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IM Evgenij Kalegin

Full name

Evgenij Kalegin

Born

1/1/1954 (age 71)‎

Place of birth

Federation

Russia

Rating

Bio

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

Sicilian Defense: Pin Variation (26 games)

French Defense: Classical, Steinitz, Boleslavsky Variation (24 games)

Sicilian Defense: Delayed Alapin Variation (24 games)

Sicilian Defense: Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo, Fianchetto Variation (21 games)

Sicilian Defense: Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack (19 games)

Black Pieces

Alapin Sicilian Defense (41 games)

King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto, Debrecen, Classical Main Line (32 games)

King's Indian Defense: Orthodox, Positional Defense (25 games)

Sicilian Defense: Kan, Knight Variation, Wing Attack (17 games)

Sicilian Defense: Taimanov, Bastrikov Variation (16 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Evgenij Kalegin (2343) Damdin Serjmyadag (1910)	1-0	33	2024
Evgenij Kalegin (2343) Timur Kassymov (1930)	1-0	24	2024
Evgenij Kalegin (2343) Tatiana Ivanova (2086)	1-0	43	2024
Evgenij Kalegin (2343) Efren Bagamasbad (1991)	½-½	45	2024
Evgenij Kalegin (2383) Alexey Mokshanov (2374)	½-½	15	2023
Evgenij Kalegin (2291) Aleksei Pridorozhni (2581)	0-1	56	2022
Evgenij Kalegin (2291) Evgeny Alekseev (2579)	0-1	40	2022
Evgenij Kalegin (2414) Vadim Galchenko (2121)	1-0	34	2021
Evgenij Kalegin (2414) Alexander Sharikov (2132)	1-0	40	2021
Evgenij Kalegin (2437) Josef Ager (2087)	½-½	38	2020

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