IM Michael A Rahal

Full name

Michael A Rahal

Born

1970 (age 56)‎

Place of birth

Federation

Spain

Bio

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

Sicilian Defense: Open, Prins Variation (8 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Classical, Richter-Rauzer Variation (7 games)

Sicilian Defense: Taimanov, Bastrikov Variation (5 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Accelerated Dragon, Maróczy Bind Formation (5 games)

Caro-Kann Defense: Classical Variation (5 games)

Black Pieces

French Defense: Exchange Variation (11 games)

French Defense: Tarrasch, Closed, Main Line (11 games)

Queen's Pawn Opening: Horwitz Defense (6 games)

French Defense: Winawer, Classical Variation (5 games)

Queen's Pawn Opening: Keres Defense (5 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Santiago Beltran Rueda (2278) Michael A Rahal (2297)	½-½	28	2026
Michael A Rahal (2283) Alexandre Ventura Bolet (2271)	1-0	32	2025
Michael A Rahal (2302) Vlad Ionut Bercaru (2065)	½-½	33	2025
Michael A Rahal (2302) Carlos Joao Fernandes Novais (2125)	½-½	45	2025
Michael A Rahal (2302) Hector Fernando Gomez Sanjuan (2139)	½-½	30	2025
Iago Fernandez Ramos (2141) Michael A Rahal (2302)	½-½	25	2025
Antoni Gual Pascual (2289) Michael A Rahal (2302)	½-½	75	2025
Dmitry Zhukov (2306) Michael A Rahal (2304)	0-1	100	2024
Eric Prie (2346) Michael A Rahal (2312)	½-½	36	2024
Fernando Valenzuela Gomez (2367) Michael A Rahal (2171)	½-½	75	2024