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IM Mario Villanueva

Full name

Mario Villanueva

Born

1/1/1984 (age 40)‎

Place of birth

Federation

Argentina

Rating

Bio

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

Sicilian Defense: Kan, Knight Variation (10 games)

Ruy López Opening: Morphy Defense, Closed, Yates, Bogoljubov Variation (6 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Pelikán and Sveshnikov, Chelyabinsk Variation (6 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Najdorf Variation (5 games)

Sicilian Defense: Taimanov, Bastrikov Variation (5 games)

Black Pieces

Petrov's Defense: Classical, Nimzowitsch Attack (8 games)

King's Indian Defense: Normal Variation (6 games)

Petrov's Defense: Classical, Cozio Attack (6 games)

Bishop's Opening: Berlin Defense (5 games)

King's Indian Defense: Orthodox, Glek Defense (5 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Mario Villanueva (2451) Miguel Angel Grandez Arevalo (1886)	1-0	30	2024
Mario Villanueva (2451) Daniel Contin (2220)	1-0	33	2024
Mario Villanueva (2451) Juan Pablo Hobaica (2409)	½-½	27	2024
Mario Villanueva (2429) Kevin Paveto (2390)	1-0	37	2023
Mario Villanueva (2429) Diego Valerga (2440)	1-0	40	2023
Mario Villanueva (2379) Carla Heredia Serrano (1993)	1-0	28	2023
Mario Villanueva (2379) Sergio Slipak (2300)	1-0	60	2023
Mario Villanueva (2379) Alejo Ismael Gimenez Aguirre (2165)	0-1	64	2023
Mario Villanueva (2460) Matias Perez Gormaz (2400)	0-1	63	2023
Mario Villanueva (2429) Diego Rafael Di Berardino (2418)	½-½	26	2023

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