Borna Derakhshani's chess openings
FM🏴 EnglandFIDE 234034 games
Borna Derakhshani, FIDE Master from England, has 34 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Borna Derakhshani most often opens with 1.e4 (60% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c6, the Caro-Kann Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White15 games · +6 =6 −3 · 60%
As Black19 games · +6 =7 −6 · 50%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening60%9 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening20%3 games · scores 67% · main line 1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening13%2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 c5 3.e3 cxd4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense57%4 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.c4 d5 3.cxd5 cxd5
- 1...e6 French Defense14%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense14%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.f3 Bg7
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense50%4 games · scores 63% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game50%4 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 dxc4
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