IM Steven Geirnaert Full name Steven Geirnaert Born 1984 (age 42) Place of birth Federation Belgium Profiles # World Ranking 2406 Classical 2427 Rapid 2327 Blitz Bio Most Played Openings White Pieces Slav Defense (14 games) King's Indian Defense: Alekhine Anti-Grünfeld Variation (14 games) French Defense: Exchange, Monte Carlo Variation (10 games) Nimzo-Indian Defense: Kmoch Variation (8 games) Sicilian Defense: Open, Najdorf, Zagreb Variation (8 games) Black Pieces Scandinavian Defense: Mieses-Kotrč, Main Line (32 games) Catalan Opening: Open Defense, Classical Line (8 games) Queen's Indian Defense: Kasparov Variation, Petrosian Variation, Andersson Variation (7 games) Ruy López Opening: Morphy Defense, Anderssen Variation (6 games) King's Indian Attack: Yugoslav Variation (6 games) Games Players Result Moves Year Steven Geirnaert (2384) Jeroen Van den Berg (2102) 1-0 43 2025 Steven Geirnaert (2384) Ilja Sirosh (2385) 1-0 68 2025 Steven Geirnaert (2418) Jan Willem de Jong (2425) ½-½ 23 2025 Mark Smits (2177) Steven Geirnaert (2418) 1-0 59 2025 Raunak Sadhwani (2665) Steven Geirnaert (2410) 1-0 39 2025 Natan Pirard (2329) Steven Geirnaert (2384) 0-1 83 2025 Tommy Grooten (2099) Steven Geirnaert (2397) ½-½ 63 2025 Hou Yifan Steven Geirnaert (2384) ½-½ 24 2025 Hagen Poetsch (2456) Steven Geirnaert (2384) ½-½ 64 2025 Steven Geirnaert (2423) Nico Zwirs (2480) 1-0 134 2024 Show All Games