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GM Pavel Simacek

Full name

Pavel Simacek

Born

1/1/1979 (age 45)‎

Place of birth

Federation

Czech Republic

Rating

Bio

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

Sicilian Defense: Open, Classical, Richter-Rauzer Variation (22 games)

Sicilian Defense: Taimanov, Bastrikov Variation (19 games)

Alapin Sicilian Defense (15 games)

Sicilian Defense: Canal Attack (14 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Accelerated Dragon, Modern Variation (13 games)

Black Pieces

Benoni Defense: Modern, Classical, New York Variation (36 games)

Ruy López Opening: Morphy Defense, Open, Bernstein Variation (27 games)

Indian Game: Spielmann-Indian Variation (23 games)

Benoni Defense: Modern, Pawn Storm, Taimanov Variation (20 games)

Benoni Defense: Modern, Fianchetto Variation (19 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Pavel Simacek (2456) Markus Ragger (2605)	1-0	29	2024
Pavel Simacek (2456) Zuzana Cibickova (2215)	1-0	36	2024
Pavel Simacek (2463) Zhuban Bigabylov (1972)	1-0	25	2024
Pavel Simacek (2446) Petr Neuman (2429)	1-0	51	2024
Pavel Simacek (2446) Milos Jirovsky (2450)	1-0	20	2024
Pavel Simacek (2446) Tomas Kraus (2488)	1-0	90	2024
Pavel Simacek (2463) Sergei Movsesian (2608)	0-1	97	2024
Pavel Simacek (2463) Senthil Maran K (2275)	0-1	56	2024
Pavel Simacek (2446) Stepan Hrbek (2407)	0-1	51	2024
Pavel Simacek (2446) Richard Stalmach (2446)	0-1	39	2024

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Live Chess Ratings

Groningen, Hastings, Stockholm

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