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Gnel Melikyan

Full name

Gnel Melikyan

Born

1/1/2004 (age 21)‎

Place of birth

Federation

Russia

Retired

Rating

Bio

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

Caro-Kann Defense: Two Knights Attack (9 games)

Scotch Game: Classical, Intermezzo Variation (5 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Dragon, Panov Variation (4 games)

Modern Defense with 1.e4 (4 games)

Sicilian Defense: Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack (4 games)

Black Pieces

English Opening: Anglo-Indian, Queen's Knight Variation (6 games)

Indian Game (5 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Accelerated Dragon, Modern Variation (4 games)

Trompowsky Attack (3 games)

Indian Game: East Indian, Przepiórka Variation (3 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Gnel Melikyan (2766) Jonas Hacker (2441)	1-0	41	2025
Gnel Melikyan (2753) Moritz Gressmann (2380)	1-0	46	2025
Gnel Melikyan (2745) Le Thao Nguyen Pham (2628)	1-0	45	2025
Gnel Melikyan (2736) Agustin Ambrogi (2528)	1-0	44	2025
Gnel Melikyan (2743) Vasilii Titarov (2539)	1-0	55	2025
Gnel Melikyan (2756) David Blanco Diez (2522)	1-0	44	2025
Gnel Melikyan (2767) Dashgyn Ibadov (2583)	1-0	46	2025
Gnel Melikyan (2767) Lautaro Malamud (2567)	1-0	64	2025
Gnel Melikyan (2782) Raphael V. P. Patricio Alonso (2445)	1-0	88	2025
Gnel Melikyan (2806) Alberto Santos Flores (2580)	1-0	57	2025

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