GM Manuel Apicella Full name Manuel Apicella Born 1/1/1970 (age 54) Place of birth Federation France Profiles #824 World Ranking 2473 Classical 2509 Rapid 2446 Blitz Rating Bio Most Played Openings White Pieces Sicilian Defense: Open, Pelikán and Sveshnikov Variations (28 games) Sicilian Defense: Open, Dragon, Classical Variation (25 games) Sicilian Defense: Open, Scheveningen, Classical Variation (25 games) Sicilian Defense: Open, Classical, Boleslavsky Variation (24 games) French Defense: Classical, Steinitz, Boleslavsky Variation (21 games) Black Pieces French Defense: Winawer, Advance, Poisoned Pawn Variation (44 games) French Defense: Tarrasch, Closed, Main Line (39 games) King's Indian Defense: Orthodox, Glek Defense (38 games) King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto, Debrecen, Classical Main Line (33 games) French Defense: Exchange Variation (29 games) Games Players Result Moves Year Manuel Apicella (2506) Matthias Bluebaum (2669) 0-1 23 2021 Manuel Apicella (2506) Yannick Gozzoli (2600) ½-½ 22 2021 Manuel Apicella (2506) Axel Delorme (2480) ½-½ 57 2021 Manuel Apicella (2506) Vladimir Hamitevici (2456) ½-½ 98 2021 Manuel Apicella (2506) Thibault Fantinel (2380) ½-½ 38 2021 Manuel Apicella (2501) Guillaume Lamard (2389) 1-0 26 2019 Manuel Apicella (2501) Alberto Barp (2420) 1-0 30 2019 Manuel Apicella (2502) Remi Ludwig (2312) 1-0 68 2019 Manuel Apicella (2502) Igor Efimov (2439) 1-0 36 2019 Manuel Apicella (2502) Harutyun Barseghyan (2470) 0-1 52 2019 Show All Games