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GM Zigurds Lanka

Full name

Zigurds Lanka

Born

1/1/1960 (age 64)‎

Place of birth

Federation

Latvia

Rating

Bio

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

Sicilian Defense: Open, Classical, Richter-Rauzer Variation (46 games)

French Defense: Winawer, Positional Variation (34 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Najdorf, English Attack (31 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Pelikán and Sveshnikov, Chelyabinsk Variation (31 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Scheveningen, Classical Variation (30 games)

Black Pieces

Sicilian Defense: Open, Classical, Richter-Rauzer Variation (72 games)

Sicilian Defense: Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo, Fianchetto Variation (49 games)

King's Indian Defense: Normal, Fianchetto, Karlsbad, Panno Variation (34 games)

Alapin Sicilian Defense (29 games)

English Opening: Anglo-Indian, King's Indian Defense (25 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Zigurds Lanka (2338) Paulius Pultinevicius (2600)	0-1	51	2024
Zigurds Lanka (2355) Pijus Stremavicius (2385)	0-1	25	2024
Zigurds Lanka (2357) Nils Richter (2400)	½-½	45	2024
Zigurds Lanka (2355) Alessio Valsecchi (2483)	½-½	22	2024
Zigurds Lanka (2371) Danilo Milanovic (2428)	0-1	59	2023
Zigurds Lanka (2371) Sebastian Bauer (2300)	0-1	40	2023
Zigurds Lanka (2371) Ihor Samunenkov (2531)	½-½	32	2023
Zigurds Lanka (2399) Peter Balint (2067)	1-0	44	2022
Zigurds Lanka (2399) Benjamin Kienboeck (2105)	1-0	21	2022
Zigurds Lanka (2399) Daniel Chlpek (2031)	½-½	49	2022

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