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GM Miguel Illescas Cordoba

Miguel Illescas Cordoba

Full name

Miguel Illescas Cordoba

Born

Dec 3, 2065 (age 41)‎

Place of birth

Barcelona, Spain

Federation

Spain

Rating

Bio

Miguel Illescas Cordoba is a Spanish Grandmaster.

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

English Opening: Nimzo-English Opening (17 games)

English Opening: Symmetrical Variation (11 games)

King's Indian Defense: Petrosian Variation, Stein Defense (11 games)

King's Indian Defense: Normal Variation (10 games)

English Opening: Symmetrical, Three Knights System (10 games)

Black Pieces

Sicilian Defense: Taimanov, Bastrikov Variation (36 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Pelikán and Sveshnikov, Chelyabinsk Variation (22 games)

Tarrasch Defense: Two Knights, Rubinstein, Prague, Carlsbad Variation (20 games)

Alapin Sicilian Defense (18 games)

Semi-Slav Defense: Main Line, Stoltz Variation (17 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Miguel Illescas Cordoba (2600) Anna Muzychuk (2524)	½-½	29	2024
Miguel Illescas Cordoba (2605) Ekaterina Kabanova (2146)	1-0	58	2018
Miguel Illescas Cordoba (2605) Sergey Volkov (2557)	1-0	42	2018
Miguel Illescas Cordoba (2605) Anurag Mhamal (2484)	1-0	48	2018
Miguel Illescas Cordoba (2605) Jose Angel Guerra Mendez (2550)	1-0	58	2018
Miguel Illescas Cordoba (2605) Sergi Mingarro Carceller (2363)	1-0	62	2018
Miguel Illescas Cordoba (2605) Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu (2657)	½-½	33	2018
Miguel Illescas Cordoba (2605) Suri Vaibhav (2561)	½-½	71	2018
Miguel Illescas Cordoba (2602) Daniel Forcen Esteban (2539)	1-0	30	2015
Miguel Illescas Cordoba (2602) Jose Carlos Ibarra Jerez (2545)	0-1	34	2015

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