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GM Yuriy Kuzubov

Yuriy Kuzubov

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Full name

Yuriy Kuzubov

Born

Jan 26, 1990 (age 34)‎

Place of birth

Federation

Ukraine

Rating

Bio

Yuriy Kuzubov is a Ukrainian chess grandmaster who qualified for the 2021 FIDE World Cup.

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

Queen's Gambit Declined (19 games)

Queen's Gambit Declined: Catalan Opening (19 games)

Indian Game: Knights Variation, East Indian Defense (18 games)

Slav Defense (18 games)

Sicilian Defense: French Variation (16 games)

Black Pieces

Sicilian Defense: Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack (26 games)

Sicilian Defense: Canal Attack (23 games)

Alapin Sicilian Defense (23 games)

Petrov's Defense: Classical Attack (22 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Accelerated Dragon, Modern Variation (22 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Yuriy Kuzubov (2953) Levy Rozman (2795)	1-0	43	2025
Yuriy Kuzubov (2955) Ortik Nigmatov (2762)	1-0	57	2025
Yuriy Kuzubov (2950) Wojciech Przybylski (2635)	1-0	32	2025
Yuriy Kuzubov (2961) Emmanuel Carter (2630)	1-0	34	2025
Yuriy Kuzubov (2960) Ivan Vihor Krsnik Cohar (2825)	0-1	38	2025
Yuriy Kuzubov (2626) Olev Schults (2090)	1-0	26	2024
Yuriy Kuzubov (2626) Abhimanyu Sameer Puranik (2538)	1-0	42	2024
Yuriy Kuzubov (2626) Pekka Koykka (2329)	1-0	52	2024
Yuriy Kuzubov (2626) Tomas Laurusas (2505)	1-0	75	2024
Yuriy Kuzubov (2595) Vitaly Sivuk (2505)	1-0	49	2024

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