Mikhail Chigorin's chess openings
688 games
Mikhail Chigorin has 688 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Mikhail Chigorin most often opens with 1.e4 (95% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White351 games · +174 =69 −108 · 59%
As Black337 games · +152 =68 −117 · 55%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening95%333 games · scores 60% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5
- 1.f4 Bird's Opening4%13 games · scores 46% · main line 1.f4 e5 2.e4 d5 3.exd5 e4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening1%3 games · scores 67% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.Bg5 h6 3.Bh4 g5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game95%183 games · scores 61% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...e6 French Defense3%5 games · scores 70% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense2%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game74%84 games · scores 48% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense15%17 games · scores 62% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 Nbd7
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense8%9 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.e4 fxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6
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