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IM Valery Atlas

Full name

Valery Atlas

Born

1/1/1968 (age 56)‎

Place of birth

Federation

Austria

Rating

Bio

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

Sicilian Defense: Open, Dragon, Fianchetto Variation (23 games)

Sicilian Defense: Taimanov, Bastrikov Variation (21 games)

Giuoco Piano Game: Main Line, Giuoco Pianissimo Variation (20 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Najdorf, Zagreb Variation (19 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Scheveningen, Fianchetto Variation (19 games)

Black Pieces

Benoni Defense: Czech Variation (36 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Scheveningen, Keres Attack (32 games)

English Opening: Symmetrical Variation (17 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Scheveningen Variation (17 games)

Alapin Sicilian Defense (14 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Valery Atlas (2421) Lars Waffenschmidt (2281)	1-0	74	2024
Valery Atlas (2421) Thomas Brueckner (2321)	1-0	42	2024
Valery Atlas (2417) Niklas Wunder (2078)	1-0	34	2024
Valery Atlas (2418) Josef Jurek (2247)	1-0	66	2024
Valery Atlas (2394) Richard Forster (2464)	0-1	50	2024
Valery Atlas (2394) Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu (2584)	0-1	47	2024
Valery Atlas (2417) David Ortmann (2267)	½-½	9	2024
Valery Atlas (2394) Noah Fecker (2338)	½-½	21	2024
Valery Atlas (2394) Ivan Saric (2673)	½-½	29	2024
Valery Atlas (2394) Luka Draskovic (2503)	½-½	39	2024

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