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Havard Haug
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Havard Haug

NorwayBorn 2010 (age 16)FIDE ID 1547887

FIDE classical

1500200025002019202120232025
Monthly FIDE ratings, now 2430

Trophy cabinet

No classical titles on record yet.

Luft classical rating

Not ranked yet: the Luft classical rating needs at least 10 classical games in top events over the last year.

Openings

Their most-played, from 7 classical games in top events over the last 4 years

OpeningGamesScore
Scotch Game150%
Sicilian Defense150%
Queen's Gambit Declined150%

Scotch Game

With White: 1 game, won 0, drew 1, lost 0 · 50%

VariationGamesScore
Classical Variation150%

Sicilian Defense

With White: 1 game, won 0, drew 1, lost 0 · 50%

VariationGamesScore
Alapin Variation150%

Queen's Gambit Declined

With White: 1 game, won 0, drew 1, lost 0 · 50%

VariationGamesScore
Three Knights Variation150%

Caro-Kann Defense

With Black: 1 game, won 0, drew 1, lost 0 · 50%

VariationGamesScore
Two Knights Attack150%

Four Knights Game

With Black: 1 game, won 0, drew 1, lost 0 · 50%

VariationGamesScore
Spanish Variation150%

Sicilian Defense

With Black: 1 game, won 0, drew 0, lost 1 · 0%

VariationGamesScore
Najdorf Variation10%

Queen's Gambit Declined

With Black: 1 game, won 0, drew 0, lost 1 · 0%

VariationGamesScore
Exchange Variation10%

Recent events

EventPlace+/−+/−
41st European Chess Club Cup 202623 Oct 20263/7−16−16
Maia Chess Open 202626 Aug 20261/2−1−1
Prague International Chess Festival 20266 Mar 20261½/3+4+3
Norway Chess Open 202531 May 2025½/3−6−5

Best wins

OpponentRating
IMK. Kristensen20 Oct 2026 · 41st European Chess Club Cup 20262279

Most played

OpponentGamesWDL
GMV. SivukLast 28 May 2025 · Norway Chess Open 20251001
GMF. UrkedalLast 29 May 2025 · Norway Chess Open 20251010
GMZhu JinerLast 31 May 2025 · Norway Chess Open 20251001
GMZhao JunLast 4 Mar 2026 · Prague International Chess Festival 20261010
IMC. GloecklerLast 5 Mar 2026 · Prague International Chess Festival 20261010

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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.