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Michael Yip

Michael Yip
Full name
Michael Yip
Born
1959 (age 67)‎
Place of birth
Federation
Canada
Profiles
#35601
World Ranking
1781
Classical
1933
Blitz

Rating

Bio

Most Played Openings

White Pieces
Queen's Pawn Opening: Horwitz Defense (1 games)
English Opening: Fianchetto, Ultra-Symmetrical, Mecking Variation (1 games)
Slav Defense: Modern, Alapin Variation, Czech, Krause Attack (1 games)
English Opening: Botvinnik System (1 games)
English Opening: King's English Variation (1 games)
Black Pieces
Pirc Defense (2 games)
Catalan Opening: Closed (1 games)
Caro-Kann Defense: Advance, Tal Variation (1 games)
Queen's Pawn Opening: English Rat Defense (1 games)
French Defense: Rubinstein, Blackburne, Kasparov Attack (1 games)

Games

Players Result Moves Year
Simon Fule (2251)
Michael Yip (1978)
1-0 37 2020
Nhat Minh To (2354)
Michael Yip (1978)
1-0 35 2020
Emil Szalanczy (2225)
Michael Yip (2000)
1-0 44 2014
Michael Yip (2023)
Emil Szalanczy (2285)
0-1 38 2013
Michael Yip (2007)
Nhat Minh To (2350)
0-1 55 2013
Harun Pasalic (2274)
Michael Yip (2007)
½-½ 44 2013
Michael Yip (2072)
Nhat Minh To (2287)
0-1 49 2012
Adam Jacso (2224)
Michael Yip (2072)
0-1 44 2012
Michael Yip (2017)
Jevgenyij Boguszlavszkij (2281)
1-0 38 2010
Michael Yip (2017)
Alexander Menshikov (2257)
½-½ 52 2010
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