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IM Sergey Salov

Sergey Salov
Full name
Sergej Salov
Born
1940 (age 86)‎
Place of birth
Federation
Germany
Profiles
#
World Ranking
2177
Classical
2115
Rapid
2155
Blitz

Bio

Most Played Openings

White Pieces
French Defense: Tarrasch, Closed, Pawn Center Variation (9 games)
Sicilian Defense: Open, Najdorf Variation (9 games)
Réti Opening: King's Indian Attack, Symmetrical Defense (6 games)
Sicilian Defense: Open, Classical, Anti-Sozin Variation (5 games)
English Opening: Anglo-Indian, Queen's Knight Variation (5 games)
Black Pieces
Sicilian Defense: Kan, Knight Variation (12 games)
Alapin Sicilian Defense (10 games)
Sicilian Defense: Taimanov, Bastrikov Variation (10 games)
Old Indian Defense: Ukrainian Variation (10 games)
Sicilian Defense: Kan, Modern Variation (9 games)

Games

Players Result Moves Year
Sergey Salov (2169)
Jean-Pierre Boudre (2255)
½-½ 41 2022
Sergey Salov (2138)
Andrei Istratescu (2543)
0-1 18 2020
Branko Filipovic (2364)
Sergey Salov (2138)
1-0 33 2020
Viktor Varezhkin (2212)
Sergey Salov (2180)
½-½ 33 2019
Sergey Salov (2190)
Hans Singer (2213)
½-½ 49 2017
Sergey Salov (2190)
Evgeni Vasiukov (2396)
½-½ 14 2017
Mehrshad Sharif (2385)
Sergey Salov (2190)
1-0 30 2017
Mark A Berkovich (2345)
Sergey Salov (2190)
½-½ 24 2017
Sergey Salov (2198)
Albert Scovitin (2209)
1-0 43 2016
Vladimir V Zhelnin (2455)
Sergey Salov (2198)
1-0 64 2016
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