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FM Daniel Malek

Full name

Daniel Malek

Born

1/1/1979 (age 46)‎

Place of birth

Federation

Germany

Rating

Bio

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

King's Indian Defense: Orthodox, Glek Defense (4 games)

King's Indian Defense: Bayonet Attack (4 games)

Trompowsky Attack (4 games)

Nimzo-Indian Defense: Reshevsky Variation (3 games)

King's Indian Defense: Semi-Averbakh System (3 games)

Black Pieces

Catalan Opening: Closed (6 games)

Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defense (6 games)

Indian Game (5 games)

Queen's Gambit Declined: Catalan Opening (4 games)

French Defense: Tarrasch, Modern System (4 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Daniel Malek (2273) Maksym Goroshkov (2363)	1-0	44	2025
Daniel Malek (2273) Alessandro Santagati (2159)	1-0	25	2025
Daniel Malek (2273) Nazar Firman (2464)	1-0	60	2025
Daniel Malek (2273) Mikolaj Gbiorczyk (2151)	1-0	65	2025
Daniel Malek (2273) Kyrylo Niezhentsev (2137)	½-½	78	2025
Daniel Malek (2304) Felix Hampel (2308)	1-0	56	2024
Daniel Malek (2291) Thomas Wenzel (1747)	1-0	55	2024
Daniel Malek (1639) Kopyta Radovan	1-0	27	2024
Daniel Malek (2314) Malte Colpe (2375)	0-1	47	2024
Daniel Malek (2278) Alex Krstulovic (2431)	0-1	28	2024

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