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IM Aaron Jacobson

Full name

Aaron Jacobson

Born

1999 (age 26)‎

Place of birth

Federation

United States

Rating

Bio

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

Four Knights Game: Scotch Variation Accepted (6 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Najdorf Variation (5 games)

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

Sicilian Defense: Open, Dragon, Rauzer Variation (4 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Löwenthal, Kalashnikov Variation (3 games)

Black Pieces

French Defense: Tarrasch, Open, Chistyakov Defense (6 games)

Catalan Opening: Open Defense, Classical Line (5 games)

French Defense: Tarrasch, Open, Delayed Exchange, Main Line (4 games)

London System (4 games)

Queen's Gambit Declined: Three Knights Variation (3 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Aaron Jacobson (2353) Tani Adewumi (2352)	1-0	55	2025
Aaron Jacobson (2353) Joseph Levine (2392)	1-0	31	2025
Aaron Jacobson (2358) Dominic Nathan Paragua (1821)	1-0	49	2025
Aaron Jacobson (2358) Joseph Zeltsan (2350)	1-0	77	2025
Aaron Jacobson (2343) Mark Paragua (2446)	1-0	47	2025
Aaron Jacobson (2343) Gauri Shankar (2360)	1-0	43	2025
Aaron Jacobson (2343) Aleksandr Lenderman (2480)	1-0	45	2025
Aaron Jacobson (3052) Daniel Gutierrez Olivares (2559)	1-0	32	2025
Aaron Jacobson (3065) Max Pert (2552)	1-0	62	2025
Aaron Jacobson (2995) Abel Justo Davalos Prieto (2275)	1-0	58	2025

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