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GM Krishnan Sasikiran

Krishnan Sasikiran

Full name

Krishnan Sasikiran

Born

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 (2493) Anton Demchenko (2638)	0-1	39	2024
Krishnan Sasikiran (2488) Read Samadov (2534)	½-½	49	2024
Krishnan Sasikiran (2490) Maxim Matlakov (2642)	½-½	43	2024
Krishnan Sasikiran (2570) Evan Park (2362)	1-0	55	2023
Krishnan Sasikiran (2567) Matthew J Wadsworth (2330)	1-0	52	2023
Krishnan Sasikiran (2559) Sankalp Gupta (2427)	1-0	38	2023
Krishnan Sasikiran (2559) Georg Meier (2624)	1-0	30	2023
Krishnan Sasikiran (2559) Qingyu Yuan (2367)	1-0	36	2023

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