Yuri L Averbakh's chess openings
Peak rating 2550887 games
Yuri L Averbakh has 887 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Yuri L Averbakh most often opens with 1.d4 (38% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White446 games · +181 =215 −50 · 65%
As Black441 games · +100 =253 −88 · 51%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening38%167 games · scores 64% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.c4 English Opening32%142 games · scores 69% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 d5
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening25%112 games · scores 59% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense49%97 games · scores 58% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game47%93 games · scores 51% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense3%6 games · scores 42% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense94%133 games · scores 52% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game4%6 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Bg5 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense1%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 d5
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