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GM Nikita Matinian

Full name

Nikita Matinian

Born

1/1/1992 (age 33)‎

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Most Played Openings

White Pieces

Caro-Kann Defense: Advance, Short Variation with 4.Nf3 (33 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Najdorf, Adams' Attack (20 games)

Sicilian Defense: Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack (17 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Najdorf Variation (16 games)

Closed Sicilian Defense: Traditional Line (16 games)

Black Pieces

Modern Defense with 1.e4 (25 games)

King's Indian Defense: Normal Variation (18 games)

King's Indian Defense: Normal, Fianchetto, Karlsbad, Panno Variation (14 games)

Indian Game: East Indian, Przepiórka Variation (13 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Dragon Variation (12 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Nikita Matinian (2755) Anton Frank (2428)	1-0	48	2025
Nikita Matinian (2781) Roberto Molina (2919)	1-0	41	2025
Nikita Matinian (2757) Bertalan Buzas (2572)	1-0	34	2025
Nikita Matinian (2792) Hikaru Nakamura (3245)	0-1	40	2025
Nikita Matinian (2780) Pranav Venkatesh (3102)	0-1	40	2025
Nikita Matinian (2764) Vladimir Onischuk (2967)	½-½	85	2025
Nikita Matinian (2742) Alexander Reprintsev (2460)	1-0	20	2024
Nikita Matinian (2718) Agustin Ambrogi (2400)	1-0	43	2024
Nikita Matinian (2721) Alexei Belov (2569)	1-0	23	2024
Nikita Matinian (2723) Sergio Joshafatt Morales Garcia (2468)	1-0	27	2024

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