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Alexander Grischuk's chess openings

GM🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 2628157 games

Alexander Grischuk, Grandmaster from Russia, has 157 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Alexander Grischuk most often opens with 1.d4 (53% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.

As White80 games · +16 =50 −14 · 51%
As Black77 games · +19 =31 −27 · 45%

As White

  1. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening53%
    42 games · scores 56% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
  2. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening30%
    24 games · scores 42% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6
  3. 1.c4 English Opening9%
    7 games · scores 57% · main line 1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 Nf6

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...e5 Open Game53%
    19 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5
  2. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense39%
    14 games · scores 43% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
  3. 1...e6 French Defense6%
    2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense83%
    24 games · scores 44% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
  2. 1...d5 Closed Game14%
    4 games · scores 13% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5
  3. 1...f5 Dutch Defense3%
    1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bg5 e6

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