Alexander Alekhine's chess openings
1,653 games
Alexander Alekhine has 1,653 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Alexander Alekhine most often opens with 1.d4 (48% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White1,038 games · +610 =272 −156 · 72%
As Black615 games · +334 =201 −80 · 71%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening48%466 games · scores 71% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening46%453 games · scores 72% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening3%32 games · scores 78% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.d4 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game63%162 games · scores 78% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...e6 French Defense16%42 games · scores 67% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense9%23 games · scores 85% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense53%157 games · scores 72% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game29%85 games · scores 58% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense13%40 games · scores 59% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
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