Anish Giri's chess openings
🇮🇳 India263 games
Anish Giri, from India, has 263 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Anish Giri most often opens with 1.e4 (70% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White130 games · +43 =65 −22 · 58%
As Black133 games · +32 =71 −30 · 51%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening70%91 games · scores 58% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening19%25 games · scores 54% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening8%10 games · scores 65% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense61%38 games · scores 55% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game35%22 games · scores 48% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6
- 1...e6 French Defense3%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.f3 d5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense83%38 games · scores 58% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game15%7 games · scores 29% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense2%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.c3 g6 3.g3 Nf6
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