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GM Santiago Avila Pavas

Santiago Avila Pavas

Photo: Maria Emelianova/Chess.com.

Full name

Santiago Avila Pavas

Born

1/1/2004 (age 21)‎

Place of birth

Federation

Colombia

Rating

Bio

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Most Played Openings

White Pieces

Queen's Pawn Opening: Accelerated London System (15 games)

Torre Attack: Fianchetto Defense (10 games)

Indian Game (10 games)

Indian Game: London System (9 games)

Queen's Pawn Opening: Accelerated London, Steinitz Countergambit (6 games)

Black Pieces

Alekhine's Defense: Modern, Alburt Variation (11 games)

Benko Gambit Fully-Accepted (8 games)

Sicilian Defense: Hyperaccelerated Dragon Variation (6 games)

Indian Game: East Indian, Anti-Nimzo-Indian Variation (5 games)

Alekhine's Defense: Exchange Variation (5 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Santiago Avila Pavas (2843) Dmitry Kononenko (2663)	1-0	33	2025
Santiago Avila Pavas (2837) Mikhail Kuznetsov (2596)	1-0	51	2025
Santiago Avila Pavas (2859) Anton Demchenko (2979)	0-1	33	2025
Santiago Avila Pavas (2844) Shamsiddin Vokhidov (2996)	0-1	26	2025
Santiago Avila Pavas (2840) Rudik Makarian (3113)	0-1	44	2025
Santiago Avila Pavas (2841) Elnaz Kaliakhmet (2478)	½-½	86	2025
Santiago Avila Pavas (2514) Alisher Suleymenov (2499)	1-0	46	2024
Santiago Avila Pavas (2495) Ahmet Gubatayev (2055)	1-0	56	2024
Santiago Avila Pavas (2495) Aleksandr Domalchuk-Jonasson (2380)	1-0	55	2024
Santiago Avila Pavas (2495) Harshad S (2272)	1-0	58	2024

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