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IM Ruslan Kashtanov

Full name

Ruslan Kashtanov

Born

1/1/1979 (age 45)‎

Place of birth

Federation

Russia

Retired

Rating

Bio

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

Alapin Sicilian Defense (8 games)

Catalan Opening (5 games)

Sicilian Defense: Kan, Maróczy Bind Formation (5 games)

Queen's Gambit Declined: Catalan Opening (3 games)

French Defense: Tarrasch, Open, Euwe-Keres Line (3 games)

Black Pieces

Benoni Defense (7 games)

Sicilian Defense: Taimanov, Bastrikov Variation (6 games)

Indian Game: Knights Variation (5 games)

Sicilian Defense: French Variation (4 games)

Sicilian Defense: Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack (4 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Ruslan Kashtanov (2494) Piotr Piesik (2672)	1-0	61	2024
Ruslan Kashtanov (2513) Rafael Teixeira Celestino (2281)	1-0	39	2024
Ruslan Kashtanov (2471) Dmitriy Kushko (2676)	1-0	36	2024
Ruslan Kashtanov (2474) Edwin Adrian Navia (2257)	1-0	37	2024
Ruslan Kashtanov (2506) Zozek Salah Mohammed Mohammed (2337)	1-0	20	2024
Ruslan Kashtanov (2507) Melissa Castrillon Gomez (2260)	1-0	39	2024
Ruslan Kashtanov (2498) Daniel Barria Zuniga (2686)	1-0	32	2024
Ruslan Kashtanov (2506) Arifa Rizki Syaputra (2724)	0-1	39	2024
Ruslan Kashtanov (2485) Saidakbar Saydaliev (2766)	0-1	51	2024
Ruslan Kashtanov (2514) Ivan Zemlyanskii (2973)	0-1	44	2024

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