Ilya Arakelov's chess openings
🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 234574 games
Ilya Arakelov, from Russia, has 74 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Ilya Arakelov most often opens with 1.d4 (83% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White35 games · +12 =9 −14 · 47%
As Black39 games · +19 =4 −16 · 54%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening83%29 games · scores 52% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening14%5 games · scores 30% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.c4 d6
- 1.b4 Polish Opening3%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bxb4 3.Bxe5 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense71%15 games · scores 60% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense19%4 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6
- 1...e6 French Defense10%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense60%9 games · scores 72% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
- 1...d5 Closed Game33%5 games · scores 20% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense7%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.e4 d6 3.c4 Bg7
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