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FM Akash Thakur

Full name

Akash Thakur

Born

1/1/1982 (age 42)‎

Place of birth

Federation

India

Rating

Bio

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

Sicilian Defense: Canal Attack (19 games)

Richter-Veresov Attack (16 games)

French Defense: Exchange Variation (11 games)

Four Knights Game: Scotch Variation Accepted (9 games)

Sicilian Defense: Canal, Main Line, Sokolsky Variation (9 games)

Black Pieces

Ruy López Opening: Morphy Defense, Keres, Chigorin, Panov System (11 games)

English Opening: Caro-Kann Defensive System (9 games)

Giuoco Piano Game: Main Line, Giuoco Pianissimo Variation (6 games)

Grünfeld Defense: Burille Variation (6 games)

Slav Defense: Modern, Alapin Variation, Czech, Krause, Carlsbad Variation (6 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Akash Thakur (2233) Vedant Rupeshbhai Varasada (1954)	1-0	39	2024
Akash Thakur (2274) Olivier Touzane (2114)	1-0	5	2024
Akash Thakur (2274) Josep Maria Ribera Veganzones (2149)	1-0	55	2024
Akash Thakur (2233) Alder Escobar Forero (2426)	0-1	37	2024
Akash Thakur (2233) Kirk Ghazarian (2480)	0-1	46	2024
Akash Thakur (2233) Alex Villa Tornero (2325)	0-1	48	2024
Akash Thakur (2274) Youri Solodovnitchenko (2491)	0-1	45	2024
Akash Thakur (2233) Andrey Sumets (2512)	½-½	46	2024
Akash Thakur (2233) Arthur Kogan (2466)	½-½	62	2024
Akash Thakur (2235) Aashi Upadhyay (1434)	1-0	52	2022

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