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FM Niranjan Navalgund

Full name

Niranjan Navalgund

Born

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 (2478) Valentyn Hulka (2810)	0-1	64	2024
Niranjan Navalgund (2475) Zhu Jin'er (2644)	0-1	20	2024
Niranjan Navalgund (2507) Simon Williams (2644)	0-1	75	2024
Niranjan Navalgund (2500) Sergei Zhigalko (2890)	0-1	51	2024
Niranjan Navalgund (2496) Kirill Kotlyar (2690)	½-½	52	2024
Niranjan Navalgund (2169) Abhiram Shastry Player 12	1-0	31	2023
Niranjan Navalgund (2169) Shanjula senthil Player 31	1-0	51	2023
Niranjan Navalgund (2440) Bakhtiyar Nugumanov (2244)	1-0	55	2023
Niranjan Navalgund (2169) Ruben Gideon Koellner (2415)	0-1	41	2023

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