The Top Chess Players in the World

IM Ashot Nadanian

Full name

Ashot Nadanian

Born

1/1/1972 (age 53)‎

Place of birth

Federation

Armenia

Rating

Bio

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

Sicilian Defense (16 games)

Sicilian Defense: Lasker-Dunne Attack (5 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Pelikán and Sveshnikov Variations (4 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Najdorf Variation (3 games)

Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation (3 games)

Black Pieces

Scandinavian Defense: Mieses-Kotrč, Gubinsky-Melts Defense (10 games)

Tarrasch Defense: Symmetrical Variation (4 games)

Budapest Gambit: Rubinstein Variation (4 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Godiva Variation (4 games)

Tarrasch Defense: Two Knights, Rubinstein, Prague, Main Line (3 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Ashot Nadanian (2777) Bryan Weisz (2443)	1-0	29	2025
Ashot Nadanian (2785) Timofey Iljin (2602)	1-0	44	2025
Ashot Nadanian (2781) Anastasia Avramidou (2633)	1-0	69	2025
Ashot Nadanian (2774) Jonathan J. Ady (2542)	1-0	21	2025
Ashot Nadanian (2784) Shanmukha Meruga (2448)	1-0	33	2025
Ashot Nadanian (2771) Jakob Leon Pajeken (2603)	1-0	62	2025
Ashot Nadanian (2769) Artak Manukian (2611)	1-0	39	2025
Ashot Nadanian (2765) Maxim Matyunin (2598)	1-0	43	2025
Ashot Nadanian (2789) Liam Putnam (2942)	0-1	42	2025
Ashot Nadanian (2789) Nils Grandelius (3031)	0-1	19	2025

Top Chess Players

Live Chess Ratings

Mamedyarov Beats Anand In Standard Game, Leads Norway Chess

Karjakin in Sole Lead in Norway After Beating Kramnik

European Championship Takes Off in Yerevan

Recent Players

Anastasia Shestopalova

Yuriy Shestakov

Anatoliy Shestakov

Kushanka Pabodi

Rafael Vicente Pacheco Vargas