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GM Krishnan Sasikiran

Krishnan Sasikiran

Full name

Krishnan Sasikiran

Born

1/1/1981 (age 43)‎

Place of birth

Federation

India

Rating

Bio

Full bio coming soon

The name Krishnan is his father's name, and the player should be referred to by his name, Sasikiran.

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

Semi-Slav Defense: Main Line, Stoltz Variation (33 games)

Torre Attack: Fianchetto Defense (28 games)

King's Indian Defense: Gligorić System (21 games)

Slav Defense: Modern, Chameleon Variation (19 games)

Catalan Opening (18 games)

Black Pieces

Ruy López Opening: Morphy Defense, Keres, Breyer, Zaitsev Hybrid Variation (56 games)

Sicilian Defense: Canal Attack (19 games)

Closed Sicilian Defense (19 games)

King's Indian Attack: Yugoslav Variation (16 games)

King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto, Debrecen, Classical Main Line (14 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Krishnan Sasikiran (2478) Pranav Anand (2447)	1-0	34	2024
Krishnan Sasikiran (2581) Sergey Pogorelskikh (2196)	1-0	61	2024
Krishnan Sasikiran (2581) Nikolay Averin (2223)	1-0	56	2024
Krishnan Sasikiran (2581) Sasa Albers (2309)	1-0	46	2024
Krishnan Sasikiran (2551) Alfia Nasybullina (2061)	1-0	30	2024
Krishnan Sasikiran (2551) Tal Haimovich (2262)	1-0	48	2024
Krishnan Sasikiran (2551) Aneet Arulanantham (1875)	1-0	43	2024
Krishnan Sasikiran (2581) Eric Rosen (2374)	1-0	47	2024
Krishnan Sasikiran (2567) Barnabas Panda (1990)	1-0	41	2024
Krishnan Sasikiran (2567) Arne Kaehler (1995)	1-0	27	2024

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