GM Arkadij Naiditsch

Arkadij Naiditsch is a German-Azerbaijani grandmaster and a former top-20 player in the world. He won the Dortmund Sparkassen 2005 tournament ahead of GMs like Veselin Topalov, Peter Svidler, and Vladimir Kramnik. In 2007, Naiditsch won the German Chess Championship while playing for the country. He also took Grandmaster Group B of the 2013 Tata Steel Chess Tournament. In July 2015, he switched to the Azerbaijani Chess Federation after playing for Latvia (until 2005) and Germany.

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Most Played Openings

White Pieces

Ruy López Opening: Berlin, l'Hermet, Berlin Wall Defense (31 games)

Ruy López Opening: Morphy Defense, Closed, Martinez Variation (27 games)

Sicilian Defense: Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack (25 games)

Ruy López Opening: Morphy Defense, Anderssen Variation (24 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Najdorf Variation (24 games)

Black Pieces

Catalan Opening: Closed (46 games)

Ruy López Opening: Berlin Defense (39 games)

Ruy López Opening: Berlin, l'Hermet, Berlin Wall Defense (38 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Najdorf, English Attack (36 games)

Bogo-Indian Defense: Grünfeld Variation (25 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Arkadij Naiditsch (2657) Oliver Kurmann (2424)	1-0	28	2024
Arkadij Naiditsch (2661) Alexis Tahay (2375)	1-0	46	2024
Arkadij Naiditsch (2661) Narayanan Sunilduth Lyna (2695)	½-½	47	2024
Arkadij Naiditsch (2661) Guillaume Lamard (2500)	½-½	44	2024
Arkadij Naiditsch (2661) Mihail Marin (2454)	½-½	65	2024
Arkadij Naiditsch (2566) Yohan Benitah (2397)	1-0	58	2023
Arkadij Naiditsch (2566) Thal Abergel (2414)	1-0	48	2023
Arkadij Naiditsch (2566) Makan Rafiee (2337)	1-0	25	2023
Arkadij Naiditsch (2566) Platon Galperin (2438)	1-0	63	2023
Arkadij Naiditsch (2653) Lukas Winterberg (2410)	1-0	29	2023

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