Mikhail Botvinnik's chess openings
🇮🇱 IsraelFIDE 2350891 games
Mikhail Botvinnik, from Israel, has 891 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Mikhail Botvinnik most often opens with 1.d4 (45% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White454 games · +229 =186 −39 · 71%
As Black437 games · +177 =189 −71 · 62%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening45%205 games · scores 68% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.c4 English Opening33%149 games · scores 71% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.d4 Bb4
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening10%47 games · scores 77% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense31%65 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense22%46 games · scores 65% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game20%41 games · scores 52% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense58%100 games · scores 65% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense21%36 games · scores 58% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6
- 1...d5 Closed Game17%29 games · scores 72% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
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