IM Pavel Shkapenko Full name Pavel Shkapenko Born 1983 (age 43) Place of birth Federation FIDE Profiles # World Ranking 2389 Classical 2427 Rapid 2394 Blitz Bio Most Played Openings White Pieces Alapin Sicilian Defense (43 games) Alapin Sicilian Defense: Barmen Defense (24 games) Caro-Kann Defense: Advance, Tal Variation (16 games) French Defense: Exchange Variation (12 games) Giuoco Piano Game: Center Attack (9 games) Black Pieces Bogo-Indian Defense: Nimzowitsch Variation (21 games) Bogo-Indian Defense: Grünfeld Variation (9 games) Ruy López Opening: Classical Defense (8 games) Alekhine's Defense: Modern, Larsen Variation (7 games) Italian Game (6 games) Games Players Result Moves Year Pavel Shkapenko (2836) Simon Williams (2654) 1-0 66 2025 Pavel Shkapenko (2835) Kalyani Sirin (2615) 1-0 41 2025 Pavel Shkapenko (2846) Wojciech Przybylski (2635) 1-0 38 2025 Pavel Shkapenko (2839) Oleg Papayan (2599) 1-0 74 2025 Pavel Shkapenko (2847) Tahsin Tajwar Zia (2663) 0-1 66 2025 Ediz Gurel (3113) Pavel Shkapenko (2850) 1-0 64 2025 Thomas Decker (2487) Pavel Shkapenko (2837) 0-1 34 2025 Mohammad Miran Khademi (2634) Pavel Shkapenko (2842) 0-1 78 2025 Daniel Barria Zuniga (2681) Pavel Shkapenko (2839) ½-½ 47 2025 Pavel Shkapenko (2733) Shawn Martinez (2442) 1-0 35 2024 Show All Games