FM Michael Casella Full name Michael Casella Born 1970 (age 55) Place of birth Federation United States Profiles #17168 World Ranking 2076 Classical Rating Bio Most Played Openings White Pieces Benoni Defense: Modern, Fianchetto Variation (3 games) French Defense: Classical, Steinitz, Boleslavsky Variation (2 games) English Opening (2 games) Scandinavian Defense: Mieses-Kotrč, Gubinsky-Melts Defense (2 games) English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense (2 games) Black Pieces King's Indian Defense: Normal Variation (3 games) Sicilian Defense (3 games) Benoni Defense: Modern, Pawn Storm, Four Pawns Attack (3 games) Sicilian Defense: Open, Pelikán and Sveshnikov Variations (2 games) Ruy López Opening: Berlin Defense (2 games) Games Players Result Moves Year Michael Casella (2215) Robert Shlyakhtenko (2063) 0-1 59 2018 Michael Casella (2215) Joshua Sheng (2411) 0-1 33 2018 Michael Casella (2215) Craig Hilby (2426) 1-0 29 2018 Craig Clawitter (2056) Michael Casella (2215) ½-½ 53 2018 Aaron Jones (2087) Michael Casella (2215) 1-0 41 2018 Anthony Ge (2085) Michael Casella (2215) 1-0 62 2018 Tatev Abrahamyan (2373) Michael Casella (2247) 1-0 38 2016 Michael Casella (2251) Carlos Matamoros Franco (2539) 0-1 21 2015 Conrado Diaz (2259) Michael Casella (2251) ½-½ 52 2015 Albert Lu (2232) Michael Casella (2251) ½-½ 44 2015 Show All Games