GM Vitali Koziak Full name Vitali Koziak Born 1975 (age 51) Place of birth Federation Ukraine Profiles # World Ranking 2338 Classical 2289 Rapid 2204 Blitz Bio Most Played Openings White Pieces Slav Defense (14 games) French Defense: Exchange Variation (10 games) Alapin Sicilian Defense (9 games) Queen's Gambit Accepted: Old Variation (8 games) English Opening: Symmetrical Variation (8 games) Black Pieces Italian Game: Two Knights, Modern Bishop's Opening (17 games) Slav Defense: Modern, Quiet, Pin Defense (11 games) Alapin Sicilian Defense (9 games) Dutch Defense (9 games) Sicilian Defense: Taimanov Variation (8 games) Games Players Result Moves Year Vitali Koziak (2336) Khumoyun Begmuratov (2473) 0-1 45 2026 Xiangrui Kong (2518) Vitali Koziak (2336) 1-0 33 2026 Vitali Koziak (2162) Ayan Akhmetov (2317) 1-0 44 2025 Vitali Koziak (2331) Abilmansur Abdilkhair (2387) 1-0 95 2025 Vitali Koziak (2162) Orash Shonazarov (2249) 0-1 38 2025 Vitali Koziak (2331) Sankalp Gupta (2557) 0-1 43 2025 Vitali Koziak (2331) Alexandr E. Volodin (2401) 0-1 45 2025 Vitali Koziak (2331) Barad Yeganegi (2386) ½-½ 23 2025 Dmitry Rostovtsev (2446) Vitali Koziak (2331) 1-0 44 2025 Bakhtiyar Askarov (2226) Vitali Koziak (2162) 0-1 53 2025 Show All Games