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GM Vitali Koziak

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
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