GM Volodar Murzin

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Full name

Volodar Murzin

Born

Jul 18, 2006 (age 18)‎

Place of birth

Federation

FIDE

Rating

Bio

Volodar Murzin is a Russian chess grandmaster who qualified for the 2021 FIDE World Cup. He is from Nizhny Tagil, a town 125 km north of Yekaterinburg, Russia but now lives in Khimki, in the Moscow region. He is the 2018 European U12 champion.

In December 2024, Murzin won the World Rapid Championship with a score of 10/13, which he followed with a tie for fifth in the World Blitz Championship.

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

Sicilian Defense: French Variation (43 games)

Sicilian Defense: Canal Attack (24 games)

French Defense: King's Indian Attack (21 games)

Sicilian Defense: Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack (17 games)

Sicilian Defense: Chekhover Variation (16 games)

Black Pieces

King's Indian Defense: Normal Variation (19 games)

Caro-Kann Defense: Advance, Tal Variation (18 games)

Caro-Kann Defense: Advance, Short Variation with 4.Nf3 (17 games)

King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto, Debrecen, Classical Main Line (16 games)

English Opening: Anglo-Indian, Queen's Knight Variation (15 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Volodar Murzin (2896) Caio Medeiros Poeta (2480)	1-0	28	2024
Volodar Murzin (2939) Omer Faruk Ozer (2765)	1-0	67	2024
Volodar Murzin (2907) Alejandro Domingo Nunez (2698)	1-0	44	2024
Volodar Murzin (2933) Raven M Sturt (2827)	1-0	21	2024
Volodar Murzin (2929) Wesley So (3084)	1-0	31	2024
Volodar Murzin (2924) Lennis Martinez Ramirez (2782)	1-0	30	2024
Volodar Murzin (2927) Moksh Amit Doshi (2606)	1-0	43	2024
Volodar Murzin (2635) V Pranav (2611)	1-0	33	2024
Volodar Murzin (2635) Candela Be Francisco Guecamburu (2295)	1-0	50	2024
Volodar Murzin (2944) Galina Novikova (2503)	1-0	34	2024

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