GM Manuel Apicella Full name Manuel Apicella Born 1970 (age 55) Place of birth Federation France Profiles #925 World Ranking 2461 Classical 2509 Rapid 2446 Blitz Rating Bio Most Played Openings White Pieces Sicilian Defense: Open, Pelikán and Sveshnikov Variations (28 games) Sicilian Defense: Open, Dragon, Classical Variation (25 games) Sicilian Defense: Open, Scheveningen, Classical Variation (25 games) Sicilian Defense: Open, Classical, Boleslavsky Variation (24 games) French Defense: Classical, Steinitz, Boleslavsky Variation (21 games) Black Pieces French Defense: Winawer, Advance, Poisoned Pawn Variation (44 games) French Defense: Tarrasch, Closed, Main Line (39 games) King's Indian Defense: Orthodox, Glek Defense (38 games) King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto, Debrecen, Classical Main Line (33 games) French Defense: Exchange Variation (29 games) Games Players Result Moves Year Manuel Apicella (2506) Matthias Bluebaum (2669) 0-1 23 2021 Manuel Apicella (2506) Yannick Gozzoli (2600) ½-½ 22 2021 Manuel Apicella (2506) Axel Delorme (2480) ½-½ 57 2021 Manuel Apicella (2506) Vladimir Hamitevici (2456) ½-½ 98 2021 Manuel Apicella (2506) Thibault Fantinel (2380) ½-½ 38 2021 Mickael Hutois (2261) Manuel Apicella (2506) 1-0 42 2021 Loic Cantin (2182) Manuel Apicella (2506) ½-½ 50 2021 Maxime Lagarde (2648) Manuel Apicella (2506) ½-½ 69 2021 Maxim Rodshtein (2614) Manuel Apicella (2506) ½-½ 73 2021 Gawain Jones (2677) Manuel Apicella (2506) ½-½ 19 2021 Show All Games