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GM Vahap Sanal

Vahap Sanal

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Full name

Vahap Sanal

Born

1/1/1998 (age 26)‎

Place of birth

Federation

Türkiye

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 (2871) Grigoriy Oparin (3055)	1-0	39	2024
Vahap Sanal (2865) Paul Richter (2570)	1-0	30	2024
Vahap Sanal (2914) Nihal Sarin (3209)	1-0	61	2024
Vahap Sanal (2904) Dmitrij Kollars (3012)	1-0	27	2024
Vahap Sanal (2931) Dushyant Sharma (2497)	1-0	26	2024
Vahap Sanal (2919) Rudi Olenik Campa (2595)	1-0	12	2024
Vahap Sanal (2916) Martin Mena (2090)	1-0	46	2024
Vahap Sanal (2919) Adar Tarhan (2697)	1-0	49	2024
Vahap Sanal (2924) Leonid Starozhilov (2780)	1-0	21	2024
Vahap Sanal (2929) Lubov Markelova (2730)	1-0	23	2024

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