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GM Daan Brandenburg

Full name

Daan Brandenburg

Born

1/1/1987 (age 37)‎

Place of birth

Federation

Netherlands

Rating

Bio

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

Alapin Sicilian Defense (37 games)

Alapin Sicilian Defense: Barmen Defense (14 games)

Scotch Game: Schmidt, Mieses Variation (14 games)

French Defense: Tarrasch, Closed, Main Line (13 games)

Caro-Kann Defense: Advance, Short Variation with 4.Nf3 (9 games)

Black Pieces

Sicilian Defense: Open, Classical, Richter-Rauzer Variation (40 games)

Sicilian Defense: Taimanov, Bastrikov Variation (13 games)

Alapin Sicilian Defense (13 games)

Benko Gambit Fully-Accepted: Fianchetto, Fianchetto Attack (9 games)

King's Indian Defense: Orthodox, Glek Defense (8 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Daan Brandenburg (2483) Thomas Beerdsen (2483)	½-½	34	2021
Daan Brandenburg (2489) Martijn Dambacher (2468)	0-1	64	2018
Daan Brandenburg (2506) Ali Bitalzadeh (2397)	1-0	46	2017
Daan Brandenburg (2506) Marinus Kuijf (2381)	0-1	45	2017
Daan Brandenburg (2489) Lars Stark (2397)	½-½	51	2017
Daan Brandenburg (2506) Merijn van Delft (2384)	1-0	39	2016
Daan Brandenburg (2506) Glen De Schampheleire (2325)	½-½	63	2016
Daan Brandenburg (2534) Ingrid Voigt (2079)	1-0	29	2015
Daan Brandenburg (2511) Yochanan Afek (2273)	1-0	53	2015
Daan Brandenburg (2511) Ivo Maris (2262)	1-0	67	2015

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