Ilija Balinov's chess openings
GM🇦🇹 AustriaFIDE 2375515 games
Ilija Balinov, Grandmaster from Austria, has 515 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Ilija Balinov most often opens with 1.e4 (65% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White298 games · +138 =97 −63 · 63%
As Black217 games · +80 =68 −69 · 53%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening65%193 games · scores 66% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.c4 English Opening13%39 games · scores 62% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening12%37 games · scores 59% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense73%83 games · scores 57% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6
- 1...e5 Open Game11%12 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6
- 1...e6 French Defense9%10 games · scores 30% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense71%52 games · scores 55% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense16%12 games · scores 46% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 g6
- 1...d5 Closed Game11%8 games · scores 63% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
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