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GM Kaido Kulaots

Kaido Kulaots

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Full name

Kaido Kulaots

Born

1/1/1976 (age 48)‎

Place of birth

Federation

Estonia

Rating

Bio

Kaido Kulaots is an Estonian grandmaster who qualified for the 2021 FIDE World Cup. He won the 2019 Aeroflot Open.

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

Sicilian Defense: Taimanov, Bastrikov Variation (36 games)

Closed Sicilian Defense: Traditional Line (29 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Classical, Richter-Rauzer Variation (23 games)

Ruy López Opening: Morphy Defense, Closed, Martinez Variation (21 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Scheveningen, Classical Variation (19 games)

Black Pieces

Sicilian Defense: Canal Attack (29 games)

Alapin Sicilian Defense: Barmen Defense (28 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Najdorf Variation (24 games)

Sicilian Defense: Taimanov, Bastrikov Variation (20 games)

Closed Sicilian Defense (19 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Kaido Kulaots (2524) William Olsson (2379)	1-0	53	2024
Kaido Kulaots (2497) Jyrki Parkkinen (1961)	1-0	51	2024
Kaido Kulaots (2497) Sampsa Nyysti (2326)	1-0	53	2024
Kaido Kulaots (2497) Nikita Rychagov	1-0	37	2024
Kaido Kulaots (2497) Tarvo Seeman (2251)	1-0	41	2024
Kaido Kulaots (2490) Igor Shvyrjov (2183)	1-0	32	2024
Kaido Kulaots (2520) Pierre-Antoine Emmenecker (2306)	1-0	38	2024
Kaido Kulaots (2517) Tomas Povilaitis (2110)	1-0	37	2024
Kaido Kulaots (2517) Jinan Jomon (2348)	1-0	44	2024
Kaido Kulaots (2517) Jonas Eilenberg (2285)	1-0	33	2024

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