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GM Vahap Sanal

Vahap Sanal
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Full name
Vahap Sanal
Born
1/1/1998 (age 27)‎
Place of birth
Federation
Türkiye
Profiles
#308
World Ranking
2557
Classical
2504
Rapid
2596
Blitz

Rating

Bio

Vahap Sanal is a Turkish grandmaster who qualified for the 2021 FIDE World Cup.

Most Played Openings

White Pieces
Sicilian Defense: Open, Najdorf Variation (33 games)
Closed Sicilian Defense: Traditional Line (27 games)
King's Indian Attack: Yugoslav Variation (20 games)
Closed Sicilian Defense (19 games)
Modern Defense with 1.e4 (18 games)
Black Pieces
Pirc Defense (38 games)
Ruy López Opening: Morphy Defense, Closed, Martinez Variation (17 games)
Giuoco Piano Game: Main Line, Giuoco Pianissimo Variation (15 games)
Queen's Indian Defense: Fianchetto, Classical, Traditional Variation (14 games)
Four Knights Game: Scotch Variation Accepted (13 games)

Games

Players Result Moves Year
Vahap Sanal (2905)
Carl Boor (2676)
1-0 30 2025
Vahap Sanal (2900)
Mohamed Tissir (2508)
1-0 38 2025
Vahap Sanal (2907)
Ilan Schnaider (2771)
1-0 52 2025
Vahap Sanal (2899)
Kemal Bashirov (2606)
1-0 35 2025
Vahap Sanal (2897)
Marianta Lampou (2223)
1-0 50 2025
Vahap Sanal (2934)
Christian Troyke (2620)
1-0 46 2025
Vahap Sanal (3003)
Balazs Csonka (2756)
1-0 50 2025
Vahap Sanal (3009)
Artur Gabrielian (2826)
1-0 70 2025
Vahap Sanal (3016)
Georgios Souleidis (2675)
1-0 36 2025
Vahap Sanal (2915)
Daniel Naroditsky (3109)
0-1 39 2025
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