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GM Pavel Potapov

Pavel Potapov
Full name
Pavel Potapov
Born
1990 (age 36)‎
Place of birth
Federation
Russia
Retired
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Most Played Openings

White Pieces
Alapin Sicilian Defense (122 games)
Alapin Sicilian Defense: Barmen Defense (42 games)
Four Knights Game: Scotch Variation Accepted (30 games)
Caro-Kann Defense: Advance, Tal Variation (29 games)
Modern Defense: Standard Line (16 games)
Black Pieces
Sicilian Defense: Open, Löwenthal, Kalashnikov Variation (93 games)
Sicilian Defense: Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo, Fianchetto Variation (57 games)
Dutch Defense (53 games)
Closed Sicilian Defense: Traditional Line (42 games)
Scandinavian Defense: Mieses-Kotrč, Gubinsky-Melts Defense (31 games)

Games

Players Result Moves Year
Pavel Potapov (2482)
Dmitry Goltsev (2206)
1-0 17 2021
Pavel Potapov (2482)
Vladislav Artemiev (2755)
0-1 36 2021
Pavel Potapov (2440)
Mikhail Kobalia (2590)
0-1 45 2021
Pavel Potapov (2440)
Nikolay Averin (2019)
0-1 68 2021
Pavel Potapov (2482)
Anton Yatzenko (2312)
½-½ 28 2021
Pavel Potapov (2482)
David Zakaryan (2303)
½-½ 40 2021
Pavel Potapov (2440)
Matvei Shcherbin (2368)
½-½ 36 2021
Arkady Gitelson (2286)
Pavel Potapov (2482)
0-1 25 2021
Tigran Nazaretyan (2316)
Pavel Potapov (2482)
½-½ 52 2021
Artem Gogolev (2296)
Pavel Potapov (2482)
½-½ 41 2021
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