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Takahashi, Michael

Standard: 2126 Rapid: 0 Blitz: 1971 (last updated 2026-11-02)

FIDE ID: 30911648 (view FIDE profile)

Federation: USA Sex: M Birth Year: 2002 Age: 24

Title: — Women's title: — Other title: — FOA title: AIM

Games: 20 Wins: 6 (30%) Draws: 7 (35%) Losses: 6 (30%) Other: 1

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As White 4 games 3W 1D 0L

Tarrasch Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L

Swedish Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L

(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L

Grünfeld Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L

Exchange Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L

Modern Exchange Variation, Kramnik's Line 1 game 1W 0D 0L

Queen's Gambit Declined 1 game 1W 0D 0L

Exchange Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L

Reshevsky Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L

Queen's Pawn Game 1 game 1W 0D 0L

Rossolimo Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L

(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L

As Black 5 games 0W 3D 2L

Queen's Gambit Declined 2 games 0W 1D 1L

Modern Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L

(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L

Three Knights Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L

(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L

Indian Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L

Anti-Nimzo-Indian 1 game 0W 1D 0L

(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L

French Defense 1 game 0W 0D 1L

Advance Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L

Euwe Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L

English Opening 1 game 0W 1D 0L

Agincourt Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L

Neo-Catalan Declined 1 game 0W 1D 0L

Blunders Top 4 of 49

This player's costliest moves in analyzed games. Can you find the winning move?

2023.08.04 · 42... Qe5 (−33% win chance) 1-0

Michael Takahashi

Brewington Hardaway

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2026.06.03 · 51. Qe2 (−30.9% win chance) 1-0

Hernandez Vazquez, Gerardo

Takahashi, Michael

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2023.05.29 · 35. Bd3 (−23.7% win chance) 1-0

Anshul Shetty

Michael Takahashi

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2023.05.29 · 30. g3 (−17.8% win chance) 1-0

Anshul Shetty

Michael Takahashi

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Games Showing all 20 games

Date	Event	Round	Opponent	Result	Accuracy %	First moves
2026.06.06	Round 7: Sanchez Alvarez, Roberto Carlos - Takahashi, Michael	7.21	2026.06.06 Sanchez Alvarez, Roberto Carlos (3508684) (2344)	0	91.40%	1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6
2026.06.05	Round 6: Baules Rodriguez, Jorge Luis - Takahashi, Michael	6.27	2026.06.05 Baules Rodriguez, Jorge Luis (6600247) (2283)	½	94.40%	1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 d5
2026.06.05	Round 5: Takahashi, Michael - Juarez Flores, Carlos A.	5.22	2026.06.05 Juarez Flores, Carlos A. (7300018) (2308)	½	88.10%	1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5
2026.06.04	Round 4: Takahashi, Michael - Reyes Zavaleta, Fabian Ricardo	4.29	2026.06.04 Reyes Zavaleta, Fabian Ricardo (3844153) (2282)	1	93.10%	1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5
2026.06.04	Round 3: Campos Gomez, Manuel - Takahashi, Michael	3.19	2026.06.04 Campos Gomez, Manuel (4444710) (2364)	0	-	1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5
2026.06.04	Round 1: Fier, Alexandr - Takahashi, Michael	1.3	2026.06.04 Fier, Alexandr (2107139) (2553)	½	-	1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6
2026.06.03	Round 2: Takahashi, Michael - Hernandez Vazquez, Gerardo	2.31	2026.06.03 Hernandez Vazquez, Gerardo (5127327) (1984)	1	88.60%	1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6
2025.12.29	35th annual North American Open	6.45	2025.12.29 Shafer, Logan C (30993342) (2206)	½	90.70%	1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5
2024.03.31	16 Annual Open at Foxwoods	9.19	2024.03.31 Yanayt, Eugene (2020165) (2147)	1	95.20%	1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7
	Sala 2 - Masters	4.21	Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel (2200031) (2240)	0	-	1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6
	Sala 2 - Masters	3.7	Sanz Wawer, Daniel (1185543) (2376)	*	-	1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4
	Sala 2 - Masters	2.5	Koster, Ramon (1008544) (2335)	½	92.80%	1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4
2023.08.05	Round 8: Michael Takahashi - Kostya Kavutskiy		2023.08.05 Kostya Kavutskiy	½	93.30%	1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7
2023.08.04	Round 6: Brewington Hardaway - Michael Takahashi		2023.08.04 Brewington Hardaway	0	87.40%	1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4
2023.08.03	Round 5: Michael Takahashi - David Brodsky		2023.08.03 David Brodsky	½	96.70%	1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4
2023.08.03	Round 4: Justin J Yu - Michael Takahashi		2023.08.03 Justin J Yu	1	97.00%	1. e4 e6 2. d3 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6
2023.08.02	2023 US Open Championships	2	2023.08.02 Alan Kantor	1	76.70%	1. e4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. exd5 exd5
2023.05.29	32nd Annual Chicago Open	8	2023.05.29 Anshul Shetty	1	91.00%	1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5
2023.05.28	32nd Annual Chicago Open	7	2023.05.28 Deepak Aaron	0	90.10%	1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5
2023.05.27	32nd Annual Chicago Open	4	2023.05.27 Aadit Bhatia (25088955)	0	89.70%	1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6