IM Stephen J Solomon Full name Stephen J Solomon Born 1963 (age 63) Place of birth Federation Australia Profiles # World Ranking 2172 Classical 2248 Rapid 2161 Blitz Bio Most Played Openings White Pieces Sicilian Defense: Taimanov, Bastrikov Variation (19 games) Sicilian Defense: Open, Classical, Richter-Rauzer Variation (12 games) Caro-Kann Defense: Modern Variation (11 games) Sicilian Defense: Open, Scheveningen, Classical, Modern Variation (10 games) Sicilian Defense: Open, Najdorf Variation (9 games) Black Pieces Queen's Pawn Opening: Zukertort Variation (13 games) Benoni Defense: Czech Variation (12 games) Slav Defense: Modern, Triangle System (11 games) King's Indian Attack: Yugoslav Variation (8 games) Catalan Opening: Closed (8 games) Games Players Result Moves Year Stephen J Solomon (2188) Reyaansh Chakrabarty (2271) 0-1 45 2026 Stephen J Solomon (2188) Kai Jie Soo (2276) 0-1 73 2026 Khishigbaatar Bayasgalan (2249) Stephen J Solomon (2188) 1-0 19 2026 Temur Kuybokarov (2541) Stephen J Solomon (2178) 1-0 34 2026 Stephen J Solomon (2206) Khushal Lingineni (1795) 1-0 40 2025 Stephen J Solomon (2206) Declan Smith (1986) 1-0 56 2025 Stephen J Solomon (2206) James Morris (2431) 0-1 37 2025 Stephen J Solomon (2206) Jesse Zafirakos (2072) ½-½ 21 2025 Tass Coracas (1927) Stephen J Solomon (2206) 0-1 49 2025 Anthony Hain (1982) Stephen J Solomon (2206) 0-1 38 2025 Show All Games