Cherniaev, A1's chess openings
GM🏴 EnglandFIDE 2280949 games
Cherniaev, A1, Grandmaster from England, has 949 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Cherniaev, A1 most often opens with 1.e4 (67% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White477 games · +209 =170 −98 · 62%
As Black472 games · +196 =161 −115 · 59%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening67%320 games · scores 58% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening19%91 games · scores 70% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening6%31 games · scores 61% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 Bf5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense52%119 games · scores 55% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense23%52 games · scores 82% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense9%21 games · scores 79% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense57%102 games · scores 56% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 e5
- 1...d612%21 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense11%19 games · scores 53% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6
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