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GM Alexander Cherniaev

Full name

Alexander Cherniaev

Born

1/1/1969 (age 55)‎

Place of birth

Federation

England

Rating

Bio

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

Alapin Sicilian Defense (77 games)

Alapin Sicilian Defense: Barmen Defense (32 games)

Queen's Pawn Opening: Pseudo-Catalan Variation (18 games)

French Defense: Advance, Paulsen, Euwe Variation (16 games)

Closed Sicilian Defense: Traditional Line (14 games)

Black Pieces

Sicilian Defense: Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack (51 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Pelikán and Sveshnikov, Chelyabinsk Variation (37 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Pelikán and Sveshnikov Variations (34 games)

Modern Defense: Standard Line (28 games)

Modern Defense with 1.e4 (20 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Alexander Cherniaev (2461) Callum Kilpatrick (2430)	1-0	37	2024
Alexander Cherniaev (2375) David L Haydon (2241)	1-0	60	2024
Alexander Cherniaev (2375) Ezra Kirk (2407)	1-0	37	2024
Alexander Cherniaev (2359) Balahari Bharat Kumar (1989)	1-0	32	2024
Alexander Cherniaev (2381) Pierre Laurent-Paoli (2524)	0-1	43	2024
Alexander Cherniaev (2363) Alexei Shirov (2657)	0-1	24	2024
Alexander Cherniaev (2375) Shreyas Royal (2457)	0-1	43	2024
Alexander Cherniaev (2381) Eldar Gasanov (2487)	½-½	10	2024
Alexander Cherniaev (2381) Andre Nielsen (2239)	½-½	30	2024
Alexander Cherniaev (2375) Huseyin Can Agdelen (2408)	½-½	17	2024

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