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Gulnar Balakanova's chess openings

WFM🇰🇿 KazakhstanFIDE 174651 games

Gulnar Balakanova, Woman FIDE Master from Kazakhstan, has 51 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Gulnar Balakanova most often opens with 1.e4 (77% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.

As White23 games · +5 =1 −17 · 24%
As Black28 games · +5 =4 −19 · 25%

As White

  1. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening77%
    17 games · scores 32% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nge2 g6
  2. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening23%
    5 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense100%
    17 games · scores 29% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense100%
    5 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7

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