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IM Nathan Birnboim

Full name

Nathan Birnboim

Born

1/1/1950 (age 75)‎

Place of birth

Federation

Israel

Rating

Bio

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

Catalan Opening (30 games)

Benoni Defense: Modern, Fianchetto Variation (22 games)

Catalan Opening: Closed (19 games)

Catalan Opening: Open Defense, Classical Line (12 games)

King's Indian Defense: Normal, Fianchetto, Karlsbad, Panno Variation (9 games)

Black Pieces

Sicilian Defense: Open, Pelikán and Sveshnikov Variations (26 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Pelikán and Sveshnikov, Chelyabinsk Variation (17 games)

Sicilian Defense: Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo, Fianchetto Variation (10 games)

Sicilian Defense: Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack (8 games)

Alapin Sicilian Defense (7 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Nathan Birnboim (2338) Goran Antunac (2332)	1-0	32	2024
Nathan Birnboim (2338) Jan Rooze (2207)	1-0	60	2024
Nathan Birnboim (2326) Timothy Taylor (2144)	1-0	44	2024
Nathan Birnboim (2326) Vladislav Nasybullin (2374)	1-0	38	2024
Nathan Birnboim (2338) Alexander Beliavsky (2471)	0-1	48	2024
Nathan Birnboim (2326) Lubomir Ftacnik (2444)	0-1	36	2024
Nathan Birnboim (2326) Moshe Gal (2117)	0-1	39	2024
Nathan Birnboim (2338) Dan Uddenfeldt (2314)	½-½	41	2024
Nathan Birnboim (2326) Christoph Frick (2112)	½-½	26	2024
Nathan Birnboim (2357) Stephen L A Orton (2133)	1-0	26	2023

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