Alexander Cherniaev's chess openings
GM🏴 EnglandFIDE 2280431 games
Alexander Cherniaev, Grandmaster from England, has 431 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Alexander Cherniaev most often opens with 1.e4 (95% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White237 games · +108 =82 −47 · 63%
As Black194 games · +59 =74 −61 · 49%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening95%224 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening3%6 games · scores 67% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening2%4 games · scores 75% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.d4 d5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense83%80 games · scores 52% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense9%9 games · scores 67% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
- 1...e6 French Defense3%3 games · scores 17% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense56%39 games · scores 42% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...d620%14 games · scores 29% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.e4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...d5 Closed Game13%9 games · scores 61% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6
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