7 9. N1c3 c6 10. Nd4 ex
d3 11. e4 fxe4 12. Nxe4 O-O-O 13. Bf4 Qb4 14. Nf5
d5 15. Qg4 Nc7 16. Ne7+ Kb8 17. Bxc7+ Kxc7 18. Qf
4+ Rd6 19. a3 g5 20. Qxf8 1-0

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P Christof Sielecki
Move Eval Depth Games White% Draw% Black%

38%
Nf3 +0.2 30 650264 32%
30%
39%
d4 +0.32 28 2657586 30%
31%
39%
e4 +0.18 28 4252759 26%
35%
32%
e3 +0.16 26 8607 18%
50%

Sielecki, Christof - Pena Duarte, Fabian Dario 1-0

2435 - 2207
41st San Sebastian Open, 2018.03.31

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Rating History ( )
The graph shows Christof Sielecki's rating history vs. the World #100 (age considered) for each rating period (read
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Christof SieleckiWorld #100 (same age)2002200420062008201020122014201620182,3002,4002,5002,6002,700Rating PeriodELO Rating
X Christof Sielecki World #100 (same age)
Nov 1, 2001 2,393 2,630
Feb 1, 2002 2,393 2,636
May 1, 2002 2,385 2,634
Aug 1, 2002 2,390 2,600
Nov 1, 2002 2,390 2,597
Feb 1, 2003 2,390 2,603
May 1, 2003 2,389 2,606
Aug 1, 2003 2,384 2,605
Nov 1, 2003 2,384 2,606
Feb 1, 2004 2,384 2,606
May 1, 2004 2,375 2,611
Aug 1, 2004 2,375 2,612
Nov 1, 2004 2,375 2,614
Feb 1, 2005 2,375 2,617
May 1, 2005 2,382 2,616
Aug 1, 2005 2,382 2,653
Nov 1, 2005 2,382 2,653
Feb 1, 2006 2,382 2,659
May 1, 2006 2,391 2,662
Aug 1, 2006 2,391 2,657
Nov 1, 2006 2,391 2,658
Feb 1, 2007 2,386 2,656
May 1, 2007 2,366 2,660
Aug 1, 2007 2,366 2,661
Nov 1, 2007 2,358 2,665
Feb 1, 2008 2,360 2,672
May 1, 2008 2,368 2,670
Aug 1, 2008 2,368 2,672
Nov 1, 2008 2,375 2,634
Feb 1, 2009 2,385 2,635
May 1, 2009 2,386 2,680
Aug 1, 2009 2,386 2,643
Oct 1, 2009 2,386 2,628
Dec 1, 2009 2,386 2,643
Feb 1, 2010 2,392 2,643
Apr 1, 2010 2,397 2,640
Jun 1, 2010 2,397 2,639
Aug 1, 2010 2,397 2,643
 X Christof Sielecki World #100 (same age)
Oct 1, 2010 2,392 2,645
Dec 1, 2010 2,386 2,643
Jan 1, 2011 2,386 2,649
Feb 1, 2011 2,390 2,647
Apr 1, 2011 2,398 2,648
Jun 1, 2011 2,391 2,649
Aug 1, 2011 2,391 2,648
Oct 1, 2011 2,400 2,651
Dec 1, 2011 2,400 2,652
Apr 1, 2012 2,398 2,656
Jun 1, 2012 2,402 2,656
Aug 1, 2012 2,402 2,652
Sep 1, 2012 2,402 2,654
Oct 1, 2012 2,402 2,655
Nov 1, 2012 2,398 2,652
Dec 1, 2012 2,398 2,652
Jan 1, 2013 2,402 2,650
Feb 1, 2013 2,402 2,647
Mar 1, 2013 2,399 2,650
Apr 1, 2013 2,395 2,652
May 1, 2013 2,388 2,651
Jun 1, 2013 2,393 2,649
Jul 1, 2013 2,393 2,650
Aug 1, 2013 2,393 2,653
Sep 1, 2013 2,402 2,653
Oct 1, 2013 2,404 2,654
Nov 1, 2013 2,405 2,652
Dec 1, 2013 2,405 2,651
Jan 1, 2014 2,406 2,653
Feb 1, 2014 2,402 2,653
Mar 1, 2014 2,405 2,651
