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IM Askell O Karason

Full name

Askell O Karason

Born

1/1/1953 (age 71)‎

Place of birth

Federation

Iceland

Rating

Bio

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange, Positional Line, Reshevsky Variation (10 games)

Nimzo-Indian Defense: Romanishin-Kasparov System (7 games)

Slav Defense (7 games)

King's Indian Defense: Normal Variation (6 games)

Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange, Positional Line (6 games)

Black Pieces

Sicilian Defense: Canal Attack (14 games)

Bogo-Indian Defense: Nimzowitsch Variation (10 games)

Queen's Pawn Opening: Wade Defense (8 games)

Bogo-Indian Defense: Grünfeld Variation (8 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Accelerated Dragon, Modern Variation (8 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Askell O Karason (2057) Juan Pomes Marcet (2201)	½-½	29	2024
Askell O Karason (2146) Petter Stigar (2206)	½-½	34	2022
Askell O Karason (2271) Leonid Raikin (2100)	1-0	41	2019
Askell O Karason (2271) Brian McLaren (2106)	1-0	28	2019
Askell O Karason (2252) Thor Geir Harestad (2200)	1-0	91	2019
Askell O Karason (2248) Stephan Briem (2199)	1-0	73	2019
Askell O Karason (2248) Kristjan Edvardsson (2191)	1-0	55	2019
Askell O Karason (2271) Evgeny V Mochalov (2374)	0-1	69	2019
Askell O Karason (2271) Brian W R Hewson (2060)	½-½	19	2019
Askell O Karason (2271) Lars Blomstrom (2132)	½-½	22	2019

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