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Venkatachalam Saravanan

Number of games in database: 305
Years covered: 1992 to 2024
Last FIDE rating: 2253
Highest rating achieved in database: 2428
Overall record: +91 -107 =107 (47.4%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (33) 
    B43 B48 B56 B25 B80
 English (14) 
    A15 A14 A13
 King's Indian (12) 
    E94 E92 E99 E91 E95
 Ruy Lopez (11) 
    C77 C78 C84 C99 C85
 Slav (10) 
    D11 D12 D15
 Queen's Pawn Game (10) 
    D02 A41 A45 E00 D00
With the Black pieces:
 Sicilian (49) 
    B92 B22 B90 B51 B33
 King's Indian (46) 
    E92 E94 E63 E60 E71
 Sicilian Najdorf (20) 
    B92 B90 B96 B91 B95
 Queen's Pawn Game (8) 
    A40 A45 D02
 Ruy Lopez (7) 
    C78 C60 C67 C85 C98
 Grunfeld (5) 
    D78 D71 D76 D72
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   C Li vs V Saravanan, 2012 0-1
   S Suvrajit vs V Saravanan, 1999 0-1

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Bad Woerishofen Open (2006)
   Indian Championship (1999)
   Indian Championship (2002)
   Groningen Chess Festival (2009)
   Arctic Chess Challenge (2007)
   Palma Open (2008)
   Goodricke Open (2000)
   British Championship (1999)
   Amsterdam Lost Boys Open (2000)
   Dutch Open (2018)
   Groningen Open-A (2008)
   Gibraltar Masters (2010)
   Gibraltar Masters (2017)
   Paracin Open-A (2023)
   Biel Master Open (2024)

RECENT GAMES:
   🏆 Biel Master Open
   Z Nurgaliyeva vs V Saravanan (Jul-23-24) 0-1
   V Saravanan vs R Coles (Jul-22-24) 1/2-1/2
   B Panda vs V Saravanan (Jul-20-24) 1/2-1/2
   V Saravanan vs B Altantuya (Jul-19-24) 1/2-1/2
   M Materia vs V Saravanan (Jul-18-24) 1-0

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VENKATACHALAM SARAVANAN
(born Jun-03-1971, 53 years old) India

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He is an IM.

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 page 1 of 13; games 1-25 of 323  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. Ribli vs V Saravanan  1-0321992Goodricke OpenA15 English
2. V Saravanan vs Ganguly  ½-½271993Goodricke op 4thC66 Ruy Lopez
3. S R Chowdhury vs V Saravanan  0-1561994Calcutta op2C48 Four Knights
4. V Saravanan vs T Rahman  0-1421994Goodricke OpenC19 French, Winawer, Advance
5. A Deshmukh vs V Saravanan  1-0351994Goodricke OpenB33 Sicilian
6. P Singh vs V Saravanan  1-0811994Goodricke OpenB31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation
7. P Bhattacharyya vs V Saravanan  ½-½251994Calcutta op2B30 Sicilian
8. V Saravanan vs O T Anilkumar  1-0191994Calcutta op2B97 Sicilian, Najdorf
9. V Saravanan vs S Mitra  1-0421994Calcutta op2E99 King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov
10. V Saravanan vs Lahiri Shantanu  ½-½331994Calcutta op2A00 Uncommon Opening
11. V Sareen vs V Saravanan  ½-½211994Calcutta op2A25 English
12. N Mohota vs V Saravanan  0-1411996Goodricke OpenE80 King's Indian, Samisch Variation
13. V Saravanan vs R Shcherbakov  ½-½281996Goodricke OpenA07 King's Indian Attack
14. A Kunte vs V Saravanan  1-0421996Goodricke OpenB22 Sicilian, Alapin
15. J Howell vs V Saravanan  ½-½381996Goodricke OpenB96 Sicilian, Najdorf
16. V Saravanan vs F Donguines  1-0701996Goodricke OpenB06 Robatsch
17. V Saravanan vs B Reefat  ½-½271996Goodricke OpenB48 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation
18. D Barua vs V Saravanan  1-0381996Goodricke OpenB92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation
19. M Al-Modiahki vs V Saravanan  1-0231996Goodricke OpenB91 Sicilian, Najdorf, Zagreb (Fianchetto) Variation
20. R Shetty vs V Saravanan  0-1401996Goodricke OpenC41 Philidor Defense
21. V Saravanan vs N Babu  ½-½251996Goodricke OpenC49 Four Knights
22. V Saravanan vs M Peirovoulia  1-0491996Goodricke OpenC49 Four Knights
23. V Saravanan vs Sasikiran  ½-½101997Goodricke op 8thA07 King's Indian Attack
24. V Saravanan vs S Zagrebelny  ½-½301997Goodricke op 8thB25 Sicilian, Closed
25. V Saravanan vs Kasimdzhanov  0-1501998Asia-chB06 Robatsch
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May-08-19  pazzed paun: Very good YouTube video where he talks about his chess library

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