GM Vahap Sanal

Vahap Sanal

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Full name

Vahap Sanal

Born

1998 (age 28)‎

Place of birth

Federation

Türkiye

Bio

Vahap Sanal is a Turkish grandmaster who qualified for the 2021 FIDE World Cup.

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

Sicilian Defense: Open, Najdorf Variation (33 games)

Closed Sicilian Defense: Traditional Line (27 games)

King's Indian Attack: Yugoslav Variation (20 games)

Closed Sicilian Defense (19 games)

Modern Defense with 1.e4 (18 games)

Black Pieces

Pirc Defense (38 games)

Ruy López Opening: Morphy Defense, Closed, Martinez Variation (17 games)

Giuoco Piano Game: Main Line, Giuoco Pianissimo Variation (15 games)

Queen's Indian Defense: Fianchetto, Classical, Traditional Variation (14 games)

Four Knights Game: Scotch Variation Accepted (13 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Vahap Sanal (3022) Damir Bulgak (2731)	1-0	32	2026
Vahap Sanal (3019) Connor Clarke (2514)	1-0	48	2026
Vahap Sanal (3024) Grayson Rorrer (2894)	1-0	40	2026
Vahap Sanal (3015) Myhaylo Zhukovskyi (2751)	1-0	26	2026
Vahap Sanal (3083) Haik Martirosyan (3183)	1-0	47	2026
Vahap Sanal (3073) Matthias Bluebaum (3177)	1-0	67	2026
Vahap Sanal (3065) Asish Panda (2735)	1-0	31	2026
Vahap Sanal (3134) Matvey Galchenko (3053)	1-0	72	2026
Vahap Sanal (3130) Nikolozi Kacharava (3010)	1-0	33	2026
Vahap Sanal (3129) Miraziz Matyakubov (2920)	1-0	35	2026