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IM Henry Robert Steel

Henry Robert Steel
Full name
Henry Robert Steel
Born
1989 (age 37)‎
Place of birth
Federation
South Africa
Profiles
#
World Ranking
2408
Classical
2399
Rapid
2424
Blitz

Bio

Most Played Openings

White Pieces
Sicilian Defense: Open, Accelerated Dragon, Modern Variation (5 games)
French Defense: Winawer, Advance Variation (5 games)
Sicilian Defense: Open, Najdorf, Opočenský, Traditional Line (5 games)
Pirc Defense: Classical, Schlechter Variation (4 games)
Sicilian Defense: Kan, Knight Variation (3 games)
Black Pieces
Sicilian Defense: Taimanov, Bastrikov Variation (12 games)
Sicilian Defense: Taimanov Variation (8 games)
English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense (4 games)
King's Indian Defense: Normal Variation (3 games)
King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto, Debrecen, Classical Main Line (3 games)

Games

Players Result Moves Year
Henry Robert Steel (2424)
aggressive93 (2326)
1-0 98 2022
Henry Robert Steel (2424)
tuschessCM1 (2320)
1-0 67 2022
Henry Robert Steel (2424)
Ranindu Dilshan Liyanage (1858)
1-0 23 2022
L M S T De Silva (1663)
Henry Robert Steel (2424)
½-½ 28 2022
Wy321 (2029)
Henry Robert Steel (2424)
0-1 80 2022
Benjamin Bok (2615)
Henry Robert Steel (2327)
0-1 59 2022
Anastasios Pavlidis (2139)
Henry Robert Steel (2424)
0-1 39 2022
Henry Robert Steel (2410)
Taira Tyler Tanaka (2106)
1-0 50 2019
Henry Robert Steel (2410)
M Nicula (2176)
1-0 29 2019
Henry Robert Steel (2410)
Isan Reynaldo Ortiz Suarez (2555)
1-0 34 2019
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