Pavel Certek's chess openings
Peak rating 2330317 games
Pavel Certek has 317 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Pavel Certek most often opens with 1.d4 (87% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White141 games · +66 =43 −32 · 62%
As Black176 games · +60 =58 −58 · 51%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening87%122 games · scores 62% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening11%15 games · scores 60% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 g6 3.g3 Bg7
- 1.c4 English Opening3%4 games · scores 63% · main line 1.c4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.cxd5 cxd5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense99%96 games · scores 51% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense1%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 Bg4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense76%44 games · scores 55% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game19%11 games · scores 41% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 e5
- 1...g6 Modern Defense3%2 games · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 d5
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