M ISR Botvinnik's chess openings
🇮🇱 IsraelFIDE 235072 games
M ISR Botvinnik, from Israel, has 72 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, M ISR Botvinnik most often opens with 1.d4 (64% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White35 games · +13 =15 −7 · 59%
As Black37 games · +9 =16 −12 · 46%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening64%21 games · scores 60% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1.c4 English Opening24%8 games · scores 63% · main line 1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 e6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening12%4 games · scores 50% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense78%18 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense13%3 games · scores 17% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense4%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense50%5 games · scores 60% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6
- 1...d5 Closed Game40%4 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense10%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Nd2 c5
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