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IM Jacob Sylvan

Jacob Sylvan
Full name
Jacob Sylvan
Born
1976 (age 50)‎
Place of birth
Federation
Denmark
Profiles
#
World Ranking
2310
Classical
2289
Rapid
2382
Blitz

Bio

Most Played Openings

White Pieces
Caro-Kann Defense: Advance, Short Variation with 4.Nf3 (10 games)
Alapin Sicilian Defense (8 games)
Closed Sicilian Defense: Traditional Line (5 games)
French Defense: Winawer, Advance, Poisoned Pawn Variation (4 games)
English Opening: Agincourt Defense (4 games)
Black Pieces
Sicilian Defense: Taimanov, Bastrikov Variation (12 games)
Alapin Sicilian Defense (6 games)
King's Indian Defense: Normal Variation (5 games)
Queen's Gambit Declined (4 games)
Closed Sicilian Defense: Traditional Line (4 games)

Games

Players Result Moves Year
Jacob Sylvan (2325)
Martin Tronsson (1926)
1-0 50 2025
Jacob Sylvan (2303)
Paulius Pultinevicius (2532)
0-1 22 2025
Jacob Sylvan (2325)
Peyman Mashhadi (2121)
½-½ 72 2025
Jonas Rosner (2431)
Jacob Sylvan (2303)
1-0 53 2025
Sergelenbaatar KHASCHULUU (2004)
Jacob Sylvan (2325)
½-½ 25 2025
Jacob Sylvan (2316)
Umut Ata Akbas (2438)
1-0 26 2024
Jacob Sylvan (2316)
Victor Mikhalevski (2496)
0-1 42 2024
Jacob Sylvan (2321)
Bjarne Light (2222)
½-½ 24 2024
Jacob Sylvan (2316)
Hong Quan Dan Werner (2124)
½-½ 60 2024
Tomas Kraus (2481)
Jacob Sylvan (2316)
1-0 29 2024
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