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IM Asaf Givon

Full name

Asaf Givon

Born

1/1/1994 (age 30)‎

Place of birth

Federation

Israel

Rating

Bio

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

Sicilian Defense: Open, Najdorf, English Attack (8 games)

French Defense: Tarrasch, Morozevich Variation (7 games)

Ruy López Opening: Morphy Defense, Closed, Yates, Bogoljubov Variation (6 games)

Caro-Kann Defense: Modern Variation (6 games)

Sicilian Defense: Taimanov, Bastrikov Variation (4 games)

Black Pieces

English Opening: Symmetrical, Hedgehog Defense (5 games)

Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation (5 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Najdorf, English Attack (5 games)

English Opening: Anglo-Indian, Anglo-Grünfeld Defense (5 games)

Sicilian Defense: Taimanov, Bastrikov Variation (4 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Asaf Givon (2422) Meri Grigoryan (1977)	1-0	42	2024
Asaf Givon (2422) Nimrod Veinberg (2408)	½-½	46	2024
Asaf Givon (2339) Konstantin Mesropov (2333)	1-0	37	2023
Asaf Givon (2339) Ido Gorshtein (2415)	1-0	79	2023
Asaf Givon (2339) Ori Kochavi (2212)	1-0	36	2023
Asaf Givon (2339) Kiril Katz (2081)	1-0	22	2023
Asaf Givon (2339) Amnon Magen (1843)	1-0	33	2023
Asaf Givon (2434) Konstantin Tarlev (2577)	0-1	72	2022
Asaf Givon (2434) Steven Geirnaert (2399)	½-½	30	2022
Asaf Givon Ori Kobo	½-½	40	2020

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