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GM Aleksandr Volodin

Full name

Aleksandr Volodin

Born

1/1/1990 (age 34)‎

Place of birth

Federation

Estonia

Rating

Bio

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto, Yugoslav, Panno System (14 games)

Bogo-Indian Defense: Grünfeld Variation (13 games)

Queen's Indian Defense: Kasparov Variation, Petrosian Variation (11 games)

King's Indian Defense (9 games)

Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange, Positional Line (9 games)

Black Pieces

Sicilian Defense: Taimanov, Bastrikov Variation (35 games)

Alapin Sicilian Defense (14 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Scheveningen, Keres Attack (11 games)

Indian Game: Spielmann-Indian, Pseudo-Benko Variation (10 games)

English Opening: Symmetrical Variation (9 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Aleksandr Volodin Igor Shvyrjov (2217)	1-0	37	2024
Aleksandr Volodin (2445) Jaan Ehlvest (2499)	1-0	45	2024
Aleksandr Volodin (2449) Nicola Mele (1890)	1-0	28	2024
Aleksandr Volodin (2449) Tugrul Turel (2033)	1-0	40	2024
Aleksandr Volodin (2449) Vjekoslav Biliskov (2228)	1-0	46	2024
Aleksandr Volodin (2449) Julijan Plenca (2448)	1-0	49	2024
Aleksandr Volodin (2457) Alisher Karimov (2240)	1-0	41	2024
Aleksandr Volodin Yuriy Kuzubov (2626)	0-1	32	2024
Aleksandr Volodin Paulius Pultinevicius (2557)	0-1	47	2024
Aleksandr Volodin (2445) Jan Smeets (2539)	0-1	52	2024

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