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FM Christoph Natsidis

Full name

Christoph Natsidis

Born

1/1/1988 (age 36)‎

Place of birth

Federation

Germany

Rating

Bio

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

Nimzo-Indian Defense: Reshevsky Variation (5 games)

Catalan Opening: Closed (5 games)

Pirc Defense: Lion's Jaw Variation (4 games)

King's Indian Defense: Alekhine Anti-Grünfeld, Neo-Grünfeld Defense, Goglidze Attack (3 games)

Semi-Slav Defense (3 games)

Black Pieces

Sicilian Defense: Kan, Modern Variation (5 games)

Benko Gambit Fully-Accepted (4 games)

Sicilian Defense: Kan, Maróczy Bind Formation (3 games)

Closed Sicilian Defense: Fianchetto Variation (3 games)

Sicilian Defense: Kan, Knight Variation (3 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Christoph Natsidis (2342) Simon Klein (1527)	1-0	27	2024
Christoph Natsidis (2342) Pavel Mimkes (2004)	1-0	19	2024
Christoph Natsidis (2342) Xiang-Tobias Peng (2298)	1-0	47	2024
Christoph Natsidis (2324) Filip Haring (2432)	0-1	24	2024
Christoph Natsidis (2342) Gedeon Hartge (2213)	0-1	51	2024
Christoph Natsidis (2324) Jakub Kusa (2350)	½-½	29	2024
Christoph Natsidis (2324) Robert Stein (2429)	½-½	8	2024
Christoph Natsidis (2324) Hannes Stefansson (2498)	½-½	14	2024
Christoph Natsidis (2342) Adam Frank (2344)	1-0	68	2023
Christoph Natsidis (2328) Adam Spirek (1943)	1-0	41	2023

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