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GM Jesse Kraai

Jesse Kraai
Full name
Jesse Kraai
Born
1972 (age 54)‎
Place of birth
Federation
United States
Profiles
#
World Ranking
2379
Classical

Bio

Most Played Openings

White Pieces
English Opening: Symmetrical, Two Knights Variation (15 games)
English Opening: Caro-Kann Defensive System (13 games)
Réti Opening: Dutch Variation (9 games)
King's Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation (8 games)
English Opening: Symmetrical Variation (7 games)
Black Pieces
Queen's Pawn Opening: English Defense (23 games)
French Defense: Classical, Steinitz, Boleslavsky Variation (12 games)
Queen's Indian Defense: Fianchetto, Nimzowitsch Variation (11 games)
French Defense: Tarrasch, Closed, Main Line (10 games)
Réti Opening: Queenside Fianchetto Variation (8 games)

Games

Players Result Moves Year
Jesse Kraai (2372)
Samy Shoker (2442)
1-0 63 2025
Jesse Kraai (2370)
Zhou Jianchao (2585)
0-1 23 2025
Jesse Kraai (2370)
Josiah Stearman (2438)
0-1 39 2025
Jesse Kraai (2382)
Gleb Dudin (2585)
0-1 78 2025
Eugene Perelshteyn (2487)
Jesse Kraai (2370)
0-1 43 2025
Aditya Samant (2529)
Jesse Kraai (2382)
½-½ 60 2025
Jesse Kraai (2375)
Matthew Wofford (1993)
1-0 52 2024
Jesse Kraai (2375)
Ethan Liu
1-0 37 2024
Jesse Kraai
Vaibhav Robinjith Kalpaka
1-0 45 2024
Jesse Kraai (2356)
Larry Christiansen (2579)
1-0 78 2024
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