Maia Chiburdanidze's chess openings
GM🇬🇪 GeorgiaFIDE 25001,341 games
Maia Chiburdanidze, Grandmaster from Georgia, has 1,341 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Maia Chiburdanidze most often opens with 1.d4 (47% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White669 games · +255 =325 −89 · 62%
As Black672 games · +188 =352 −132 · 54%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening47%316 games · scores 63% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening42%283 games · scores 62% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1.c4 English Opening8%55 games · scores 61% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense35%100 games · scores 60% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense32%92 games · scores 61% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
- 1...e5 Open Game22%63 games · scores 59% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense81%221 games · scores 49% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...d5 Closed Game8%22 games · scores 61% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense6%16 games · scores 44% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6
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