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GM Cristhian Cruz

Full name

Cristhian Cruz

Born

1/1/1992 (age 32)‎

Place of birth

Federation

Peru

Rating

Bio

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

English Opening: King's English Variation (14 games)

English Opening: Great Snake Variation (11 games)

Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation (8 games)

King's Indian Defense: Normal Variation (8 games)

Queen's Gambit Declined: Queen's Knight Variation (7 games)

Black Pieces

Sicilian Defense: Taimanov, Bastrikov Variation (16 games)

Queen's Pawn Opening: Horwitz Defense (13 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Najdorf, English Attack (12 games)

Sicilian Defense: Canal Attack (11 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Najdorf Variation (9 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Cristhian Cruz (2498) Sreekar Gangavarapu (2125)	1-0	30	2024
Cristhian Cruz (2498) Andrew Titus (2202)	1-0	44	2024
Cristhian Cruz (2487) Tianqi Wang (2344)	1-0	44	2024
Cristhian Cruz (2487) Seth Homa (2234)	1-0	26	2024
Cristhian Cruz (2493) Vishva Nanugonda (2063)	1-0	64	2024
Cristhian Cruz (2493) Grayson Rorrer (2409)	1-0	41	2024
Cristhian Cruz (2493) Pranav Sathish (2353)	1-0	64	2024
Cristhian Cruz (2478) Jayden Lee (2130)	1-0	52	2024
Cristhian Cruz (2478) Doug Eckert (2139)	1-0	28	2024
Cristhian Cruz (2478) Facundo Pierrot (2272)	1-0	29	2024

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