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Alexander Goloshchapov

Full name

Alexander Goloshchapov

Born

Jan 25, 1978 (age 46)‎

Place of birth

Ukraine

Federation

Ukraine

Retired

Rating

Bio

Alexander Goloshchapov is a Ukrainian Grandmaster and trainer.

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

Sicilian Defense: Open, Najdorf, English Attack (17 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Classical, Richter-Rauzer Variation (16 games)

Caro-Kann Defense: Classical, Spassky Variation (13 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Pelikán and Sveshnikov Variations (11 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Accelerated Dragon, Maróczy Bind Formation (9 games)

Black Pieces

Semi-Slav Defense: Main Line, Stoltz Variation (18 games)

Sicilian Defense: Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack (15 games)

Sicilian Defense: Taimanov, Bastrikov Variation (13 games)

French Defense: Rubinstein, Blackburne Defense (9 games)

Semi-Slav Defense: Main Line, Meran Variation (9 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Alexander Goloshchapov (2585) Arkadij Naiditsch (2684)	½-½	45	2017
Alexander Goloshchapov (2585) Borki Predojevic (2640)	½-½	20	2017
Alexander Goloshchapov (2586) Taleb Moussa (2406)	1-0	60	2014
Alexander Goloshchapov (2586) Sriram Jha (2375)	1-0	44	2014
Alexander Goloshchapov (2586) Basheer Al Qudaimi (2396)	1-0	35	2014
Alexander Goloshchapov (2586) Boris Savchenko (2581)	0-1	38	2014
Alexander Goloshchapov (2586) Vadim Milov (2622)	0-1	36	2014
Alexander Goloshchapov (2586) Debashis Das (2484)	0-1	37	2014
Alexander Goloshchapov (2586) Sriram Jha (2375)	0-1	49	2014
Alexander Goloshchapov (2586) Ivan Sokolov (2650)	0-1	73	2014

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