Mark Bluvshtein's chess openings
GM🇨🇦 CanadaFIDE 2590464 games
Mark Bluvshtein, Grandmaster from Canada, has 464 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Mark Bluvshtein most often opens with 1.d4 (61% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White240 games · +107 =93 −40 · 64%
As Black224 games · +83 =88 −53 · 57%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening61%146 games · scores 66% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening39%94 games · scores 60% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense49%61 games · scores 72% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game27%34 games · scores 59% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6
- 1...e6 French Defense13%16 games · scores 31% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense80%59 games · scores 53% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game11%8 games · scores 19% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense9%7 games · scores 57% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 Bb4+
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