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IM Eric Li

Full name

Eric Li

Born

1/1/2007 (age 18)‎

Place of birth

Federation

United States

Rating

Bio

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

Catalan Opening (3 games)

Nimzo-Indian Defense: Kmoch Variation (3 games)

King's Indian Defense: Normal Variation (2 games)

Slav Defense: Modern, Alapin Variation, Czech, Krause Attack (2 games)

Benoni Defense: Czech Variation (2 games)

Black Pieces

Sicilian Defense: Open, Najdorf Variation (4 games)

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

Catalan Opening: Closed (2 games)

King's Indian Attack: Yugoslav Variation (2 games)

Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defense (2 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Eric Li (2774) Maxim Matyunin (2569)	½-½	76	2025
Eric Li (2770) Ricardo D. D`Arruda (2551)	1-0	70	2025
Eric Li (2778) Karsten Schulz (2548)	1-0	49	2025
Eric Li (2769) Sivanesan Nithyalakshmi (2370)	1-0	45	2025
Eric Li (2770) Lala Huseynova (2317)	1-0	28	2025
Eric Li (2795) Daniel Shubin (2478)	1-0	25	2025
Eric Li (2792) Nataliya Buksa (2590)	½-½	63	2025
Eric Li (2784) Eivind Grunt Kreken (2601)	½-½	32	2025
Eric Li (2764) Arif Rahman Saragih (2275)	1-0	29	2024
Eric Li (2702) Rafal Lewandowski (2250)	1-0	55	2024

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