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Alex Astaneh Lopez
A A Lopez 
 

Number of games in database: 192
Years covered: 1999 to 2020
Last FIDE rating: 2416 (2377 rapid, 2488 blitz)
Highest rating achieved in database: 2442
Overall record: +70 -57 =44 (53.8%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 21 exhibition games, blitz/rapid, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (14) 
    B30 B91 B70 B33 B40
 Reti System (11) 
    A04 A05 A06
 Queen's Pawn Game (9) 
    D02 A40 A46 E00 A41
 English (7) 
    A15 A13 A10
 King's Indian Attack (6) 
    A07
 Queen's Gambit Declined (5) 
    D30 D37 D38 D39
With the Black pieces:
 Caro-Kann (16) 
    B12 B13 B17 B11 B18
 Sicilian (13) 
    B25 B51 B23 B42 B46
 Grunfeld (9) 
    D85 D98 D86 D79 D80
 English (9) 
    A11 A15 A14 A12 A13
 Queen's Pawn Game (8) 
    D02 A45 E00 D00 A46
 Giuoco Piano (5) 
    C50 C53 C54
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   A A Lopez vs E Schiller, 2012 1-0
   P Constantinou vs A A Lopez, 2008 0-1
   A A Lopez vs G Erdene, 2010 1/2-1/2
   D Abrahams vs A A Lopez, 2019 0-1

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Irish Easter GM (2018)
   FSGM May (2018)
   Irish New Year GM Norm Event (2018)
   London Chess Classic FIDE Open (2010)
   Bunratty Masters (2019)
   European Union Championship (2005)
   European Union Championship (2008)
   Khanty-Mansiysk Olympiad (2010)
   Istanbul Olympiad (2012)
   Gibraltar Masters (2008)
   Tromso Olympiad (2014)
   Gibraltar Masters (2012)
   4NCL Div 1a 2018/19 (2018)
   Reykjavik Open (2019)
   Gibraltar Masters (2020)

RECENT GAMES:
   🏆 27th Bunratty Masters
   Short vs A A Lopez (Feb-23-20) 1-0
   N Povah vs A A Lopez (Jan-29-20) 1/2-1/2
   A A Lopez vs J Moussard (Jan-28-20) 0-1
   Kaidanov vs A A Lopez (Jan-27-20) 1/2-1/2
   A A Lopez vs D Li (Jan-26-20) 1/2-1/2

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ALEX ASTANEH LOPEZ
(born Jun-13-1987, 38 years old) Spain (federation/nationality Ireland)
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International Master (2010). Irish Champion in 2010, 2017 (=Philip Michael Short) and 2018.

Lopez has lived in Ireland since the age of 7. He gained his first IM norm at the 5th International held at Padron in Spain in 2006, his 2nd IM at the Dun Laoghaire Centenary Grandmasters Cup held in Dublin in August 2010 and his 3rd IM norm at the London Chess Classic Open held in December 2010. As he had achieved the requisite rating of 2400 by November 2010, his IM norm took effect from 15 December 2010, the date of his last round game in London.

Other results include =3rd in the 2003 Spanish Junior Championship, =2nd at the XIV Pielagos City Council International in Spain, 7.5/9 at the 2010 Irish Championship. Lopez also represented Ireland on board 2 at the Chess Olympiad (2010).

