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GM Jose Rafael Gascon Del Nogal

Full name

Jose Rafael Gascon Del Nogal

Born

1/1/1995 (age 30)‎

Place of birth

Federation

Venezuela

Rating

Bio

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

Sicilian Defense: Open, Najdorf Variation (7 games)

Sicilian Defense: Keres Variation (7 games)

French Defense: Classical, Steinitz, Boleslavsky Variation (5 games)

Sicilian Defense: Taimanov, Bastrikov Variation (5 games)

Sicilian Defense: French Variation (4 games)

Black Pieces

Sicilian Defense: Canal Attack (17 games)

King's Indian Defense: Normal Variation (11 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Najdorf Variation (7 games)

Benoni Defense (6 games)

Réti Opening: King's Indian Attack, Symmetrical Defense (6 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Jose Rafael Gascon Del Nogal (2665) Edgardo J Almedina Ortiz (2335)	1-0	59	2025
Jose Rafael Gascon Del Nogal (2669) Nazar Firman (2488)	1-0	37	2025
Jose Rafael Gascon Del Nogal (2670) Eduardo Barbosa Mesquita (2383)	1-0	24	2025
Jose Rafael Gascon Del Nogal (2679) Liam Putnam (2935)	0-1	21	2025
Jose Rafael Gascon Del Nogal (2667) Grigoriy Oparin (3074)	0-1	36	2025
Jose Rafael Gascon Del Nogal (2581) Lars Andreassen (2224)	1-0	36	2024
Jose Rafael Gascon Del Nogal (2586) Gustavo Horokoski De Souza (2159)	1-0	23	2024
Jose Rafael Gascon Del Nogal (2599) Roberto Martin Del Campo C (2486)	1-0	26	2024
Jose Rafael Gascon Del Nogal (2592) Alexander Rustemov (2757)	1-0	78	2024
Jose Rafael Gascon Del Nogal (2439) Yang Kaiqi (2332)	1-0	30	2024

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