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GM Manuel Perez Candelario

Manuel Perez Candelario

Maria Emelianova

Full name

Manuel Perez Candelario

Born

May 21, 1983 (age 41)‎

Place of birth

Zafra, Spain

Federation

Spain

Rating

Bio

Manuel Perez Candelario is a Spanish Grandmaster.

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

Sicilian Defense (14 games)

Sicilian Defense: Kan, Modern Variation (11 games)

Sicilian Defense: Taimanov, Bastrikov Variation (11 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Najdorf, English Attack (10 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Pelikán and Sveshnikov, Chelyabinsk Variation (9 games)

Black Pieces

Ruy López Opening: Morphy Defense, Keres, Flohr-Zaitsev System (17 games)

Queen's Pawn Opening: Rossolimo Variation (14 games)

Alapin Sicilian Defense (9 games)

Sicilian Defense: Kan, Modern Variation (9 games)

Queen's Gambit Declined: Catalan Opening (9 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Manuel Perez Candelario (2671) Tristan Breuil (2454)	1-0	93	2024
Manuel Perez Candelario (2675) Keti Tsatsalashvili (2452)	1-0	30	2024
Manuel Perez Candelario (2674) Thalia Cervantes Landeiro (2553)	1-0	46	2024
Manuel Perez Candelario (2669) Mauri Lehtosaari (2545)	1-0	27	2024
Manuel Perez Candelario (2576) Guerau Masague Artero (2265)	1-0	34	2024
Manuel Perez Candelario (2576) Miguel Ruiz Buendia (2317)	1-0	65	2024
Manuel Perez Candelario (2675) Kanan Hajiyev (2542)	0-1	66	2024
Manuel Perez Candelario (2588) Daniil Yuffa (2608)	0-1	58	2024
Manuel Perez Candelario (2576) Bernardo Cesar Maestre (2365)	0-1	55	2024
Manuel Perez Candelario (2676) Sahib Singh (2592)	½-½	51	2024

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