Apr 1, 2014 2,405 2,651
May 1, 2014 2,405 2,651
Jun 1, 2014 2,420 2,653
Jul 1, 2014 2,420 2,653
Aug 1, 2014 2,420 2,655
Sep 1, 2014 2,420 2,655
Oct 1, 2014 2,439 2,654
Nov 1, 2014 2,442 2,654
Dec 1, 2014 2,451 2,655
Jan 1, 2015 2,447 2,653
 X Christof Sielecki World #100 (same age)
Feb 1, 2015 2,447 2,654
Mar 1, 2015 2,451 2,652
Apr 1, 2015 2,433 2,653
May 1, 2015 2,437 2,654
Jun 1, 2015 2,437 2,651
Jul 1, 2015 2,437 2,651
Aug 1, 2015 2,435 2,653
Sep 1, 2015 2,435 2,653
Oct 1, 2015 2,435 2,654
Nov 1, 2015 2,435 2,653
Dec 1, 2015 2,431 2,653
Jan 1, 2016 2,430 2,653
Feb 1, 2016 2,430 2,651
Mar 1, 2016 2,436 2,653
Apr 1, 2016 2,437 2,654
May 1, 2016 2,444 2,655
Jun 1, 2016 2,444 2,654
Jul 1, 2016 2,444 2,654
Aug 1, 2016 2,444 2,655
Sep 1, 2016 2,435 2,652
Oct 1, 2016 2,435 2,651
Nov 1, 2016 2,436 2,654
Dec 1, 2016 2,436 2,657
Jan 1, 2017 2,439 2,655
Feb 1, 2017 2,439 2,655
Mar 1, 2017 2,438 2,659
Apr 1, 2017 2,441 2,658
May 1, 2017 2,439 2,654
Jun 1, 2017 2,439 2,655
Jul 1, 2017 2,439 2,654
Aug 1, 2017 2,439 2,652
Sep 1, 2017 2,439 2,652
Oct 1, 2017 2,436 2,653
Nov 1, 2017 2,436 2,653
Dec 1, 2017 2,434 2,652
Jan 1, 2018 2,438 2,653
Feb 1, 2018 2,431 2,653
Mar 1, 2018 2,435 2,652
Apr 1, 2018 2,430 2,653
May 1, 2018 2,430 2,653
Jun 1, 2018 2,448 2,652
 X Christof Sielecki World #100 (same age)
Jul 1, 2018 2,448 2,654
Aug 1, 2018 2,448 2,651
Sep 1, 2018 2,448 2,651
Oct 1, 2018 2,437 2,652
Nov 1, 2018 2,435 2,652
Dec 1, 2018 2,436 2,652
Jan 1, 2019 2,433 2,652
Feb 1, 2019 2,433 2,652
Mar 1, 2019 2,436 2,655
Apr 1, 2019 2,434 2,653
May 1, 2019 2,439 2,652
Jun 1, 2019 2,434 2,651
Jul 1, 2019 2,434 2,654
Aug 1, 2019 2,434 2,654
Sep 1, 2019 2,434 2,653
Tournament History
Sources: fide.com, schachbund.de, chess-results.com, uschess.org, others coming soon.
Tournaments200820092010201120122013201420152016
Tournament (Click on name for details) Venue Date

2nd Bundesliga West Round 3 Hamburg, 2015.12.13 2270

Germany

2nd Bundesliga West Round 2 Hamburg, 2015.11.15 2270

Germany
Belgian Interclubs Round 3 2015.11.08 1590
Belgium

2nd Bundesliga West Round 1 Hamburg, 2015.09.20 2270

Germany
10th International Tournament of Polonia Wroclaw
2015.07.03 2230
Chess Club - OPEN A Wroclaw, Poland
Oberliga NRW Round 9 2015.04.26 2210
Germany
Dutch Team Competition - Meester - Round 6-7 2015.03.07 2310
Netherlands
Oberliga NRW Rounds 7 - 8 2015.03.01 2110
Germany
Belgian Interclubs Rounds 9-10-11 Division 1 2015.03.01 1460
Belgium
Oberliga NRW Round 6 2015.02.08 2160
Germany
6th Ciutat de Manacor Winterchess GM 2015.02.01 2410
Mallorca, Spain
Oberliga NRW Round 5