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IM Michael Kleinman

Full name

Michael Kleinman

Born

1/1/1994 (age 30)‎

Place of birth

Federation

Canada

Retired

Rating

Bio

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

Sicilian Defense: Chekhover Variation (17 games)

Sicilian Defense: Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo, Fianchetto Variation (5 games)

Ruy López Opening: Morphy Defense, Keres, Breyer, Zaitsev Hybrid Variation (5 games)

Caro-Kann Defense: Panov, Modern Defense (4 games)

Sicilian Defense: Taimanov Variation (3 games)

Black Pieces

Sicilian Defense: Taimanov, Bastrikov, English Attack (8 games)

Caro-Kann Defense: Advance, Short Variation with 4.Nf3 (5 games)

Grünfeld Defense: Exchange, Modern Exchange Variation (5 games)

Sicilian Defense: Taimanov, Bastrikov Variation (5 games)

Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation (5 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Michael Kleinman (2483) Derek Wu (2702)	1-0	80	2024
Michael Kleinman (2480) Olga Yushko (2205)	1-0	34	2024
Michael Kleinman (2447) Andrey Gorovets (2806)	0-1	37	2024
Michael Kleinman (2387) Daniel Mattos Marcolino (2006)	1-0	29	2023
Michael Kleinman (2287) Hrair Simonian (2447)	1-0	26	2023
Michael Kleinman (2287) Marcel Winkels (1900)	1-0	33	2023
Michael Kleinman (2287) Faustino Oro (1984)	1-0	30	2023
Michael Kleinman (2287) Felix Alikhanov (2425)	1-0	46	2023
Michael Kleinman (2287) Eric Rosen (2359)	1-0	50	2023
Michael Kleinman (2287) Alfie Onslow (2114)	1-0	29	2023

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