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GM Praveen Balakrishnan

Praveen Balakrishnan
Full name
Praveen Balakrishnan
Born
May 21, 2002 (age 23)‎
Place of birth
Federation
United States
Profiles
#
World Ranking
2499
Classical
2385
Rapid
2430
Blitz

Bio

GM Praveen Balakrishnan is an American chess grandmaster at the University of Chicago.

Most Played Openings

White Pieces
Caro-Kann Defense: Advance, Botvinnik-Carls Defense (5 games)
French Defense: Winawer, Advance, Poisoned Pawn Variation (5 games)
Catalan Opening (4 games)
Alapin Sicilian Defense (4 games)
Sicilian Defense (4 games)
Black Pieces
English Opening: King's English Variation (10 games)
Queen's Gambit Declined (9 games)
Queen's Gambit Declined: Three Knights Variation (5 games)
Indian Game (5 games)
Caro-Kann Defense: Two Knights, Mindeno, Exchange Line (4 games)

Games

Players Result Moves Year
Praveen Balakrishnan (2488)
Alex Moreto Quintana (2074)
1-0 38 2026
Praveen Balakrishnan (2488)
Andres Iglesias Ferreira (2264)
1-0 29 2026
Praveen Balakrishnan (2488)
Shyaamnikhil P (2405)
1-0 28 2026
Praveen Balakrishnan (2488)
Alex Moreto Quintana (2074)
1-0 44 2026
Praveen Balakrishnan (2488)
Sanket Chakravarty (2350)
1-0 53 2026
Praveen Balakrishnan (2488)
Shyaamnikhil P (2405)
1-0 52 2026
Praveen Balakrishnan (2822)
Huseyin Said Deveci (2641)
1-0 43 2026
Praveen Balakrishnan (2840)
Robert-Gabriel Sava (2677)
1-0 30 2026
Praveen Balakrishnan (2833)
Michal Kopczynski (2557)
1-0 55 2026
Praveen Balakrishnan (2826)
Cristian Robledo (2421)
1-0 61 2026
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