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Michael Thaler

Full name

Michael Thaler

Born

Jan 1, 1992 (age 31)‎

Place of birth

Federation

United States

Retired

Rating

Bio

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

Sicilian Defense: French Variation (3 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Najdorf, English Attack (3 games)

Sicilian Defense: Delayed Alapin Variation (2 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Scheveningen, English Attack with 7.f3 (2 games)

Sicilian Defense: Taimanov, Szén Variation (1 games)

Black Pieces

Sicilian Defense: Kan, Modern Variation (4 games)

English Opening: Reversed Sicilian, Kramnik-Shirov Counterattack (2 games)

Slav Defense: Modern, Quiet, Pin Defense (2 games)

Slav Defense: Modern, Quiet, Schallopp Defense (2 games)

Ruy López Opening: Morphy Defense, Wormald Attack (2 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Michael Thaler (2243) Michael Kleinman (2293)	0-1	52	2012
Michael Thaler (2243) Justin Sarkar (2396)	0-1	38	2012
Michael Thaler (2243) S P Sethuraman (2535)	0-1	68	2012
Michael Thaler (2244) Varun Krishnan (2110)	1-0	41	2011
Michael Thaler (2244) Holger Rasch (2287)	1-0	36	2011
Michael Thaler (2244) McKinley E Tan (2039)	0-1	38	2011
Michael Thaler (2253) Jeremy Mandelkern	1-0	49	2010
Michael Thaler (2253) Andranik Matikozian (2478)	½-½	15	2010
Michael Thaler (2253) Nicholas Karas	½-½	41	2010
Michael Thaler (2253) Nikola Sedlak (2567)	½-½	46	2010

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