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Alex Cherniack's chess openings

🇺🇸 United StatesFIDE 2082166 games

Alex Cherniack, from United States, has 166 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Alex Cherniack most often opens with 1.d4 (64% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.

As White80 games · +28 =20 −32 · 48%
As Black86 games · +23 =19 −44 · 38%

As White

  1. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening64%
    51 games · scores 41% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
  2. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening34%
    27 games · scores 59% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
  3. 1.c4 English Opening3%
    2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 Bb4

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...e5 Open Game54%
    25 games · scores 26% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
  2. 1...e6 French Defense46%
    21 games · scores 60% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense83%
    20 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
  2. 1...e6 Horwitz Defense17%
    4 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6

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