Zvonimir Balenovic's chess openings
FM🇭🇷 CroatiaFIDE 2072135 games
Zvonimir Balenovic, FIDE Master from Croatia, has 135 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Zvonimir Balenovic most often opens with 1.e4 (88% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White64 games · +16 =18 −30 · 39%
As Black71 games · +18 =21 −32 · 40%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening88%56 games · scores 43% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening9%6 games · scores 8% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 b6 3.Bg2 Bb7
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening3%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense43%15 games · scores 40% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense29%10 games · scores 30% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense29%10 games · scores 35% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense92%22 games · scores 45% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense4%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.exd5 exd5
- 1...d5 Closed Game4%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5
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