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GM Sergei Azarov

Sergei Azarov

Full name

Sergei Azarov

Born

1/1/1983 (age 41)‎

Place of birth

Federation

FIDE

Retired

Rating

Bio

GM Sergei Azarov is a chess grandmaster who qualified for the 2023 FIDE World Cup.

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

Sicilian Defense: Open, Najdorf Variation (41 games)

Sicilian Defense: Taimanov, Bastrikov Variation (33 games)

Caro-Kann Defense: Advance, Short Variation with 4.Nf3 (26 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Pelikán and Sveshnikov Variations (23 games)

Caro-Kann Defense: Two Knights, Mindeno, Exchange Line (19 games)

Black Pieces

Catalan Opening: Closed (24 games)

Ruy López Opening: Morphy Defense, Keres, Smyslov Defense (23 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Godiva Variation (21 games)

English Opening: Agincourt Defense (16 games)

Queen's Gambit Declined: Tartakower Defense (16 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Sergei Azarov (2584) Robert Hovhannisyan (2406)	1-0	26	2024
Sergei Azarov (2587) Luka Budisavljevic (2374)	1-0	34	2024
Sergei Azarov (2588) Jakub Sokolovsky (1927)	1-0	35	2024
Sergei Azarov (2590) Daniil Dubov (2683)	0-1	55	2024
Sergei Azarov (2591) Alexey Sarana (2707)	0-1	44	2024
Sergei Azarov (2584) Pavel V Tregubov (2478)	½-½	57	2024
Sergei Azarov (2556) Aleksandar Indjic (2546)	1-0	60	2023
Sergei Azarov (2556) Olga Girya (2327)	1-0	20	2023
Sergei Azarov (2556) Pranav Anand (2402)	1-0	42	2023
Sergei Azarov (2556) Yu Yangyi (2734)	1-0	49	2023

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