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GM Michal Krasenkow

Michal Krasenkow

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Full name

Michal Krasenkow

Born

Nov 14, 1963 (age 59)‎

Place of birth

Moscow, USSR

Federation

Poland

Rating

Bio

Michal Krasenkow is a Polish grandmaster who qualified for the 2021 FIDE World Cup.

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

Slav Defense: 3.Nc3 (43 games)

King's Indian Defense: Normal Variation, 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.h3 e5 7.d5 a5 (32 games)

Bogo-Indian Defense: Grünfeld Variation (26 games)

Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin, Alekhine Variation (20 games)

Queen's Gambit Declined: Catalan Opening (19 games)

Black Pieces

Slav Defense: Modern, Triangle System (40 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Pelikán and Sveshnikov Variations, 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5 9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Nd5 f5 11.Bd3 Be6 12.O-O (24 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Pelikán and Sveshnikov, Chelyabinsk Variation, 9...Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.c3 (23 games)

Modern Defense: Standard Line, 3...d6 (18 games)

Sicilian Defense: Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack, 3...e6 4.Bxc6 (17 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Michal Krasenkow (2434) L N Ram Aravind (2118)	1-0	49	2023
Michal Krasenkow (2434) Georg Kilgus (2392)	½-½	31	2023
Michal Krasenkow (2576) Dr Dirk Hennig (2385)	1-0	55	2022
Michal Krasenkow (2576) Dr Guntram Hainke (2300)	1-0	16	2022
Michal Krasenkow (2569) Tomasz Zebracki (2200)	1-0	41	2022
Michal Krasenkow (2569) Adrian Gyerpal (2193)	1-0	37	2022
Michal Krasenkow (2545) Ranindu Dilshan Liyanage (2306)	1-0	47	2022
Michal Krasenkow (2545) Divya Deshmukh (2330)	1-0	43	2022
Michal Krasenkow (2545) Tsegmed Batchuluun (2478)	1-0	41	2022
Michal Krasenkow Harshit Pawar	1-0	38	2022

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