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GM Mihail Nikitenko

Full name

Mihail Nikitenko

Born

1/1/2000 (age 24)‎

Place of birth

Federation

Belarus

Rating

Bio

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

Sicilian Defense: Open, Najdorf Variation (11 games)

Caro-Kann Defense: Two Knights Attack (11 games)

French Defense: Tarrasch, Closed, Pawn Center Variation (9 games)

Sicilian Defense: Taimanov, Bastrikov Variation (6 games)

French Defense: Tarrasch, Open, Chistyakov, Modern Line (6 games)

Black Pieces

Slav Defense (12 games)

Ruy López Opening: Morphy Defense, Keres, Flohr-Zaitsev System (12 games)

Slav Defense: Modern Line (8 games)

Indian Game: Slav-Indian Defense (8 games)

Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Slav Defense, Quiet Variation (8 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Mihail Nikitenko (2525) Mustafa Yilmaz (2641)	1-0	27	2024
Mihail Nikitenko (2525) Evgeniy Najer (2663)	1-0	31	2024
Mihail Nikitenko (2525) Saidakbar Saydaliev (2448)	1-0	53	2024
Mihail Nikitenko (2526) Lahiru Munasinghe (1973)	1-0	19	2024
Mihail Nikitenko (2531) Raghav V (2056)	1-0	66	2024
Mihail Nikitenko (2529) Arystan Isanzhulov (2394)	1-0	79	2024
Mihail Nikitenko (2529) Patil Harshal (2192)	1-0	34	2024
Mihail Nikitenko (2529) Soham Kamotra (2416)	1-0	63	2024
Mihail Nikitenko (2529) ZiLong Yang (2217)	1-0	49	2024
Mihail Nikitenko (2490) Arystanbek Urazayev (2480)	1-0	36	2024

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