GM Arik Braun Photo: Stefan64/Wikimedia, CC. Full name Arik Braun Born 1/1/1988 (age 36) Place of birth Federation Germany Profiles #208 World Ranking 2587 Classical 2623 Rapid 2535 Blitz Rating Bio Arik Braun is a German grandmaster who qualified for the 2021 FIDE World Cup. Most Played Openings White Pieces Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange, Positional Line (17 games) Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical, Keres Defense (11 games) King's Indian Defense: Normal Variation (11 games) Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange, Positional Line, Reshevsky Variation (10 games) Grünfeld Defense: Exchange, Modern Exchange Variation (10 games) Black Pieces Slav Defense: Modern, Chameleon Variation (20 games) Sicilian Defense: Taimanov, Bastrikov Variation (14 games) Caro-Kann Defense: Panov Attack (11 games) English Opening: Caro-Kann Defensive System (9 games) Caro-Kann Defense: Advance, Short Variation with 4.Nf3 (8 games) Games Players Result Moves Year Arik Braun (2593) Tim Ronge (2312) 1-0 40 2024 Arik Braun (2602) Ratko Novak (2408) 1-0 25 2024 Arik Braun (2610) Katarzyna Dwilewicz (2377) 1-0 68 2024 Arik Braun (2620) Andrzej Krzywda (2445) 1-0 55 2024 Arik Braun (2641) Andre Bold (2463) 1-0 25 2024 Arik Braun (2638) Raymond Gao (2413) 1-0 32 2024 Arik Braun (2607) James A Chirilov (2790) 1-0 58 2024 Arik Braun (2618) Evgeniy Burmakin (2432) 1-0 42 2024 Arik Braun (2628) Maciej Swicarz (2542) 1-0 40 2024 Arik Braun (2644) Evgeniya Doluhanova (2315) 1-0 35 2024 Show All Games