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IM Craig Hilby

Full name

Craig Hilby

Born

1/1/2000 (age 24)‎

Place of birth

Federation

United States

Rating

Bio

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

Trompowsky Attack (7 games)

Queen's Gambit Declined: Catalan Opening (6 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Najdorf, English Attack (6 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Scheveningen, Delayed Keres Attack (5 games)

Caro-Kann Defense: Advance, Tal Variation (4 games)

Black Pieces

Modern Defense with 1.d4 (10 games)

Ruy López Opening: Morphy Defense, Modern Steinitz Defense (8 games)

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

Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation (5 games)

Modern Defense with 1.e4 (4 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Craig Hilby (2601) Katharina Reinecke (2020)	1-0	35	2024
Craig Hilby (2401) Priyansh Garg (2049)	1-0	38	2024
Craig Hilby (2582) Korun Gulamirian (2115)	1-0	34	2024
Craig Hilby (2582) Conrad Thake (1851)	1-0	31	2024
Craig Hilby (2664) Joao Batista Dias (1985)	0-1	25	2024
Craig Hilby (2603) Justin Sarkar (2257)	0-1	8	2024
Craig Hilby (2584) Kevin Fong (2316)	0-1	26	2024
Craig Hilby (2401) Michael Li (2078)	½-½	49	2024
Craig Hilby (2401) Tyson Brady (2050)	½-½	28	2024
Craig Hilby (2412) P Michelle Catherina (2149)	1-0	66	2023

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