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IM Alexander Velikanov

Full name

Alexander Velikanov

Born

1/1/1997 (age 27)‎

Place of birth

Federation

United States

Rating

Bio

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

Closed Sicilian Defense: Traditional Line (3 games)

King's Fianchetto Opening: Slav Formation (2 games)

French Defense: King's Indian Attack (2 games)

Indian Game: East Indian, Przepiórka Variation (2 games)

Trompowsky Attack (2 games)

Black Pieces

Pirc Defense (4 games)

Sicilian Defense: Taimanov, Bastrikov Variation (4 games)

Van't Kruijs Opening (3 games)

Indian Game (3 games)

English Opening: Anglo-Indian, Queen's Knight Variation (3 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Alexander Velikanov (2831) Roman Aukhatov (2456)	1-0	32	2024
Alexander Velikanov (2803) Alain Otero Marino (2529)	1-0	52	2024
Alexander Velikanov (2800) Bryan Enming Lin (2563)	1-0	18	2024
Alexander Velikanov (2798) Sebastien Joie (2451)	1-0	48	2024
Alexander Velikanov (2812) Ward Al-tarboush (2635)	1-0	35	2024
Alexander Velikanov (2805) Samuel Shankland (2965)	1-0	39	2024
Alexander Velikanov (2802) Siem Van Dael (2569)	1-0	58	2024
Alexander Velikanov (2799) Kelvin Antonio Sanchez Alvares (2581)	1-0	28	2024
Alexander Velikanov (2794) Ilya Khakhinov (2402)	1-0	24	2024
Alexander Velikanov (2799) Zhu Jin'er (2656)	1-0	34	2024

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