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GM Liu Qingnan

Full name

Qingnan Liu

Born

1/1/1992 (age 32)‎

Place of birth

Federation

China

Rating

Bio

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

French Defense: Chigorin Variation (8 games)

Caro-Kann Defense: Advance, Short Variation with 4.Nf3 (7 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Najdorf Variation (6 games)

Sicilian Defense: Chekhover Variation (6 games)

Sicilian Defense: Keres Variation (4 games)

Black Pieces

Queen's Pawn Opening: Rossolimo Variation (6 games)

Sicilian Defense: Canal Attack (6 games)

Modern Defense: Standard Line (6 games)

Catalan Opening: Closed (5 games)

Petrov's Defense: Classical Attack, Marshall Variation, Staunton Variation (4 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Liu Qingnan (2542) Hongchi Peng (2178)	0-1	60	2022
Liu Qingnan (2543) Ernesto Inarkiev (2692)	1-0	57	2019
Liu Qingnan (2543) Qingyu Yuan (2372)	1-0	52	2019
Liu Qingnan (2533) Xinyang Nie (2384)	1-0	50	2019
Liu Qingnan (2533) Zhao Yuanhe (2470)	1-0	62	2019
Liu Qingnan (2551) Tenglong Mi (1692)	1-0	42	2019
Liu Qingnan (2551) Li Bo (2330)	1-0	37	2019
Liu Qingnan (2535) Wei Yi (2724)	0-1	26	2019
Liu Qingnan (2551) Chu Wei Chao (2374)	0-1	54	2019
Liu Qingnan (2551) Yining Xu (2359)	0-1	53	2019

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