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GM Mikhail Simantsev

Full name

Mikhail Simantsev

Born

1/1/1978 (age 47)‎

Place of birth

Federation

Ukraine

Retired

Rating

Bio

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

Slav Defense (46 games)

King's Indian Defense: Normal Variation (36 games)

Semi-Slav Defense: Main Line, Stoltz Variation (35 games)

Nimzo-Indian Defense: Kmoch Variation (21 games)

Bogo-Indian Defense: Grünfeld Variation (19 games)

Black Pieces

Alapin Sicilian Defense (21 games)

Sicilian Defense: Kan, Knight Variation, Wing Attack (19 games)

English Opening: Symmetrical, Hedgehog Defense (19 games)

Ruy López Opening: Morphy Defense, Keres, Flohr-Zaitsev System (14 games)

Catalan Opening (13 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Mikhail Simantsev (2366) Kirill Stupak (2515)	1-0	26	2021
Mikhail Simantsev (2389) Tagir Salemgareev (2480)	1-0	65	2021
Mikhail Simantsev (2431) Nikita Afanasiev (2517)	0-1	60	2021
Mikhail Simantsev (2366) Aleksey Goganov (2589)	½-½	21	2021
Mikhail Simantsev (2389) Mikhail Bryakin (2464)	½-½	9	2021
Mikhail Simantsev (2398) Aydin Suleymanli (2563)	½-½	57	2021
Mikhail Simantsev (2370) Pavel Tsvetkov (2190)	0-1	38	2020
Mikhail Simantsev (2370) Dmitry Mischuk (2358)	½-½	18	2020
Mikhail Simantsev (2370) Aldiyar Ansat (2263)	½-½	53	2020
Mikhail Simantsev (2370) Bakhtiyar Nugumanov (2389)	½-½	21	2020

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