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GM Nurlan Ibrayev

Full name

Nurlan Ibrayev

Born

1/1/1977 (age 48)‎

Place of birth

Federation

Kazakhstan

Rating

Bio

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

Catalan Opening: Closed (5 games)

Slav Defense: Modern Line (5 games)

King's Indian Defense: Semi-Averbakh System (4 games)

English Opening: King's English Variation (3 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Prins Variation (3 games)

Black Pieces

Sicilian Defense: Open, Najdorf Variation (5 games)

Sicilian Defense: Kveinis Variation (5 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Scheveningen, Classical Variation (5 games)

Old Benoni Defense (5 games)

Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defense (5 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Nurlan Ibrayev (2368) Mario Roesch (2207)	1-0	56	2024
Nurlan Ibrayev (2368) Matteo Montorsi (2168)	1-0	70	2024
Nurlan Ibrayev (2368) Shreyas Royal (2463)	0-1	33	2024
Nurlan Ibrayev (2388) Fabian Ernesto Vivas Zamora (2344)	1-0	29	2021
Nurlan Ibrayev (2388) Emre Can (2569)	1-0	48	2021
Nurlan Ibrayev (2388) Lewis Martin (2205)	1-0	32	2021
Nurlan Ibrayev (2366) 1Przemyslaw1 (2299)	1-0	59	2021
Nurlan Ibrayev (2388) Robert Hess (2557)	0-1	31	2021
Nurlan Ibrayev (2388) Andriy Prydun (2254)	0-1	48	2021
Nurlan Ibrayev (2388) Rafael Leitao (2592)	0-1	52	2021

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