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GM Igor Khenkin

Full name

Igor Khenkin

Born

1/1/1968 (age 56)‎

Place of birth

Federation

Germany

Rating

Bio

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

Grünfeld Defense: Exchange, Modern Exchange Variation (52 games)

Slav Defense (39 games)

Queen's Indian Defense: Kasparov Variation, Petrosian Variation (39 games)

Nimzo-Indian Defense: Kmoch Variation (30 games)

Queen's Gambit Declined (28 games)

Black Pieces

Caro-Kann Defense: Advance, Botvinnik-Carls Defense (73 games)

Caro-Kann Defense: Classical Variation (64 games)

Caro-Kann Defense: Classical, Spassky Variation (62 games)

Sicilian Defense: Four Knights Variation (34 games)

Slav Defense: Modern Line (32 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Igor Khenkin (2506) Pentala Harikrishna (2705)	0-1	26	2022
Igor Khenkin (2506) Nikola Nestorovic (2464)	½-½	23	2022
Igor Khenkin (2506) Igor Novikov (2551)	½-½	21	2022
Igor Khenkin (2526) Andrey Orlov (2490)	½-½	34	2022
Igor Khenkin (2506) Martin Kraemer (2578)	½-½	21	2022
Igor Khenkin (2558) Davor Draskovic (2016)	1-0	43	2021
Igor Khenkin (2539) Dominik Horvath (2447)	1-0	38	2021
Igor Khenkin (2539) Collin Colbow (2353)	1-0	60	2021
Igor Khenkin (2558) Can Durak (2282)	½-½	30	2021
Igor Khenkin (2539) Filip Haring (2395)	½-½	31	2021

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