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GM Alexander Riazantsev

Alexander Riazantsev

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Full name

Alexander Riazantsev

Born

Sep 12, 1985 (age 39)‎

Place of birth

Moscow, Russia

Federation

Russia

Retired

Rating

Bio

Alexander Riazantsev is a Russian Grandmaster.

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

Slav Defense (53 games)

Queen's Indian Defense: Kasparov Variation, Petrosian Variation (25 games)

Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defense (25 games)

King's Indian Defense: Normal Variation (24 games)

Semi-Slav Defense: Main Line, Stoltz Variation (23 games)

Black Pieces

Caro-Kann Defense: Advance, Short Variation with 4.Nf3 (43 games)

Caro-Kann Defense: Classical, Spassky Variation (37 games)

King's Indian Attack (31 games)

English Opening: Agincourt Defense (31 games)

Caro-Kann Defense: Classical Variation (23 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Alexander Riazantsev (2531) Ivan Gagarin (1717)	1-0	24	2023
Alexander Riazantsev (2531) Mikhail Ulibin (2349)	1-0	47	2023
Alexander Riazantsev (2531) Denis Pershin (2319)	1-0	40	2023
Alexander Riazantsev (2626) Vladimir Malakhov (2650)	1-0	32	2023
Alexander Riazantsev (2504) Tom O'Gorman (2299)	1-0	55	2023
Alexander Riazantsev (2504) Eldiar Orozbaev (2294)	1-0	63	2023
Alexander Riazantsev (2504) Artem Uskov (2376)	1-0	71	2023
Alexander Riazantsev (2621) Alexey Sarana (2707)	1-0	56	2023
Alexander Riazantsev (2621) Jakub Kosakowski (2485)	1-0	40	2023
Alexander Riazantsev (2621) Amin Tabatabaei (2573)	1-0	32	2023

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