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GM Luca Shytaj

Luca Shytaj
Full name
Luca Shytaj
Born
1986 (age 40)‎
Place of birth
Federation
Italy
Retired
Profiles

Rating

Bio

Most Played Openings

White Pieces
Closed Sicilian Defense: Traditional Line (8 games)
Giuoco Piano Game: Giuoco Pianissimo Variation (6 games)
Modern Defense: Standard Line (5 games)
Nimzowitsch-Larsen Attack: Classical Variation (4 games)
Sicilian Defense: Taimanov, Bastrikov Variation (4 games)
Black Pieces
Alapin Sicilian Defense (13 games)
Sicilian Defense: Open, Najdorf, English Attack (9 games)
Sicilian Defense: Open, Najdorf Variation (7 games)
Sicilian Defense (5 games)
Sicilian Defense: Open, Kupreichik Variation (5 games)

Games

Players Result Moves Year
Luca Shytaj (2425)
Guido Caprio (2430)
0-1 30 2026
Luca Shytaj (2425)
Francesco Sonis (2558)
½-½ 48 2026
Luca Shytaj (2425)
Andrea Stella (2370)
½-½ 31 2026
Luca Shytaj (2425)
Dragos Ceres (2450)
½-½ 9 2026
Luca Shytaj (2425)
Stefano Yao (2268)
½-½ 60 2026
Renzo Ramondino (2174)
Luca Shytaj (2425)
1-0 32 2026
Tommaso Marzocchi (2303)
Luca Shytaj (2425)
½-½ 15 2026
Alexander Bertagnolli (2341)
Luca Shytaj (2425)
½-½ 45 2026
Luca Shytaj (2449)
Gjoko Gigovski (2165)
½-½ 56 2025
Alessio Boraso (2219)
Luca Shytaj (2449)
1-0 36 2025
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