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FM Stephen Jessel

Full name

Stephen Jessel

Born

1/1/1986 (age 39)‎

Place of birth

Federation

Ireland

Rating

Bio

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

English Opening: Anglo-Indian, King's Indian Defense (20 games)

Réti Opening: Réti Gambit Declined, Advance Variation (13 games)

English Opening: Symmetrical Variation (11 games)

English Opening: Caro-Kann Defensive System (9 games)

English Opening: Neo-Catalan Defense Declined (5 games)

Black Pieces

French Defense: Classical, Steinitz, Boleslavsky Variation (13 games)

Queen's Pawn Opening: English Defense (13 games)

Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange, Positional Line, Reshevsky Variation (8 games)

French Defense: Exchange Variation (6 games)

French Defense: Advance, Paulsen, Main Line (6 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Stephen Jessel (2597) Irina Mikhaylova (2380)	1-0	26	2025
Stephen Jessel (2604) Emilia Sprzeczka (2384)	1-0	49	2025
Stephen Jessel (2617) Andreas Brenke (2366)	1-0	31	2025
Stephen Jessel (2616) Pranav Sairam (2425)	0-1	25	2025
Stephen Jessel (2628) Georgios Papidakis (2335)	0-1	37	2025
Stephen Jessel (2660) Sivanesan Nithyalakshmi (2334)	½-½	65	2025
Stephen Jessel (2285) David B Graham (2156)	1-0	64	2024
Stephen Jessel (2632) Dmitry Kalinin (2424)	0-1	70	2024
Stephen Jessel (2640) Roman Kuzmin (2498)	0-1	52	2024
Stephen Jessel (2644) Batyrkhan Muratov (2427)	½-½	47	2024

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