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GM Burak Firat

Full name

Burak Firat

Born

1/1/1993 (age 31)‎

Place of birth

Federation

Türkiye

Rating

Bio

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

French Defense: Classical, Steinitz, Boleslavsky Variation (21 games)

Sicilian Defense: Taimanov, Bastrikov Variation (18 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Najdorf Variation (14 games)

Ruy López Opening: Morphy Defense, Closed, Yates, Bogoljubov Variation (13 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Najdorf, English Attack (11 games)

Black Pieces

Sicilian Defense: Taimanov, Bastrikov Variation (14 games)

English Opening: Caro-Kann Defensive System (12 games)

Alapin Sicilian Defense (11 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Pelikán and Sveshnikov, Chelyabinsk Variation (10 games)

Sicilian Defense: Taimanov Variation (10 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Burak Firat (2437) Okan Ozsakallioglu (2404)	1-0	28	2024
Burak Firat (2450) Laszlo Molnar (2114)	1-0	42	2024
Burak Firat (2450) Matei-Andrei Coicev (2187)	1-0	36	2024
Burak Firat (2437) Yamac Samani (2360)	0-1	28	2024
Burak Firat (2450) Jaime Santos Latasa (2624)	½-½	43	2024
Burak Firat (2450) Mikhail Tobak (2338)	½-½	27	2024
Burak Firat (2445) Robert Keough (2067)	1-0	39	2023
Burak Firat (2445) Marko Sauer (2014)	1-0	28	2023
Burak Firat (2445) Denes Boros (2399)	1-0	37	2023
Burak Firat (2445) Jaan Ehlvest (2528)	1-0	56	2023

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