Lanka Ravi
Number of games in database: 150
Years covered: 1986 to 2008
Current FIDE rating: 2373
Highest rating achieved in database: 2426
Overall record: +42 -58 =50 (44.7%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  Queen's Pawn Game (11)      A40 A41 D02 A50 A46  Queen's Indian (9)      E12  Modern Benoni (6)      A57 A70 A58  Slav (6)      D16 D11 D12 D10 D17  Semi-Slav (5)      D46 D44 D47 D45 D43  King's Indian (5)      E62 E92 E61 E91	With the Black pieces:  French Defense (22)      C11 C05 C02 C07 C03  French Tarrasch (9)      C05 C07 C03 C04  Caro-Kann (9)      B19 B14 B10 B12 B13  Queen's Gambit Declined (7)      D37 D31 D38 D35  Sicilian (7)      B89 B50 B22 B96 B40  French (6)      C11 C00 C12 C10

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page 1 of 6; games 1-25 of 150  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Adianto vs L Ravi 1-0 23 1986 Dubai ol D41 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch 2. Jiangchuan vs L Ravi 1-0 35 1987 Singapore Asian cht C05 French, Tarrasch 3. Geller vs L Ravi   1-0 29 1987 Coimbatore C05 French, Tarrasch 4. L Ravi vs Anand   0-1 28 1987 Coimbatore E12 Queen's Indian 5. Shamkovich vs L Ravi   1-0 18 1987 It (open) C05 French, Tarrasch 6. DeFirmian vs L Ravi   0-1 35 1987 Kolhapur (India) D32 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 7. Vasiukov vs L Ravi   1-0 40 1987 Coimbatore B40 Sicilian 8. Anand vs L Ravi 1-0 33 1988 India B14 Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack 9. L Ravi vs Hebden   0-1 28 1989 It Plymouth (ENG) A58 Benko Gambit 10. L Ravi vs Suba 0-1 31 1992 Kuala Lumpur 54/547 E47 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 11. Dreev vs L Ravi   1-0 31 1992 Calcutta [Bulletin] D37 Queen's Gambit Declined 12. Anand vs L Ravi 1-0 42 1992 It (open) B12 Caro-Kann Defense 13. R Rezaei vs L Ravi   0-1 61 1994 Fajr op 4th E92 King's Indian 14. L Ravi vs D Norwood   0-1 42 1994 It (open) A40 Queen's Pawn Game 15. Z Rahman vs L Ravi   1-0 46 1996 Goodricke op 7th A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 16. D Barua vs L Ravi   1-0 34 1999 10th Goodricke Int. B85 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Classical 17. Sasikiran vs L Ravi   1-0 87 1999 10th Goodricke Int. D34 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 18. L Ravi vs Barsov   ½-½ 27 2000 Ubeda op 5th A40 Queen's Pawn Game 19. R Antonio vs L Ravi   ½-½ 54 2001 Asian Championships C07 French, Tarrasch 20. C McNab vs L Ravi   ½-½ 37 2001 Ron Banwell Masters A30 English, Symmetrical 21. L Ravi vs Kharlov   ½-½ 34 2001 Goodricke 12th op A40 Queen's Pawn Game 22. L Ravi vs Harikrishna 1-0 44 2001 ch-IND D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 23. L Ravi vs Yu Shaoteng   0-1 36 2001 Asian Championships E12 Queen's Indian 24. V Egin vs L Ravi   1-0 42 2001 Asian Championships C03 French, Tarrasch 25. P Konguvel vs L Ravi   1-0 41 2001 ch-IND B19 Caro-Kann, Classical  page 1 of 6; games 1-25 of 150

May-13-06    offramp: Sri Lanka are not doing very well against England at the moment; they are 141-8 in reply to England's 551-6. The Mat 11th start to this match was not good for Muralitharan and the remaining Tests will be better for him. Jul-14-06    BIDMONFA: Lanka Ravi RAVI, Lanka http://www.bidmonfa.com/ravi_lanka.... _ Jul-16-06    samsal27: IM Lanka Ravi made his second GM norm in the recently concluded Andorra tournament. He had made his first one three years ago in India. http://www.hindu.com/2006/07/17/sto... Well done Lanka, we want to see you as a Grandmaster ASAP!! Jul-17-06    samsal27: Clarification - Lanka Ravi did not make the GM norm. Performance rating was not maintained and hence the Hindu report is not correct. Please disregard the same. Sep-24-06    samsal27: Lanka Ravi won the National 'B' in Ahmedabad, Gujarat in fine style. He was undefeated in the 13 rounds - http://indianchessfed.org/News/2006... Oct-09-06    samsal27: Lanka Ravi will be playing in the Commonwealth Chess Championships in Mumbai from 19th to 29th November. Jun-25-07    samsal27: Please check out Lanka Ravi's chess site - http://www.cyberchess.co.in/ Oct-28-07    srinivas6195: he is an excellent player Oct-28-07    samsal27: IM Lanka Ravi will be playing in the Commonwealth Championships in New Delhi which begin on 3rd Decamber. Good luck to him! Oct-28-07    samsal27: He also has his own website which is one of the best on the internet I feel - http://www.cyberchess.co.in/ Dec-05-07    samsal27: Lanka on 4/5 now after beating Atul Dahale in the 5th round ..

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