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IM Erik Santarius

Full name

Erik Santarius

Born

1/1/1987 (age 38)‎

Place of birth

Federation

United States

Retired

Rating

Bio

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

Sicilian Defense: Canal Attack (9 games)

Sicilian Defense: Snyder Variation (7 games)

Alapin Sicilian Defense (6 games)

Catalan Opening: Closed (4 games)

Queen's Gambit Declined: Catalan Opening (4 games)

Black Pieces

Caro-Kann Defense: Advance, Botvinnik-Carls Defense (7 games)

Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch, Main Line, Exchange Variation (6 games)

Ruy López Opening: Morphy Defense, Closed, Averbakh Variation (6 games)

Caro-Kann Defense: Modern Variation (6 games)

Catalan Opening: Closed (5 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Erik Santarius (2300) MIM06 (2283)	1-0	14	2023
Erik Santarius (2300) Robert-Paul Nastase (2175)	1-0	58	2023
Erik Santarius (2300) Han Thiha Sai (1954)	0-1	50	2023
Erik Santarius (2300) Yuniesky Quesada Perez (2585)	0-1	58	2023
Erik Santarius (2300) Mikhail Al Antipov (2513)	0-1	61	2023
Erik Santarius (2300) James Allen Dahlgren (2201)	½-½	59	2023
Erik Santarius Pavel Vorontsov	0-1	53	2021
Erik Santarius Viktor Matviishen	0-1	34	2021
Erik Santarius (2382) Alessio Valsecchi (2503)	1-0	33	2019
Erik Santarius (2393) Craig Jones (2138)	1-0	32	2019

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