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GM Bobby Cheng

Bobby Cheng

Full name

Bobby Cheng

Born

Mar 20, 1997 (age 27)‎

Place of birth

Federation

Australia

Rating

Bio

Bobby Cheng is an Australian chess grandmaster who qualified for the 2021 FIDE World Cup.

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

Catalan Opening: Closed (18 games)

King's Indian Defense: Makogonov Variation (15 games)

Queen's Gambit Declined: Catalan Opening (11 games)

Queen's Gambit Declined (9 games)

Nimzowitsch-Larsen Attack: Modern Variation (8 games)

Black Pieces

French Defense: Winawer, Advance Variation (9 games)

Queen's Pawn Opening: English Defense (8 games)

Modern Defense: Standard Line (6 games)

English Opening: Agincourt Defense (5 games)

Modern Defense with 1.e4 (5 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Bobby Cheng (2571) Pawel Teclaf (2563)	1-0	49	2024
Bobby Cheng (2584) Collin Colbow (2373)	1-0	37	2024
Bobby Cheng (2583) Pierre Laurent-Paoli (2575)	1-0	58	2024
Bobby Cheng (2588) Sravan Renjith (2325)	1-0	45	2024
Bobby Cheng (2588) David W L Howell (2677)	1-0	82	2024
Bobby Cheng (2588) Gabriel Sapalo (2058)	1-0	37	2024
Bobby Cheng (2588) Nderim Saraci (2446)	1-0	55	2024
Bobby Cheng (2594) Viatcheslav Ikonnikov (2467)	1-0	76	2024
Bobby Cheng (2584) Pawel Teclaf (2556)	0-1	25	2024
Bobby Cheng (2571) Robin Swinkels (2509)	½-½	22	2024

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