Babakuli Annakov's chess openings
GM🇺🇸 United StatesFIDE 2429193 games
Babakuli Annakov, Grandmaster from United States, has 193 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Babakuli Annakov most often opens with 1.d4 (97% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White114 games · +42 =43 −29 · 56%
As Black79 games · +26 =29 −24 · 51%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening97%111 games · scores 56% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening2%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 e6 3.c4 c5
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening1%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense60%29 games · scores 53% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense21%10 games · scores 40% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5
- 1...g6 Modern Defense8%4 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense35%9 games · scores 56% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
- 1...d5 Closed Game31%8 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense27%7 games · scores 64% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 d6
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