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GM Abhimanyu Puranik

Abhimanyu Puranik

Full name

Abhimanyu Puranik

Born

Feb 11, 2000 (age 24)‎

Place of birth

Federation

India

Rating

Bio

GM Abhimanyu Puranik is an Indian grandmaster who qualified for the 2023 FIDE World Cup.

The player's full name is Abhimanyu Puranik and they confirmed to Chess.com that they preferred to be called by their first name, Abhimanyu.

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

English Opening: Agincourt Defense (8 games)

English Opening: Caro-Kann Defensive System (6 games)

Caro-Kann Defense: Two Knights Attack (5 games)

Closed Sicilian Defense (5 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Najdorf, Adams' Attack (5 games)

Black Pieces

English Opening: Anglo-Indian, King's Knight Variation (8 games)

Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation (8 games)

Ruy López Opening: Morphy Defense, Arkhangelsk Variation (7 games)

Four Knights Game: Scotch Variation Accepted (5 games)

Giuoco Piano Game (5 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Abhimanyu Puranik (2596) Sergei Zhigalko (2572)	1-0	43	2023
Abhimanyu Puranik (2596) Qingyu Yuan (2373)	1-0	36	2023
Abhimanyu Puranik (2596) Suri Vaibhav (2606)	1-0	49	2023
Abhimanyu Puranik (2596) Razvan Preotu (2478)	1-0	57	2023
Abhimanyu Puranik (2596) Marek Mica (2244)	1-0	62	2023
Abhimanyu Puranik (2961) Denes Boros (2810)	1-0	54	2023
Abhimanyu Puranik (2596) Olzhas Khamzin (2301)	1-0	39	2023
Abhimanyu Puranik (2596) Hikaru Nakamura (2768)	1-0	45	2023
Abhimanyu Puranik (2596) Reza Mahdavi (2304)	1-0	38	2023
Abhimanyu Puranik (2596) Jonathan Pein (2252)	1-0	26	2023

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