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GM Arik Braun

Arik Braun
Photo: Stefan64/Wikimedia, CC.
Full name
Arik Braun
Born
1988 (age 38)‎
Place of birth
Federation
Germany
Profiles
#
World Ranking
2585
Classical
2623
Rapid
2535
Blitz

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 (2586)
Fabian Baenziger (2435)
½-½ 52 2025
Roland Loetscher (2363)
Arik Braun (2586)
0-1 33 2025
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
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