Lev O Alburt's chess openings
GM🇺🇸 United StatesFIDE 2539572 games
Lev O Alburt, Grandmaster from United States, has 572 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Lev O Alburt most often opens with 1.d4 (78% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...Nf6, the Alekhine's Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White293 games · +119 =122 −52 · 61%
As Black279 games · +83 =91 −105 · 46%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening78%230 games · scores 61% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.c4 English Opening13%37 games · scores 64% · main line 1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 e6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening8%23 games · scores 67% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.g3 Bb7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...Nf6 Alekhine's Defense97%138 games · scores 49% · main line 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense1%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5
- 1...g6 Modern Defense1%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense96%72 games · scores 43% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
- 1...d5 Closed Game3%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense1%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
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