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FM Niranjan Navalgund

Full name

Niranjan Navalgund

Born

1/1/1994 (age 30)‎

Place of birth

Federation

India

Rating

Bio

The name Navalgund is a patronymic, and the player should be referred to by his name, Niranjan.

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

Catalan Opening: Closed (15 games)

Queen's Gambit Declined: Catalan Opening (14 games)

Catalan Opening (13 games)

King's Indian Defense: Normal Variation (5 games)

Slav Defense: Modern Line (5 games)

Black Pieces

Ruy López Opening: Morphy Defense, Keres, Breyer, Zaitsev Hybrid Variation (12 games)

Indian Game: Black Knights' Tango (9 games)

English Opening: Anglo-Indian, King's Indian Defense (7 games)

Italian Game: Two Knights, Modern Bishop's Opening (6 games)

English Opening: Reversed Sicilian, Closed (5 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Niranjan Navalgund (2500) Adireddy Arjun (2685)	1-0	46	2024
Niranjan Navalgund (2426) Abel Mathewos Tilahun (2015)	1-0	34	2024
Niranjan Navalgund (2459) Cristiano Gomes De Souza (2251)	1-0	67	2024
Niranjan Navalgund (2412) Hamidreza Ebrahimi Herab (2730)	1-0	28	2024
Niranjan Navalgund (2510) Yaacov Norowitz (2865)	1-0	56	2024
Niranjan Navalgund (2428) Paulo Bersamina (2730)	1-0	37	2024
Niranjan Navalgund (2149) Tomas Laurusas (2563)	1-0	98	2024
Niranjan Navalgund (2523) Fidel Corrales Jimenez (2917)	1-0	40	2024
Niranjan Navalgund (2551) Sydykov Bayastan (2657)	1-0	47	2024
Niranjan Navalgund (2535) Laura Vinolas Anglada (2074)	1-0	48	2024

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