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GM Jon S Speelman

Full name

Jon S Speelman

Born

1/1/1956 (age 68)‎

Place of birth

Federation

England

Rating

Bio

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

Indian Game: Knights Variation (51 games)

King's Indian Defense: Normal Variation (33 games)

Torre Attack: Fianchetto Defense (25 games)

King's Indian Attack: Yugoslav Variation (24 games)

English Opening: Nimzo-English Opening (24 games)

Black Pieces

Queen's Pawn Opening: English Defense (57 games)

Caro-Kann Defense: Karpov Variation (30 games)

Caro-Kann Defense: Karpov, Smyslov Variation (26 games)

French Defense: Classical, Burn Variation (24 games)

Queen's Pawn Opening: English Rat Defense (22 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Jon S Speelman (2487) Federico Rocco (2171)	1-0	26	2024
Jon S Speelman (2500) M Paul Townsend (2160)	1-0	29	2024
Jon S Speelman (2497) Richard J D Palliser (2377)	1-0	40	2024
Jon S Speelman (2492) Grzegorz Nasuta (2563)	½-½	22	2024
Jon S Speelman (2499) Jonah B Willow (2454)	½-½	31	2024
Jon S Speelman (2540) Hendrik Hoffmann (2282)	1-0	20	2023
Jon S Speelman (2540) Killian Delaney (2234)	1-0	22	2023
Jon S Speelman (2487) Jonah B Willow (2416)	1-0	64	2023
Jon S Speelman (2523) Jacob Connor Boswell (2126)	1-0	17	2023
Jon S Speelman (2523) Jose Camacho Collados (2265)	1-0	40	2023

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