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GM Artur Kogan

Full name

Arthur Kogan

Born

1/1/1974 (age 50)‎

Place of birth

Federation

Israel

Rating

Bio

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

Sicilian Defense (22 games)

Closed Sicilian Defense: Traditional Line (16 games)

Queen's Pawn Opening: Chigorin Variation (16 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Najdorf Variation (15 games)

Sicilian Defense: Pin Variation (13 games)

Black Pieces

Sicilian Defense: Taimanov, Bastrikov Variation (49 games)

Alapin Sicilian Defense (24 games)

Sicilian Defense: Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack (19 games)

Scandinavian Defense: Mieses-Kotrč, Main Line (14 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Flohr Variation (13 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Artur Kogan (2474) Tommi Luukkonen (2317)	1-0	47	2023
Artur Kogan (2482) Erwan Lever (2252)	1-0	35	2023
Artur Kogan (2474) Paulius Pultinevicius (2540)	0-1	53	2023
Artur Kogan (2474) Stavroula Tsolakidou (2281)	0-1	56	2023
Artur Kogan (2474) Itamar Aharonovich (2229)	½-½	92	2023
Artur Kogan (2547) Itamar Aharonovich (2299)	1-0	30	2019
Artur Kogan (2547) Jonathan Cruz (2415)	1-0	55	2019
Artur Kogan (2547) Alejandro Barbero Sendic (2361)	1-0	54	2019
Artur Kogan (2542) Luis Enrique Valle Maytin (2285)	1-0	34	2019
Artur Kogan (2535) Guy Gov (2024)	1-0	25	2019

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