Lev Aptekar's chess openings
🇳🇿 New ZealandFIDE 224030 games
Lev Aptekar, from New Zealand, has 30 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Lev Aptekar most often opens with 1.d4 (36% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...c5.
As White14 games · +5 =5 −4 · 54%
As Black16 games · +4 =8 −4 · 50%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening36%5 games · scores 60% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6
- 1.c4 English Opening21%3 games · scores 67% · main line 1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 d5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening21%3 games · scores 83% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 b6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense88%7 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense13%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...c5 Old Benoni Defense100%5 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 c5 2.d5 e5 3.c4 d6
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