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IM Yury Lapshun

Full name

Yury Lapshun

Born

1/1/1972 (age 52)‎

Place of birth

Federation

United States

Rating

Bio

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

Polish Opening (8 games)

Polish Opening: Bugayev Attack (5 games)

London System (3 games)

Closed Sicilian Defense (3 games)

Slav Defense (3 games)

Black Pieces

Sicilian Defense: Gaw-Paw Variation (7 games)

Sicilian Defense: Normal Line (5 games)

Alapin Sicilian Defense (3 games)

Sicilian Defense: Taimanov, Bastrikov Variation (2 games)

Ruy López Opening: Bird's Defense (2 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Yury Lapshun (2331) Oliver Barbosa (2482)	½-½	20	2024
Yury Lapshun (2337) Eugene Yoo (2190)	1-0	35	2024
Yury Lapshun (2332) Nitesh Cherukuri (2000)	1-0	54	2024
Yury Lapshun (2332) Lev Shangin (1994)	1-0	80	2024
Yury Lapshun (2332) Cooper Ho (2004)	1-0	36	2024
Yury Lapshun (2412) Gerorge Berg	1-0	11	2024
Yury Lapshun (2412) Aleksandr Gutnik (2021)	1-0	56	2024
Yury Lapshun (2412) James Marsh	1-0	38	2024
Yury Lapshun (2331) Daniel Girsh (2206)	1-0	51	2024
Yury Lapshun (2331) Raja Harshit (2483)	1-0	51	2024

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