GM Andrey Zhigalko

Full name

Andrey Zhigalko

Born

1985 (age 41)‎

Place of birth

Federation

Belarus

Retired

Rating

Bio

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

Sicilian Defense: Open, Najdorf, English Attack (26 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Classical, Richter-Rauzer Variation (17 games)

Sicilian Defense: Kan, Knight Variation (15 games)

Ruy López Opening: Morphy Defense, Keres, Breyer, Zaitsev Hybrid Variation (14 games)

French Defense: Classical, Steinitz, Boleslavsky Variation (13 games)

Black Pieces

King's Indian Defense: Normal, Fianchetto, Karlsbad, Panno Variation (15 games)

English Opening: Symmetrical, Hedgehog Defense (12 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Scheveningen, Classical Variation (12 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Najdorf, English Attack (12 games)

Sicilian Defense: Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack (11 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Andrey Zhigalko (2527) Viachaslau Zarubitski (2448)	1-0	30	2021
Andrey Zhigalko (2527) Elizaveta Solozhenkina (2271)	1-0	43	2021
Andrey Zhigalko (25) Evgeny Egorov (2314)	1-0	38	2021
Andrey Zhigalko (2527) Evgeny Kardashevskiy (2427)	½-½	40	2021
Timofey Iljin (2281) Andrey Zhigalko (2527)	1-0	45	2021
Alisher Suleymenov (2423) Andrey Zhigalko (2527)	1-0	43	2021
Leya Garifullina (2394) Andrey Zhigalko (2527)	1-0	31	2021
Olga Girya (2443) Andrey Zhigalko (2527)	½-½	35	2021
Andrey Zhigalko (2541) Shaked Tifferet (2219)	1-0	109	2019
Andrey Zhigalko (2541) Vladislav Kovalev (2703)	1-0	48	2019