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IM Velislav Kukov

Full name

Velislav Kukov

Born

1/1/1983 (age 41)‎

Place of birth

Federation

Bulgaria

Rating

Bio

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

King's Indian Defense: Normal Variation (22 games)

Queen's Pawn Opening: Accelerated London System (20 games)

Trompowsky Attack (13 games)

Indian Game: Spielmann-Indian Variation (12 games)

Indian Game: East Indian, Przepiórka Variation (11 games)

Black Pieces

Indian Game: Black Knights' Tango (27 games)

Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation (14 games)

Scandinavian Defense: Mieses-Kotrč Variation (12 games)

Queen's Pawn Opening: Wade Defense (11 games)

Caro-Kann Defense: Gurgenidze System (8 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Velislav Kukov (2235) Milos Stankovic (2426)	½-½	21	2024
Velislav Kukov (2342) Panayotis Papadopoulos (2173)	½-½	89	2023
Velislav Kukov (2338) Gata Kamsky (2661)	½-½	38	2022
Velislav Kukov (2338) Arkadij Naiditsch (2654)	½-½	50	2022
Velislav Kukov (2349) Valerios Nasos (1866)	1-0	48	2020
Velislav Kukov (2349) Nikolaos Koutlas (1965)	½-½	18	2020
Velislav Kukov (2349) Lyubomir Danov (2365)	½-½	11	2020
Velislav Kukov (2349) Stefan Djuric (2346)	½-½	37	2020
Velislav Kukov (2351) Halim Alami (2041)	1-0	30	2019
Velislav Kukov (2351) Azer Abdullayev (2074)	1-0	42	2019

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