Brank, Z's chess openings
🇸🇮 SloveniaFIDE 179450 games
Brank, Z, from Slovenia, has 50 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Brank, Z most often opens with 1.d4 (48% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White23 games · +6 =5 −12 · 37%
As Black27 games · +8 =6 −13 · 41%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening48%11 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening35%8 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
- 1.b3 Nimzo-Larsen Attack9%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.e3 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense93%14 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 e6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense7%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense71%5 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game29%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
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