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IM Igor Khmelnitsky

Full name

Igor Khmelnitsky

Born

1/1/1968 (age 56)‎

Place of birth

Federation

United States

Rating

Bio

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

Indian Game (2 games)

Indian Game: Knights Variation (1 games)

Alapin Sicilian Defense: Barmen Defense (1 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Scheveningen Variation (1 games)

Black Pieces

Sicilian Defense: Nimzowitsch, Advance, Rubinstein Countergambit (1 games)

Queen's Pawn Opening: Accelerated London, Steinitz Countergambit (1 games)

Caro-Kann Defense (1 games)

Alekhine's Defense: Two Pawns Attack (1 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Igor Khmelnitsky (2462) Wilson K Gibbins	1-0	38	2024
Igor Khmelnitsky (2462) Robby Adamson (2230)	1-0	47	2024
Igor Khmelnitsky (2462) Oladapo O Adu	½-½	40	2024
Igor Khmelnitsky (2472) Joel Benjamin (2496)	1-0	68	2022
Igor Khmelnitsky (2472) Larry Christiansen (2577)	0-1	60	2022
Igor Khmelnitsky (2472) Dmitry Gurevich (2351)	0-1	21	2022
Igor Khmelnitsky (2472) Nick de Firmian (2496)	½-½	31	2022
Igor Khmelnitsky (2472) Igor Novikov (2547)	½-½	43	2022

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