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IM Valentin Bogdanov

Full name

Valentin Bogdanov

Born

1/1/1947 (age 78)‎

Place of birth

Federation

Ukraine

Rating

Bio

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

Slav Defense (6 games)

King's Indian Defense: Normal Variation (4 games)

Modern Defense with 1.d4 (4 games)

Indian Game: Spielmann-Indian Variation (3 games)

Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Slav Defense, Accelerated Move-Order (3 games)

Black Pieces

Queen's Pawn Opening: Accelerated London System (3 games)

English Opening: Anglo-Indian, Anglo-Grünfeld Defense (3 games)

King's Indian Defense (3 games)

Grünfeld Defense: Burille Variation (3 games)

English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense (3 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Valentin Bogdanov (2328) Nicolas Giffard (2147)	½-½	38	2024
Valentin Bogdanov (2328) Leon Lederman (2201)	½-½	25	2024
Valentin Bogdanov (2328) Herbert Abreu Carvalho (2129)	½-½	37	2024
Valentin Bogdanov (2328) Antonio P Santos (2200)	0-1	34	2024
Valentin Bogdanov (2328) Igor Privara (2032)	1-0	34	2024
Valentin Bogdanov (2328) Tom Braathen (1961)	1-0	25	2024
Valentin Bogdanov (2333) Michal Praszak (2048)	1-0	48	2022
Valentin Bogdanov (2323) Leon Lederman (2215)	1-0	38	2022
Valentin Bogdanov (2333) Piotr Gasik (1990)	1-0	28	2022
Valentin Bogdanov (2323) Giuseppe Guglielmi (1933)	1-0	33	2022

Top Chess Players

Live Chess Ratings

Gold For Nunn, Sturua, Gaprindashvili, Berend At World Senior Championships

Review: The Safest Grünfeld

The most forcing reply to 1.e4

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