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GM Manuel Apicella

Full name

Manuel Apicella

Born

1970 (age 54)‎

Place of birth

Federation

France

Rating

Bio

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

Sicilian Defense: Open, Pelikán and Sveshnikov Variations (28 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Dragon, Classical Variation (25 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Scheveningen, Classical Variation (25 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Classical, Boleslavsky Variation (24 games)

French Defense: Classical, Steinitz, Boleslavsky Variation (21 games)

Black Pieces

French Defense: Winawer, Advance, Poisoned Pawn Variation (44 games)

French Defense: Tarrasch, Closed, Main Line (39 games)

King's Indian Defense: Orthodox, Glek Defense (38 games)

King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto, Debrecen, Classical Main Line (33 games)

French Defense: Exchange Variation (29 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Manuel Apicella (2506) Matthias Bluebaum (2669)	0-1	23	2021
Manuel Apicella (2506) Yannick Gozzoli (2600)	½-½	22	2021
Manuel Apicella (2506) Axel Delorme (2480)	½-½	57	2021
Manuel Apicella (2506) Vladimir Hamitevici (2456)	½-½	98	2021
Manuel Apicella (2506) Thibault Fantinel (2380)	½-½	38	2021
Manuel Apicella (2501) Guillaume Lamard (2389)	1-0	26	2019
Manuel Apicella (2501) Alberto Barp (2420)	1-0	30	2019
Manuel Apicella (2502) Remi Ludwig (2312)	1-0	68	2019
Manuel Apicella (2502) Igor Efimov (2439)	1-0	36	2019
Manuel Apicella (2502) Harutyun Barseghyan (2470)	0-1	52	2019

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