Johnatan Bakalchuk's chess openings
IM🇮🇱 IsraelFIDE 2422493 games
Johnatan Bakalchuk, International Master from Israel, has 493 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Johnatan Bakalchuk most often opens with 1.e4 (55% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White253 games · +111 =63 −79 · 56%
As Black240 games · +100 =49 −91 · 52%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening55%139 games · scores 59% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening27%68 games · scores 56% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bf4 a6
- 1.c4 English Opening13%32 games · scores 48% · main line 1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.g3 g6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense89%86 games · scores 52% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense6%6 games · scores 83% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.c4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
- 1...g6 Modern Defense5%5 games · scores 80% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 d5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense97%87 games · scores 49% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...g6 Modern Defense3%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bg7
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