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FM Josef Ask

Full name

Josef Ask

Born

1/1/1975 (age 50)‎

Place of birth

Federation

Sweden

Rating

Bio

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

Alapin Sicilian Defense (9 games)

Sicilian Defense: McDonnell Attack (6 games)

Modern Defense with 1.e4 (5 games)

Sicilian Defense (3 games)

Sicilian Defense: Smith-Morra Accepted, Scheveningen Formation (3 games)

Black Pieces

Ruy López Opening: Cozio Defense (14 games)

Ruy López Opening: Fianchetto Defense (6 games)

King's Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation (6 games)

French Defense: Winawer, Advance Variation (5 games)

King's Indian Defense: Normal Variation (4 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Josef Ask (2195) Joel Nilsson (1958)	0-1	82	2020
Josef Ask (2159) Bengt Lindberg (2381)	0-1	35	2019
Josef Ask (2159) Jonas Barkhagen (2424)	0-1	30	2019
Josef Ask (2149) Joar Olund (2328)	0-1	59	2019
Josef Ask (2149) Tom Rydstrom (2345)	0-1	63	2019
Josef Ask (2149) Dennis Nasshan (2314)	0-1	76	2019
Josef Ask (2149) Frederik Svane (2334)	0-1	76	2019
Josef Ask (2136) Alexei Shirov (2658)	0-1	22	2019
Josef Ask (2136) Daniel Johnson (2201)	0-1	42	2019
Josef Ask (2160) Lars Schandorff (2496)	0-1	42	2019

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Live Chess Ratings

A lengthy interview with David Navara (part 1 of 2)

Review: On the Edge of Elista, Topalov-Kramnik 2006

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