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Michiel Besseling

Michiel Besseling
Full name
Michiel Besseling
Born
1962 (age 64)‎
Place of birth
Federation
Netherlands
Profiles
#
World Ranking
2136
Classical

Bio

Most Played Openings

White Pieces
King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto, Debrecen, Classical Main Line (2 games)
Semi-Slav Defense: Main Line, Stoltz Variation (2 games)
Benko Gambit Declined: Main Line (2 games)
Modern Defense with 1.e4 (2 games)
King's Indian Defense: Normal, Fianchetto, Karlsbad, Panno Variation (2 games)
Black Pieces
English Opening: Caro-Kann Defensive System (3 games)
Slav Defense (2 games)
Caro-Kann Defense: Classical, Spassky Variation (2 games)
Caro-Kann Defense: Advance, Tal Variation (1 games)
Queen's Pawn Opening: Pseudo-Catalan Variation (1 games)

Games

Players Result Moves Year
Michiel Besseling (2201)
Martin Taus (2051)
½-½ 20 2017
Michiel Besseling (2202)
Alexander Kabatianski (2394)
1-0 43 2017
Michiel Besseling (2201)
Petar Trisic (1597)
1-0 48 2017
Michiel Besseling (2201)
Tomasz Galuszka (1753)
1-0 44 2017
Michiel Besseling (2201)
Marko Ivanovic (1938)
½-½ 33 2017
Michiel Besseling (2201)
Dawid Czerw (2176)
0-1 28 2017
Marek Kozelsky (1974)
Michiel Besseling (2201)
½-½ 16 2017
Ernst Weinzettl (2293)
Michiel Besseling (2201)
1-0 27 2017
Zdenek Olsar (1927)
Michiel Besseling (2201)
½-½ 41 2017
Gijs-Cor Heuveling
Michiel Besseling (2202)
0-1 71 2017
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