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GM Ilya Khmelniker

Full name

Ilya Khmelniker

Born

1/1/1985 (age 39)‎

Place of birth

Federation

Israel

Rating

Bio

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defense (9 games)

Queen's Pawn Opening: English Rat Defense (5 games)

English Opening: Fianchetto, Ultra-Symmetrical Line (4 games)

English Opening: Reversed Sicilian, Kramnik-Shirov Counterattack (4 games)

Catalan Opening: Closed (4 games)

Black Pieces

English Opening: Anglo-Indian, Anglo-Grünfeld Defense (10 games)

Grünfeld Defense: Petrosian System (6 games)

Scotch Game: Schmidt, Mieses Variation (5 games)

Giuoco Piano Game: Main Line, Giuoco Pianissimo Variation (5 games)

Ruy López Opening: Morphy Defense, Modern Steinitz, Fianchetto Variation (4 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Ilya Khmelniker Yotam Shohat	1-0	48	2023
Ilya Khmelniker (2379) Boris Kantsler (2343)	1-0	33	2023
Ilya Khmelniker (2476) Yannay Ben Ari (2406)	0-1	46	2023
Ilya Khmelniker (2473) Vitaliy Bernadskiy (2612)	½-½	57	2023
Ilya Khmelniker (2481) Yan Galburd (2450)	1-0	53	2020
Ilya Khmelniker (2481) Tal Baron (2529)	½-½	24	2020
Ilya Khmelniker (2494) Oleksandr Zoubov (2601)	½-½	11	2020
Ilya Khmelniker (2483) Eliahu Shvidler (2357)	1-0	32	2019
Ilya Khmelniker (2483) Nitzan Steinberg (2530)	1-0	41	2019
Ilya Khmelniker (2483) Gabriel Flom (2467)	1-0	50	2019

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