IM Kim Steven Yap

Full name

Kim Steven Yap

Born

1988 (age 38)‎

Place of birth

Federation

Philippines

Rating

Bio

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

Sicilian Defense: Snyder Variation (13 games)

French Defense: Advance, Paulsen, Main Line, Lputian Variation (4 games)

Sicilian Defense (4 games)

Giuoco Piano Game: Center Attack (3 games)

French Defense: Advance, Paulsen, Main Line (3 games)

Black Pieces

Modern Defense: Averbakh, Kotov Variation (6 games)

Modern Defense with 1.e4 (4 games)

Sicilian Defense: Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack (4 games)

English Opening: Carls-Bremen, Reversed Dragon Variation (4 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Pelikán and Sveshnikov, Chelyabinsk Variation (4 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Kim Steven Yap (2390) Timur Gareyev (2558)	1-0	22	2026
Kim Steven Yap (2390) Platon Galperin (2502)	0-1	29	2026
Iniyan P (2590) Kim Steven Yap (2390)	1-0	31	2026
Kim Steven Yap (2405) Savva Vetokhin (2483)	0-1	64	2025
Rebeca Jimenez Fernandez (2033) Kim Steven Yap (2405)	0-1	25	2025
Akshit Kumar J (2048) Kim Steven Yap (2405)	0-1	23	2025
Jose Eduardo Martinez Alcantara (2690) Kim Steven Yap (2405)	1-0	35	2021
Kim Steven Yap (2366) Gabriel James Koop Bick (2391)	1-0	24	2018
Kim Steven Yap (2366) Ahuja Rohan (2387)	1-0	70	2018
Kim Steven Yap (2366) Joshua Sheng (2415)	1-0	53	2018