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GM Vahap Sanal

Vahap Sanal

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Full name

Vahap Sanal

Born

1/1/1998 (age 27)‎

Place of birth

Federation

Türkiye

Rating

Bio

Vahap Sanal is a Turkish grandmaster who qualified for the 2021 FIDE World Cup.

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

Sicilian Defense: Open, Najdorf Variation (33 games)

Closed Sicilian Defense: Traditional Line (27 games)

King's Indian Attack: Yugoslav Variation (20 games)

Closed Sicilian Defense (19 games)

Modern Defense with 1.e4 (18 games)

Black Pieces

Pirc Defense (38 games)

Ruy López Opening: Morphy Defense, Closed, Martinez Variation (17 games)

Giuoco Piano Game: Main Line, Giuoco Pianissimo Variation (15 games)

Queen's Indian Defense: Fianchetto, Classical, Traditional Variation (14 games)

Four Knights Game: Scotch Variation Accepted (13 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Vahap Sanal (2905) Carl Boor (2676)	1-0	30	2025
Vahap Sanal (2900) Mohamed Tissir (2508)	1-0	38	2025
Vahap Sanal (2907) Ilan Schnaider (2771)	1-0	52	2025
Vahap Sanal (2915) Daniel Naroditsky (3109)	0-1	39	2025
Vahap Sanal (2908) Matthias Bluebaum (3124)	½-½	60	2025
Vahap Sanal (2871) Grigoriy Oparin (3055)	1-0	39	2024
Vahap Sanal (2865) Paul Richter (2570)	1-0	30	2024
Vahap Sanal (2914) Nihal Sarin (3209)	1-0	61	2024
Vahap Sanal (2904) Dmitrij Kollars (3012)	1-0	27	2024
Vahap Sanal (2931) Dushyant Sharma (2497)	1-0	26	2024

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