Homa Alavi's chess openings
WCM🇮🇷 IranFIDE 1943213 games
Homa Alavi, Woman Candidate Master from Iran, has 213 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Homa Alavi most often opens with 1.d4 (96% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White101 games · +52 =9 −40 · 56%
As Black112 games · +46 =17 −49 · 49%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening96%95 games · scores 59% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening3%3 games · scores 0% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7
- 1.g3 Hungarian Opening1%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.g3 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense74%49 games · scores 38% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense23%15 games · scores 53% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
- 1...e6 French Defense2%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense68%21 games · scores 67% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...d5 Closed Game29%9 games · scores 56% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense3%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.a3 Nf6
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