GM Tomi Nyback Full name Tomi Nyback Born Apr 3, 1985 (age 40) Place of birth Järvenpää, Finland Federation Finland Profiles #114 World Ranking 2605 Classical 2571 Rapid 2537 Blitz Rating Bio Tomi Nyback is a Finnish Grandmaster. Most Played Openings White Pieces Queen's Gambit Declined: Catalan Opening (22 games) Slav Defense: Modern, Quiet, Schallopp Defense (20 games) Catalan Opening (14 games) Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation (13 games) English Opening: Symmetrical Variation (13 games) Black Pieces Modern Defense: Standard Line (20 games) Ruy López Opening: Morphy Defense, Closed (19 games) Sicilian Defense: Open, Löwenthal, Kalashnikov Variation (19 games) Ruy López Opening: Morphy Defense, Keres, Flohr-Zaitsev System (12 games) Giuoco Piano Game: Main Line, Giuoco Pianissimo Variation (11 games) Games Players Result Moves Year Tomi Nyback (2562) Henri Koskinen (2076) 1-0 29 2026 Tomi Nyback (2562) Tarvo Seeman (2322) 1-0 38 2026 Tomi Nyback (2562) Nikita Maiorov (2411) 1-0 39 2026 Tomi Nyback (2562) Alexei Shirov (2634) 0-1 22 2026 Tomi Nyback (2562) Ruslan Ponomariov (2618) ½-½ 54 2026 Hans-Georg Koosel (1930) Tomi Nyback (2562) 0-1 53 2026 Igor Ivanov (2251) Tomi Nyback (2562) 0-1 31 2026 Henri Lahdelma (2227) Tomi Nyback (2562) 0-1 51 2026 Benjamin Bok (2586) Tomi Nyback (2562) 0-1 31 2026 Oliver Wartiovaara (2382) Tomi Nyback (2562) ½-½ 64 2026 Show All Games