Last updated: 2018-12-29 04:05:19

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 page 1 of 8; games 1-25 of 200  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. E Romanov vs A A Lopez  1-0281999Wch U12C27 Vienna Game
2. A A Lopez vs S Buckley  0-1212001Glorney CupE73 King's Indian
3. F Libiszewski vs A A Lopez  1-0382001Glorney CupA07 King's Indian Attack
4. A A Lopez vs I Rees  ½-½232001Glorney CupD32 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch
5. A A Lopez vs R Ziatdinov  ½-½322005Bunratty Masters opC51 Evans Gambit
6. A A Lopez vs K O'Flaherty  1-0272005European Union ChampionshipD02 Queen's Pawn Game
7. Z Medvegy vs A A Lopez  ½-½442005European Union ChampionshipB25 Sicilian, Closed
8. A A Lopez vs T Upton  1-0402005European Union ChampionshipC58 Two Knights
9. A Baburin vs A A Lopez 1-0382005European Union ChampionshipE63 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation
10. A A Lopez vs N Medvegy  ½-½452005European Union ChampionshipB33 Sicilian
11. K Arakhamia-Grant vs A A Lopez  1-0382005European Union ChampionshipB93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4
12. A A Lopez vs H Eberl  1-0252005European Union ChampionshipC05 French, Tarrasch
13. R Almond vs A A Lopez  1-0472005European Union ChampionshipD92 Grunfeld, 5.Bf4
14. A A Lopez vs S Schulz  1-0292005European Union ChampionshipB32 Sicilian
15. G Wall vs A A Lopez  ½-½172005European Union ChampionshipB51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack
16. M Hebden vs A A Lopez  1-043200513th Cork Chess CongressD02 Queen's Pawn Game
17. A A Lopez vs W Moranda  0-1402005Wch U18B70 Sicilian, Dragon Variation
18. A A Lopez vs L Milman  ½-½182005Wch U18B90 Sicilian, Najdorf
19. G Meier vs A A Lopez  0-1472005Wch U18B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack
20. A A Lopez vs E Valeanu  0-1442005Wch U18B91 Sicilian, Najdorf, Zagreb (Fianchetto) Variation
21. A A Lopez vs A Brkic  ½-½162005Wch U18B91 Sicilian, Najdorf, Zagreb (Fianchetto) Variation
22. Speelman vs A A Lopez 1-0232006Bunratty Chess FestivalA48 King's Indian
23. M Al-Modiahki vs A A Lopez 1-0412008Gibraltar MastersB46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation
24. A A Lopez vs A Molina  1-0392008Gibraltar MastersB52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack
25. J Hickman vs A A Lopez  0-1462008Gibraltar MastersA07 King's Indian Attack
 page 1 of 8; games 1-25 of 200  PGN Download
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Kibitzer's Corner
Jul-16-10
Premium Chessgames Member		  Domdaniel: A biog might be a good idea, now that Alex has won the 2010 Irish championship -- very convincingly, and by a full point.

It included the following game, where Alex's opponent, Redmond, misunderstood the time at which the round was due to start, arrived an hour late, and was defaulted. Even though he was playing Black and still far from being certain of first place, Lopez very sportingly agreed to ignore the default and play the game anyway. This exquisite miniature was the result:

[Event "IRL ch"]
[Site "Dublin"]
[Date "2010.07.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Redmond, John"]
[Black "Astaneh Lopez, Alex"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2205"]
[BlackElo "2367"]
[EventType "swiss"]

1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 d5 4.e3 e6 5.b3 Bd6 6.Bb2 O-O 7.Qc2 Re8 8.Be2 a6 9.g4 e5 10.g5 d4 11.gxf6 dxc3 12.Bxc3 Qxf6 13.Rg1 Bf5 14.Qb2 c5 15.O-O-O Nc6 16.Rg2 Nd4! 17.exd4 exd4 18.Nxd4 cxd4 19.Bxd4 Qxd4! 0-1 [20.Qxd4 Ba3+ is nasty...]

Alex got the FM title in his mid-teens and quickly shot up to a rating in the upper 2300s. He's been stalled there for the past couple of years, however - the familiar story of chess having to compete with university studies. As a result, he's played in relatively few major events -- though he's won several weekend swisses in Ireland (beating me three times in the process). He's also beaten several GMs, and only lost to Svidler when he went wrong in a tenable endgame due to time pressure.

After this victory I expect to see him with at least the IM title soon.

Dec-29-18  BIDMONFA: Alex Astaneh Lopez

LOPEZ, Alex A.
http://www.bidmonfa.com/lopez_alex_...
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Nov-29-19  BIDMONFA: Alex Astaneh Lopez

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ASTANEH, Álex
http://www.bidmonfa.com/astaneh_ale...
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