GM Oleg Romanishin

Oleg Romanishin is a Ukrainian grandmaster. An aggressive player with rather few draws, he earned the title in 1976. At Leningrad 1977 in a field of 18 players, Romanishin won on the tiebreaker over GM Mikhail Tal, a half-point ahead of GM Vasily Smyslov and 1.5 ahead of GM Anatoly Karpov.

Romanishin was still competing in over-the-board tournaments as recently as 2019. Several opening variations are named for him, most notably 4.g3 in the Nimzo-Indian Defense, the Kasparov-Romanishin Variation.

Best Game

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

Indian Game: Knights Variation (128 games)

Indian Game: East Indian, Przepiórka Variation (124 games)

Catalan Opening: Closed (61 games)

King's Indian Attack: Yugoslav Variation (58 games)

English Opening: Caro-Kann Defensive System (47 games)

Black Pieces

Ruy López Opening: Morphy Defense, Keres Variation (65 games)

Ruy López Opening: Morphy Defense, Closed, Keres, Keres Defense (52 games)

Sicilian Defense: Taimanov Variation (50 games)

English Opening: Nimzo-English Opening (47 games)

Ruy López Opening: Morphy Defense, Closed, Averbakh Variation (45 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Oleg Romanishin (2415) Rafal Tymrakiewicz (2152)	1-0	43	2023
Oleg Romanishin (2415) Chinguun Bayaraa (1875)	1-0	36	2023
Oleg Romanishin (2415) Adrian Soderstrom (2254)	1-0	59	2023
Oleg Romanishin (2385) Pawel Maj	1-0	31	2023
Oleg Romanishin (2385) Patryk Stanisz (2149)	1-0	53	2023
Oleg Romanishin (2385) Michal Koziorowicz (2321)	1-0	37	2023
Oleg Romanishin (2415) Hipolito Asis Gargatagli (2517)	0-1	45	2023
Oleg Romanishin (2385) Lech Sopur (2415)	0-1	31	2023
Oleg Romanishin (2415) Bartolomiej Mondrzycki	½-½	46	2023
Oleg Romanishin (2415) Bartlomiej Mondrzycki (2098)	½-½	46	2023

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