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IM Sergey Salov

Full name

Sergej Salov

Born

1/1/1940 (age 84)‎

Place of birth

Federation

Germany

Rating

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
Sergey Salov (2190) Hans Singer (2213)	½-½	49	2017
Sergey Salov (2190) Evgeni Vasiukov (2396)	½-½	14	2017
Sergey Salov (2198) Albert Scovitin (2209)	1-0	43	2016
Sergey Salov (2222) Nikolai Pushkov (2299)	½-½	10	2015
Sergey Salov (2264) Krzysztof Checiak (2101)	1-0	34	2014
Sergey Salov (2264) Vladimir N Kovalenko (2087)	1-0	51	2014
Sergey Salov (2256) Joris Kokje (1865)	1-0	18	2014
Sergey Salov (2256) Riya Savant (2063)	1-0	43	2014

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