FM Julian Groetzbach Full name Julian Groetzbach Born 1996 (age 30) Place of birth Federation Germany Profiles # World Ranking 2176 Classical 2235 Rapid 2291 Blitz Bio Most Played Openings White Pieces Caro-Kann Defense: Classical, Flohr Variation (4 games) Sicilian Defense: Open, Najdorf Variation (2 games) Sicilian Defense: Taimanov, Bastrikov Variation (2 games) Catalan Opening: Open Defense, Classical Line (2 games) Ruy López Opening: Morphy Defense, Deferred Steinitz Defense (1 games) Black Pieces English Opening: Caro-Kann Defensive System (4 games) Slav Defense (4 games) Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defense (3 games) Alapin Sicilian Defense (3 games) Caro-Kann Defense: Accelerated Panov, Modern Variation (3 games) Games Players Result Moves Year Julian Groetzbach (2507) Maksim Novik (2662) 0-1 53 2025 Julian Groetzbach (2497) Georgios Souleidis (2693) 1-0 23 2025 Julian Groetzbach (2413) Gagik Navoyan (2762) 1-0 59 2025 Julian Groetzbach (2451) Syed Mahfuzur Rahman (2109) 1-0 34 2025 Alexander Costello (2688) Julian Groetzbach (2464) 1-0 31 2025 Nikita An. Kalinin (2721) Julian Groetzbach (2509) ½-½ 45 2025 Marek Karas (2640) Julian Groetzbach (2496) 0-1 60 2025 Nadya Toncheva (2636) Julian Groetzbach (2502) 1-0 40 2025 Nikita Shandrygin (2776) Julian Groetzbach (2474) 1-0 35 2025 Alexander R Katz (2676) Julian Groetzbach (2500) 1-0 27 2025 Show All Games