James Andrei Chirilov's chess openings
FM🇺🇸 United StatesFIDE 2326704 games
James Andrei Chirilov, FIDE Master from United States, has 704 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, James Andrei Chirilov most often opens with 1.e4 (63% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White347 games · +158 =47 −142 · 52%
As Black357 games · +154 =54 −149 · 51%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening63%217 games · scores 47% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening30%102 games · scores 59% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.c4 e6
- 1.a34%14 games · scores 79% · main line 1.a3 d5 2.Nf3 Bf5 3.e3 e6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense78%113 games · scores 46% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...Nc6 Nimzowitsch Defense19%27 games · scores 72% · main line 1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6
- 1...a61%2 games · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 a6 2.d4 c6 3.Bd3 d5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense97%125 games · scores 52% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game2%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7
- 1...g6 Modern Defense1%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bf4 Bg7
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