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GM Laurent Fressinet

Laurent Fressinet

Full name

Laurent Fressinet

Born

1/1/1981 (age 43)‎

Place of birth

Federation

France

Rating

Bio

GM Laurent Fressinet is a French grandmaster, two-time French champion, and longtime second to GM Magnus Carlsen.

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

King's Indian Attack: Yugoslav Variation (26 games)

Sicilian Defense: Taimanov, Bastrikov Variation (26 games)

Réti Opening: King's Indian Attack, Symmetrical Defense (22 games)

French Defense: Exchange Variation (22 games)

Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defense (20 games)

Black Pieces

Ruy López Opening: Berlin Defense (40 games)

Semi-Slav Defense: Main Line, Stoltz Variation (32 games)

Giuoco Piano Game: Main Line, Giuoco Pianissimo Variation (22 games)

Queen's Gambit Declined (22 games)

Italian Game: Two Knights, Modern Bishop's Opening (20 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Laurent Fressinet (2969) Levy Rozman (2714)	1-0	35	2024
Laurent Fressinet (2977) Viacheslav Tikhonov (2521)	1-0	50	2024
Laurent Fressinet (2628) Jose Gabriel Cardoso Cardoso (2493)	1-0	19	2024
Laurent Fressinet (2626) Vladislav Kovalev (2656)	1-0	41	2024
Laurent Fressinet (2633) Lucas Di Nicolantonio (2406)	1-0	33	2024
Laurent Fressinet (2607) Anatole Vlachos (2426)	1-0	43	2024
Laurent Fressinet (2607) Bilel Bellahcene (2532)	1-0	23	2024
Laurent Fressinet (2593) Zayne-Eddine El Zein (1921)	1-0	39	2024
Laurent Fressinet (2593) Adrien Rodriguez	1-0	21	2024
Laurent Fressinet (2593) Maxime Lagarde (2561)	1-0	34	2024

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