Ilya Chekletsov's chess openings
IM🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 2338655 games
Ilya Chekletsov, International Master from Russia, has 655 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Ilya Chekletsov most often opens with 1.d4 (88% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White331 games · +160 =62 −109 · 58%
As Black324 games · +116 =69 −139 · 46%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening88%290 games · scores 57% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening11%36 games · scores 64% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.a3 g6 3.b4 Bg7
- 1.f4 Bird's Opening0%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.f4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.b3 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense86%137 games · scores 45% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game9%14 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 Qe7
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense2%3 games · scores 17% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense87%81 games · scores 51% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game9%8 games · scores 63% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bf4 Bg4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense4%4 games · scores 38% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bf4 c5
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