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GM Zhang Pengxiang

Zhang Pengxiang
Full name
Pengxiang Zhang
Born
1980 (age 46)‎
Place of birth
Federation
China
Profiles
#
World Ranking
2557
Classical
2504
Rapid
2566
Blitz

Bio

Most Played Openings

White Pieces
Sicilian Defense: Taimanov, Bastrikov Variation (12 games)
Scotch Game: Classical Variation (8 games)
Sicilian Defense: Open, Prins Variation (7 games)
Sicilian Defense: Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo, Fianchetto Variation (7 games)
Sicilian Defense: Open, Pelikán and Sveshnikov, Chelyabinsk Variation (6 games)
Black Pieces
Sicilian Defense: Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack (13 games)
Slav Defense: Modern Line (13 games)
Sicilian Defense: Open, Godiva Variation (12 games)
French Defense: Tarrasch, Guimard, Main Line (9 games)
Slav Defense (8 games)

Games

Players Result Moves Year
Zhang Pengxiang (2871)
Stanislav Kovalevsky (2497)
1-0 50 2025
Zhang Pengxiang (2863)
Patryk Chylewski (2648)
0-1 65 2025
Zhang Pengxiang (2853)
Joshua Christie (2607)
½-½ 52 2025
Luis Eduardo Ballester Llagaria (2593)
Zhang Pengxiang (2876)
1-0 13 2025
Max Hess (2622)
Zhang Pengxiang (2848)
1-0 41 2025
Jakob Weihrauch (2518)
Zhang Pengxiang (2851)
0-1 35 2025
Lautaro Malamud (2601)
Zhang Pengxiang (2873)
0-1 58 2025
Zhang Pengxiang (2579)
Zeng Chongsheng (2499)
½-½ 48 2022
Ma Qun (2563)
Zhang Pengxiang (2579)
1-0 29 2022
Zhang Pengxiang (2567)
Maxim Matlakov (2684)
0-1 41 2016
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