Xeniya Balabayeva's chess openings
WGM🇰🇿 KazakhstanFIDE 23841,827 games
Xeniya Balabayeva, Woman Grandmaster from Kazakhstan, has 1,827 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Xeniya Balabayeva most often opens with 1.e4 (71% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c6, the Caro-Kann Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White924 games · +441 =145 −338 · 56%
As Black903 games · +392 =110 −401 · 50%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening71%656 games · scores 53% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening29%262 games · scores 61% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening0%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e3 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense51%226 games · scores 54% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
- 1...e6 French Defense34%152 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5
- 1...e5 Open Game10%45 games · scores 47% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game64%195 games · scores 51% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense36%109 games · scores 40% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense0%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 b6
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