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GM Hans Tikkanen

Full name

Hans Tikkanen

Born

1/1/1985 (age 39)‎

Place of birth

Federation

Sweden

Rating

Bio

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

King's Indian Defense: Makogonov Variation (16 games)

Ruy López Opening: Morphy Defense, Closed, Martinez Variation (10 games)

Colle System (9 games)

Indian Game: Yusupov-Rubinstein System (9 games)

English Opening: Caro-Kann Defensive System (9 games)

Black Pieces

Slav Defense (12 games)

French Defense: Tarrasch, Closed, Main Line (12 games)

Slav Defense: Modern, Triangle System (10 games)

Slav Defense: Modern, Quiet, Pin Defense (10 games)

English Opening: King's English Variation (9 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Hans Tikkanen (2483) Tom Rydstrom (2259)	½-½	30	2024
Hans Tikkanen (2503) Jacek Gdanski (2476)	½-½	26	2020
Hans Tikkanen (2503) Emanuel Berg (2544)	1-0	45	2019
Hans Tikkanen (2503) Stellan Brynell (2412)	1-0	36	2019
Hans Tikkanen (2503) Jonny Hector (2478)	1-0	41	2019
Hans Tikkanen (2503) Evgeny Agrest (2583)	1-0	62	2019
Hans Tikkanen (2503) Nils Grandelius (2681)	0-1	38	2019
Hans Tikkanen (2503) Harry Schussler (2410)	0-1	29	2019
Hans Tikkanen (2503) Ferdinand Hellers (2595)	½-½	29	2019
Hans Tikkanen (2510) Pouya Idani (2604)	½-½	48	2019

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