GM Nick de Firmian De Firmian in 1986. Photo: Gerhard Hund/Wikimedia, CC. Full name Nick De Firmian Born 1957 (age 69) Place of birth Federation United States Profiles # World Ranking 2365 Classical 2468 Rapid 2410 Blitz Rating Bio Bio coming soon. Most Played Openings White Pieces French Defense: Winawer, Positional Variation (41 games) Sicilian Defense: Taimanov, Bastrikov Variation (29 games) Sicilian Defense: Open, Classical, Anti-Sozin Variation (27 games) Sicilian Defense: Open, Scheveningen, Sozin, Leonhardt, Main Line (24 games) Caro-Kann Defense: Classical, Spassky Variation (22 games) Black Pieces English Opening: Symmetrical, Anti-Benoni, Spielmann Defense (36 games) Sicilian Defense: Open, Najdorf, English Attack (35 games) English Opening: Symmetrical Variation (29 games) Sicilian Defense: Open, Najdorf, Opočenský, Traditional Line (29 games) Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical Variation (26 games) Games Players Result Moves Year Nick de Firmian (2426) Rocky Wang (1971) 1-0 71 2026 Nick de Firmian (2426) Ronald Wayne Burnett 1-0 40 2026 Nick de Firmian (2426) Nathan Peyton (1954) ½-½ 40 2026 Nick de Firmian (2426) John Abraham ½-½ 47 2026 Nick de Firmian (2426) Shriyan Vuyyuru (1982) ½-½ 77 2026 Nick de Firmian (2426) Daniel Girsh (2233) ½-½ 43 2026 Jose Colmenares Nick de Firmian (2426) 1-0 90 2026 Ryan (Zhuoyuan) Xu (1898) Nick de Firmian (2426) 0-1 74 2026 Skyler Tunc (1987) Nick de Firmian (2426) 0-1 50 2026 Rohan Lee Nick de Firmian (2426) ½-½ 54 2026 Show All Games