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GM Parimarjan Negi

Parimarjan Negi

Full name

Parimarjan Negi

Born

Feb 9, 1993 (age 31)‎

Place of birth

New Delhi, India

Federation

India

Retired

Rating

Bio

The player's full name is Parimarjan Negi and they confirmed to Chess.com that they preferred to be called by their first name, Parimarjan.

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

Ruy López Opening: Morphy Defense, Closed, Yates, Bogoljubov Variation (20 games)

Closed Sicilian Defense: Traditional Line (18 games)

Sicilian Defense: Taimanov, Bastrikov, English Attack (16 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Classical, Richter-Rauzer Variation (15 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Najdorf Variation (13 games)

Black Pieces

Sicilian Defense: Open, Najdorf Variation (18 games)

Sicilian Defense: Taimanov, Bastrikov Variation (17 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Najdorf, English Attack (15 games)

Semi-Slav Defense: Main Line, Stoltz Variation (14 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Scheveningen, Classical Variation (14 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Parimarjan Negi (2639) Seth Homa (2242)	1-0	35	2022
Parimarjan Negi (2639) Craig Hilby (2411)	1-0	49	2022
Parimarjan Negi (2639) Kassa Korley (2451)	½-½	42	2022
Parimarjan Negi (2639) Maximilian Neef (2481)	½-½	68	2022
Parimarjan Negi (2656) Andrew Z Hong (2390)	1-0	53	2019
Parimarjan Negi (2656) Shiyam Thavandiran (2410)	1-0	36	2019
Parimarjan Negi (2656) Teemu Virtanen (2326)	1-0	35	2019
Parimarjan Negi (2656) Alexander R Katz (2433)	1-0	54	2019
Parimarjan Negi (2656) Zhai Mo (2365)	1-0	38	2019
Parimarjan Negi (2656) Xu Xiangyu (2567)	1-0	51	2019

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