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Govind Ballabh Joshi

Govind Ballabh Joshi
Full name
Govind Ballabh Joshi
Born
1964 (age 62)‎
Place of birth
Federation
India
Profiles
#
World Ranking
1976
Classical
1998
Rapid
1882
Blitz

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
Sayantan Das (2448)
Govind Ballabh Joshi (1982)
1-0 31 2026
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
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