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IM Farai Mandizha

Farai Mandizha
Photo: Courtesy of Farai Mandizha.
Full name
Farai Mandizha
Born
1985 (age 41)‎
Place of birth
Federation
Zimbabwe
Retired
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Most Played Openings

White Pieces
Slav Defense (3 games)
Queen's Gambit Declined: Catalan Opening (3 games)
English Opening: Anglo-Indian, Queen's Indian Formation (3 games)
King's Indian Attack (3 games)
Modern Defense with 1.e4 (3 games)
Black Pieces
Sicilian Defense: O'Kelly, Venice System (4 games)
Sicilian Defense: Open, Najdorf, Opočenský Variation (3 games)
King's Indian Defense: Gligorić System (3 games)
King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto, Debrecen, Classical Main Line (3 games)
King's Indian Defense: Semi-Averbakh System (2 games)

Games

Players Result Moves Year
Farai Mandizha (2093)
Tani Adewumi (2253)
1-0 54 2025
Justus D Williams (2391)
Farai Mandizha (2140)
1-0 27 2025
Justus D Williams (2391)
Farai Mandizha (2104)
½-½ 38 2025
Joshua Colas (2325)
Farai Mandizha (2115)
½-½ 56 2025
Farai Mandizha (2380)
Terry Luo (2333)
1-0 19 2024
Farai Mandizha (2380)
Jacob Furfine (2343)
1-0 44 2024
Farai Mandizha (2375)
Christophe Sochacki (2468)
1-0 39 2024
Farai Mandizha (2371)
Edgardo J Almedina Ortiz (2196)
1-0 21 2024
Farai Mandizha (2371)
Jose Rafael Gascon Del Nogal (2454)
1-0 58 2024
Farai Mandizha (2380)
Alexander Kaliksteyn (2356)
0-1 43 2024
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