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GM Matej Sebenik

Matej Sebenik

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Full name

Matej Sebenik

Born

1/1/1983 (age 42)‎

Place of birth

Federation

Slovenia

Rating

Bio

Matej Sebenik is a Slovenian chess grandmaster who qualified for the 2021 FIDE World Cup.

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

Catalan Opening: Closed (30 games)

Queen's Gambit Declined: Catalan Opening (22 games)

Semi-Slav Defense: Main Line, Stoltz Variation (20 games)

King's Indian Defense (15 games)

English Opening: Caro-Kann Defensive System (15 games)

Black Pieces

Sicilian Defense: Open, Pelikán and Sveshnikov, Chelyabinsk Variation (27 games)

Sicilian Defense: Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack (24 games)

Closed Sicilian Defense: Traditional Line (16 games)

Alapin Sicilian Defense (15 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Löwenthal, Kalashnikov Variation (13 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Matej Sebenik (2495) Apaar Saxena (2183)	1-0	46	2025
Matej Sebenik (2495) Lukas George Sprincean (2133)	1-0	51	2025
Matej Sebenik (2495) Vid Dobrovoljc (2365)	0-1	29	2025
Matej Sebenik (2495) Sinisa Drazic (2272)	½-½	46	2025
Matej Sebenik (2536) Vladyslav Garsky (2186)	1-0	52	2024
Matej Sebenik (2536) Sinisa Drazic (2270)	1-0	89	2024
Matej Sebenik (2481) Maria Criveanu (1704)	1-0	23	2024
Matej Sebenik (2481) Andreea-Marioara Cosman (2079)	1-0	35	2024
Matej Sebenik (2481) Reyder Cruz de la Osa (2189)	1-0	47	2024
Matej Sebenik (2515) Rodney Lim Teck Guan (1931)	1-0	32	2024

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