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IM Roberto Messa

Roberto Messa
Full name
Roberto Messa
Born
1957 (age 69)‎
Place of birth
Federation
Italy
Profiles
#2689
World Ranking
2238
Classical
2129
Rapid

Rating

Bio

Most Played Openings

White Pieces
Sicilian Defense: Chekhover Variation (6 games)
Sicilian Defense: Open, Pelikán and Sveshnikov Variations (5 games)
English Opening: Fianchetto, Ultra-Symmetrical, Botvinnik System (5 games)
Bishop's Opening: Berlin Defense (4 games)
Alekhine's Defense: Balogh Variation (4 games)
Black Pieces
Tarrasch Defense: Two Knights, Rubinstein, Prague, Main Line (9 games)
French Defense: Exchange Variation (6 games)
French Defense: Winawer, Advance Variation (5 games)
French Defense: King's Indian Attack (5 games)
Tarrasch Defense: Two Knights, Rubinstein, Prague, Carlsbad, Endgame Variation (4 games)

Games

Players Result Moves Year
Roberto Messa (2238)
Sergey Kalinitschew (2374)
0-1 61 2026
Roberto Messa (2238)
Nathan Birnboim (2310)
0-1 39 2026
Roberto Messa (2262)
Piotr Gasik (2021)
1-0 35 2024
Roberto Messa (2262)
Per Soderberg (2015)
½-½ 30 2024
Roberto Messa (2262)
Anthony C Kosten (2360)
½-½ 20 2024
Roberto Messa (2262)
Stephen L A Orton (2115)
½-½ 19 2024
Avigdor Bykhovsky (2341)
Roberto Messa (2262)
1-0 49 2024
Viktor Dovzhenko (2044)
Roberto Messa (2262)
0-1 60 2024
Marek Swierczewski (2059)
Roberto Messa (2262)
½-½ 52 2024
Nikolay A Legky (2330)
Roberto Messa (2262)
½-½ 56 2024
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