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IM Ilija Golichenko

Full name

Ilija Golichenko

Born

1/1/1991 (age 33)‎

Place of birth

Federation

Ukraine

Rating

Bio

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical Variation (11 games)

Queen's Pawn Opening: Chigorin Variation (9 games)

Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical, Noa Variation (8 games)

King's Indian Defense: Averbakh, Modern Defense (8 games)

Benoni Defense: Modern, Fianchetto Variation (7 games)

Black Pieces

Sicilian Defense: Open, Najdorf Variation (13 games)

Trompowsky Attack (6 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Najdorf, Main Line (6 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Najdorf, Adams' Attack (6 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Najdorf, Opočenský Variation (6 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Ilija Golichenko (2677) Felix Meissner (2381)	0-1	44	2024
Ilija Golichenko (2339) Han Thiha Sai (1954)	1-0	77	2023
Ilija Golichenko (2339) Mihajlovskij	1-0	70	2023
Ilija Golichenko (2339) Siva Mahadevan (2249)	1-0	29	2023
Ilija Golichenko (2339) Vladimir Bochnicka (2094)	1-0	79	2023
Ilija Golichenko (2440) Michael Buscar (2093)	1-0	58	2023
Ilija Golichenko (2440) Sergey Koutsin (2381)	1-0	55	2023
Ilija Golichenko (2339) Bharath Subramaniyam (2395)	1-0	57	2023
Ilija Golichenko (2339) Konstantin Begunov (2087)	1-0	27	2023
Ilija Golichenko (2339) Reza Mahdavi (2357)	1-0	76	2023

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