GM Ilya Khmelniker

Full name

Ilya Khmelniker

Born

1985 (age 40)‎

Place of birth

Federation

Israel

Rating

Bio

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defense (9 games)

Queen's Pawn Opening: English Rat Defense (5 games)

English Opening: Fianchetto, Ultra-Symmetrical Line (4 games)

English Opening: Reversed Sicilian, Kramnik-Shirov Counterattack (4 games)

Catalan Opening: Closed (4 games)

Black Pieces

English Opening: Anglo-Indian, Anglo-Grünfeld Defense (10 games)

Grünfeld Defense: Petrosian System (6 games)

Scotch Game: Schmidt, Mieses Variation (5 games)

Giuoco Piano Game: Main Line, Giuoco Pianissimo Variation (5 games)

Ruy López Opening: Morphy Defense, Modern Steinitz, Fianchetto Variation (4 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Ilya Khmelniker (2449) Johnatan Bakalchuk (2438)	0-1	43	2025
Ilya Khmelniker (2451) Ronen Lev (2338)	½-½	33	2025
Ilya Khmelniker (2449) Feliks Tulchynskyi (2291)	½-½	55	2025
Tal Baron (2435) Ilya Khmelniker (2447)	1-0	21	2025
Ilya Sidorenko (2382) Ilya Khmelniker (2469)	1-0	37	2024
Konstantin Mesropov (2438) Ilya Khmelniker (2455)	1-0	15	2024
Michelle Katkov (2118) Ilya Khmelniker (2459)	½-½	41	2024
Ilya Khmelniker Yotam Shohat	1-0	48	2023
Ilya Khmelniker (2379) Boris Kantsler (2343)	1-0	33	2023
Ilya Khmelniker (2476) Yannay Ben Ari (2406)	0-1	46	2023

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