Damian Balinski's chess openings
🇵🇱 PolandFIDE 2182288 games
Damian Balinski, from Poland, has 288 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Damian Balinski most often opens with 1.d4 (67% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...d6, the Pirc Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...f5.
As White140 games · +46 =46 −48 · 49%
As Black148 games · +31 =45 −72 · 36%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening67%94 games · scores 48% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.c4 English Opening19%27 games · scores 56% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening8%11 games · scores 41% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense41%32 games · scores 42% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6
- 1...e5 Open Game28%22 games · scores 32% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense18%14 games · scores 43% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Nxd5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense37%16 games · scores 28% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense37%16 games · scores 34% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game23%10 games · scores 45% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
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