IM Michael Barron Full name Michael Barron Born 1962 (age 64) Place of birth Federation Canada Profiles # World Ranking 2028 Classical 2099 Rapid 2074 Blitz Bio Most Played Openings White Pieces Ruy López Opening: Morphy Defense, Closed, Yates, Bogoljubov Variation (6 games) Sicilian Defense: Open, Classical, Boleslavsky Variation (4 games) Caro-Kann Defense: Modern Variation (3 games) Sicilian Defense: Open, Dragon, Classical Variation (3 games) Ruy López Opening: Berlin, l'Hermet, Berlin Wall Defense (3 games) Black Pieces Dutch Defense: Queen's Knight Variation (7 games) Dutch Defense: Leningrad, Main Line (4 games) English Opening: Anglo-Dutch Defense (4 games) Dutch Defense: Fianchetto, Semi-Leningrad Variation (2 games) Giuoco Piano Game: Giuoco Pianissimo, Italian Four Knights Variation (2 games) Games Players Result Moves Year Nikolay Noritsyn (2450) Michael Barron (2062) ½-½ 50 2025 Martin Roobol (2242) Michael Barron (2049) 0-1 49 2025 Klaus-Juergen Schulz (2345) Michael Barron (2049) 1-0 36 2025 Zoltan Varga (2301) Michael Barron (2049) 1-0 45 2025 Yerlan Tikzhanov (2323) Michael Barron (2049) 1-0 28 2025 Michael Barron (2075) Igor Novikov (2509) ½-½ 26 2024 Michael Barron (2075) Fabrizio Bellia (2401) 0-1 80 2024 Michael Barron (2079) Nikolay Noritsyn (2450) 0-1 27 2024 Michael Barron (2077) Ivan Cheparinov (2593) 0-1 61 2024 Pavel V Tregubov (2445) Michael Barron (2077) 1-0 33 2024 Show All Games