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Vitaly Kunin
V Kunin 
Photo by Barbara Hund 

Number of games in database: 422
Years covered: 1995 to 2024
Last FIDE rating: 2532 (2492 rapid, 2346 blitz)
Highest rating achieved in database: 2592
Overall record: +150 -100 =133 (56.5%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 39 exhibition games, blitz/rapid, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Queen's Pawn Game (27) 
    D02 A46 A40 E00 A45
 Queen's Indian (19) 
    E12 E14 E17 E15 E19
 King's Indian (17) 
    E71 E70 E73 E97 E62
 Slav (17) 
    D15 D12 D10 D17 D11
 King's Indian Attack (12) 
    A07
 Queen's Gambit Declined (12) 
    D38 D31 D39 D35 D37
With the Black pieces:
 Sicilian (36) 
    B29 B23 B25 B90 B30
 Philidor's Defense (32) 
    C41
 Queen's Pawn Game (22) 
    E00 A46 D02 D00 E10
 Queen's Gambit Accepted (22) 
    D25 D20 D22 D24
 English, 1 c4 e5 (13) 
    A20 A21 A22 A29 A27
 Pirc (10) 
    B07
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Swiercz vs V Kunin, 2009 0-1
   M M Jacobsen vs V Kunin, 2013 0-1
   V Kunin vs M Andersen, 2015 1-0
   E Zude vs V Kunin, 2015 0-1
   A Yusupov vs V Kunin, 2006 0-1
   V Kunin vs B Adhiban, 2015 1-0
   V Kunin vs M Meinhardt, 2017 1/2-1/2
   V Kunin vs J Fuchs, 2019 1-0

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   German Championship (2023)
   German Championship (2015)
   German Championship (2006)
   LGA Premium Cup (2006)
   Politiken Cup (2015)
   Bad Woerishofen Open (2002)
   Zavanelli Memorial Open-A (2018)
   European Championship (2017)
   49th Biel Master Open (2016)
   Politiken Cup (2013)
   Isle of Man Masters (2007)
   Moscow Open Championship (1996)
   European Championship (2009)
   Cappelle-la-Grande Open (2013)
   Gibraltar Masters (2019)

RECENT GAMES:
   🏆 Norway Chess Open
   H Wang vs V Kunin (Jun-01-25) 0-1
   V Kunin vs T Knuedel (May-31-25) 1/2-1/2
   V Kunin vs L Yankelevich (May-30-25) 1/2-1/2
   V Kunin vs M Vestby-Ellingsen (May-29-25) 1-0
   P Galperin vs V Kunin (May-29-25) 1-0

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VITALY KUNIN
(born Oct-02-1983, 41 years old) Russia (federation/nationality Germany)

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Grandmaster. German Champion in 2023.

Wikipedia article: Vitaly Kunin

Last updated: 2023-08-20 14:51:26

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 page 1 of 19; games 1-25 of 461  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. V Kunin vs A Galkin  0-1311995Moscow op2E71 King's Indian, Makagonov System (5.h3)
2. O Gavryushin vs V Kunin  1-0361995Moscow op2E18 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 7.Nc3
3. R Radjabov vs V Kunin  ½-½471995Moscow op2B23 Sicilian, Closed
4. V Kunin vs Miroshnichenko  0-1441995Moscow op2E70 King's Indian
5. S Novikov vs V Kunin  0-1171995Moscow op2E00 Queen's Pawn Game
6. V Kunin vs L Kritz  1-0301995Moscow op2A40 Queen's Pawn Game
7. A Cherniak vs V Kunin  1-0401995Moscow op2E20 Nimzo-Indian
8. V Kunin vs E Lopatskaya  0-1441995Moscow op2A55 Old Indian, Main line
9. A Popov vs V Kunin  1-0611995Moscow op2B23 Sicilian, Closed
10. M Kobalia vs V Kunin  1-0751996Moscow Open ChampionshipA45 Queen's Pawn Game
11. V Kunin vs A Osadchenko  1-0291996Moscow Open ChampionshipB21 Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4
12. B Dolinskij vs V Kunin  1-0651996Moscow Open ChampionshipE05 Catalan, Open, Classical line
13. E Vorobiov vs V Kunin  1-0381996Alekhine opB90 Sicilian, Najdorf
14. D Driamin vs V Kunin  ½-½481996Moscow Open ChampionshipA29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto
15. V Kunin vs G Gromadin  ½-½351996Moscow Open ChampionshipE41 Nimzo-Indian
16. V Kunin vs A R Bitman  1-0391996Moscow Open ChampionshipE71 King's Indian, Makagonov System (5.h3)
17. V Kunin vs M Zaitsev  1-0231996Moscow Open ChampionshipD45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
18. A Lundina vs V Kunin  ½-½411996Moscow Open ChampionshipE17 Queen's Indian
19. I A Zaitsev vs V Kunin  1-0421996Moscow Open ChampionshipB95 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6...e6
20. V Kunin vs S Denisov  0-1371996Moscow Open ChampionshipE41 Nimzo-Indian
21. V Kunin vs V V Khromov  1-0551996Moscow Open ChampionshipA57 Benko Gambit
22. Aronian vs V Kunin  1-0561997Kasparov CupA22 English
23. V Kunin vs I A Zaitsev  ½-½271998RUS-Cup02A46 Queen's Pawn Game
24. Radjabov vs V Kunin  1-0451998Moscow Kasparov CupA04 Reti Opening
25. V L Ivanov vs V Kunin  ½-½201999Moscow ChampionshipB22 Sicilian, Alapin
 page 1 of 19; games 1-25 of 461  PGN Download
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Kibitzer's Corner
Feb-13-06  BIDMONFA: Vitaly Kunin

KUNIN, Vitaly
http://www.bidmonfa.com/kunin_vital...
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Jun-04-06  MUG: I suspect that he is infact three people …

Vitaly L Kunin
and also
Kunin

Very Kunning!

Aug-10-08  whiteshark: Vitaly Kunin was born in Moscow, Russia the 2nd of October 1983. His daddy taught him chess at the age of 4 and Vitaly later became a Champion of Russia under 10. In the year 2001 he moved to Darmstadt in Germany with his family and now he plays under the German flag.

Kunin was awarded the Grandmaster title (GM) in 2006. He is the winner of many open tournaments. He became second in the German Championship 2006 and got 4th place in 2008. He also plays in 3 different chess leagues, the German, French and the Austrian leagues.

Kunin has won against several famous Grandmaster colleges such as Korchnoi, Yusupov, Jakovich and Gustafsson. But his most prestigious victory is from rapid chess in Mainz where he defeated Alexei Shirov as black. Kunins highest elo is 2538 which he got on the January list of 2008.

Kunin usually plays 1.Nf3 or 1.d4 with white and as black he plays a wide range of different openings from the Sicilian and the Benoni and to the Queens gambit. His style is sharp and many of his games become complicated.

Source: http://www.arcticchess.org/ --> 2008 --> Profiles

Aug-29-10
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  Tabanus: Winner of the 25th Schwarzacher Open (Austria) 21-29 August 2010:

http://www.chess-results.com/tnr304...

Jun-27-15  BLarsen1967: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr146...
Oct-02-16  TheFocus: Happy birthday, Vitaly Kunin.

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