Jan Balin's chess openings
🇨🇿 CzechiaFIDE 227784 games
Jan Balin, from Czechia, has 84 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Jan Balin most often opens with 1.d4 (56% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White36 games · +15 =13 −8 · 60%
As Black48 games · +18 =18 −12 · 56%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening56%20 games · scores 60% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening33%12 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening6%2 games · scores 100% · main line 1.Nf3 c5 2.e4 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense63%20 games · scores 68% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense19%6 games · scores 67% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Nxd5
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense13%4 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense60%6 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
- 1...d5 Closed Game20%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...c5 Old Benoni Defense10%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 c5 2.d5 e5 3.c4 d6
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