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IM Yang-Fan Zhou

Full name

Yang-Fan Zhou

Born

1/1/1994 (age 30)‎

Place of birth

Federation

England

Rating

Bio

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

Sicilian Defense: Open, Najdorf, Adams' Attack (17 games)

Scotch Game: Schmidt, Mieses Variation (15 games)

French Defense: King's Indian Attack (14 games)

Sicilian Defense: Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo, Fianchetto Variation (11 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Classical, Richter-Rauzer Variation (9 games)

Black Pieces

Sicilian Defense: Open, Dragon Variation (31 games)

King's Indian Defense: Normal Variation (22 games)

Alapin Sicilian Defense (16 games)

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

King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto, Debrecen, Classical Main Line (9 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Yang-Fan Zhou (2436) Mahin Rughani (1887)	1-0	43	2024
Yang-Fan Zhou (2436) Mike J Surtees (2098)	1-0	38	2024
Yang-Fan Zhou (2437) Ardeshir Sepehrkhoui (2209)	1-0	35	2024
Yang-Fan Zhou (2418) Marcel Marentini (2135)	1-0	30	2024
Yang-Fan Zhou (2418) Marco Gallana (2216)	1-0	33	2024
Yang-Fan Zhou (2424) Roman Kovalskyi (2213)	1-0	32	2024
Yang-Fan Zhou (2424) Roman Kovalskyi (2213)	1-0	32	2024
Yang-Fan Zhou (2424) Richard A Bates (2311)	1-0	40	2024
Yang-Fan Zhou (2437) Marin Bosiocic (2555)	0-1	66	2024
Yang-Fan Zhou (2436) David J Spence (2169)	½-½	32	2024

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