FM Nathan Resika Full name Nathan Resika Born 1960 (age 66) Place of birth Federation United States Profiles # World Ranking 1957 Classical 2050 Rapid Bio Most Played Openings White Pieces Sicilian Defense: Open, Najdorf, Amsterdam Variation (12 games) Sicilian Defense: Open, Classical, Richter-Rauzer Variation (10 games) French Defense: Classical, Steinitz, Boleslavsky Variation (8 games) Sicilian Defense: Open, Pelikán and Sveshnikov Variations (8 games) Sicilian Defense: Open, Dragon, Rauzer Variation (7 games) Black Pieces Pirc Defense: Main Line, Austrian, Dragon Formation (18 games) Modern Defense with 1.d4 (10 games) Pirc Defense: Main Line, Byrne Variation (10 games) Queen's Pawn Opening: Rossolimo Variation (7 games) Modern Defense: Standard Line (7 games) Games Players Result Moves Year Nathan Resika (1979) Paul I Rachlin 0-1 43 2025 Aleksandr Lenderman (2455) Nathan Resika (1959) 1-0 24 2025 Lexy Ortega (2333) Nathan Resika (1978) 1-0 28 2025 Nathan Resika (2155) Tianqi Wang (2307) 0-1 35 2021 Nathan Resika (2155) Dalton Perrine (2247) 0-1 32 2021 Nathan Resika (2124) Evgenij Lagunov (2272) 1-0 46 2018 Nathan Resika (2124) Matej Sebenik (2538) 0-1 24 2018 Rolf Bergstrom (2216) Nathan Resika (2124) 1-0 75 2018 Shane Matthews (2243) Nathan Resika (2124) 1-0 38 2018 Eric Prie (2482) Nathan Resika (2124) 1-0 18 2018 Show All Games