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IM Raphael Lagunow

Full name

Raphael Lagunow

Born

1/1/2000 (age 24)‎

Place of birth

Federation

Germany

Rating

Bio

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

Alapin Sicilian Defense (10 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Najdorf Variation (8 games)

Giuoco Piano Game: Main Line, Giuoco Pianissimo Variation (8 games)

King's Indian Attack: Yugoslav Variation (7 games)

King's Indian Attack (6 games)

Black Pieces

Sicilian Defense: Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo, Fianchetto Variation (12 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Pelikán and Sveshnikov, Chelyabinsk Variation (11 games)

Sicilian Defense: Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack (7 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Pelikán and Sveshnikov Variations (7 games)

English Opening: Symmetrical Variation (5 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Raphael Lagunow (2421) Jonas Eilenberg (2303)	1-0	45	2024
Raphael Lagunow (2427) Emil Schmidek (2438)	1-0	25	2024
Raphael Lagunow (2427) Jonas Foerster (2252)	1-0	48	2024
Raphael Lagunow (2440) Hagen Poetsch (2463)	1-0	31	2024
Raphael Lagunow (2440) Georg Braun (2381)	0-1	53	2024
Raphael Lagunow (2440) Tobias Kuegel (2419)	0-1	42	2024
Raphael Lagunow (2420) Jakob Leon Pajeken (2428)	½-½	60	2024
Raphael Lagunow (2425) Konstantin Peyrer (2442)	½-½	43	2024
Raphael Lagunow (2427) Marco Baldauf (2478)	½-½	11	2024
Raphael Lagunow (2440) Cedric Chassard (2286)	½-½	47	2024

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