Ilia Botvinnik's chess openings
IM🇮🇱 IsraelFIDE 2320147 games
Ilia Botvinnik, International Master from Israel, has 147 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Ilia Botvinnik most often opens with 1.d4 (46% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White63 games · +14 =39 −10 · 53%
As Black84 games · +14 =49 −21 · 46%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening46%29 games · scores 57% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening32%20 games · scores 48% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening11%7 games · scores 57% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense76%32 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense19%8 games · scores 38% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Be7
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense2%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nbd7
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense58%19 games · scores 53% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense21%7 games · scores 36% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game21%7 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
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