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Vahap Sanal
V Sanal 
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Number of games in database: 1,075
Years covered: 2007 to 2025
Last FIDE rating: 2564 (2504 rapid, 2596 blitz)
Highest rating achieved in database: 2581
Overall record: +313 -196 =234 (57.9%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 332 exhibition games, blitz/rapid, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (141) 
    B30 B51 B67 B94 B52
 Ruy Lopez (80) 
    C65 C78 C85 C77 C70
 French Defense (45) 
    C07 C11 C09 C05 C03
 Reti System (41) 
    A06 A05 A04
 Caro-Kann (33) 
    B10 B13 B18 B15 B12
 King's Indian Attack (33) 
    A07 A08
With the Black pieces:
 Ruy Lopez (81) 
    C78 C84 C77 C80 C65
 Queen's Indian (56) 
    E17 E12 E15 E16 E19
 Queen's Pawn Game (48) 
    D02 A45 E00 A41 A46
 Giuoco Piano (36) 
    C50 C53
 Ruy Lopez, Closed (33) 
    C84 C95 C85 C86 C90
 English (29) 
    A14 A15 A18 A16 A17
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   J L Hammer vs V Sanal, 2011 0-1
   V Sanal vs H S Gretarsson, 2012 1-0
   V Sanal vs V Malakhov, 2017 1-0
   V Sanal vs N Lubbe, 2021 1-0
   V Sanal vs E Can, 2012 1/2-1/2
   Kuzubov vs V Sanal, 2017 0-1
   A Styazhkina vs V Sanal, 2012 1/2-1/2
   V Sanal vs L Lodici, 2021 1-0
   V Sanal vs R Shanmugam, 2012 1-0
   A Bharat vs V Sanal, 2010 0-1

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Bruges Masters Open (2024)
   Reykjavik Open (2024)
   FIDE World Cup (2023)
   Dubai Open (2019)
   Graz Open-A (2019)
   European Championship (2021)
   Turkish Team Championship (2011)
   Grenke Chess Open (2025)
   Fagernes GM Open (2022)
   World Junior Championship (2018)
   Karpos Open (2013)
   Karpos Open (2014)
   European Championship (2015)
   European Championship (2019)
   European Championship (2023)

RECENT GAMES:
   🏆 Dubai Open-A
   V Sanal vs S Talibov (May-31-25) 0-1
   D Zhang vs V Sanal (May-30-25) 0-1
   V Sanal vs T Pham (May-29-25) 0-1
   L Dotzer vs V Sanal (May-28-25) 1-0
   V Sanal vs Dau Khuong Duy (May-27-25) 1-0

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VAHAP SANAL
(born May-26-1998, 27 years old) Turkey

[what is this?]

Grandmaster Sanal(1) won his International Master title(2) in 2012. Sanal became a Candidate Master in 2008 when he won the 4th World Schools Chess Championships - Open U11 held in Singapore, scoring 8.5/9. He won his FM title in 2012 and in that year, also won the European School Championship Open 15 with 8.5/9. He played board 3 for the Turkey 2016 team at the Istanbul Olympiad (2012), scoring 4.5/9 (TPR 2403).

He scored 8/10 for his team's top board(3, 4) at the 2014 World youth team chess Olympiad.

References / Sources

(1) https://ratings.fide.com/title_appl... (2016 GM title result), (2) https://ratings.fide.com/title_appl... (IM title application), (3) http://wyco2014.chess.hu/?lang=en (2014 WYCO homepage), (4) http://www.chess-results.com/tnr153... (2014 WYCO standings).

Photo

http://www.bidmonfa.com/sanal_vahap...

Wikipedia article: Vahap Şanal

Last updated: 2021-09-04 21:31:39

Try our new games table.

 page 1 of 44; games 1-25 of 1,076  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. B Korpa vs V Sanal  1-0602007EU-ch U10 17thB22 Sicilian, Alapin
2. G Grigore vs V Sanal  1-0342010Angora GM SchevE67 King's Indian, Fianchetto
3. V Sanal vs G Grigore  0-1532010Angora GM SchevB18 Caro-Kann, Classical
4. V Sanal vs Z Gofshtein  0-1392010Angora GM SchevC70 Ruy Lopez
5. Z Gofshtein vs V Sanal  1-0352010Angora GM SchevE76 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack
6. V Sanal vs V Moskalenko  0-1322010Angora GM SchevC05 French, Tarrasch
7. V Moskalenko vs V Sanal  1-0312010Angora GM SchevE76 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack
8. V Sanal vs F V Tsiros  1-0392010WYCC Open U12B94 Sicilian, Najdorf
9. A Bharat vs V Sanal  0-1312010WYCC Open U12E80 King's Indian, Samisch Variation
10. V Sanal vs R Toma  1-0522010WYCC Open U12C85 Ruy Lopez, Exchange Variation Doubly Deferred (DERLD)
11. M Petrosyan vs V Sanal  0-1342010WYCC Open U12A16 English
12. V Sanal vs Duda  0-1382010WYCC Open U12C95 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer
13. T Beerdsen vs V Sanal  0-1442010WYCC Open U12C96 Ruy Lopez, Closed
14. V Sanal vs D Ghosh 1-0662010WYCC Open U12B01 Scandinavian
15. V Sanal vs K Troff  0-1652010WYCC Open U12B99 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line
16. A Tari vs V Sanal  ½-½382010WYCC Open U12C45 Scotch Game
17. V Sanal vs Y Xu  1-0322010WYCC Open U12B22 Sicilian, Alapin
18. A Donchenko vs V Sanal  1-0452010WYCC Open U12B41 Sicilian, Kan
19. J L Hammer vs V Sanal 0-144201113th Dubai OpenE15 Queen's Indian
20. V Sanal vs S R Chowdhury  ½-½32201113th Dubai OpenB30 Sicilian
21. L Guliev vs V Sanal 0-145201113th Dubai OpenC80 Ruy Lopez, Open
22. V Sanal vs B Adhiban 0-141201113th Dubai OpenC85 Ruy Lopez, Exchange Variation Doubly Deferred (DERLD)
23. R Bhuvanesh vs V Sanal  ½-½45201113th Dubai OpenC90 Ruy Lopez, Closed
24. S Semiev vs V Sanal  ½-½22201113th Dubai OpenA45 Queen's Pawn Game
25. V Sanal vs S D Swapnil ½-½65201113th Dubai OpenB47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation
 page 1 of 44; games 1-25 of 1,076  PGN Download
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Kibitzer's Corner
Apr-16-11  wordfunph: from chessbase..

<In round one in the Dubai Open the 12-year-old, rated 2200, faced GM Jon Ludvig Hammer, rated 400 points higher than him, with the black pieces – and simply outplayed the current tournament leader:>

http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail...

mark that name --- Vahap Sanal.

Sep-22-11  BIDMONFA: Vahap Sanal

SANAL, Vahap
http://www.bidmonfa.com/sanal_vahap...
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May-30-12  King Sacrificer: One of many bright kids from Turkey. Here's his website:

http://www.vahapsanal.com/default.asp

It's only Turkish though.

Sep-20-19  Chesgambit: Young grandmaster

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