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Gnel Melikyan

Full name

Gnel Melikyan

Born

1/1/2004 (age 20)‎

Place of birth

Federation

Russia

Retired

Rating

Bio

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

Caro-Kann Defense: Two Knights Attack (9 games)

Scotch Game: Classical, Intermezzo Variation (5 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Dragon, Panov Variation (4 games)

Modern Defense with 1.e4 (4 games)

Sicilian Defense: Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack (4 games)

Black Pieces

English Opening: Anglo-Indian, Queen's Knight Variation (6 games)

Indian Game (5 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Accelerated Dragon, Modern Variation (4 games)

Trompowsky Attack (3 games)

Indian Game: East Indian, Przepiórka Variation (3 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Gnel Melikyan (2528) Stanislav Kovalevsky (2412)	1-0	15	2024
Gnel Melikyan (2540) Alexander Spichkin (2363)	1-0	41	2024
Gnel Melikyan (2597) Daniel Herman (2452)	1-0	37	2024
Gnel Melikyan (2605) Melissa Rodriguez Dominguez (2255)	1-0	29	2024
Gnel Melikyan (2607) Nick Figorito (2389)	1-0	83	2024
Gnel Melikyan (2676) Veronika Minina (2352)	1-0	107	2024
Gnel Melikyan (2679) Conrad Thake (1808)	1-0	20	2024
Gnel Melikyan (2675) Anastasiia Hnatyshyn (2367)	1-0	32	2024
Gnel Melikyan (2683) Michal Kopczynski (2490)	1-0	89	2024
Gnel Melikyan (2690) Yerlan Rakhimgaliyev (2483)	1-0	95	2024

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