Govind Ballabh Joshi Full name Govind Ballabh Joshi Born 1964 (age 61) Place of birth Federation India Profiles #26499 World Ranking 1998 Classical 2002 Rapid 1940 Blitz Rating Bio Most Played Openings White Pieces Alapin Sicilian Defense (9 games) French Defense: Tarrasch, Closed, Pawn Center Variation (7 games) Caro-Kann Defense: Panov Attack (4 games) Sicilian Defense: Canal Attack (3 games) English Opening: Anglo-Indian, King's Knight, Queen's Indian Formation (3 games) Black Pieces Catalan Opening: Closed (6 games) Sicilian Defense: Open, Accelerated Dragon, Modern Variation (5 games) Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Slav Defense, Accelerated Move-Order (5 games) Queen's Gambit Declined: Catalan Opening (4 games) Slav Defense: Modern, Triangle System (4 games) Games Players Result Moves Year Harsha Bharathakoti (2502) Govind Ballabh Joshi (2075) 0-1 33 2020 Govind Ballabh Joshi (2121) Divya Deshmukh (2414) ½-½ 64 2019 Muhammad Khusenkhojaev (2445) Govind Ballabh Joshi (2121) 1-0 38 2019 Van Huy Nguyen (2456) Govind Ballabh Joshi (2121) 1-0 45 2019 Muthaiah AL (2427) Govind Ballabh Joshi (2121) 1-0 41 2019 Krishna C R G (2481) Govind Ballabh Joshi (2121) ½-½ 30 2019 Govind Ballabh Joshi (2078) M S Thejkumar (2495) 1-0 37 2018 Govind Ballabh Joshi (2146) Marcos Llaneza Vega (2421) 0-1 32 2018 Govind Ballabh Joshi (2078) P Karthikeyan (2456) 0-1 32 2018 Govind Ballabh Joshi (2078) Dinesh K Sharma (2282) ½-½ 14 2018 Show All Games