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GM Ioan-Cristian Chirila

Ioan-Cristian Chirila
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Full name
Ioan-Cristian Chirila
Born
Jan 6, 1991 (age 33)‎
Place of birth
Federation
Romania
Retired
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Bio

GM Cristian Chirila is a Romanian grandmaster residing in the United States. He is a second to and podcast cohost with GM Fabiano Caruana.

Most Played Openings

White Pieces
Sicilian Defense: Open, Najdorf Variation (13 games)
Sicilian Defense: Open, Classical, Richter-Rauzer Variation (13 games)
Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation (9 games)
Slav Defense: Exchange Variation (8 games)
King's Indian Attack: Yugoslav Variation (7 games)
Black Pieces
Sicilian Defense: Open, Godiva Variation (39 games)
English Opening: Anglo-Indian, Anglo-Grünfeld Defense (15 games)
Grünfeld Defense: Exchange, Modern Exchange Variation (12 games)
Slav Defense: Modern, Triangle System (12 games)
Alapin Sicilian Defense (11 games)

Games

Players Result Moves Year
Ioan-Cristian Chirila (2611)
Nick Figorito (2356)
1-0 25 2024
Ioan-Cristian Chirila (2640)
Sina Movahed (3058)
1-0 40 2024
Ioan-Cristian Chirila (2636)
Raymond Gao (2316)
1-0 36 2024
Ioan-Cristian Chirila (2672)
Eduardo Barbosa Mesquita (2389)
1-0 78 2024
Ioan-Cristian Chirila (2678)
Maya Porozhnyak (2363)
1-0 48 2024
Ioan-Cristian Chirila (2653)
Ilkay Koc (2506)
1-0 36 2024
Ioan-Cristian Chirila (2665)
Jose Renato Ruiz Maranhao (2136)
1-0 21 2024
Ioan-Cristian Chirila (2568)
Vitaly Sivuk (2224)
0-1 52 2024
Ioan-Cristian Chirila (2638)
Aryan Tari (2996)
0-1 29 2024
Ioan-Cristian Chirila (2677)
Nicolas Cogan (2370)
0-1 77 2024
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