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Craig Clawitter

Full name

Craig Clawitter

Born

1/1/1985 (age 40)‎

Place of birth

Federation

United States

Retired

Rating

Bio

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

Sicilian Defense: Open, Najdorf, English Attack (11 games)

Caro-Kann Defense (8 games)

Ruy López Opening: Morphy Defense, Closed, Martinez Variation (7 games)

Caro-Kann Defense: Advance, Short Variation with 4.Nf3 (5 games)

French Defense: Advance Variation (4 games)

Black Pieces

French Defense: Tarrasch, Morozevich Variation (14 games)

Queen's Pawn Opening: Horwitz Defense (9 games)

Indian Game: East Indian Defense (6 games)

French Defense: Winawer, Advance, Bogoljubov Variation (6 games)

French Defense: Winawer, Advance, Poisoned Pawn, Main Line (5 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Craig Clawitter (2239) Josep Romero Ruscalleda (2359)	1-0	53	2025
Craig Clawitter (2238) Tiago Batista Oliveira (2094)	1-0	42	2025
Craig Clawitter (2234) Katharina Reinecke (2017)	1-0	48	2025
Craig Clawitter (2226) Marlon Jodar Arias (2444)	1-0	50	2025
Craig Clawitter (2217) Julia Alboredo (2482)	0-1	24	2025
Craig Clawitter (2248) Trisha Kanyamarala (2512)	0-1	30	2025
Craig Clawitter (2238) Ilija Stanojevic (2536)	0-1	26	2025
Craig Clawitter (2250) Eduardo Gerbelli Neto (2387)	½-½	60	2025
Craig Clawitter (2245) Andrew Wu (2428)	½-½	36	2025
Craig Clawitter (2231) Willi Skibbe (2396)	1-0	34	2024

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