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IM Jake Kleiman

Full name

Jake Kleiman

Born

1986 (age 39)‎

Place of birth

Federation

United States

Retired

Rating

Bio

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

Alapin Sicilian Defense (50 games)

Alapin Sicilian Defense: Barmen Defense (18 games)

French Defense: King's Indian Attack (13 games)

Caro-Kann Defense: Two Knights Attack (12 games)

King's Indian Attack: Yugoslav Variation (11 games)

Black Pieces

Ruy López Opening: Morphy Defense, Columbus Variation (17 games)

Bogo-Indian Defense: Exchange Variation (12 games)

Scotch Game: Malaniuk Variation (10 games)

Sicilian Defense: Kan, Modern Variation (9 games)

Indian Game (7 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Jake Kleiman (2689) Max Pert (2433)	1-0	55	2025
Jake Kleiman (2691) Simon Thorhallsson (2565)	1-0	53	2025
Jake Kleiman (2702) Jose Eduardo Martinez Alcantara (3057)	0-1	82	2025
Jake Kleiman (2706) Dimitris Alexakis (2929)	0-1	41	2025
Jake Kleiman (2707) Bakhtiyar Askarov (2856)	0-1	42	2025
Jake Kleiman (2705) ninjatrick (2563)	½-½	52	2025
Yotam Shohat (2560) Jake Kleiman (2702)	1-0	59	2025
Daniel Rangel (2556) Jake Kleiman (2700)	0-1	20	2025
Vugar Rasulov (3051) Jake Kleiman (2692)	0-1	46	2025
Fernando Viana da Costa (2400) Jake Kleiman (2686)	0-1	45	2025

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