Hristos Banikas's chess openings
GM🇬🇷 GreeceFIDE 25431,289 games
Hristos Banikas, Grandmaster from Greece, has 1,289 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Hristos Banikas most often opens with 1.d4 (71% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White639 games · +314 =269 −56 · 70%
As Black650 games · +234 =305 −111 · 59%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening71%451 games · scores 68% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening15%94 games · scores 75% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7
- 1.c4 English Opening9%58 games · scores 84% · main line 1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense87%278 games · scores 60% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense5%16 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
- 1...e5 Open Game5%16 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense92%225 games · scores 59% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...d5 Closed Game3%8 games · scores 56% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...d62%5 games · scores 60% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
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