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GM Arik Braun

Arik Braun

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Full name

Arik Braun

Born

1/1/1988 (age 36)‎

Place of birth

Federation

Germany

Rating

Bio

Arik Braun is a German grandmaster who qualified for the 2021 FIDE World Cup.

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange, Positional Line (17 games)

Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical, Keres Defense (11 games)

King's Indian Defense: Normal Variation (11 games)

Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange, Positional Line, Reshevsky Variation (10 games)

Grünfeld Defense: Exchange, Modern Exchange Variation (10 games)

Black Pieces

Slav Defense: Modern, Chameleon Variation (20 games)

Sicilian Defense: Taimanov, Bastrikov Variation (14 games)

Caro-Kann Defense: Panov Attack (11 games)

English Opening: Caro-Kann Defensive System (9 games)

Caro-Kann Defense: Advance, Short Variation with 4.Nf3 (8 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Arik Braun (2593) Tim Ronge (2312)	1-0	40	2024
Arik Braun (2602) Ratko Novak (2408)	1-0	25	2024
Arik Braun (2610) Katarzyna Dwilewicz (2377)	1-0	68	2024
Arik Braun (2620) Andrzej Krzywda (2445)	1-0	55	2024
Arik Braun (2641) Andre Bold (2463)	1-0	25	2024
Arik Braun (2638) Raymond Gao (2413)	1-0	32	2024
Arik Braun (2607) James A Chirilov (2790)	1-0	58	2024
Arik Braun (2618) Evgeniy Burmakin (2432)	1-0	42	2024
Arik Braun (2628) Maciej Swicarz (2542)	1-0	40	2024
Arik Braun (2644) Evgeniya Doluhanova (2315)	1-0	35	2024

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