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GM Jesse Kraai

Jesse Kraai

Full name

Jesse Kraai

Born

1/1/1972 (age 52)‎

Place of birth

Federation

United States

Rating

Bio

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

English Opening: Symmetrical, Two Knights Variation (15 games)

English Opening: Caro-Kann Defensive System (13 games)

Réti Opening: Dutch Variation (9 games)

King's Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation (8 games)

English Opening: Symmetrical Variation (7 games)

Black Pieces

Queen's Pawn Opening: English Defense (23 games)

French Defense: Classical, Steinitz, Boleslavsky Variation (12 games)

Queen's Indian Defense: Fianchetto, Nimzowitsch Variation (11 games)

French Defense: Tarrasch, Closed, Main Line (10 games)

Réti Opening: Queenside Fianchetto Variation (8 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Jesse Kraai (2375) Matthew Wofford (1993)	1-0	52	2024
Jesse Kraai (2375) Ethan Liu	1-0	37	2024
Jesse Kraai Vaibhav Robinjith Kalpaka	1-0	45	2024
Jesse Kraai (2356) Larry Christiansen (2579)	1-0	78	2024
Jesse Kraai (2356) Julio Becerra Rivero (2419)	1-0	37	2024
Jesse Kraai (2356) Douglas Root (2463)	0-1	84	2024
Jesse Kraai (2375) Andrew Titus (2202)	½-½	29	2024
Jesse Kraai Theodore Luke SLADE	½-½	93	2024
Jesse Kraai (2356) Igor Novikov (2509)	½-½	42	2024
Jesse Kraai (2387) Carter Peatman (2006)	1-0	39	2023

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