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IM Vaidas Sakalauskas

Full name

Vaidas Sakalauskas

Born

1/1/1971 (age 53)‎

Place of birth

Federation

Lithuania

Rating

Bio

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical Variation (25 games)

Slav Defense (21 games)

Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical, Berlin, Pirc Variation (17 games)

Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical, Keres Defense (14 games)

Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation (12 games)

Black Pieces

Pirc Defense: Czech Defense (30 games)

French Defense: Tarrasch, Closed, Main Line (13 games)

English Opening: Symmetrical, Fianchetto, Rubinstein Variation (12 games)

French Defense: Classical, Steinitz, Boleslavsky Variation (8 games)

English Opening: Anglo-Indian, Anglo-Grünfeld Defense (7 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Vaidas Sakalauskas Andriy Prydun (2134)	1-0	38	2023
Vaidas Sakalauskas Normunds Miezis (2420)	0-1	46	2023
Vaidas Sakalauskas Pier Luigi Basso (2496)	0-1	138	2023
Vaidas Sakalauskas (2344) Nitzan Steinberg (2543)	0-1	87	2023
Vaidas Sakalauskas Tomas Laurusas (2566)	½-½	52	2023
Vaidas Sakalauskas Nikita Maiorov	½-½	11	2023
Vaidas Sakalauskas (2344) Viktor Erdos (2559)	½-½	30	2023
Vaidas Sakalauskas (2350) Harshini A (2116)	1-0	33	2022
Vaidas Sakalauskas (2350) Hubert Backiel (2127)	1-0	50	2022
Vaidas Sakalauskas (2350) Nico Zwirs (2482)	0-1	38	2022

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