Jonathan Speelman playing the French Defense as Black

Player profile: Jonathan Speelman
Opening: French Defense (C00-C19)

page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 68  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. G Botterill vs Speelman 0-1 23 1978 Hastings C00 French Defense 2. J M Bellon Lopez vs Speelman   0-1 31 1978 Amsterdam zt C00 French Defense 3. V Malaniuk vs Speelman ½-½ 41 1983 Baku C07 French, Tarrasch 4. Nunn vs Speelman   ½-½ 29 1984 London C07 French, Tarrasch 5. Chandler vs Speelman   1-0 36 1984 London (England) C03 French, Tarrasch 6. K Aseev vs Speelman   ½-½ 18 1984 Ch URS C07 French, Tarrasch 7. Rohde vs Speelman 0-1 29 1984 London C11 French 8. Tal vs Speelman ½-½ 9 1985 Izt C07 French, Tarrasch 9. Y Gruenfeld vs Speelman   ½-½ 37 1985 It (cat.9) C07 French, Tarrasch 10. B Hjorth vs Speelman   ½-½ 37 1985 Ch Great Britain C00 French Defense 11. Chandler vs Speelman   ½-½ 25 1986 London (England) C11 French 12. A Romero Holmes vs Speelman   ½-½ 44 1986 Olympiad C02 French, Advance 13. D Agnos vs Speelman   ½-½ 37 1987 Swansea C07 French, Tarrasch 14. P Popovic vs Speelman   ½-½ 11 1987 Subotica (Yugoslavia) C07 French, Tarrasch 15. A Sokolov vs Speelman   ½-½ 34 1988 It (cat.15) C07 French, Tarrasch 16. Ljubojevic vs Speelman   ½-½ 17 1988 Brussels WCup C07 French, Tarrasch 17. Short vs Speelman   ½-½ 33 1988 London 46/363 C11 French 18. Van der Wiel vs Speelman   ½-½ 20 1989 Amsterdam (Netherlands) C03 French, Tarrasch 19. Psakhis vs Speelman   0-1 30 1990 Moscow GMA C07 French, Tarrasch 20. Ivanchuk vs Speelman   ½-½ 17 1990 Reykjavik C11 French 21. F Hellers vs Speelman   ½-½ 28 1990 Olympiad C11 French 22. Suetin vs Speelman   0-1 50 1991 London C10 French 23. Karpov vs Speelman 1-0 52 1991 01, Reykjavik C10 French 24. Anand vs Speelman   ½-½ 22 1991 Linares C10 French 25. A Kosten vs Speelman   0-1 50 1991 It (cat.13) C07 French, Tarrasch  page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 68    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2) | Speelman wins | Speelman loses

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