Alex Averbukh's chess openings
CM🇯🇵 JapanFIDE 2117110 games
Alex Averbukh, Candidate Master from Japan, has 110 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Alex Averbukh most often opens with 1.e4 (83% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White52 games · +22 =11 −19 · 53%
As Black58 games · +22 =9 −27 · 46%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening83%43 games · scores 55% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nd4
- 1.b3 Nimzo-Larsen Attack17%9 games · scores 44% · main line 1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.e3 d5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game42%10 games · scores 20% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense33%8 games · scores 38% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
- 1...b6 Owen's Defense8%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 b6 2.d4 e6 3.Bd3 Bb7
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game41%9 games · scores 61% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 dxc4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense32%7 games · scores 29% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense9%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 b6 3.Nf3 Bb7
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