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WGM Elvira Berend

Full name

Elvira Berend

Born

1/1/1965 (age 60)‎

Place of birth

Federation

Luxembourg

Rating

Bio

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

Sicilian Defense: French Variation (8 games)

French Defense: King's Indian Attack (8 games)

Queen's Pawn Opening: Horwitz Defense (7 games)

Sicilian Defense: Delayed Alapin Variation (5 games)

Queen's Pawn Opening: Pseudo-Catalan Variation (5 games)

Black Pieces

Sicilian Defense: Taimanov Variation (22 games)

Ruy López Opening: Berlin Defense (10 games)

Sicilian Defense: French Variation (9 games)

Alapin Sicilian Defense (8 games)

Alapin Sicilian Defense: Barmen Defense (6 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Elvira Berend (2198) Stavroula Tsolakidou (2393)	0-1	32	2025
Elvira Berend (2244) Dinara Wagner (2368)	½-½	59	2025
Elvira Berend (2230) Rachel Ruddy (1719)	1-0	24	2024
Elvira Berend (2230) Christianna Markidou (1676)	1-0	50	2024
Elvira Berend (2230) Filipina Thornton (1787)	1-0	32	2024
Elvira Berend (2219) Chi Yang	1-0	50	2024
Elvira Berend (2219) Joel Gavarrete (2059)	1-0	40	2024
Elvira Berend (2244) Ema Walterova (2044)	1-0	45	2024
Elvira Berend (2244) Milica Popadic (1805)	1-0	42	2024
Elvira Berend (2230) Ariadna De la Riva Real (1774)	0-1	40	2024

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