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GM Mikhail Demidov

Mikhail Demidov

Photo: Maria Emelianova/Chess.com.

Full name

Mikhail Demidov

Born

1992 (age 33)‎

Place of birth

Federation

FIDE

Rating

Bio

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Most Played Openings

White Pieces

London System (54 games)

Réti Opening: King's Indian Attack, Symmetrical Defense (46 games)

King's Indian Attack: Yugoslav Variation (35 games)

Trompowsky Attack (27 games)

Réti Opening: Sicilian Invitation (23 games)

Black Pieces

French Defense: Normal Variation (32 games)

Modern Defense with 1.d4 (31 games)

Modern Defense with 1.e4 (27 games)

Modern Defense: Standard Line (20 games)

Réti Opening: Kingside Fianchetto Variation (16 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Mikhail Demidov (2539) Loek van Wely (2449)	1-0	39	2025
Mikhail Demidov (2942) Pranesh M (3102)	1-0	41	2025
Mikhail Demidov (2942) Viktor Skliarov (2710)	1-0	67	2025
Mikhail Demidov (2555) Vidit Gujrathi (2732)	0-1	42	2025
Mikhail Demidov (2948) David Paravyan (3071)	½-½	66	2025
Ivan Rozum (2352) Mikhail Demidov (2551)	1-0	84	2025
Oleksandr Bortnyk (3101) Mikhail Demidov (2953)	1-0	56	2025
Yang Kaiqi (2290) Mikhail Demidov (2545)	0-1	48	2025
Javier Ruiz Vazquez (2600) Mikhail Demidov (2940)	0-1	59	2025
Mykola Korchynskyi (2831) Mikhail Demidov (2951)	0-1	57	2025

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